Why Are People Still Playing Forza Horizon 4 in 2024? 

FH4 just feels more finished than FH5.

The seasons are definitely one of the things keeping people around, no other forza has that

The map is what's keeping me on FH4. I love just cruising around in the UK in any car I like.

Fh4 just has a better map then fh5

Same reason why many are still playing heat instead of unbound

Simple as this The graphics hold up so people who live for graphics dont need to change Many perfer the uk over mexico in terms of architecture and natural beauty The car list holds up It's cheaper and still supported nterms the festival playlist and online doesnt feel dead.

Because its a damn good game. My playtime in FH4 just surpassed 6,200 hours from the day of launch way back in 2018. Not slowing down anytime soon

Lmfao... "Welcome back M0nkey." Bruh... Why. XD

Probably because regular online FH4 feels alive, FH5 feels dead with no one around

“WeLcOmE bAcK mOnKeY” 💀💀💀 Edit: How did this get so many likes

3:17 game is being wild

Cuz it’s better than 5 Season Map changes noticeable Imo better cars Not a flat map

Here where I live, the Forza Horizon 4 servers, for some reason, have more people than the FH5 servers. But I can't blame them. If Horizon 4 had the car sounds and features from Horizon 5, I would never play FH5 again. FH4 has an amazing vibe.

I prefer 4 because its set in the UK and man they did the setting so well..feels so realistic.

FH 4 was on a massive sale recently, this could be a reason

I've been getting back into fh4 over the past few weeks and I've been enjoying the atmosphere and just cruising around

I just went back to FH4 a couple days ago and was surprised to see how many people were in the lobby just driving around together. I dont think ive ever seen more than 4 people in 1 place on FH5 outside of the drag strip

Because FH5 map is so boring...

Either way, Forza Horizon 4 was the first Forza game that I started making and sharing my content with liveries. Great Britain was probably one of the BEST mainland maps of the Horizon games. Fortune Island introduce the LONGEST Drift Zone and Treasure Hunts, and LEGO was a funny and enjoyable expansion. But the mainland of Great Britain was PERFECT, it was made for Seasons. It is green for Summer, red for Autumn, white for Winter and a bright green and purple for Spring. We had one main festival and a bunch of player houses. This was also the game where they had a perfect amount of fun experimenting, we got The Eliminator, Super 7 and even the Festival Playlist. Also, it was the last Forza game to ever have cars and events from Top Gear (that show before we got Donut Media and stuff). It also being the first on Game Pass and Steam too. So in reality, it is a combination of all of them that makes it the best game + it is still going even after 5 years of release and 3 without content.

The home screen song is so soothing

I went back to FH3 a few days ago I still love 5 but I forgot just how amazing the roads and the driving itself is in FH3 it’s just so so good

FH4 was the first game I played when I first got my xbox in 2020, so the combination of music, nostalgia, and gameplay make the perfect combination for me

0:48, 3:18 no way

Because you can mod it much more than FH5 since they effectively turned off the anticheat. This allows me to make some pretty cool modded custom engines and many other things like custom Forza Edition cars, fading brake lights and wider FOV. And together with another modder from the FH4 community, I've been working on a mod called BetterFH4 that features some of these things.

The fact that FH4 is still on Game Pass and not delisted yet is a good sign that future Forza games will have a longer lifespan in terms of being available on Game Pass, available to purchase digitally, and the online features are still available. Even the delisted Forza games you can still access the single player mode despite the online features no longer working. The same can’t be said for The Crew, which is unfortunate.

The roads are tighter on FH4, giving a better sense of speed and making it feel more challenging and then rewarding, when cornering. Its like they made FH5 feel too easy.

season changing each week keeps the map fresh. this is what i miss from fh4.

More people prefer this game than you think. I personally enjoyed the side content, car selection, and environments, especially in the autumn and spring seasons

I go back to it still, becuase it's still a great game to cruise in. DLCs were great, inc Strom Island that still has some great roads. Seasons, as reddit was full of "I miss winter" when Horizon 5 came. It just did alot of things right. Simple as that.

