Forza Horizon 4

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7.8

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  1. Arauggio
    Jun 8, 2019
    5
    Great cars, great visual, some great races. And that's all. After some point the game becomes repetitive. You do not feel challenged to get better cars. You just get them.

    Also the game support simply does not exist. In case of crashes or other issues (and there are many!), you will simply get no help at all. No matter how many tickets you open with support, you'll get automated response.
  2. azgoodaz
    Oct 14, 2018
    7
    Game great but very repetitive. To be honest, it could easily have been UK DLC for Horizon 3.

    Horizon 4 could easily be a 10/10 but it lacks social features and it's still a buggy mess from launch. Pros: - Game is on Game Pass, you don't have to spend $60 on this. -- I feel like every Forza game should be on Game Pass. - The seasons are pretty great, each have different races and    Game great but very repetitive. To be honest, it could easily have been UK DLC for Horizon 3.

    Horizon 4 could easily be a 10/10 but it lacks social features and it's still a buggy mess from launch.

    Pros:
    - Game is on Game Pass, you don't have to spend $60 on this.
    -- I feel like every Forza game should be on Game Pass.
    - The seasons are pretty great, each have different races and set barn finds.

    Major flaws:
    - In your 'FH4 Group' that you join. There isn't a button in that tab that say's "Join group's session."
    - Buggy mess. Contacted developers on both forums and Twitter but issues aren't being fixed. They would rather fix in-game credit glitches then the actual game.
    -- Bugs? Crashes to desktop, lag spikes, freezes and more.
    - Limited songs on radio stations, after while, you hear the same song multiple times throughout a play session.    … Expand
  3. max1c
    Oct 4, 2018
    7
    The good: Can get with a 14-day trial of xbox gamepass for free. The game is beautiful. Amazing graphics, great art, fantastic music. There are lots of cars to chose from many races and lots of things to do. Car physics are also very good. Also, the game runs perfectly on PC.

    The bad: The race design is dull and boring. The checkpoint system is extremely outdated. The world is beautiful    The good: Can get with a 14-day trial of xbox gamepass for free. The game is beautiful. Amazing graphics, great art, fantastic music. There are lots of cars to chose from many races and lots of things to do. Car physics are also very good. Also, the game runs perfectly on PC.

    The bad: The race design is dull and boring. The checkpoint system is extremely outdated. The world is beautiful but feels empty and small. The game, in general, is very repetitive and feels dated in some aspects. Long loading screens on switching cars, breaking bulletin boards around the map, boring challenges.    … Expand
  4. rAMZA
    Feb 25, 2019
    7
    The game is just ok nothing new, if you already got bored of the two last games no point in getting this one.
  5. tvinfo4a
    Jul 4, 2019
    7
    Seasons change is beautiful, the game feels differenct every week, but that doen't do much to help this game be better then any other Horizon game before.

    Like many users already mentioned in reviews here, it's empty. Yeah, there are barn finds, vistas, but that's it - all i can remember. Nothing spectacluar at all that makes you say "wow". Everything of all this was already seen in    Seasons change is beautiful, the game feels differenct every week, but that doen't do much to help this game be better then any other Horizon game before.

    Like many users already mentioned in reviews here, it's empty. Yeah, there are barn finds, vistas, but that's it - all i can remember. Nothing spectacluar at all that makes you say "wow". Everything of all this was already seen in previous Horizon games. Yes, graphics are nice (in some parts), effects are nice (wet car), forests are beautiful, grass and flowers are green and pretty. Don't feel anything about saving houses - you just buy it and that's it. I don't care about cars in FH4. They are all the same for me this time. I don't get how races work. You can race any race with any cars with upgrades or not... I just don't feel any progress in game. Actors and acting are bad, boring, texts are dull.

    I remember I wasn't excited vey much about FH3 too, after FH and FH2 were completed, but now, playing FH3 after FH4 from time to time I feel it's more completed and better game then the last one in the series.    … Expand
  6. Robonator
    Dec 24, 2018
    5
    The good:
    Nice graphics, runs much better on PC than FH3, the cars feel somewhat good, controls are okay (but don't bother with a wheel). Sounds are good, music is great.
    The bad: Everything else. I am just incredibly disappointed because this game shoves more free stuff into your face than a cheap mobile rpg. There is this tedious intro with awkward, cringy voice actors that    The good:
    Nice graphics, runs much better on PC than FH3, the cars feel somewhat good, controls are okay (but don't bother with a wheel). Sounds are good, music is great.

