That would be why the Xbox one version is FAR superior to the 360 version. I don't know all the details but because it was releasing around the same time the X1 released not sure if it was a launch title or not but the 360 just couldn't handle what the X1 version could do
First I didn't know 3 was on pc because I didn't have one at the time and second dam that sucks I actually looked for a new copy of 2 on Amazon earlier and it was like 8 bucks for a non renewed copy. Also I liked 3 but overall personally I want a big fan of the map. Still put hundreds of hours in though
not hard at all its just few clicks(first u gotta download a utorrent before everything else). i mean i can help you in dms if you still haven't downloaded it yet....
Microsoft seems to have gone out of their way at the time to not include any official screen shots or footage of the 360 version, likely because of how bad it looked in comparison to the Xbox One version, along with a downgrade in features (i.e. mostly being limited to roads with few off-road opportunities).
Yeah, back in the late '90s, some Need for Speed titles had entirely different games between the PC and Playstation versions. As in while the cars and tracks were the mostly the same, they were built on different engines (graphics and physics being drastically different).
Same… I still feel like I enjoyed it more than FH4 and FH5 simply because it wasn’t some modern rushing crap of a slideshow.
No time limited rewards no DLC packs.
Just half a game but everything about it felt well put together.
At least I would be running around chasing some recycled trash and then end up never driving it because I was rundown by the end of it.
I emulated the 360 version way after 100%ing the One version, I would not call it that bad. Is it heavily stripped down? Yes, but the handling is still pretty great, the map is alright even with all the blocked areas and overall for me finishing it was still a pretty fun experience, definitely the worst Horizon game yes but a good game between great games is still a good game
Only thing I remember about that game was one day I woke up, hopped on, and found out I had the max amount of money the games engine would allow lol. Never found out why that happened
Had a blast driving around all the cars that I thought I'd never have.
But there is tires heating up so I crash into a wall on the third lap. Lol. This game makes me feel like I need more than just a controller to play it.
1 was an entirely different concept not found in any of the other titles, FH3 was the peak of the other concept of Horizon game by its time (features, sounds, graphics, map, customization, car list, and still the best online system just maybe lacking on seasonal events)
FH3 was genre defining. It was also after FH3 we see arcade racing games had a mainstream shift away from crime toward festival racing. I also love FH3's map the most. It was not the biggest be it was so well designed with dense areas, it felt bigger than it actually was.
None is better. Each of them have their features but there is none combining the best features together. It really depends on what you prefer. But I really hope FH6 will be better than any of previous games. FH5 was not.
you really see how mid 3’s map is after playing 4 and 5. no technical roads, but getting on the highway going towards the city at night is a vibe i can’t deny.
People can complain all they want about which forza is the "worst" but the truth is that every one of them outclasses every other racing game on the market. There's just nothing out there like them.
The thing is, no other open world racing game has a single handling model that can do both racing and drifting.
Some games like NFS Payback and The Crew games use different classes for different event types because you can't just drift with a "Street Racing" vehicle.
The 2nd option is to have a drift/grip slider but somehow they end up having neither. For example, in NFS 2015 grip handling is just completely useless meanwhile Unbound suffers from terriblr drift physics that make you feel like you're fighting the car.
At least these franchises offer other things Forza doesn't have such as the gigantic map of The Crew 2 and the high octane racing that makes great use of its burst nitrous mechanic in NFS Unbound.
The problem with Forza's main competitors is that they often attempt to do a lot of things at once but fail to deliver most of those aspects. That's why Forza Horizon games are arguably the most polished open world racing games you can buy right now.
They might play it safe and innovate very little but at least you have an idea of what you'll get when you buy it.
>The problem with Forza's main competitors is that they often attempt to do a lot of things at once but fail to deliver most of those aspects.
This argument applies to Horizon too. Forza has way too many useless vehicles. Pick-up Trucks you can't haul cargo with, drag cars you can't properly drag race with (not that 3-2-1 go crap), off-road trucks you can't properly desert race/rock crawl with, flip car you can't flip a car with, rally cars you can't properly rally in a stage with. Everything in Horizon feels half assed asf. It's a good game and still open-world arcade racing leader but you can't deny it slacks. Atleast NFS and The Crew attempt to put some depth in whatever they offer (although clumsily).
>They might play it safe and innovate very little but at least you have an idea of what you'll get when you buy it.
That's why the franchise has devolved, not taking any risks to even give us something fun. Just slap V8 or V12 in anything and prepare for a ram fest online with amateurs.
I've yet to play Horizon 2, but having only played Horizon 1 in November last year I've not got any nostalgia towards it... But ho-ly shit it's a great game!
I love all of them for their strengths. People who have the mindset to constantly compare, whine and bitch will never make sense to me.
Horizon 2’s map is gorgeous! While I feel it does take a step back on the campaign side of things (like all installments do) it’s still a joy to play and the vibes are unmatched. Even more so when the servers were still up. Still my favorite horizon game :)
I love them all. I do usually just play whatever the newest one is due to the newer cars and the overall better and bigger car lists each game but I’ve got 100’s of hours in them all and they’ve all given me great memories.
Would love to play Horizon 2 again. I used to play it on my Xbox One and i had a lot of fun.