It was the first horizon game I really put heaps of effort into and I have heaps of cars I still love driving. I love the winter season as well because I’m from Australia so driving in snow is super rare. Yes I do have blizzard mountain in horizon 3. But it’s not a full map. Horizon 4 feels so cozy. And last of all. I love the sounds. The viper and M4 GTS are my main drivers. And the ID.R is awesome. The downshift sounds of the V8 McLarens and the W16 Bugattis are awesome as well. There are too many things I love about it

Cool video keep up the grind 😊

I think they may be playing to listen to that menu music , that thing is calming and beautiful flippin love that music

I just love playing fh4 cause I like the roads and the sceneries better on the Britain map. Love the mountains in fortune island too for drifting.

Saw the notification for blackpanthaa and what did I do? I clicked on it immediately. BLACKPANTHAA THE GOAT

Main reason for me is map and i have mod my forza 4 and imported all forza 5 cars and RWD physics 😅

I recently bought a physical copy of FH3, and I've been playing it a lot more than FH5 currently. The game is just so much better

Fh4 will always be my favorite, the game feels so full and that they didn't skip a detail and I love the diversity of the map and all the small towns around the map. the seasons were so fun to drive in and i still plau fh4 from time to time

Do you guys still get new horizon playlist challenges with every new season? Mine kind of stopped like a 2 months ago. It just says not avilable, try next time.

FH4 is just a vibe from the beggining to the end

I played this for the first time when added to core pass on Xbox and let me tell you I fell in love with it! I’m currently listening to the soundtrack again, as I haven’t heard or played the game in a while and I just wanted to say there’s a few roads in it literally a 15 minute drive from my house as one of the POI’s is actually a real area just outside my city and it tripped me out because I just thought I was really high at first until I Googled it because I was from around there 💀

Its free to download with the lowest tier of gamepass

GTA and Rocket League hardly count as racing games.

I got my copy yesterday and i had an absolute blast

I play FH4 all the time maybe even more than 5. I play it on my ROG Ally and did a fresh playthrough when I got it so on top of still playing on my Xbox. I did a fresh start on Steam also. Something about it definitely keeps me going. The only thing I truly hate is that it dosent show which tires your car has in the garage. So you need to remember which ones you built for off-road and drift

Knowing forza since 2005 or just earlier. FORZA HORIZON 4 is the first in the series I have owned and EVR played and i love it drifting around the city or just doing highway racing.

i pre ordered the demo and i loved it so much i finally got that actual game and oh my god am i having fun. it's such a good game if im being honest. the only thing i dont like is that you can't sell cars. like if you buy a car that you end up not liking it's just permanently stuck in your car inventory.

i just love all the builds you can make on forza 4 without it being restricted to what you can and cant upgrade, the driving expierence is awesome too

Very cool video black panthaa

"Why the hell are people still playing Horizon 4"? Why the hell are people playing Horizon 5? Now that I have 4, I don't need 5. That's why.

great video still cant believe i have watched you for all these years now and even tho i don't play racing games or game anymore i still watch you

BlackPanthaa, I really liked this video! I subscribed too!

I love the FH4 map and scenery in the different seasons. FH5 just doesn't have the same feel to me. The autumn colours are amazing. The winter scenery is amazing. You said it at 9:38 - "The game does look really stunning" - that sums it up for me.

"pants I can actually see grass here Can this countdown piss off" " okay monkey" got me dying🤣🤣🤣🤣

Theo I love how you're explaining that you think what xbox is doing and I wish they saw it your way. But I ultimately doubt it.

didn’t even realise i wasn’t subscribed, always watch your videos as well 😂😂🤦‍♂️

Cause we broke 😂😂😂

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You do definitely have a good point I hate having all the wires for a ps2 making a mess just because I feel like playing an older game because most remasters are clunky. And are you going to be back on unbound as it's coming to ps monthly games?

It's been 5 and a half years since I last played Horizon 4. Playing this game gives me those high school vibes when I would come back from school to play this game everyday. I do remember playing the expansion packs as well and they were fun as I bought the ultimate edition but I was able to get a chance to do money making methods to get a chance to try out the cars that I like. I miss those times and I wish I would travel back in time to those years as it brought the best vibes. It is better than Horizon 5 tbh but Horizon 3 and 4 is what brought me to those high school years as playing these games made me feel those memories in me. Both of the maps in 3 and 4 were the best but I like the 4th one while the 3rd one had a luxurious feel for Surfers Paradise.

Theo, could you please do more reaction videos? I enjoyed them quite a lot.

Fh4 introduced me to the series, and I feel lots of nostalgia for it (for not even long time ago😂2021) whether it’s cruising down roads really fast, or driving like a civilian, I still love playing this game way more than 5 and I like the map better.

