I would like to provide my personal feedback after having played a couple weeks of the new Forza Horizon.
I doubt this will reach the intended audience and I also will restate that this is my opinion alone unless someone else chooses to agree with me. I speak for only my experience with this game.
I am thoroughly enjoying the map, the graphics, and the large list of available vehicles to choose from. I also like the ability to gift vehicles to other players.
Some of the vehicle groupings are odd, like placing the Lotus Elise 190 sport in retro sports cars (IMO it should be in track toys) while placing the 19 corvette ZR-1 into extreme track toys (would play better with modern muscle or Super GT).
I like that the Forza edition cars change the grouping the vehicle is attached to. I love having a Porsche 911 GT3 in rally monsters and a 69 Charger in track toys.
I am disappointed in the omissions from the car list of the previous game. I understand that well over 200 cars were added to the franchise as free DLC and that is likely to happen again but some true staples are missing IMO.
All of Alfa Romeo, classic Maseratis, all of Fiat and Abarth, the rally and pikes peak Audis, all of Lancia and Mercury, And several excellent Volvos, Saabs, and BMWs were omitted for the first time in a very long time.
I can’t remember a Forza game that didn’t have the M635csl or the Alfa Jiulia.
Hopefully the missing cars are added back as DLC or updates. This is by far the best map created with the best rally options and many excellent rally cars are missing.
Connection issues aside the game is excellent and I’m hoping the missing cars are added in soon. Thank you for reading!
EDIT Just accessed the forzathon shop for the first time and the FP costs are awful! 300 FP for a super wheel spin seems outrageous. Also, at the current rate we are earning the FP you cannot buy everything in the shop before the timer runs out. Even cashing in skill points on cars that offer the points (10 at a time) on top of completing all the challenges would not award enough points to buy all four items.
Also, if Super Wheelspins are as valuable as the game portrays them to be they should only offer blue tier rewards or higher and never duplicates unless they are spin reward only like the Manx or Forza edition vehicles.
I hate getting socks as a reward. It’s like owning a Tesla and being paid in gas station gift cards.
Still overall a positive experience but this update certainly didn’t help.