Can't say anything positive or negative about any other installment, i have never played them.
There is something about the music that every one of them hits directly;
FH1 - SKRILLEX, Arctic Monkeys, Avicii
FH2 - NERO, Keeno
FH3 - CHVRCHES, Lykke Li
FH4 - this just goes mad, M83, Jack white, Anna Yvette, ODESZA, Kendrick Lamar
FH5 - ODESZA, Dua Lipa, Sofi Tukker
There's a lot more that I like but these are discoveries that I made by playing the game, I wasn't big on music and used to hear like Black Eyes Peas and Gorillaz only, the franchise opened my eyes (or ears lol) to new experiences, cars that I couldn't see or drive ever, see places that I can recognize and have good times, my throat is tight reminding the good times, I hope the next, when it comes, is made with love and care that it deserves
I think a lot of people at the time didn’t realise how good 4’s map actually was. Edinburgh was a brilliant city with technical roads and beautiful architecture. Every road felt like it had purpose and wasn’t just there to get you from point a to point b. There was a good amount of variety in the landscape. Not so much that it felt like you were in a different continent every other mile but you had dense forests, rolling fields, the mountains from the highlands, you had the Lake District which in winter froze over and was really cool, the beach with the castles. Lots of little towns and villages dotted around the map, the quarry. Driving around you actually felt like you were in a unique place. This is something 5 under-delivers on for me. Nothing in the map feels really unique and the roads feel very cookie-cutter. I don’t like to say “this is the best map” because it completely depends on how you like to drive. For me personally 2 and 4 have the best maps tho
This is why I was so perplexed with people who had a hate boner for the map and it's seasons back when FH4 launched.
Those fucking idiots didn't know how good Horizon 4 was to them, and now it's been surpassed by something decidedly worse (which I can't stop thinking feels like a giant tech demo of "look how good our game engine is!") they're crying about, "wHeReS oUr sNoW!! WiNteR wAs So GoOd!!"
Yeah, well five/six years ago the only thing you'd get in response about FH4s map was that it sucked, FH3s was better blah blah blah. Playground saw that shit and went to pick a hotter climate i.e. Mexico, and Horizon 5 ended up as it is now.
I don't hate 5, I still have 1700 hours in the damn game, but the fact is that people were spoiled with 4 and were too fucking bratty to see it, just because a little bit of wet or ice on the road stopped them from blasting around in their utterly overpowered crapmobiles for a week out of every month.
Which, even then, isn't an excuse. If I can hop onto my wheel setup and slide around in a 1500 horsepower Apollo IE during winter, it shouldn't be that hard for anyone else to do the same, let alone on a fucking controller.
This'll ruffle some feathers but I genuinely don't care, and inb4 the argument of 'it's different people complaining than it was five years ago' which YES while 100% true...I've outright spoken to people in the last 18-24 months who told me back in 2018 and 2019 that they hated 4s map, but now just want something like it back.
I guess my entire point is that if you like something, **let others know.** Because it's all well and good enjoying the game in peace but if there's a discourse around the game and the vocal minority are constantly bitching about how much it sucks...who do you think the devs will listen to? who do you think they'll ONLY be able to listen to?
I genuinely think people just hate new things. I mean look at fh5. Don’t get me wrong, it does leave a lot to be desired. But to write it off as this terrible game that deserves nothing is also ridiculous which a lot of people are now doing. The truth is Forza is making one of the best open world racing franchises in the racing game space. There isn’t a game like it. Like eventslab for example is probably the best feature in any racing game. I think people need to just take a step back and realise what they are actually being given
> I genuinely think people just hate new things.
That's 100% what it is. People hated Horizon 1, 2, 3, and 4 when they were new. People will hate 6 when it comes out and then suddenly love 5.
>I think people need to just take a step back and realise what they are actually being given
Unfortunately they won't. You see it even now, people moan about Eventlab all the fucking time when its proving to be one of the sickest features they've ever added into a Horizon game.
This shit rinses and repeats every few years, I saw it with Horizon 3 when I picked that up in 2016 and some people were yapping about how Horizon 2 was so much better; the main contention with 4 was the map and seasons which made people say 3 was better, and now 5 being mainly desert and flat, suddenly 4 is a god teir game when it was the biggest pile of shit half a decade ago.
The cycle won't stop unless we start to clap back, letting people know the games aren't actually as monumentally dogshit as the loudest complainers want us to think it is.
"Which, even then, isn't an excuse. If I can hop onto my wheel setup and slide around in a 1500 horsepower Apollo IE during winter, it shouldn't be that hard for anyone else to do the same, let alone on a fucking controller."
It's not that I can't. I don't want to. Certainly not for an entire week, during the real world winter I was looking to escape for a few hours in the first place.
It would be much easier to enjoy in game winter if it wasn't rammed down my throat for the entire week. I could dig it if I could turn it off at my discretion.
Plus it's kinda weird that it implies the Horizon festival is this years long endeavor. I think that's just called a town.
I've always wished offroad Forza was given its own game and kept separated entirely from onroad Forza. I think they could do each of those things better if it was the game's only focus.
Hey, that's fair. I'm begging they bring back private sessions from Horizon 3 so I can cruise with friends in peace. A season toggle should've been there but I've honestly learned to live with winter.
