GAMEPLAY
Forza Horizon 4 is a racing video game set in an open world environment based in a fictional representation of the United Kingdom, in a region that includes condensed representations of Edinburgh, the Lake District (including Derwentwater), and the Cotswolds (including Broadway), among others, and features over 420 licensed cars.
The game features a route creator which enables players to create their own races.The game takes place in a synchronised shared world, compared to the AI-driven Drivatars from its predecessors, with each server supporting up to 72 players.The game is also playable in offline mode.
The game features a route creator which enables players to create their own races.The game takes place in a synchronised shared world, compared to the AI-driven Drivatars from its predecessors, with each server supporting up to 72 players.The game is also playable in offline mode.
Players have the opportunity to buy in-game houses which unlock new items, cars and game-play perks. The game features a dynamic weather system that also depicts the change of seasons. The environment in the world will change depending on the season: for example, Derwentwaterwould freeze over in winter and allow players the ability to drive on the ice to reach areas of the game world that would be inaccessible during all the other seasons.The seasons are fixed across the game's servers, meaning that all players will experience the same conditions at the same time.
After completing a prologue series of events which introduce players to all four seasons, the shared-world seasons will change every week,with the changes happening on Thursdays at 2:30 PM GMT. The season changes are forewarned to players in the game with a countdown clock, which, when finished, will trigger a short cinematic cutscene showing the previous season changing to the new one, although the cinematic will be delayed for players who are in the middle of an event or activity.
After completing a prologue series of events which introduce players to all four seasons, the shared-world seasons will change every week,with the changes happening on Thursdays at 2:30 PM GMT. The season changes are forewarned to players in the game with a countdown clock, which, when finished, will trigger a short cinematic cutscene showing the previous season changing to the new one, although the cinematic will be delayed for players who are in the middle of an event or activity.
Playground Games have also announced plans for two chapters of downloadable content for the game. The first of these, Fortune Island, was released in December 2018. It includes a new map, a range of additional cars and adds extreme weather conditions to the game. Two car packs have also been released as of 26 November 2018, one including cars from the James Bondfilms, the other being a collection of Formula DRIFT cars.
Owing to licensing issues, vehicles from Mitsubishi and Toyota (including Lexus marque with the exception of some offroad racing and pre-customized trucks and Subaru BRZ) are not presented in the base game;Mitsubishi returned on 15 January 2019 with the release of the Free Mitsubishi Motors Car Pack DLC. That same day, however, two dancing emotes ("Carlton" and "Floss") were removed from the game due to lawsuits filed by those dances' creators against Epic Games for their use of the dances as emotes in their game Fortnite Battle Royale.