    The bad:
    Everything else.
    I am just incredibly disappointed because this game shoves more free stuff into your face than a cheap mobile rpg.

    There is this tedious intro with awkward, cringy voice actors that introduces you to the game. The story basically doesn't exist.
    Cutscenes aren't skipable and there are a ton early on, that will constantly take away your controls.
    Character creation is bascially non-existant. You simply select a character that is the least ugly. I am also pretty sure they are the exact same characters from FH3.
    Clothing mostly consists of reskins of the exact same model and cringy costumes.

    The progression system is flawed and casualized. You pretty much get everything for free. Early level-up rewards will already give you free supercars. The sheer mass of wheelspins will make sure you get even more unncessary cars and a lot of cash to spend.
    Within around 3 hours of gametime i already reached my goal and didn't know what to continue playing for.
    You get a ton of free cars and most of them are already upgraded to the near max.
    Customization is a joke when even cars flagged as "customization heroes" barely have any parts that change their visuals, other than community-made paintjobs.
    Everything is unlocked early, everything is dirt cheap to get. The only expensive things to buy are the various houses, but they don't even do anything at all. You cant even enter them or interact in any other way, they are basically just a fancy screen to look at whenever you start the game.

    Everything is even worse if you buy the autopass or VIP, because that means even more free cars and even more cash. I barely played the game and i already don't know what to spend it on without even owning the pass or VIP. I have the cars i like and they are upgraded as high as possible. I only played for around 3-4 hours... and yeah i am still at the prologue basically.

    Races are weird. Even though the map is fairly big, the tracks will repeat fairly quickly and guide you through the same sections multiple times. The seasons are a nice change, but the overall mapsize is far smaller than other games.
    There are like 3-4 types of races available. For the most part, it doesnt matter what car you use, because the race and the opponents will simply adjust, so you can even play a circuit through town with heavy offroaders.
    Hell you can even just create your own race if you don't like the actual one.
    There is some sort of "Round" system going on for the races. You keep getting told that you made it to round X in racetype Y, but there isn't even an indication outside of that what they mean, how many there are or whatever.
    Getting to a new round will unlock around 3-5 new races to play, but for some reason you only need to complete 2 to proceed to the next round.

    All this is still in the "prologue" or "introduction", but i am already tired of it.
    I really don't understand the hype around this. I really don't know what i play the game for. Its definitely not for the racing itself, because it doesn't feel much better than other arcade racers. Hell even just cruising around was more fun in The Crew 1 for me, than in FH4.
    Part of the reason might be that there is also barely any AI on the streets and the cars tend to behave.. weirdly. Like as if you are always driving on ice. I only really noticed other behaviour when racing with supercars. Most of those feel like they are glued to the street.

    As for the performance, it runs mostly great, even on older systems, but there is some weird bug that lets your game stutter and your frames drop whenever you try to go back in the upgrade menu.

    I will probably continue playing to see if it gets any better, but i highly doubt it. Get it if you don't care about anything but driving.    … Expand
  7. l_co
    Jan 2, 2019
    7
    great handling a good mix between sim and arcade ,but the game its very laggy, multiplayer its **** and offline get boring , the cars are unbalanced also
  8. Stig499
    Oct 1, 2019
    7
    +nice pc optimization
    +nice graphics +a lot of cars (~600+)
    +seasonal updates with new challenges & cars
    +still nice physics -poor ost
    -UK, u serious?
    -Map(location) are boring
    -season change feature are useless
    -auction -carpass
    -unbalanced car ranking system -livery editor are terrible
    -car paint always looks terrible & there is no option to chose mettalic or gloss
  9. StrikerFIN
    Oct 3, 2018
    5
    Nice graphics, great opimization, terrible wheel handling and FFB. With game this expensive, the wheel should work too. The voice acting is annoying, sounds like aimed at 5-year olds
  10. Oggranak
    Feb 23, 2020
    6
    First the good: beautiful, fun to drive (with a controller or with a wheel), lots of cars. And it runs really well on PC, surprisingly well. Driving around the world feels great. What's not to like? Well...