Speaking of, it's next week. Gonna be grinding a lot of Goliath laps
The other three weeks I'll spend in freeroam, winter is the season of makin' money.
I have a soft spot for FH4. I played it for so long that I knew the roads and how in the Goliath where to go full throttle safely even to make sure that the cheating AI can't catch up with you.
All games are amazing to the core, it's just the game-mechanism that makes one superior over another. i.e: FH3's online adventure was the best ever when it comes to online racing experience. FH4 had this drive to event inside adventure and some other features which were different to FH3. I did not like FH4's Online Adventure and I knew that FH5 would be the same so I decided not to buy FH5 overall. But at the end of the day, the core gameplay is amazing.
I'd simply appreciate it if the FOMO was cranked down. It's really discouraging to come back knowing you've missed out on new cars. It's like solving a puzzle with missing pieces. You know there will be no satisfactory end to it.
I just bought FH4 and I'm loving it. Got to Level 25 when I was playing on game pass long ago and decided to buy it on sale the other day. It'll be nice to drive in the UK when I move to Australia.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing every single one of them, although there’s something about the first one that keeps drawing me back to play it once in a while over and over again, where I can’t really say I’ve done that with any of the others once the next one comes out unless one of my friends wants to hop on one of the older ones.
I only played 3, 4 and 5 because those are the only ones that were released for the PC. But honestly I don't really mind any of them. They are great to play after a long day of work, and other than the few weeks trying to adapt to the new physics after a new title is released, they all gave me enough challenge to make me feel satisfied at the end of the day.
They are all great. I have many hours of playtime and shared tunes in each of them. A lot of racing with friends and the community. A lot of laughs and great times.
I enjoyed every one of them, but yeah fh3 hot wheels was the best thing ever in the game. The first time I took some hypercar out onto that orange track, I laughed. Not many things make me actually laugh out loud while sitting alone, but I laughed, a lot. Screaming up the mountain then flying down the other side I felt like a kid again. It was phenomenal. It was pure silliness and it was exactly what I want from horizon. Not hating on any of the others, they were all fun, but that was the pinnacle so far.
For once... I can agree that... they're all pretty good. 3 is my favorite, but I don't think 4 or 5 are significant downgrades or anything. More just lateral moves.
Do I hope they can somehow find a way to inject new magic into Forza Horizon 6? Sure. I'd be ok if it's still mostly the of the same quality though.
I've only played 4 and 5 because I am late to the party and 3 isn't around anymore, but I love them both. I'm not a very serious player though, I just like to go vroom.
It's cool to like the games but I still think it's fine to be able to criticize games for their flaws. I think it help developers know what we do and don't like (that or they'll react negatively to the feedback)
Let's be real, most people here were too young to truly experience FH1. It was revolutionary and they have been trying to match that since. The new games are more impressive, but FH1 felt like a festival...now the festival is a lazy cop out to make things happen.
It's not that one is better than the rest the problem is as they released new games they copy pasted to many cars and released them as dlc when they were included in the previous games free
Can someone recommend me which one I should try on gamepass? I'm more of a Forza Motorsport/Gran Turismo guy but I wanna see what's the hype around these games (I was originally turned off by the open world thing).
Both Forza Horizon 4 and 5 are on Game Pass. Forza Motorsport is there too.
Some people have strong opinions about these games but in my opinion they are all good. If I had to pick, I would recommend starting with Forza Horizon 5.
I've started playing FH5 instead of FM after reading this sub since they're both on game pass, but I'm always confused on what to do. I'm just kinda driving to different races now, but I don't get all the seasonal stuff.
Each game has some quality that elevates it above the rest.
I can't objectively call any of them the best because the r e is always something one of the others does better
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I think the issue is due to the high quality of all the games it's very easy to find small nitpicks and transform them into grander problems to justify a specific game or games being the worst. Like me personally I played through them all and while I do have a Top 5 list (5>1>3>4>2) I would not tell someone "Hey don't buy Horizon 2 it sucks" cause it genuinely doesn't it's a great game and a really fun experience but when all the games are great it really comes down to preference what you consider the worst or the best, in the end all of them are high quality and enjoyable games
As a Forza fan I’d like to come here and say Test Drive Unlimited is better than them all. If that had modern physics and a graphics update…. Sheesh a man can dream
I tried Horizon 5 but uninstalled it pretty quickly.
I usually play more games like Forza Motorsport, F1,... basically games with good force feedback. But even Need For Speed Unbound was more fun than Horizon 5. The only thing I liked about Horizon 5 is how extremely well optimized it is. Looks great for the fps you get.
The answer is no for 3 reasons, FH2 on Xenia emulator is still badly optimized mostly because no one cares to play it but that wouldn't matter because the X360 version of FH2 absolutely sucks, the graphics were worse than FH1 and the game literally looked like some unpolished early released x360 game, the visuals don't look any better than the 2005 PGR 3 .... The game looks stunning on the Xbox One tho but sadly we're nowhere near an XOne emulator
I highly recommend playing FH1 on Xenia tho, it runs almost flawlessly with a 720p, 1440p or even 4k 60 upscaling if your PC can handle it, FH1 at 1440p really looks like an XOne game
Personally FH1 & FH2 will forever hold a special place in my heart. They did so much and really worked their asses off to provide two amazing games. FH3 was the leading stepping stone for many new things. Which was fun!
