Forza Horizon 4
Before I picked up the XBox Series X I heard from nearly everyone that's owned an XBox that Forza Horizon 4 is the game to get. During Black Friday Forza Horizon 4 was on sale including all the DLC for a handful of bucks and I pressed the gas on that purchase and haven't let up on the pedal since.
I've played a lot of driving games and unless we are talking about Mario Kart, I'm not typically a fan of any. All told the art of racing around a track isn't that much fun to me unless we can throw banana peels and red shells at each other. I drive a lot more than I'd like in real life so one way to make that fun is to make is unlike any driving experience I have and Mario...
I've played a lot of driving games and unless we are talking about Mario Kart, I'm not typically a fan of any. All told the art of racing around a track isn't that much fun to me unless we can throw banana peels and red shells at each other. I drive a lot more than I'd like in real life so one way to make that fun is to make is unlike any driving experience I have and Mario...
I'm familiar with it, well as much as "it's an open-world racing game." You mentioned Skyrim, which points exactly to what confuses me about the game. How can it be an open-world Skyrim-like racing game? It doesn't compute. I think I'd have to just see it for myself. If you want to elaborate, I'd be happy to see what you have to say about it.
I'm not really into racing games, but Mario Kart is fun. Another racing game that I absolutely love is the Wipeout series. I like being able to use weapons to get ahead.
It's great to have a game you can play w/ your 5 year old.
Hm, I don't see a demo link on Steam, but I may have overlooked it. What surprises me though is that Forza Horizon 4 is the exact same price as Forza Horizon 5.
I picked up 5. It is a lot of fun, but boy do I suck at driving.
> How can it be an open-world Skyrim-like racing game? It doesn't compute. I think I'd have to just see it for myself. If you want to elaborate, I'd be happy to see what you have to say about it.
What I mean is that instead of the game making you play race after race after race you can just drive wherever you want in the open world AND partake in races, stunts or other stuff if you want to much like Skyrim or Fallout.
> I picked up 5. It is a lot of fun, but boy do I suck at driving.
I’ve gotten better over time.
That said, from a quick search it looks like the Forza 5 map is bigger and by most accounting a better game than 4. That said, happy to start with 4 and then make my way to 5 when it and all the DLC is pretty cheap.
I wonder if Forza or Microsoft Flight Simulator might meet up at some point? They seem like similar kinds of games.
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>What I mean is that instead of the game making you play race after race after race you can just drive wherever you want in the open world AND partake in races, stunts or other stuff if you want to much like Skyrim or Fallout.
Your initial description of it pretty much matches what I've known, but never fully understood about it. That actually sounds like a cool, relaxing game. I just never really looked for info about the game, but it was included in videos I watched or articles I read about good open-world games and I didn't understand how this was on that list.
Some of the cars are very sexy and the landscape looks really cool, too. Are you playing in 4K?
How's the music?
I am playing 5 in 4k. Music is great!
Awesome. I just plugged into the world of 1440p with a new monitor, but I'm now waiting for it's replacement since I found an issue w/ it. Are you playing w/ HDR? I'm just learning about it.
Do they have original music tracks or popular ones?
I’m playing in 4K as well, the game is incredible.
Music is on point too. I turned it to music mode which features less car sounds and more of the soundtrack.
Nice!
Playing in Dolby Vision, I think.
So Dolby HDR, too?! I just jumped into HDR myself w/ my new monitor. It seemed to make other things look shitty, but the HDR movie I saw looked great. Now I'm sticking w/ SDR unless something specifically says.
I’ve had Horizon 4 for ages but hadn’t played it a ton. I grabbed 5 when it came out and played the hell out of it, still do the weekly seasonal challenges and such, but I’ve also gotten back into 4. I’ve gotten into star levels on both (when you hit level 199 you wrap around to 1 with a star, then level 299 you wrap around to level 1 with 2 stars, and so on).
There is just SO much content in 4 and it’s all amazing. The only complaint I have is that the end of the Lego Island DLC is a massive grind fest if you want to build all the different things you can and unlock the final race.
I had basically been ignoring some speed zones and all drift zones because I didn’t enjoy them, but I love them now, I am looking forward to going back to FH5 to do those now.
The music is varied and each station has its own groove. I’ve started listening to some bands because I discovered them on a Forza station. I tend to play the pop station in FH5 because it has Dua Lipa’s Levitating which is a flawless pop gem.
I am a #ForeverPhysical kinda guy but I bought these on the MS store because you can buy once and play on console and PC. I love the 4k HDR 60+ fps on my PC for tricky challenges but I also like lounging on the couch for the more relaxing stuff. They both look fab on Xbox One X though I’m sure Jon’s series X makes it look way better :)
> I am a #ForeverPhysical kinda guy but I bought these on the MS store because you can buy once and play on console and PC. I love the 4k HDR 60+ fps on my PC for tricky challenges but I also like lounging on the couch for the more relaxing stuff. They both look fab on Xbox One X though I’m sure Jon’s series X makes it look way better :)
Agreed. I love physical but having it on XBox and PC is a huge benefit.
Damn, Travis you're dong 60+FPS at 4K?! I thought even the best RTX cards had trouble w/ that. I'm running 1440p now.
I usually do not get that performance in 4k in any other modern games, but these games are either far more lightweight than they seem or they’re hella optimized.
Very cool! You guys make these Forza games sound interesting. Thanks for elaborating and sharing your experiences, I greatly appreciate it!