    The single player progression is very badly-paced, and it feels a bit aimless too. In most games you begin from nothing and work your way up; in this game they just hand you lots of    First the good: beautiful, fun to drive (with a controller or with a wheel), lots of cars. And it runs really well on PC, surprisingly well. Driving around the world feels great. What's not to like? Well...

    The single player progression is very badly-paced, and it feels a bit aimless too. In most games you begin from nothing and work your way up; in this game they just hand you lots of cool stuff at the start, and they don't really give you a direction. Just go do some events, build up your money and your "influence" to unlock more events. If you lose your races you still get both money and influence and the NPCs say "Great job! Keep that up and you're gonna go far!" What am I even doing in this game? I can go lose a race thirty times and buy a McLaren, but I'm not sure why I should want to.

    The aimless and open-ended nature of the game extends to everything. Only want to race D-class cars? You can take your D-class to almost any event and it will just scale down the event to match your car. There is no reason to fill out your collection. The game will never force you to build that A-class RWD rally car to compete in an event, or whatever. No wonder other users call it repetitive and boring. A game needs to give players direction, it can't JUST be a sandbox.

    On to the other problems:

    - You can make custom races, but not time trial. Why not? Huge oversight. They tried removing it from FM7 and fans made a fuss until they brought it back, now it's gone again for Horizon 4. Are they stupid?

    - Thankfully PC has FoV settings so you can tone down the default too-wide FoV, but it's hard-locked to 40 vertical FoV minimum, which is still too high for most setups. Even if you edit your settings in the text file to be lower, the game will not render lower than 40. Luckily I have a very large monitor which I can pull very close, but many do not. Getting this right makes driving feel much more 'real' and it's ridiculous that they arbitrarily prevent this.

    - Many other irritating problems with settings. Menu sound effects and other ambient sound effects are not separate categories, so if you like to play with loud and immersive sounds the menus will be way too loud. No option for rearview on screen if you play in anything other than cockpit view. Etc.

    But finally and most importantly, the online competitive racing which this game is supposed to be all about is bad. Driving alone feels great, but when you race other people they are all using overpowered AWD builds that plow you into corners. You can only have fun with the multiplayer racing if you have friends to organize a good clean race with. Good luck with that.

    All in all, I am enjoying this game. But I cannot in good conscience give it a high score that it does not deserve. This game has so much potential, as they say. It is a shame because they have the resources to make a much larger and fuller game than any niche racing sim—this could have been a sim lite with excellent graphics and an engaging single-player campaign, but instead we have this mess, crippled by poor development choices.    … Expand
  11. Antek
    Oct 27, 2019
    5
    Firstly, game is beautiful.
    But do not expect any kind of simulation here. Car handling with a steering wheel and FFB is out of this earth, even unplayable (tested on "simulation" difficulty).
    Thanks to xbox game pass I did not have to pay a full price for it. Going back to Diret Rally 2.
  12. Akk3d1s
    Oct 4, 2019
    5
    Well, its got nice cars, nice sound and nice graphics. However, its extremely boring and I find it hard to continue playing. After a 150gb download, I am quite disappointed with the lack of anything new and worthwhile. No real fun factor.
  13. Woong
    Nov 4, 2018
    7
    It's very nice!!!!! Nice graphic, Many nice car, Nice seasons and Nice sound!! But Unlike The Crew 2, the keyboard setup cannot be set from Gear 1 to Gear 7. If possible, I can give 200 points!
  14. Inny74
    Nov 14, 2021
    6
    Forza Horizon 4, while being revolutionary by introducing seasons into the mix, falls short by mediocre expansions like the LEGO Speed Champions DLC, which costed more than it should have. On top of the cringetopia the game has been with its single player campaign mode since Forza Horizon 3, the game will make you feel like you are in a never-ending airing of the Oprah Winfrey Show, beingForza Horizon 4, while being revolutionary by introducing seasons into the mix, falls short by mediocre expansions like the LEGO Speed Champions DLC, which costed more than it should have. On top of the cringetopia the game has been with its single player campaign mode since Forza Horizon 3, the game will make you feel like you are in a never-ending airing of the Oprah Winfrey Show, being given rare cars, wheel spins, and supercars left and right, ruining any sense of progression that was there from the start. I am aware Horizon 5 just came out, but even then in the sense of progression side of things, I feel like this will be no different than another season of the figurative Oprah Show that is the Forza franchise. Just wait for TDU Solar Crown instead...… Expand
  15. Nameless2131
    Feb 6, 2020
    7
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  16. WreckWren
    Mar 25, 2020
    6
    Great visuals
    OK handling
    Crap gameplay What does this mean? *unskippable voiceovers constantly *getting into an online game takes FOREVER *most of online is not actually PVP *cheaters EVERYWHERE *rammers EVERYWHERE *NO policing of either *NO team balance for all these team games *NO incentive to drive clean *Stupid challenges forcing you to drive McLarens over 50ft jumps    Great visuals
    OK handling
    Crap gameplay

    What does this mean?