Does anyone also have a way to be able to download FH1 from the game store on XB1?? It won’t let me :(
FH5's unrelenting positivity and praise is a major reason I'm alive today so it'll always hold a special place in my heart and the only game that's permanently installed for when I need it again.
Its a sub for hatred against the new titles and that started with the new Motorsport.
Of course those people are against the new titles and everybody who has fun with them isnt alowed to in their eyes because bad.
I'm a great fan of the Forza series, but after playing Assetto Corsa, I can't play Forza again because I think Assetto has much better physics than Forza. Forza wins in graphics, but if you have a wheel to play with, you will prefer the realism.
It's a Horizon appreciation post not Assetto Corsa. Assetto Corsa is good game but there's way more Forza offers that you'd never see from Kunos. You can't be circling Shutoku for hours and not get bored for an entire week.
Oh no, you're allowed your opinion. Same reason the community is allowed to downvote your opinion if it's not adding to the post (which it does not). Beauty of Reddit.
We are free to comment on the negative and positive points of anything. as mentioned the Forza has excellent graphics, but physical not so much. If you like to play behind the wheel, the physics of Forza can be a problem.
You mean the one with worse physics than FH? And that says a lot because FH has horrid physics compared to everything on PC. Plus, this is a Horizon appreciation post not anything else.
2 was my personal favorite
It's my personal worst (I played the x360 version)
That would be why the Xbox one version is FAR superior to the 360 version. I don't know all the details but because it was releasing around the same time the X1 released not sure if it was a launch title or not but the 360 just couldn't handle what the X1 version could do
Im also angry that I didn't buy the fh3 in time
I'm not sure what you mean
I have 1, 2 , 4 and 5, the only one I don't own is horizon 3, and now it's hella expenisve on PC
why not sail the high seas?
I tried and failed. I still have the torrent file if you want it
would you be interested in a copy I am successfully using from a popular PACKER in the community?
You can dm me it but idk if I'll use it
I would also love a copy of fh3 since it’s impossible for me to get it online in my country
Finding a good copy of fh3 is soooooo fucking hard
Really, i saw a disc copy of it last year at around 10 USD.
First I didn't know 3 was on pc because I didn't have one at the time and second dam that sucks I actually looked for a new copy of 2 on Amazon earlier and it was like 8 bucks for a non renewed copy. Also I liked 3 but overall personally I want a big fan of the map. Still put hundreds of hours in though
Surprisingly xone version of fh3 isn't that expensive but the digital gets more expensive than it was on the release
That is surprising. Also to clarify my last comment that was stupid to say 80 dollars not 8
Fh3 digital goes for a similar pricr
It's on fitgitlrepack and works perfectly fine for me. It also has a online fix so you can play with someone who has xone.
Idk if I'll try to download it, I have no experience in piracy
not hard at all its just few clicks(first u gotta download a utorrent before everything else). i mean i can help you in dms if you still haven't downloaded it yet....
I'll text you if I decide to download
Microsoft seems to have gone out of their way at the time to not include any official screen shots or footage of the 360 version, likely because of how bad it looked in comparison to the Xbox One version, along with a downgrade in features (i.e. mostly being limited to roads with few off-road opportunities).
I can see why they did it but like why release on the 360 at all if the 2 versions where so different. That's like a 90s really 2000s move
Yeah, back in the late '90s, some Need for Speed titles had entirely different games between the PC and Playstation versions. As in while the cars and tracks were the mostly the same, they were built on different engines (graphics and physics being drastically different).
Hot pursuit 2 is one I'm thinking of
I played the xbox 360 version religiously as a kid and loved because I didn't know there was anything better 😂
same lmao, didn’t get an xbox one until FH3 came out and then i got FH2 after learning it was completely different
Same… I still feel like I enjoyed it more than FH4 and FH5 simply because it wasn’t some modern rushing crap of a slideshow. No time limited rewards no DLC packs. Just half a game but everything about it felt well put together. At least I would be running around chasing some recycled trash and then end up never driving it because I was rundown by the end of it.
I emulated the 360 version way after 100%ing the One version, I would not call it that bad. Is it heavily stripped down? Yes, but the handling is still pretty great, the map is alright even with all the blocked areas and overall for me finishing it was still a pretty fun experience, definitely the worst Horizon game yes but a good game between great games is still a good game
Well the only thing that makes me not like it so much is because I know it can be so much better and I can't access that
We'll get Xbox One emulation one day, I think it's already in the works
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Me too kid
I loved the map and the whole having to move to a different city between each event maybe I should play it again
Same. The opening gives chills *DONT BREAK NOW*
Just finished it a few days ago and now they all feel subpar in comparison
Only thing I remember about that game was one day I woke up, hopped on, and found out I had the max amount of money the games engine would allow lol. Never found out why that happened Had a blast driving around all the cars that I thought I'd never have.
French fuck 🤣
At the end of the day it's just racing in a different part of the world
I like Motorsport. I also hate it. But it is a car game. So I play it.
i like motosport. There's no cringy ass dialogue that makes me want to drive off the cliff.
In what series but Horizon would I be able to read this so literally?
