Not typically big on racing games and haven't really played one that left a lasting impression on me since Midnight Club 3 and the heyday of the Need for Speed games with Underground and Most Wanted. But I saw Forza Horizon 4 on sale and figured I've give it a try as I've always heard good things about Forza games but never actually played one and wow was I impressed.
The world is gorgeous and is designed amazingly giving room for all different types of tracks. Long straights for your super cars, tight windy hairpins for your tuners, or even offroad tracks for your trucks and ATVs. There's something here for everyone, and it doesn't force you to do any one thing, you can take the game at your own pace and do whatever you feel like when you feel like it. The seasons system is interesting and keeps the map feeling fresh, though winter irrefutably sucks some of the fun out of the game.
The racing is great striking a nice balance between arcade and realism where you can't just go full beans and send it around a corner to gain positions, but you don't feel like you have to be a formula 1 driver to have success. The selection of cars is simply unmatched and you can customize and tune your car to an absurd degree... Or just download the work of someone who has spent the time figuring it out for you if you don't feel like experimenting and working it out for yourself.
The point is, this game is designed in such a way that you will have fun no matter how deep into racing you are. Whether you are simply a guy who as a kid loved the first Fast and the Furious movie and just wants to race a Lancer Evo or Supra with the same paint job as in the movies, or if you want to fully nerd out and fine tune the gear ratios on your Ferrari to make it an unstoppable beast. There's something here for everyone and I don't think I've ever played a more fully realized racing game than this and will probably keep coming back to it every few days to get a race or two in for a while.
The world is gorgeous and is designed amazingly giving room for all different types of tracks. Long straights for your super cars, tight windy hairpins for your tuners, or even offroad tracks for your trucks and ATVs. There's something here for everyone, and it doesn't force you to do any one thing, you can take the game at your own pace and do whatever you feel like when you feel like it. The seasons system is interesting and keeps the map feeling fresh, though winter irrefutably sucks some of the fun out of the game.
The racing is great striking a nice balance between arcade and realism where you can't just go full beans and send it around a corner to gain positions, but you don't feel like you have to be a formula 1 driver to have success. The selection of cars is simply unmatched and you can customize and tune your car to an absurd degree... Or just download the work of someone who has spent the time figuring it out for you if you don't feel like experimenting and working it out for yourself.
The point is, this game is designed in such a way that you will have fun no matter how deep into racing you are. Whether you are simply a guy who as a kid loved the first Fast and the Furious movie and just wants to race a Lancer Evo or Supra with the same paint job as in the movies, or if you want to fully nerd out and fine tune the gear ratios on your Ferrari to make it an unstoppable beast. There's something here for everyone and I don't think I've ever played a more fully realized racing game than this and will probably keep coming back to it every few days to get a race or two in for a while.