8 Reasons Forza Horizon 4 Is One Of The Best Racing Games Ever Made | PC Review

Forza Horizon 4 is one of the best racing games I’ve ever played - it’s a celebration of all things on wheels that gives you a fantasy garage and a chunk of Britain to tear up. In this PC gameplay I review what I love about this game and explain why it’s the best racing game I’ve played in years. (Well, since the last one.)

Our full Forza Horizon 4 review is on Rock Paper Shotgun: The Site - I’ll pop a link to it below - but this list breaks down what makes Horizon one of the best driving games around. I see Playground Games motoring epic as a driving roleplaying game, where instead of a hero exploring a wild land, you’re uncovering it from the comfort of over 400 cars. Whether you want to do that as a street racer, a drifter or on bouncy cross country adventures, that’s up to you - Forza Horizon 4 is all about enjoying the roads as you see fit.

In this video list, I look at how the opening to the game brilliantly crushes tens of hours of fun into a pure ten minute hoon; I look at how seasons reinvent the world and give the game a neat real-time twist; I look at Forza Horizon 4’s dynamic new online mode, which mixes Destiny and Honda Civics to wonderful effect. I also spent too much time jumping off the top of hills in a buggy, because this game has one of the bumpiest landscapes ever built for a game. Honestly, I’ve spent about 10 hours of this review focusing exclusively on cross country races - I could replay these for weeks.

In our Forza Horizon 4 PC gameplay - recorded at 1440p at 60fps - I also look into how the series has evolved its campaign structure and reinvented the bucket list challenges to add a bit of story to the proceedings. It really is a dream sequel - taking every feature from the previous Forza Horizon series and polishing it growing it in meaningful ways. And whether you’re playing the game on PC or firing Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox One X or Xbox One, you’re going to see some staggeringly pretty game making.

I should note that I’m coming at this from the direction of someone who isn’t normally into racing games - I prefer things to be arcade-y. Give me Mario Kart, OutRun or the like and I’m happy. The magic of Forza Horizon 4 is that it allows you to skid around and do dumb stuff in expensive cars, but can also be tweaked to provide a more hardcore experience. So when I call it one of the best racing games of all time, it’s coming from a personal place - this is the racing game series that made me fall in love with racing games. The TLDR version: I like it a lot.

If you’ve been playing the game, we’d love to hear your Forza Horizon 4 reviews in the comments below. And if you are still on the fence and have some questions, please do ask them in the comments - I will do my best to answer them. Hopefully the video explains itself clearly - happy to clear up an confusing points.

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[theoxne]

Guys! the Windows XP Shutdown sound is a horn!

[mrblonde]

Your spoiler joke was so corny, i laughed out loud. Love it!

[prolosertheatomistic]

As a primarily sim player, I have to say that FH4 is amazing.

Physics are realistic enough to feel like you are driving a car and you can apply real world driving techniques, but also are arcade enough for it to be fully accessible by everyone and to have some fun throwing cars off cliffs if that's your thing. That paired with the awesome open world map, great car customization and multiplayer make it hands down my favourite car game to date.

The improved FFB over FH3 fixes my main complaint I had with the series, too.

[mmmyeah]

This is where grandma lives and she doesn't want drum and bass in her back garden 😂 cracked me up

[Scottoest]

Driving a Pagani Zonda on a dirt road. I'm sure that ended well.

[jase]

You are amusing and authentic! Lovely video. Can't wait for this game, even though I'm awful at this genre.

[Hisflock]

4:37 What you didn't know is that Grandma IS the DJ for the Forza Horizon Festival

[KandyKobra]

That halo horn is my reason for existing now

[Vicpoint]

Things I most love about this game:
1. Everything

[windocats]

I love this game. It's _pretty much_ all I could've ever asked for from a racing game. I personally grew up playing racing games, my favorite still has to be TDU2 (<3).

It annoys me to a great extent to see that many sim players are bashing this game. They are missing the point. It's supposed to be fun, not realistic.

Anyway, great review. I've really enjoyed the early access weekend for this game.

[craigkingdon]

Holy crap, if playground games makes the next fable I am 100% down!!

[mariogalaxy]

Games as polished, beautiful and fun as this, make me want to buy an Xbox One ASAP. Shame us PS gamers can't play it, but I'm glad those who own an Xbox One can. Kudos to Playground for developing such an awesome looking game!

[mshinny]

As an amateur racing driver who mainly plays racing games of all kinds, I was ready to tear the title to shreds. However I feel you made your perspective clear from the start. While I find enjoyment from different aspects of racing games, arcade or sim, you didn't present your opinions as fact. Very refreshing for a YouTube video.

[SirZorgulon]

The last racing game I played was Burnout Paradise, but this game really does look worth picking up. I've read some good praise of this game, but I appreciated the deeper approach (and gameplay footage) of this video. Thanks, Matthew!

[applefx]

Just found this channel and it’s great, getting fh4 in 2 weeks

[carpemkarzi]

I feel in love with Forza Horizon 3 on PC and am so looking forward to playing FH4 is a couple days. I am an average racer at best but the freedom to just pick a car and drive really appeals to me. Also they picture of you with your car is great it is a phenomenal visual representation of an apology. Great vid as always. RPS rules

[Guitar]

I think this is the only arcade racing game you will need at this time. Graphics are breathtaking and fun driving. Massive content.

[trblemayker]

If NFS stuck to it's roots(not Underground but 2/Hot Pursuit/High Stakes/Porsche Unleased), this is what the series would've look like now.

[afstar]

Pulse soundtracks, seasons and the side missions being a stunt artist in super cars against jet planes lol, overall experience of playing this game is very calming and at the same time super fun. That strange love you develop with this game!

[xSeNSeSFaiiLx]

I've played this game for over 130 hours in the past few months, and I'll probably play it for another 130 more. It's the only game I've turned on since the opening; it truly does draw you in and whispers to you, "there's so much more.."

Very entertaining review. Lol'd quite a few times. Thanks for it.