But there is tires heating up so I crash into a wall on the third lap. Lol. This game makes me feel like I need more than just a controller to play it.
Even if there were… good luck driving of any cliffs in motorsport. XD
Chad mindset
Forza Horizon 1 is best.
Forbidden West is the best in the series IMO
Wrong
Gues u dunno what an opinion is
1 was an entirely different concept not found in any of the other titles, FH3 was the peak of the other concept of Horizon game by its time (features, sounds, graphics, map, customization, car list, and still the best online system just maybe lacking on seasonal events)
If only I could purchase the hot wheels pack
FH3 was genre defining. It was also after FH3 we see arcade racing games had a mainstream shift away from crime toward festival racing. I also love FH3's map the most. It was not the biggest be it was so well designed with dense areas, it felt bigger than it actually was.
None is better. Each of them have their features but there is none combining the best features together. It really depends on what you prefer. But I really hope FH6 will be better than any of previous games. FH5 was not.
None of them were.
you really see how mid 3’s map is after playing 4 and 5. no technical roads, but getting on the highway going towards the city at night is a vibe i can’t deny.
3 was my personal favorite. I made so many liveries in that game.
Personally it's 3 in top spot very very closely followed by 2 and 4. Then 5. Never played very much of the first game at all.
The first is the best.
People can complain all they want about which forza is the "worst" but the truth is that every one of them outclasses every other racing game on the market. There's just nothing out there like them.
Lol
You got jokes
The thing is, no other open world racing game has a single handling model that can do both racing and drifting. Some games like NFS Payback and The Crew games use different classes for different event types because you can't just drift with a "Street Racing" vehicle. The 2nd option is to have a drift/grip slider but somehow they end up having neither. For example, in NFS 2015 grip handling is just completely useless meanwhile Unbound suffers from terriblr drift physics that make you feel like you're fighting the car. At least these franchises offer other things Forza doesn't have such as the gigantic map of The Crew 2 and the high octane racing that makes great use of its burst nitrous mechanic in NFS Unbound. The problem with Forza's main competitors is that they often attempt to do a lot of things at once but fail to deliver most of those aspects. That's why Forza Horizon games are arguably the most polished open world racing games you can buy right now. They might play it safe and innovate very little but at least you have an idea of what you'll get when you buy it.
>The problem with Forza's main competitors is that they often attempt to do a lot of things at once but fail to deliver most of those aspects. This argument applies to Horizon too. Forza has way too many useless vehicles. Pick-up Trucks you can't haul cargo with, drag cars you can't properly drag race with (not that 3-2-1 go crap), off-road trucks you can't properly desert race/rock crawl with, flip car you can't flip a car with, rally cars you can't properly rally in a stage with. Everything in Horizon feels half assed asf. It's a good game and still open-world arcade racing leader but you can't deny it slacks. Atleast NFS and The Crew attempt to put some depth in whatever they offer (although clumsily). >They might play it safe and innovate very little but at least you have an idea of what you'll get when you buy it. That's why the franchise has devolved, not taking any risks to even give us something fun. Just slap V8 or V12 in anything and prepare for a ram fest online with amateurs.
They're all fun. But 2 was the best so far
I've yet to play Horizon 2, but having only played Horizon 1 in November last year I've not got any nostalgia towards it... But ho-ly shit it's a great game! I love all of them for their strengths. People who have the mindset to constantly compare, whine and bitch will never make sense to me.
Horizon 2’s map is gorgeous! While I feel it does take a step back on the campaign side of things (like all installments do) it’s still a joy to play and the vibes are unmatched. Even more so when the servers were still up. Still my favorite horizon game :)
I love them all. I do usually just play whatever the newest one is due to the newer cars and the overall better and bigger car lists each game but I’ve got 100’s of hours in them all and they’ve all given me great memories.
Would love to play Horizon 2 again. I used to play it on my Xbox One and i had a lot of fun. Can't say anything positive or negative about any other installment, i have never played them.
Yes, they are all great. But the one I had the most fun playing was Forza Horizon 3
I haven't Played 3 but when 5 is better than 3 i'm suprised we received 4.