    *unskippable voiceovers constantly
    *getting into an online game takes FOREVER
    *most of online is not actually PVP
    *cheaters EVERYWHERE
    *rammers EVERYWHERE
    *NO policing of either
    *NO team balance for all these team games
    *NO incentive to drive clean
    *Stupid challenges forcing you to drive McLarens over 50ft jumps in the mud constantly

    Average at best.    … Expand
  17. Nightmare1911
    Nov 11, 2019
    6
    The seasons the landscape the roads many cars it's all amazing... but there is no story , engine sounds are insulting and made me frustrated the most , old cars are faster than new ones i couldn't care less about it as everything can be upgraded. The trafic spawns in the worst place and time. AI is not affected by weather in races so you end up sliding on corners while stupid bots ignoreThe seasons the landscape the roads many cars it's all amazing... but there is no story , engine sounds are insulting and made me frustrated the most , old cars are faster than new ones i couldn't care less about it as everything can be upgraded. The trafic spawns in the worst place and time. AI is not affected by weather in races so you end up sliding on corners while stupid bots ignore the wet terrain and grip to it.. ah clothes... i can't wait to get a sexy leopard skirt when my character is male.. why don't they allow us to buy clothes like normal people instead we need to spin stupid wheel to get skirts and leggings. Overall this game deserves 5 but here is a 6 in hopes they can get it right the next time.… Expand
  18. ZUM_137
    May 31, 2021
    5
    Игра очень хорошая, но этот кривой порт в стим все портит, игра постоянно крашиться, сетевая игра не загружается! Можете в стиме добавить ачивку 15 минут игры без вылета!
  19. Faunymaroo
    Mar 23, 2021
    5
    Pretty, some fun driving about, but it's not really a racing game. When you do get into a good race, like around Edinburgh town centre, it's great, but otherwise it's a lot of annoying voiceovers and milling about on hills and cars that handle really badly.
  20. Deakon_Black
    Nov 19, 2022
    6
    It's a decent arcade racing game, but lack of progression system makes it a bland experience.
  21. Cz3rw0ny
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    I understand that this game has a lot of fans. But for me, single-player gamer predominantly, the campaign was just not that much fun. Played it for few hours, I had 2 go's at it, but dropped it quite quickly.
  22. retrotraktor
    Mar 30, 2019
    6
    While single player is quite decent multiplayer (ranked) is broken and too frustrating:
    1. U can not vote for type of race (off-road, street, etc)
    2. Physics is completely ruined, somehow wallhugging is more profitable than clean driving.
    3. No penalties for mess on the road - u can be ramed by others.
    4. Trash free-roam races.
  23. GenericJoe
    Dec 5, 2020
    5
    Very enjoyable racing game easily deserving a 7/10 if they had not included unskippable ads for their own add on packs.
  24. PizzaSubCombo
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    I really wanted to like Horizon 4, but the game has been neutered to the point where it doesn't even seem aimed at fans of the racing game genre anymore. Roads around the UK are widened to a cartoonish extent ensuring even the most braindead of drivers can blast around without crashing, the game throws copious amounts of cars and cash at you for seemingly insignificant achievements, andI really wanted to like Horizon 4, but the game has been neutered to the point where it doesn't even seem aimed at fans of the racing game genre anymore. Roads around the UK are widened to a cartoonish extent ensuring even the most braindead of drivers can blast around without crashing, the game throws copious amounts of cars and cash at you for seemingly insignificant achievements, and the numerous characters you meet around the world are generally annoying. Furthermore, the inclusion of elements that have nothing to do with racing games - battle royale mode, prize spins, and Fortnite dances - are cringey and off-putting. Gone are the days of Forza being the major racing game on Microsoft platforms; the series has hit a bizarre crossroads in which Turn10 try and cram as many concepts that worked in other games, into an open-world racing game and just sort of hope they work. Usually, they don't.… Expand
  25. Shogun047
    May 8, 2020
    7
    Good racing game, well made map great driving, awesome single player. But multiplayer is a disaster, freedom rush is luck based race witch makes no sense. It exists only in rally and offroad events but in rally, offroaders and extreme offroaders have too much advantage because of it.
  26. M_exe
    May 27, 2020
    7
    Forza Horizon 4 is probably the best racing game i ever played. Tons of cars to choose from. Many races to choose. But it does have it's cons