Havent played a forza game in forever but when i got horizon four on xbox i was obsessed with it for the next year

0:48 ANNA got caught in 4K 🤨📸

The map is beautiful and the fact that you can still see many players romaning in the online service make me wanna play even more. Even if my fav forza will always be fh1. You can still find players online to this day

Bro what FH4 fortune island had "drift mountain".. was Iconic always hotspot in freeroam I myself go back there just to hit some tandem with the OGs that are still online

I still didn't get it the street race mark on the northeastern side of the map. Is it an incomplete icon by hand drawing ?

every horizon just kept getting bigger and bigger to where it just became overwhelming to just even look at the map and the things to do in it. i wish they made it more controlled and focused like horizon 1, at least that game nailed its atmosphere

I played fh4 up to fh5, played it for a while, then returned it later, diss liked it the more i played it. You talked about nfs 2012. I loved the MP in that that game, good thing you talked about it cause i made an f150 Raptor K-9 theme from that game. I play fh4 still cause i made a lot of racing themes n ideas.

I've been going back to the older cords horizons to do the dlcs, was needing to start at blizzard mountain but unfortunate that that one is already delisted. So I've been playing for as horizon 4.

Fh4 was my first forza game so i will always love fh4 more than any other horizon game

Theo I ain't played Forza horizon 4 in 2 years and I still remember playing on my uncles Xbox one and unlocking really cool cars and stuff... Sad thing is my uncle deleted it because he wanted a new car. Reason it was sad was because I had LITERALLY 400+ cars and over 3mil or I think more...

How many other games do you know where I can drive/race in Scotland and in the city I've visited? It's a bit like with TC1&2 no other game have maps like that.

i dunno, even tho i have them both and played both of them, I felt that forza horizon 4 is home to me while forza 5 more like chores to do, even the weekly and forzathon still more alive in forza horizon 4

The music is nastalgic too

I do miss the Great Britain map

I did buy 5 on sale with the DLCs, but was a hard choice between FH4 and FH5, I am already 44 hours in and it is so much things to do and I love it. I plan to buy FH4 also, but I am not sure if it is smart since FH5 will keep me busy for a very long time LOL.

My multiplayer is broken in FH4 on steam is there anyway to fix it?

I still get goosebumps when hearing the FH2 intro song/video.

There’s a NFS Most Wanted 2012 map for BeamNG now. Thought you might be interested.

For those still playing are new cars been added? Are seasons every week been recycled?

I think it’s time for him to make his own game. Update videos made by him would be so interesting.

FH4's road, offroad, and even cross country circuits are all just infinitely better than FH5

I bought FZ4 on steam and the game wont even start after i played only 1 hour it gets stuck in loading when i press start game

FH4 was literally my life. Made and lost friends, grinded the Festival Playlist, tuned 500+ cars, and did an endless list of shenanigans. Edit: (Also remember the Goliath Road race money glitch in February 2019?)

Horizon 4 is just THE Vibe and in my opinion the peak of free roam racing. I cant enjoy 5 a bit, 4 is still the God of free roam for me.

winter is one of the reason why i love FH4 rather than FH5

Servers in 4 just don't work for me anymore sadly

The reason I play FH 4 in 24 is because in it when I buy ultimate edition I get access to all cars where as in FH 5 even after buying ultimate edition, I still have to buy car packs to access all cars.

No matter how bad the vehicle sounds are, and the lack of features, it is by far the most nostalgic and the forza game that has made me happiest over the years. and just something about the map that is just incredible

1 minute after posting lets gooooooooooooo

I bought the fh4 ultimate edition bundle on mega sale and im playing it everyday

Genuinely surprised that NFS 2015 & Heat are not on those lists

imagine the new 8 stud wide lego speed champions in fh4. it would be so cool

Surprised there is no Crew or NFS here. Maybe if this was on console would they be significantly higher?

People might be worried about it eventually being taken off Game Pass & expensive & hard to find

I just hate driving around deserts, but im still playing horizon 2 and 3 😂

I'm still enjoying FH4 and I enjoy the winter season and the Forzathon Live

FH4 just feels so good to drive in

Started heavly playing this throughout this year I love selling and painting cars and the tuning system is smooth, if only there was bikes it's would be perfect

I finished Forza Horizon 5 story and I never played Forza Horizon 4 so I now play it