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Forza Horizon 4
- Thread starter Chris V6 255
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Chambers_RS
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172 Cup&Leon K1
I need an Xbox ?
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Loving it so far (when I've had time to play it)
A LOT better than 3.
It's the best looking 4K game I've played so far. Silky smooth at 60fps too.
A LOT better than 3.
It's the best looking 4K game I've played so far. Silky smooth at 60fps too.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Nabbed the demo on PC and tried it out. It's my first experience of Horizon world, though I have dabbled on standard Forza previously on the 'ol 360.
So far - it certainly looks pretty. Everything set to Ultra and being totally smooth. I'm not quite a fan of the OTT Namco'esque feeling that you're playing a late 90s arcade game where overwhelming the player with the amount of visuals in front of you seems the 'norm'. Herds of sheep crossing the road, crowds aplenty, motorbikes belching coloured fumes, low-flying jets - the works. Maybe this is core to any Horizon game, I don't know - but it feels more like a stretched out Ken Block gymkhana than an actual racing game. I have to admit though, the rolling traffic is great - especially pondering Range Rovers - AND the traffic being setup for our side of the road.
I mentioned previously about the points - and I really wish I could turn those off (maybe I can?) in the upper half of the screen. Points for driving straight. Points for tail-gating. Points for overtaking. Points for drifting. Points for trading paint. Points multiplying for doing any of the previous for longer than a second. I just want to crack on with the driving task at hand and ignore all the peripheral trinkets. Did I finish first? Great. Did I do that scoring 1,500 points or 1,500,000,000 points? I really couldn't give a s**t.
I'm not sure if the demo is made to do this and that the full game itself is more complex - but its very easy to begin with too. The three races I've gone into so far, I've won outright - having never driven them before and making some major mistakes into tress, walls, etc. I've only used one Rewind so far - purely for my own benefit of getting a sweeping line right.
That said, it's a good game and one that I'd probably get when it drops in price. But it's too arcadey for me to put a proper wedge of time into - though I can imagine hot-seating or online with mates would be a lot more fun.
So far - it certainly looks pretty. Everything set to Ultra and being totally smooth. I'm not quite a fan of the OTT Namco'esque feeling that you're playing a late 90s arcade game where overwhelming the player with the amount of visuals in front of you seems the 'norm'. Herds of sheep crossing the road, crowds aplenty, motorbikes belching coloured fumes, low-flying jets - the works. Maybe this is core to any Horizon game, I don't know - but it feels more like a stretched out Ken Block gymkhana than an actual racing game. I have to admit though, the rolling traffic is great - especially pondering Range Rovers - AND the traffic being setup for our side of the road.
I mentioned previously about the points - and I really wish I could turn those off (maybe I can?) in the upper half of the screen. Points for driving straight. Points for tail-gating. Points for overtaking. Points for drifting. Points for trading paint. Points multiplying for doing any of the previous for longer than a second. I just want to crack on with the driving task at hand and ignore all the peripheral trinkets. Did I finish first? Great. Did I do that scoring 1,500 points or 1,500,000,000 points? I really couldn't give a s**t.
I'm not sure if the demo is made to do this and that the full game itself is more complex - but its very easy to begin with too. The three races I've gone into so far, I've won outright - having never driven them before and making some major mistakes into tress, walls, etc. I've only used one Rewind so far - purely for my own benefit of getting a sweeping line right.
That said, it's a good game and one that I'd probably get when it drops in price. But it's too arcadey for me to put a proper wedge of time into - though I can imagine hot-seating or online with mates would be a lot more fun.
Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
^^^ The over the top'ness is only really in exhibition races, like the dirt bikes and coloured smoke - it's not constantly like that.
Trust me turn the difficulty up and you'll be surprised.
I wouldn't say it's arcadey at all either! Yes you collect points for, well, everything but that is the way through the game, it's not a sim but then again it's no sega rally either! You really won't notice the points after a while, probably because I've played them all they're not even on my radar now so to speak.
I don't think the demo did it any service to be honest!
Trust me turn the difficulty up and you'll be surprised.
I wouldn't say it's arcadey at all either! Yes you collect points for, well, everything but that is the way through the game, it's not a sim but then again it's no sega rally either! You really won't notice the points after a while, probably because I've played them all they're not even on my radar now so to speak.
I don't think the demo did it any service to be honest!
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
I was wondering that with the demo - as to whether or not they simplified it to appeal to more people? If they had something similar to a slightly watered-down Project Cars 2, would it prove as popular?
I take it there's manual gearchanges if you increase the difficulty too? They weren't even mentioned in the control settings of the demo - auto straight away.
You can do manual gearchanges with the AI set to whatever level you want
Marc.
ClioSport Club Member
The one with the massive jet? I thought my controller was going to explode
Yeah exactly. Sounded mental and yeah my controller had a fit too lol
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Whats all this buying houses crap about. Extra aspiration twaddle?
Gus
ClioSport Moderator
182Turbo,DCi90
What about all the clothes and celebration dance moves!
Chris V6 255
ClioSport Club Member
V6 255, 182 Trophy
Jonnio
ClioSport Club Member
Punto HGT Abarth
Can turn the skills off under HUD settings
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Test drive on the islands where you could drive upto the dealerships etc was so damn good!!
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
A shame they never kept that series up. I think by now it could have potentially been THE benchmark in open driving games.
Gus
ClioSport Moderator
182Turbo,DCi90
you need to be doing more races I think. Have you done any showcase events ?
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Game/season progression. Just keep at it and they'll pop up
Gus
ClioSport Moderator
182Turbo,DCi90
I did a bit of searching and a few others have had this happen. Have a read of this: https://forums.forzamotorsport.net/turn10_postst128761p3_Barn-Finds-in-FH4.aspx?=
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I seem to have the barn find issue as well. Haven't had a single one and I'm very far into the game. What the heck? I got so much influence during the early seasons I skipped the first two seasons. Could be the issue?
Edit: So I went back to the festival area and did the "Horizon Festival Circuit" and instantly got a rumor afterwards. Could be one of the threshold races you need to complete before they pop up. "
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I seem to have the barn find issue as well. Haven't had a single one and I'm very far into the game. What the heck? I got so much influence during the early seasons I skipped the first two seasons. Could be the issue?
Edit: So I went back to the festival area and did the "Horizon Festival Circuit" and instantly got a rumor afterwards. Could be one of the threshold races you need to complete before they pop up. "
Polo BlueGT
Cool, thanks, will try this tonight. Completed all Showcase events just in case. Never worked, pretty sure that i completed the "Horizon Festival Circuit", will check tonight. I got all the seasons when I first played the game and got the achievement "Welcome to Britain", can't see what else would be missing as I've progressed pretty far through the game! Thanks for the help though, gents.
The Psychedelic Socialist
ClioSport Club Member
Driving a twin-turbo, 1200bhp Lotus 3-11 at the minute. Even with that I can't hit the 265mph speed trap on the motorway. Think I need to save for one of the Koenigseggs.
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It's bad enough if you tweak the standard engine!
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Inferno 225 cup
This game is really good and I bought it for my lad [emoji23]
Gus
ClioSport Moderator
182Turbo,DCi90
Use the TVR Cerberra Speed 12 barn find - upgrade it and it will be the fastest car in the game - really good for drag races too.
Put a fair bit of time into this, first Horizon game I've bought since the first and quite enjoying it. Few glitches and bugs that are annoying but a good game on the whole.
How do you get the photos from the game to upload on here, been a long time since I bothered
How do you get the photos from the game to upload on here, been a long time since I bothered
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