    Cons: 1. Chatting is limited. This is probably the only game with limited social features (at least from what i know). In forza you can't write your own comments. You're pretty much stuck with phrases and words, plus to have all of them you have    Forza Horizon 4 is probably the best racing game i ever played. Tons of cars to choose from. Many races to choose. But it does have it's cons

    Cons:
    1. Chatting is limited.
    This is probably the only game with limited social features (at least from what i know). In forza you can't write your own comments. You're pretty much stuck with phrases and words, plus to have all of them you have to unlock them.

    2. Very repetitive
    When you play for the first time you feel amazed by it. But after a while it gets repetitive and BORING.

    3. Lots and lots of bugs
    This is probably the buggiest game i ever played. One time i fell down trough the map and then i quit the game. The save game got corrupted, but thankfully Microsoft's ticket feature worked and my save game was back.

    4. You can't have all of the cars
    Most of the cars in forza can be obtained normally, but some of them you need to buy a gamepass, to obtain them, witch defeats the whole purpose of collecting them and using them.    … Expand
  27. pabloariel89
    Jul 31, 2020
    6
    Don't think otherwise, this is a great game with great graphics, gameplay, races and cars. I also loved the Hospital Records radio.

    My 6 is because I ditched the game. The reason? Doesn't matter your final position in the races, you get them as "completed" and you get the rewards. I would have liked a position tracking over the races (maybe in the map) to show me my result in a    Don't think otherwise, this is a great game with great graphics, gameplay, races and cars. I also loved the Hospital Records radio.

    My 6 is because I ditched the game.
    The reason? Doesn't matter your final position in the races, you get them as "completed" and you get the rewards.

