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5.0 out of 5 stars4.5 Stars! Love the Forza Horizon series since the 1st.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018
UPDATE 3/29/19: The devs are still keeping it going. I have found that Unranked Online Racing is much more enjoyable considering the greed of ranked points are removed, most of these players are sportsman racers and we have some really good races. Looking forward to the next DLC drop this spring.
UPDATE 1/16/19: With the recent update #5, they've added the community desired Free-for-All single player online ranked racing, no more relying on your team to decide your fate. Unfortunately and expected, there are very few people that actually race lines, it's mostly just wall slapping, pushing and shoving, can be a lot of fun and incredibly frustrating. Still a good amount of stuff to do outside online racing, the seasonal stuff every week has a way of keeping things going.
I love open world games and I love car racing, thank the coding gods for Forza Horizon. The graphics and open world's "openess" has improved with each iteration since FH1. I remember in FH1 where almost everything crashed you, on FH4 there aren't many walls outside the city that would, very destructible environment. Lots of good air time jumps, not just the ramps, little hills can launch you if you're fast enough. Just a lot of fast paced or driving Miss Daisy scenery fun, whatever you're in the mood for! Farming perks has never been so enjoyable.
Never spent much time in auctions on previous iterations, but I am killing it and having fun in this one. Flipping cars and cashing in on people who don't grab the cash with perks, must have made somewhere around $50M in it so far, but seems like everyone is catching on now ;) Using your "favorites" garage is a good way to separate your usable cars from your 500+ collectibles and just mine the wheelspins from your junk garage and remove them.
Forzathons are cool and have led to some excellent buys in the shop, always worth having some points in the bank for when the season changes, never know what's for sale next. Always fun cooperating with other gamers in these, try to have a game within the game. Joining random MP race offerings in the map has been fun and joining a group club is cool as well which all leads me to the only frustrating part of the game...
Ranked Multiplayer: bah, even if you're the best driver (I'm not) and have the best cars (I don't), you are still subject to various spots of luck and how competent and driven your teammates are, plus plenty of glitches that can add to the issues of trying to rank up. There needs to be an individual ranked MP section, at least one frustration can be eliminated. The best decision I've made is to stop playing Ranked MP and turn attention to the Auction House and Clubs, much more fun stuff.
Looking forward to the expansion content coming this month and in Spring 2019, then FH5, keep em' coming MS coders, I'm in...thanks.
Special Kudos to the person selecting "Deathwish" by Red Sun Rising, never heard of this band and I can't get enough of that song!