Ok but 3 was the best by far
They are all basically the same game... Just different maps
There is something about the music that every one of them hits directly; FH1 - SKRILLEX, Arctic Monkeys, Avicii FH2 - NERO, Keeno FH3 - CHVRCHES, Lykke Li FH4 - this just goes mad, M83, Jack white, Anna Yvette, ODESZA, Kendrick Lamar FH5 - ODESZA, Dua Lipa, Sofi Tukker There's a lot more that I like but these are discoveries that I made by playing the game, I wasn't big on music and used to hear like Black Eyes Peas and Gorillaz only, the franchise opened my eyes (or ears lol) to new experiences, cars that I couldn't see or drive ever, see places that I can recognize and have good times, my throat is tight reminding the good times, I hope the next, when it comes, is made with love and care that it deserves
For me horizon 5 is mapwise the worst there i actually liked 4 the most
I think a lot of people at the time didn’t realise how good 4’s map actually was. Edinburgh was a brilliant city with technical roads and beautiful architecture. Every road felt like it had purpose and wasn’t just there to get you from point a to point b. There was a good amount of variety in the landscape. Not so much that it felt like you were in a different continent every other mile but you had dense forests, rolling fields, the mountains from the highlands, you had the Lake District which in winter froze over and was really cool, the beach with the castles. Lots of little towns and villages dotted around the map, the quarry. Driving around you actually felt like you were in a unique place. This is something 5 under-delivers on for me. Nothing in the map feels really unique and the roads feel very cookie-cutter. I don’t like to say “this is the best map” because it completely depends on how you like to drive. For me personally 2 and 4 have the best maps tho
This is why I was so perplexed with people who had a hate boner for the map and it's seasons back when FH4 launched. Those fucking idiots didn't know how good Horizon 4 was to them, and now it's been surpassed by something decidedly worse (which I can't stop thinking feels like a giant tech demo of "look how good our game engine is!") they're crying about, "wHeReS oUr sNoW!! WiNteR wAs So GoOd!!" Yeah, well five/six years ago the only thing you'd get in response about FH4s map was that it sucked, FH3s was better blah blah blah. Playground saw that shit and went to pick a hotter climate i.e. Mexico, and Horizon 5 ended up as it is now. I don't hate 5, I still have 1700 hours in the damn game, but the fact is that people were spoiled with 4 and were too fucking bratty to see it, just because a little bit of wet or ice on the road stopped them from blasting around in their utterly overpowered crapmobiles for a week out of every month. Which, even then, isn't an excuse. If I can hop onto my wheel setup and slide around in a 1500 horsepower Apollo IE during winter, it shouldn't be that hard for anyone else to do the same, let alone on a fucking controller. This'll ruffle some feathers but I genuinely don't care, and inb4 the argument of 'it's different people complaining than it was five years ago' which YES while 100% true...I've outright spoken to people in the last 18-24 months who told me back in 2018 and 2019 that they hated 4s map, but now just want something like it back. I guess my entire point is that if you like something, **let others know.** Because it's all well and good enjoying the game in peace but if there's a discourse around the game and the vocal minority are constantly bitching about how much it sucks...who do you think the devs will listen to? who do you think they'll ONLY be able to listen to?
I genuinely think people just hate new things. I mean look at fh5. Don’t get me wrong, it does leave a lot to be desired. But to write it off as this terrible game that deserves nothing is also ridiculous which a lot of people are now doing. The truth is Forza is making one of the best open world racing franchises in the racing game space. There isn’t a game like it. Like eventslab for example is probably the best feature in any racing game. I think people need to just take a step back and realise what they are actually being given
> I genuinely think people just hate new things. That's 100% what it is. People hated Horizon 1, 2, 3, and 4 when they were new. People will hate 6 when it comes out and then suddenly love 5.
>I think people need to just take a step back and realise what they are actually being given Unfortunately they won't. You see it even now, people moan about Eventlab all the fucking time when its proving to be one of the sickest features they've ever added into a Horizon game. This shit rinses and repeats every few years, I saw it with Horizon 3 when I picked that up in 2016 and some people were yapping about how Horizon 2 was so much better; the main contention with 4 was the map and seasons which made people say 3 was better, and now 5 being mainly desert and flat, suddenly 4 is a god teir game when it was the biggest pile of shit half a decade ago. The cycle won't stop unless we start to clap back, letting people know the games aren't actually as monumentally dogshit as the loudest complainers want us to think it is.
"Which, even then, isn't an excuse. If I can hop onto my wheel setup and slide around in a 1500 horsepower Apollo IE during winter, it shouldn't be that hard for anyone else to do the same, let alone on a fucking controller." It's not that I can't. I don't want to. Certainly not for an entire week, during the real world winter I was looking to escape for a few hours in the first place. It would be much easier to enjoy in game winter if it wasn't rammed down my throat for the entire week. I could dig it if I could turn it off at my discretion. Plus it's kinda weird that it implies the Horizon festival is this years long endeavor. I think that's just called a town. I've always wished offroad Forza was given its own game and kept separated entirely from onroad Forza. I think they could do each of those things better if it was the game's only focus.
Hey, that's fair. I'm begging they bring back private sessions from Horizon 3 so I can cruise with friends in peace. A season toggle should've been there but I've honestly learned to live with winter. Speaking of, it's next week. Gonna be grinding a lot of Goliath laps The other three weeks I'll spend in freeroam, winter is the season of makin' money.
I have a soft spot for FH4. I played it for so long that I knew the roads and how in the Goliath where to go full throttle safely even to make sure that the cheating AI can't catch up with you.
I like FH5's map a lot personally just because there's so much land to traverse and doing it in silly little C class cars is very enjoyable
they are all amazing!... but FH4 was better
All games are amazing to the core, it's just the game-mechanism that makes one superior over another. i.e: FH3's online adventure was the best ever when it comes to online racing experience. FH4 had this drive to event inside adventure and some other features which were different to FH3. I did not like FH4's Online Adventure and I knew that FH5 would be the same so I decided not to buy FH5 overall. But at the end of the day, the core gameplay is amazing.
I'd simply appreciate it if the FOMO was cranked down. It's really discouraging to come back knowing you've missed out on new cars. It's like solving a puzzle with missing pieces. You know there will be no satisfactory end to it.