    I would have liked a position tracking over the races (maybe in the map) to show me my result in a specific race.
    My goal was to come out first in each race, but with this system it was very very difficult to follow.    … Expand
  28. NecroIsGone
    Dec 9, 2020
    7
    I have over 500 hours on this game and I have to say it's one of my favorite racing games that I have ever played. Many people won't agree with me but I prefer this "darker/washed out" feel and look of Great Britain over the over-saturated and colorful look of Australia in Forza Horizon 3.
    Even the gameplay is a big upgrade from the previous Horizon games and the car list is HUGE.
    I love    I have over 500 hours on this game and I have to say it's one of my favorite racing games that I have ever played. Many people won't agree with me but I prefer this "darker/washed out" feel and look of Great Britain over the over-saturated and colorful look of Australia in Forza Horizon 3.
    Even the gameplay is a big upgrade from the previous Horizon games and the car list is HUGE.
    I love every aspect of this game except the car sounds, car customization, and the events, or lack thereof...
    The events and races are fun for the first few hours of playing but they slowly get boring and repetitive. Every event is really similar, a bit of asphalt and some dirt, maybe a jump here and there but nothing really exciting that will put you on the edge of your seat. Quite a few times it won't even matter which event you choose (apart from not being able to use a certain car type) because if you choose a road race you will probably be driving on gravel and dirt as well. So this is a big issue for me because if I choose my 1400 horsepower Bugatti Chiron for a road race I don't want to find myself drifting on a gravel road in my 2.5 million dollar car.
    Now one of my biggest issues with the game, something that bothers me the most is the car sounds.
    I can't tell you enough how much this bothers me.
    Almost every AMG car sounds the same. There are 4 different Bugatti cars in the game, 3 of those use the same sound. A big portion of the Porches uses the same sound as well as a lot of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Audis.
    And when you swap out an engine for a V12 it's absolutely horrible. The sound sounds like autotune, the V12 engine sounds so computer generated and not even remotely realistic.
    Personally, I feel that the game that got the sounds just right was The Crew 2, but that game is nothing compared to Forza Horizon 4 when we look at gameplay and overall detail.
    My third issue with this game is car customization.
    80% of the cars in this game have only 2 customization options, Forza front bumper with a BIG UGLY TOW HOOK that you can't remove and an ugly Forza spoiler that never looks good on most cars.
    The other 20% of cars will have a few body kits or some different bumpers which I actually like but the body kits are usually Liberty Walk or Rocket Bunny.
    A feature that I would like to see in this game is that you could sell your cars from your garage for the listed price below the car.
    Because now the only way to sell a car is to sell it in the auction house or sell a duplicate when you get it in a wheel spin.
    With this lack of selling options, you are left with a garage full of boring cars you will never use because if you list one of these useless cars in the auction house for 10,000 credits nobody will buy it because in most cases people are trying to get rid of those cars as well.
    I wish the developers would add more fun and rare cars to play around with because the game is getting a bit boring.
    For the last year, all I've been doing in this game is, check the festival playlist, complete enough challenges to get to 80% of this seasons playlist so I can get the two "rare" cars and then sell them for a few million in the auction house, every season is the same, complete challenges to earn cars and do it again for the next season and the next season and the next and the next.
    It's getting repetitive and boring. I would love to do something else in this game but to be honest, after finding all the influence and fast travel boards, after completing the whole Fortune Island DLC, after completing the whole LEGO DLC, that's the only thing that's left, the festival playlist.
    I could go and do races and other events but it's literally the same as doing festival playlist challenges except without getting any rewards apart from a few thousand credits.
    I really hope that the developers plan on releasing Forza Horizon 5 in 2021 because if they keep milking Forza Horizon 4 they will lose a bit part of the players because the game is just boring at this point if you have put in over a few hundred hours.
    So to wrap it all up this a great racing game that has taken a more "arcade" turn.
    The game has big issues but unless you plan on putting hundreds of hours into this game It should be fine and entertaining.
    The game lacks any kind of story apart from a few events that don't really do much.
    If you want to get a bit more fun out of this game I would recommend purchasing the Fortune Island DLC and the LEGO Speed Champions DLC and all the other car packs/car passes.
    I would recommend you wait for a sale and definitely don't buy it full price.
    I would recommend buying it on Instant Gaming and getting a game code that you can redeem and the price is lower and more appropriate for the experience that you get in this game.
    Great racing game, lack of content.    … Expand
  29. nietzfk
    May 20, 2023
    7
    The graphics are nice, but I can't add a meaning to the cars. Blessing for lovers.
  30. vova22379
    Nov 13, 2021
    6
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  31. 3t3rnal
    Feb 11, 2022
    7
    Forza Horizon 4 is a very fun game with a lots of cars to collect and with decent driving model and a map that offers it all, from tight city streets, through a long highway to muddy rural side roads. It is, however, also a grindy slog with limited amount of race tracks, very simplistic singleplayer AI and a lot of half-baked features. Personally, I love cars and they are my hobby, so IForza Horizon 4 is a very fun game with a lots of cars to collect and with decent driving model and a map that offers it all, from tight city streets, through a long highway to muddy rural side roads. It is, however, also a grindy slog with limited amount of race tracks, very simplistic singleplayer AI and a lot of half-baked features. Personally, I love cars and they are my hobby, so I have forgiven a lot, and honestly, as a casual player, who just wants to win the main races, you'll have a fun couple hours. If you want to delve deeper and perhaps collect all cars, unlock all content, etc. you'll be facing some pretty frustrating roadblocks.

    Performance and technical bugs:
    - the game is very well optimized and runs great, I got about 105 FPS on average in 4k at max
    - it crashes randomly, no matter the location, whether in race or freeroam, full speed or standing still, the game will just freeze and then crash after a second or two

    Graphics:
    - the game looks great, the car models, the environment, the particle effects, all of it looks amazing
    - the game changes seasons, and all of them are done very well

    Sound:
    - music is fantastic, though there's not too many of them, and the songs cut off at weird points, the DJs are pretty good as well
    - engine sounds are kinda generic, but this is pretty much a Forza thing, there's too many cars to get proper sounds, I guess
    - voiceacting is alright

