Forza Horizon 4 Xbox Series X/ Series S - A Good Upgrade... But There Are Issues

Join Alex Battaglia for a detailed look at the 60fps upgrade for Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, stacked up against Xbox One X and (where appropriate) the PC original. Developer Panic Button has handed in a decent upgrade with lots of improvements - but there are issues, including a couple of visual cutbacks that are concerning.

[JDoubleT]

This guy thinks his menus are laggy on his xbox one x.... should watch it on my OG xbox one 😂

[jaccopeek]

Your next-gen content is a joy to watch. Can’t wait for the AC and CoD analysis.

[robo_j]

That hang up at 6:50 is a rare occurrence based on its 7 servers are 1 server system. You switched from one region to another but the new region I presume had a full lobby of higher ping players and the game pooped itself a little. More server side than game/console side. The servers for Horizon 4 are garbage after all

[David]

Playground really should have done this update themselves rather than hiring a third party dev.

[themarauder]

For anyone who's still wondering, no they haven't fixed the issues mentioned in this video. It got a single update and hasn't been touched since.

[Scott]

Dont understand why night shadows and SSAO are disabled on xsx, its not a massive perormance killer. Digital foundry, could you please ask the devs about it. the missing Ssao and night shadows in rsces are very noticable for me when Im playing.

[eliteshergio]

I moved from One S to Series X, the change is completely stunning !!

[CroneRaven]

Can't wait for Horizon 5! Hopefully it's in Japan. They also have the 4 seasons and the mountain roads are like the ultimate dual roads ala initial D, tokyo drift :D Also very gorgeous

[CasualGamers]

Awesome. Looking forward to more series s and x comparisons, as well as PC settings

[HighSpeedTV]

When do we get Valhalla PC vs Xbox Series X vs PS5? Cant wait for that video!! Great work as always!!

[richardrocha]

7:02 You missed a checkpoint. Press Y to rewind.

[vincybadman]

Alex buddy, you've really gotta stop saying the full name of the console lol. Just say One X and Series X. Otherwise great analysis.

[lyconxero]

I love the fact that Digital Foundry has become the ultimate beta testers as they seem to find and point out all these little things which the devs may actually already know about but maybe didn't have time to implement before launching the product. Thankfully we live in an age of digital updates and many little things can be patched and fixed over time. At least the frame rate and resolution are solid right off the bad so it'll still be a joy to play the game.

[pranavkolluri]

Oh this explains so much! I was wondering why it looked kinda off as I've mostly played in the quality mode on One X. I really hope they improve it soon

[mechiellouw]

Still waiting for some definitive Series X|S review with Watch Dogs and AC Valhalla tested😏

[KPK]

Honestly, 99% of gamers won't even notice the issues that you pointed out. 4K 60 with way faster loading times in a gorgeous game like FH4 is spectacular!

[KizaruB]

We’ve only had Alex for a couple years but I now couldn’t imagine DF without him

[goonerlee]

Good timing. Love me a bit of Digital Foundry while I eat my dinner.

[YankeeAllStars]

I know that most of the upgrades other than increased FPS are probably unnoticeable when I'm driving over 100 mph, but I still find all of this technical analysis fascinating!

[cactoidpinata]

Thanks for the analysis! I was playing this last night on my Series X. It is phenomenal. The load time improvements are everything I could have asked for.