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Written by Mike Channell
The decision to set the latest entry in the wildly successful Forza Horizon series in Britain was always a risky move. After tearing around exotic locations like the South of France and Australia"s Gold Coast, arriving on the rain-battered shores of the UK might have made the game"s Horizon festival feel like a wet weekend at Pontins Camber Sands. In hindsight, we needn"t have worried. After all, developer Playground Games simply hasn"t made a bad game yet, and that impressive streak continues in Forza Horizon 4, available on Xbox One and PC. This version of Britain is the sort of idyllic, picture postcard vision of our country that exists only in the minds of pensioners. It"s also the Horizon series"s most spectacular and involving game world yet. The landscape is already varied enough to keep you interested, with the rolling green hills of the Cotswolds, the stark, primordial beauty of the Scottish Highlands and a generous chunk of handsome Edinburgh to explore. It"s supplemented, though, by the addition of the four, distinct seasons, rotating every real-world week, meaning the same race route can be a vastly different challenge depending on whether it"s buried under a foot of snow or not.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13515
The decision to set the latest entry in the wildly successful Forza Horizon series in Britain was always a risky move. After tearing around exotic locations like the South of France and Australia"s Gold Coast, arriving on the rain-battered shores of the UK might have made the game"s Horizon festival feel like a wet weekend at Pontins Camber Sands. In hindsight, we needn"t have worried. After all, developer Playground Games simply hasn"t made a bad game yet, and that impressive streak continues in Forza Horizon 4, available on Xbox One and PC. This version of Britain is the sort of idyllic, picture postcard vision of our country that exists only in the minds of pensioners. It"s also the Horizon series"s most spectacular and involving game world yet. The landscape is already varied enough to keep you interested, with the rolling green hills of the Cotswolds, the stark, primordial beauty of the Scottish Highlands and a generous chunk of handsome Edinburgh to explore. It"s supplemented, though, by the addition of the four, distinct seasons, rotating every real-world week, meaning the same race route can be a vastly different challenge depending on whether it"s buried under a foot of snow or not.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13515