    Story/characters
    - what is not alright are the characters, most of them are not written very well, they feel like san francisco dwelling, bicycle riding urbanites who wanted to impress someone and so they have read a bunch of wikipedia articles about random cars so they could try and fake an interest in them. Needles to say, it does not quite work.
    - there's a bit of a shallow story about becoming a racing star, but it has no bearing on the gameplay, it's just a couple low cost "cut-scenes" that are mostly just showing the map while a character drops a line or two

    Gameplay:
    - as mentioned, the driving model is pretty good - on the arcadey side, though it can be tweaked a bit to make it more challenging by turning of ABS and such, though I don't think it can quite be said it becomes more "realistic" that way
    - there's a lot of cars to collect, some 750-800 pieces
    - the progression is really grindy in regards to money / credits
    - most of the progression is handled through randomized rewards which feel like someone wanted to sell lootboxes, but then got scared of backlash so removed the option to buy them with IRL cash, but this means that progression is very uneven and does not feel good, and building up a well rounded garage is also more of a problem since you will mostly get cars that you do not need, not to mention the game did not have an option to sell duplicate cars for a loooooong time
    - compared to the amount of cars and the grind required to get them, there's not enough tracks. What is in the game is pretty good, you get your short technical circuits, long tracks through the country side, etc. But all of them will eventually become boring as you drive hours upon hours on them
    - the game has a track editor, but it is kinda barebones and instead of "painting" the track, you drive your car and place checkpoints, which is dumb AF to be honest, as the way you drive determines the "best line" and also the line which the bots follow to the dot - so the editor is mostly used to build exploit tracks for easy credit grind
    - as mentioned, the AI is dumb, it just follows the "best line" in a train, very little awareness of anything, resulting in some stupid crashes at times
    - unless you are really into collecting cars, there's no real point in playing the game past completing the mainline races, all you'll get is a lot of grind for little reward
    - your car collection is only in Horizon 4, despite the fact that the next game(s) will contain them, you will have to regrind them again, making the grind even more pointless
    - drag racing is really undercooked in the game, drifting also feels a bit tacked-on
    - there are some vehicle categories which feel pretty empty and underutilized
    - some other minor attempts at different race types / events that went nowhere because the devs kinda always just decided to try something new, but were overly cautious and did not commit enough resources, so the result was underwhelming and did not take off, thus halting future development, the only exception being the battle royale mode - Eliminator - which I honestly did not like much
    - personally I also hated the inclusion of Lego and Hot wheels cars, which cannot be removed / turned off

    It's a fun racing game for a casual player, and a decent playground for someone trying to "catch them all", but the overly grindy, very randomized progression and some other issues - both technical and game design choices made - drag the game down. It doesn't really bring anything special to the genre.    … Expand
  32. thatonemenzes
    Oct 6, 2021
    7
    Like any other Forza Horizon, the fourth entry in the series is a good game, with the majority of the things in-game being well above average, but they completely messed up in the single player campaign mode. You basically have almost no sense of progression and no actual reason for you to be competing in these races other than "I wanna be the Horizon Champion, have 37 versions of the FordLike any other Forza Horizon, the fourth entry in the series is a good game, with the majority of the things in-game being well above average, but they completely messed up in the single player campaign mode. You basically have almost no sense of progression and no actual reason for you to be competing in these races other than "I wanna be the Horizon Champion, have 37 versions of the Ford Mustang and a Peel P50". So basically, there's no story whatsoever, the characters are unmemorable, you race for the seek of racing and after the the seasons introduction and the game starts to be f*cking repetitive, having seasonal playlists that gives you exclusive cars that cannot be bought in the showroom by winning championships. It's not terrible, the events ain't bad, but it's way too repetitive.

    Not everything is bad though, the map is GORGEOUS, with beautiful landmarks and the main city, Edinburgh, is such a nice place to cruise around and race. However, after a while this map feels kinda blend, especially due to having only one Horizon Festival that is very forgettable and also because there are way too many forests. It's not bad, but it kinda ruins the experience after a while

    The car list is massive, providing an amazing variety of cars (730 to be more specific). Each vehicle has its own handling model and customization options, that can be either performance or cosmetic related. In this regard, there's almost no criticism, except the the game encourages you to make, for almost every car, the goddamn AWD drivetrain swap that generally ruins some cars handling, making them overpowered. This point can simply be avoided by NOT USING IT (at least the option is there).