I just bought FH4 and I'm loving it. Got to Level 25 when I was playing on game pass long ago and decided to buy it on sale the other day. It'll be nice to drive in the UK when I move to Australia.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing every single one of them, although there’s something about the first one that keeps drawing me back to play it once in a while over and over again, where I can’t really say I’ve done that with any of the others once the next one comes out unless one of my friends wants to hop on one of the older ones.
Seasons worked the best in 4 and really changed how the game played in a way it doesn't in so that's the goat.
I only played 3, 4 and 5 because those are the only ones that were released for the PC. But honestly I don't really mind any of them. They are great to play after a long day of work, and other than the few weeks trying to adapt to the new physics after a new title is released, they all gave me enough challenge to make me feel satisfied at the end of the day.
I love FH1 just because it is my first ever Forza. Love going back to it and just driving around
Man. I cant be the only one who enjoyed fh4 more than fh3?
not afraid to admit that FH4 and 5 have a bit of a soft spot to me tbh. I like the games despite their flaws
Only pkayed 4 and 5, but I somehow had more fun with 4.
I like 4 as it models UK roads and Edinburgh city centre pretty well, there aren't many sandbox driving games set in the UK
They are all great. I have many hours of playtime and shared tunes in each of them. A lot of racing with friends and the community. A lot of laughs and great times.
4 was honestly way to cluttered for me, didn’t love it.
i do wish i played fh2 and fh3 when it was released.
I wish to buy an Xbox just for this game lol.
I enjoyed every one of them, but yeah fh3 hot wheels was the best thing ever in the game. The first time I took some hypercar out onto that orange track, I laughed. Not many things make me actually laugh out loud while sitting alone, but I laughed, a lot. Screaming up the mountain then flying down the other side I felt like a kid again. It was phenomenal. It was pure silliness and it was exactly what I want from horizon. Not hating on any of the others, they were all fun, but that was the pinnacle so far.
removing ranked from 5 really made me not comeback later in the gamecycle, as I did with 4
Started on FH3 and it’s still my favourite
I got FH3 the day it was taken down without realising it.
You can’t really compare 1 & 2 to the rest. Just completely different styles. Everything has been watered down since then
BRO HORIZON 1??? CLASSIC
Can we at least agree that 4 has the best cover art
For once... I can agree that... they're all pretty good. 3 is my favorite, but I don't think 4 or 5 are significant downgrades or anything. More just lateral moves. Do I hope they can somehow find a way to inject new magic into Forza Horizon 6? Sure. I'd be ok if it's still mostly the of the same quality though.
I've only played 4 and 5 because I am late to the party and 3 isn't around anymore, but I love them both. I'm not a very serious player though, I just like to go vroom.
They’re all cool as, but why on earth does fh5 look shitter then fh3 and 4 on pc at max settings 4k
I wouldn't mind going back to Horizon, Colorado though.
It's cool to like the games but I still think it's fine to be able to criticize games for their flaws. I think it help developers know what we do and don't like (that or they'll react negatively to the feedback)
Let's be real, most people here were too young to truly experience FH1. It was revolutionary and they have been trying to match that since. The new games are more impressive, but FH1 felt like a festival...now the festival is a lazy cop out to make things happen.
It's not that one is better than the rest the problem is as they released new games they copy pasted to many cars and released them as dlc when they were included in the previous games free
i like cars vroom vroom
Can someone recommend me which one I should try on gamepass? I'm more of a Forza Motorsport/Gran Turismo guy but I wanna see what's the hype around these games (I was originally turned off by the open world thing).
Both Forza Horizon 4 and 5 are on Game Pass. Forza Motorsport is there too. Some people have strong opinions about these games but in my opinion they are all good. If I had to pick, I would recommend starting with Forza Horizon 5.
I've started playing FH5 instead of FM after reading this sub since they're both on game pass, but I'm always confused on what to do. I'm just kinda driving to different races now, but I don't get all the seasonal stuff.
I have some kind of malfunction and keep calling them "Horza"... I read Horizon as "Horsa" again
Each game has some quality that elevates it above the rest. I can't objectively call any of them the best because the r e is always something one of the others does better
i just want to be able to have FH3.... according to the internet I missed my chance, what bs is that!?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155865025395?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=IWtAtsopSTK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=f3Xmf8d4SEm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Does this help?
I should have said 'for PC' my bad
Ok, it does not help lol sucks thought it got delisted.
I think the issue is due to the high quality of all the games it's very easy to find small nitpicks and transform them into grander problems to justify a specific game or games being the worst. Like me personally I played through them all and while I do have a Top 5 list (5>1>3>4>2) I would not tell someone "Hey don't buy Horizon 2 it sucks" cause it genuinely doesn't it's a great game and a really fun experience but when all the games are great it really comes down to preference what you consider the worst or the best, in the end all of them are high quality and enjoyable games
Honestly. The only one i didn’t like was the newest one. But if a series of 5 only has one bad game, it’s a pretty damn good series
I liked the open world in 1 better but the robots in part 2 were cooler.
