Welcome to the Forza Horizon 4 contest for all those Route Creators out there! We want you to create a set of racing events for us to feature in PG EDITOR’S CHOICE. If you have any issues, bugs or feedback & suggestions relating to the Route Creator, please submit a ticket here here.
This thread will close midday on 2nd Febuary, and judging will begin. No other entries will be taken after judging begins. Please ensure that all entries follow the submission instructions, or this may make the entry void and therefore not entered in to the contest.
All submissions will be judged by members of Turn 10 studios and Playground Games design team. The number of winners each contest is subject to change.
Rules of the Contest
• All submissions must adhere to Forza’s ‘E for Everyone’ policy, and the Xbox Live Code of Conduct - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/legal/codeofconduct
• You MUST post in this thread to be entered into the contest
• The route must be designed by you only and be your creation. Routes submitted previously are not allowed and therefore may disqualify you from the current & future contests.
• The Blueprint Event you create with your route must meet the season, car and PI requirements as set out in the theme.
• Entrants can submit a maximum of 2 routes, per season, per person. (i.e. 2 routes in Summer, 2 in Autumn, and so on)
• The total time to complete the event may not exceed 5 minutes.
• The route should be created on Great Britain.
Spring: Modern Sports Cars, (Max PI: 'S1’900) Submission Recommendations
Think about Checkpoint placement. Seeing the next checkpoint makes the route easier to drive.
Think about the terrain around the route. Rocks close to the route can make it hard to drive especially in Winter.
Think about an impressive visual moment along the route. Weather, Time of Day and the route chosen can create this visual aspect.
Submission Instructions
• You must share your route in-game to have it featured.
• A photo of the route flyer and route (before you click save) must accompany your post.
• Photos should be posted by retrieving a BBCode from a photo sharing service (such as Flickr)
• When posting your route creation, you must include:
o Gamertag
o Event Name
o Route Start Location
o Description (optional)
o Length of route (miles)
o Type of route (Point-to-point or circuit)
o Laps (If circuit)
o Theme
o Season Chosen
o Time taken to complete the entire event
For example:
Gamertag: RetroKrystal
Event Name: Wheely Good
Route Start Location: Ambleside Village Circuit
Description: Scenic circuit across the fields.
Length of route (miles): 4 miles
Laps (If circuit): 3 laps
Season Chosen: Summer
Time taken to complete the entire event:4 minutes How do I use Route Creator?
(For a video of our previous live stream where we show you how to use route creator, click here
• To use route creator, go to the event in which you would like the route to start at.
• Create Route > Choose Car.
• Drive the route in the direction you would like it to take.
• During creating the route, press X to place checkpoints with LT and RT to widen or narrow the checkpoint.
• For a circuit route, finish the route back at the starting point. For a point-to-point route, chose Route Options > Place Finish Line where you would like the route to end.
• Test drive your route from start to finish.
• Create New > Name Route > Create Custom Event > Choose Car Theme.
• Customise your event such as season, weather and time of day through event settings.
• Create blueprint and you’re all set! Setting a PI class for a Custom Event:
Use the following process to set PI and Class for a Blueprint Event with a Custom Route:
Create, test and save the route you wish to use
Return to Free-roam
Drive back to the Starting Location
Ensure that you can see “Coop and PvP” as options
Choose “Blueprint Event”, then select Car and PI class
Choose your newly created Route.
Set season, Time of Day and other details Disclaimer
Posting an entry gives confirmation that you allow Turn10 & Playground Games to post your route in-game, on our social medias and potentially feature in our live streams.
Our social medias include:
Alright, I was waiting for another one of these. Before I get started though, I was curious as to whether Fortune Island routes would be accepted. It wasn’t specified whether or not they were fair game.
Gamertag: Little Gibus
Event Name: Classic Muddy Special
Route Start Location: Mixed test of Tarn Hows
Description: Rally through the forest. Fast and not very technical.
Length of route (miles): 5 miles
Laps (If circuit): Point-to-point
Season Chosen: Autumn - daybreak - overcast after rain
Time taken to complete the entire event: 4 minutes 30 second
Gamertag: Nascent Niko
Event Name: Special Rally Stage
Route Start Location: Horizon Festival Circuit
Description: Race across dirt and mud, dodging trees, fast hairpin bends, 120 degree turns, and sweeping fast corners. Technical start section, fast paced mid-section and a semi-technical but fast paced end section.
Length of route (miles): 11.1 miles
Laps (If circuit): Point-to-point
Season Chosen: Autumn - Early Aftenoon - Clear
Time taken to complete the entire event: 09:36.268 (using a Class C / PI 600 Car)
For those who are curious, I’ve provided a video also (albeit a Class A / PI 800 car): - YouTube
Gamertag: Chowi LeChowi
Event Name: Lighthouse Sprint
Start Location: Princes Street Gardens Circuit
Description: Sprint Race going from Edinburgh Castle to the lighthouse on the beach, through some tight city sections, long straights and sweepers.