    The driving is amazing, the handling model is perfect, being mostly arcade with some simulation elements. It feels responsive, with each car having a different behavior and is by far, the strongest point of the game.

    Even though being quite repetitive due to the seasonal playlists, the racing events are well designed, being varied between tarmac and off-road racing. The biggest problem in this case is actually the AI, called drivatars, invented by satan to either be beaten in the first corner or, when in the invict difficulty, rubberband miles away from you, making the races sometimes feel like an actual pain in the a$$.

    The online experience is frustrating, even though the servers are not that bad, but the players seem not to know how to break before cornering, take decent racing lines or simply DRIVE WITHOUT TRYING TO KILL YOU. It's very very bad. The most enjoyable online mode is The Eliminator, that is actually great and surprisingly fun to play.

    Another Horizon staple is the soundtrack and, with no surprise, it's not as good as Horizon 1's, but nonetheless it's great, providing a nice variety of songs in each one of the 4 radio stations.

    After all that said: is it worth playing? Sure, especially if you have Game Pass. This game is solid, nailing *most* of the essential aspects of a racing game, providing an amazing driving experience, in a beautifully crafted map with tons of events to do. What actually kills this game is its repetitiveness on singleplayer, certainly being its major flaw. Hopefully, Playground Game will learn their lesson in this regard with the upcoming title, Forza Horizon 5. For now, the fourth entry is just a (Scottish) rock solid 7/10.    … Expand
  33. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    6
    Sarebbe un gioco splendido, ma l'audio... L'audio uccide ogni neurone presente nel cranio di ogni giocatore. Un gioco di auto con un audio sbagliato non deve esistere.
  34. Frankeyowski
    Feb 22, 2021
    5
    Niezbyt ciekawa gra. Gdyby nie było tylu samochodów oraz ekscytujących wyścigów dałbym 3/10 ale się zlituję i dam trochę więcej.
  35. tufekciero
    Mar 13, 2021
    7
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  36. KTheSlayer
    Jun 18, 2021
    6
    A bit dull, and too much arcade.
    The physics make the game feel very unreal
  37. JakubSolar
    Jul 25, 2021
    5
    Good racing game, but I hate being advertised (cant skip) to buy car pacs after paying 50 euro for the game. Hey I paid the money. I did not fcking pirate the game, so go easy on the fcking commercials and at least let me tell you to go to fck off, and not force me to watch it!
  38. johnny__a
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    The map is great, the races are fun, and I like the different modes and other gameplay elements like hidden old cars. But I feel like you are given way too nice cars way too early to give you any long-term motivation to keep on playing.
  39. briiiz
    Feb 11, 2023
    7
    说实话其实是个相当优秀的游戏，但是赛车游戏实在不是我的菜，操作手感很舒服，游戏流程基本就是只是在赛车（理所当然）也许时不时可以玩一下，但是长期游玩实在容易感到无聊
  40. h3is3nb3rg
    Jul 26, 2023
    7
    One of the most beautiful-looking games I have played. But the racing is very difficult and it is almost a simulation game. The cars can be customized to any extent and that is definitely for purists and the people who know what they are doing. But a solid game overall. It does get repetitive after some time.

Awards & Rankings

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#9 Best PC Game of 2018
12
#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
35
#35 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2019
    90
    After a bit too conservative Forza Horizon 3, which was just an improved second Horizon, the latest game in the series easily exceeded my expectations. Its world is enormous and full of various activities (including seasonal events), the driving model is exceptional both on and off road, there are over 450 varied cars and the PC version is spectacular. All that makes Forza Horizon 4 the best open world racing game I have ever played. [12/2018, p.66]
  2. The Overpowered Noobs
    Oct 31, 2018
    70
    With the implementation of seasons and a new location, this installment in the series make for a wonderful, fulfilling racing experience, although it has a few minor bugs that need fixing.
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  3. LevelUp
    Oct 18, 2018
    88
    Playground Games newest addition to the open world racing genre is everything you can expect from a game that belongs to the Forza family. It’s easy to learn due its granular design, yet it provides deep tuning tools for the connoisseur. Despite its numerous and solid online systems that feeds its communities, the series feels like it has forgotten its competitive roots. Despite this, Forza Horizon 4 invites you to take part in its copious amenities and, in the end, the experience feels like your own, as long as you do not demand too much from the multiplayer.
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