Forza Horizon 4

[NorthernWarrior]

Read elsewhere this is going off sale in December due to licensing issues.

It looks quite good but at £55 a bit pricey to walk into blind.

Just wondered if anyone has played this and can recommend or not. Might wait and see if it gets a decent discount in the November sale or they have a firesale before the end.

[haverfordwest]

Never played it Vern, but there are game play vids on YT buddy.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Came up 80% off last night on Steam, £16.99 for the Ultimate Edition which has all the DLC, no longer sold separately. So I took the plunge but it’s a 90 odd Gb download so will be a day or two before I’m playing it.

[haverfordwest]

Nice one Vern, i hope it suits you. But what are you on, dial up 😁🤣.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Nah, just been busy with a few other things to go on the PC. Anyhow nearly installed now, see from the game's wiki there's a Morris Minor and Hillman Imp in there. Could be fun...

[haverfordwest]

Wow that sounds interesting, any other British classics included. Enjoy buddy...............

Edit: Just looked at wiki, there are dozens of cars in the game. Including my all time favourite car, 1957 Chevrolet Bell Air.

No Ford Cortina Mk2 though, which is my favourite UK car. Does include an Anglebox though (Ford Anglia 105E) 😂.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Got it installed and quite enjoying though it tends to lead you by the nose at the start and gameplay is arcadey, though I expected that. Makes a nice change from the grimness and furrowed brow of the train sims, perfect to unwind and relax for half an hour before doing something else. Don’t think I’ve unlocked the bit where you can access the other cars, been doing the first couple of races in a souped up Ford Focus. Much to my surprise I won the first race, normally I suck at this type of thing and end up coming in dead last - even going back to the days of Geoff Crammond’s F1 GP on the Amiga.

[doobear320]

It's certainly a fun game from my experiences, though I personally didn't like all the hoops I had to jump through before I could play with friends (and also the lack of Toyota on launch..). Glad you dont have to do as much to play with friends in Horizon 5 when compared to 4.

[NorthernWarrior]

TBH already got a bit bored with it. Car physics at best arcade, certainly no Richard Burns Rally. You can drive across country and just knock down walls or fences as if they weren’t there. Most of the races are very similar, vs 7 NPC vehicles which no matter how low the difficulty level, punishing the slightest mistake or wrong line. Glad I didn’t pay full price.