Length: 4 miles
Type of Route: Point-to-point
Theme: Modern Sports Cars
Season: Spring (Late Afternoon, Clear Post-Rain)
Time: 2:02 with a S900 2019 Porsche 911
Gamertag: Little Gibus
Event Name: Hand Brake Party
Route Start Location: Cross country circuit of the aerodrome.
Description: Rapid run with spectacular jumps.
Length of route (miles): 3.1 miles
Laps (If circuit): Point-to-point
Season Chosen: Summer - Dusk - Clear
Time taken to complete the entire event: 2 minutes 50 seconds
It states max. So it would be well within rules to submit it as a B class or can we not have a class restriction so people can run as desired and just say what car we used for testing?
My custom route is better suited for anything goes and faster cars which I already created, however I created a blueprint to match this contests’ requirements. I find it amazing we don’t have the ability to delete blueprints as I was testing the different times of day, only to have now 2 versions of the route. Hope this is available at some point.
Gamertag: romeoteknik
Event Name: LeMans UK
Route Start Location: Moorhead Wind Farm Circuit
Description: Re-creation of Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)
Length of route (miles): 7.1 miles
Laps (If circuit): 1 lap
Season Chosen: Summer/Evening/Clear, Summer/Night/Clear (choose whatever you wish)
Time taken to complete the entire event: ~3:40 minutes
***Outside this contest, I recommend Playground Games play my “Anything Goes” version (which is 2 laps) and the time of day/weather is set to “Current”, so whatever is current on your game will be what the route plays. A shame “Current” setting doesn’t work for Season however. (submitted a support ticket on this already)
This is one of my favourite route creator maps I have come up with so far.
Gamertag: Martyjack97
Event Name: Mortimer Gardens Special Stage
Route Start Location: Mortimer Gardens Scramble
Description: Super technical and flows well as a rally stage through the garden complex.
Length of route (miles): 3.5 miles
Laps (if circuit): Point-to-point
Theme: Classic Rally C Class (600)
Season Chosen: Autumn - Sunset - Clear - Rolling
Taken to complete the entire event: 4 minutes and 20 seconds
Gamertag: Nie ma Lipy6742
Event name: Moorhead Cross Special
Start Location: Lakehurst Woodland Scramble
Description: Sprint race going through dirt roads on Moorhead Wind Farm, long straights and many corners
Length: 5 miles
Type of Route: Point-to-point
Theme: Classic Rally
Season: Autumn (Sunrise, Clear after rain, Rolling)
Time to complete: ~4:08 min (with a C600 '77 Ford Escort RS1800) https://twitter.com/Matateusan/status/1087708688658382848
Thanks for clearing that up. As for my first entry…
Gamertag: EmeraldSundisk Route Name: Festival Scramble Route Start Location: Horizon Festival Circuit Description: A short circuit making use of the festival’s castle grounds. Length of route (miles): 1.5 miles Laps (If circuit): 3 laps Season Chosen: Autumn Time taken to complete the entire event: 4 minutes, 30 seconds
I’m also wondering this. The MAX is S1 but I was curious if we could enter an A-class event for Spring provided it still used modern sports cars.
As for my second entry…
Gamertag: EmeraldSundisk Route Name: Switchback-To-Back Route Start Location: Waterhead Sprint Description: A more technical circuit on the roads just north of the festival. Length of route (miles): 4.6 miles Laps (If circuit): 2 laps Season Chosen: Spring Time taken to complete the entire event: 5 minutes, 0 seconds
Still can’t set a PI/class even after following the directions and haven’t yet gotten an answer from the ticket I submitted. But I’ll go ahead and post these anyway and repost if it ever magically fixes itself. I feel like most of the Modern Sports Cars fit A class better so that’s what I used for the times and what I intended to set the class at if I had the ability. And hopefully after the next update we can delete blueprints.
Gamertag: RedDragon00312
Event Name: Askbrook Antics
Route Start Location: Cotswold Super Sprint
Description: Fast flowing run through Ashbrook countryside followed by a slow, technical section through the festival.
Length of Route (miles): 5.9
Type of route: point-to-point
Theme: Modern Sports Cars
Season: Spring
Time Taken: 3:30 (A class)
Gamertag: RedDragon00312
Event Name: Sylvan Hollow Circuit
Route Start Location: Greendale Club Circuit
Description: Combination of the Greendale and Copse circuits into one longer circuit.
Length of Route (miles): 3.0
Laps: 2
Type of route: circuit
Theme: Modern Sports Cars
Season: Spring
Time Taken: 3:00 (A class)
Gamertag: RedDragon00312
Event Name: Scrambleside
Route Start Location: Ambleside Scramble
Description: Extended version of the Ambleside Scramble
Length of Route (miles): 1.5
Type of route: circuit
Theme: Classic Rally
Season: Spring
Time Taken: 4:15 (C class)
Gamertag: Chowi LeChowi
Event Name: Edinburgh Urban Circuit
Start Location: Arthur’s Seat Cross Country
Description: City circuit with both fast and tight sections
Length: 4.8 miles
Laps: 1
Type of Route: Circuit
Theme: Modern Sports Cars
Season: Spring (Late Afternoon, Clear)
Time: 3:38