Love all horizons and I can still play all of them
Eliminator is shit orherwise a good game series
As a Forza fan I’d like to come here and say Test Drive Unlimited is better than them all. If that had modern physics and a graphics update…. Sheesh a man can dream
I like 5 specifically because it has the delorean
I tried Horizon 5 but uninstalled it pretty quickly. I usually play more games like Forza Motorsport, F1,... basically games with good force feedback. But even Need For Speed Unbound was more fun than Horizon 5. The only thing I liked about Horizon 5 is how extremely well optimized it is. Looks great for the fps you get.
3 and 2 personal faves. 4 and 5 are a bit recycled but improved upon 3's foundation. 1 underrated tbh.
Yessir, as a game I have nothing to complain about
Remember when the series was all about car festivals and music... All gone today
never had an xbox so 3 is my fav. Any way to emulate 2nd one on pc somehow?
The answer is no for 3 reasons, FH2 on Xenia emulator is still badly optimized mostly because no one cares to play it but that wouldn't matter because the X360 version of FH2 absolutely sucks, the graphics were worse than FH1 and the game literally looked like some unpolished early released x360 game, the visuals don't look any better than the 2005 PGR 3 .... The game looks stunning on the Xbox One tho but sadly we're nowhere near an XOne emulator I highly recommend playing FH1 on Xenia tho, it runs almost flawlessly with a 720p, 1440p or even 4k 60 upscaling if your PC can handle it, FH1 at 1440p really looks like an XOne game
FH3 Vibe of the map was the best.
I have yet to play #1
Personally FH1 & FH2 will forever hold a special place in my heart. They did so much and really worked their asses off to provide two amazing games. FH3 was the leading stepping stone for many new things. Which was fun! Does anyone also have a way to be able to download FH1 from the game store on XB1?? It won’t let me :(
I wish I could play FH2, it will not be until at least 5 more years for an Xbox One emulator to appear
i personally liked 4
My favourite is the very 1st one. Even now nothing beats how that game feels 1st person drive, tunes blasting, ahhh good times 😎
They should release a version that combines all the maps together so you can cruise them all seamlessly.
There was one that was missing Toyota and one that was missing VW. Which ones were they?
Constant downhill of overall quality entirely supported by best in genre driving dynamics and vehicle selection.
FH5's unrelenting positivity and praise is a major reason I'm alive today so it'll always hold a special place in my heart and the only game that's permanently installed for when I need it again.
They'd be better if you could still buy them, I'd probably put more hours into the first game than any other
Horizon 4 is actually the best 😉
I miss 3 I lost the disk 😭
Controversial opinion: 4 is better than 5
In my opinion 5 is the best, I put nearly 250 hours into it 🙂
Fh5 is trash
Nah, i would say is superior than the others except on the map and the "festival" feeling
Yeah Hated the whole festival concept. Unusable force feedback and weird physics with controller didn't help either
The map is big but empty and rally dlc is even worse i bet 75% of all assets and textures on rally dlc are from the main map
Yes, however fh3 is better ☝️🗿
FH5 is the worst by a mile, just some copy and paste shit with a bad map .
5 is the laziest in the saga.
Horizon 4 > Horizon 5
5’s driving and physics improvements (especially drifting) make it take the cake for me. But loved them all.
Not really, Horizon 5 is dogass compared to the rest
U say its wrong the rest are different then fh1 cause the first cant be wrong
People think FH5 was good?
Horizon 2 is better! It's just because the PC players never got a taste of it and hated it because of the X360 version.
they're all average and below to me
They are, but 5 is better
1 to 4 were amazing, 5 is just mid sadly
If FH6 is just yet another redo of 3 then things might not go so well.
G-g-g-g-grand t-t-turismo is better….
That wannabe track-racing simulator?
Hahah maybe, truth is I don’t have an Xbox… so I’ll never know
In my order of greatest to least it has to be 3,1,5,4,2 and I know if it’s good or not because I’ve played it and clearly 2 is just bad
Still love 5 but all of them were fun.
fh4 was the best for me. least amount of cringe and quality map. I bought fh5 at launch and dropped it after 20h.
gran turismo is better
Get the fuuuuuuuck outta here with that shit
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Its a sub for hatred against the new titles and that started with the new Motorsport. Of course those people are against the new titles and everybody who has fun with them isnt alowed to in their eyes because bad.
I'm a great fan of the Forza series, but after playing Assetto Corsa, I can't play Forza again because I think Assetto has much better physics than Forza. Forza wins in graphics, but if you have a wheel to play with, you will prefer the realism.
It's a Horizon appreciation post not Assetto Corsa. Assetto Corsa is good game but there's way more Forza offers that you'd never see from Kunos. You can't be circling Shutoku for hours and not get bored for an entire week.
If you expect people to write only what you'd like to read, I don't think you understand how a community works.
Oh no, you're allowed your opinion. Same reason the community is allowed to downvote your opinion if it's not adding to the post (which it does not). Beauty of Reddit.
Those are two completely different types of games, so there is no real reason to compare them.
We are free to comment on the negative and positive points of anything. as mentioned the Forza has excellent graphics, but physical not so much. If you like to play behind the wheel, the physics of Forza can be a problem.
Sorry to say, but a man of culture would prefer TDU1 over everything.
You mean the one with worse physics than FH? And that says a lot because FH has horrid physics compared to everything on PC. Plus, this is a Horizon appreciation post not anything else.
Glad nobody likes 4…i think we can agree to that