I love the Horizon series, but they have removed so many of the competitive elements in this game. No lap times, no (open) rivals, and so few club stats. It’s a huge shame. I know that the Horizon series is more about open world enjoyment, but it’s still a Forza title, and they have made a conscious decision to remove these features which were present in FH3.
WHY are all the rivals tracks locked to a specific car/class? It worked perfectly well in FH3 when the monthly rivals were stylised like this. It was a great idea. But to keep that as the only normal rivals mode? So disappointing.
Also, team adventure is a good idea, and would be great to have in the game. But it needs to be alongside a more traditional, single player adventure. I am usually one of the better players in the lobby and it feels wrong that I am being penalised if the rest of my team can’t drive. On the flip side, if I’m having a bad race, it isn’t fair on the rest of my team to be dragged down.
I really hope it’s not too late for them to fix/add these features. I really want to hear something from the devs regarding these features, even if it is confirmation that they will not be added. There must be others that feel the same?
Struggling myself to find some good competitive racing. I want to race, tune, adjust, race again, get my ass kicked, tune, adjust and WORK towards winning.
Rival blueprints are cool in that you can customize them, but where are all the times recorded - only on THAT particular blueprint?
How is it that GTAV makes it super easy to hop in a race and pick an appropriate car for the track/class and in this game I’m still trying to figure out how to simply race against other people.
I agree, it was/is very disappointing to see how the competitive scene is almost non existent in the 4th installment of the series…
We need to be able to quick launch into single races of a certain type from the start menu as well, not always having to do an adventure.
I like everyone else enjoy the team aspect but not when it is the only option
Hope our voice is heard for the community
Also if anyone knows of anywhere else to post or email so the devs have a higher chance of seeing issues like this please lmk thank
Agreed.
We need the ability to choose what race type we want and vote for car class between tournaments.
Also, free roam rush shouldn’t count as a race, it gives 4WD users a massive advantage. I’m fine with cruising to the event with everyone but it shouldn’t count toward the end result of the tournament.
It’s really disappointing what they did to Rivals mode. Weren’t all Forza Motorsport 7 feedback related to Rivals mode enough to show that players want liberty instead of following what developers want? Please fix that. Don’t wait a whole year to do something like on FM7 (I know it’s a different development team, but damn… Again?). I was planning to buy the Ultimate version, but sincerely, I gave up of that after trying gamepass version and see that Rivals mode mess.
PREACH!
Seriously this game needs SERIOUS adjustments for me to invest any more in it. And with the similar failures of FM7 & Grand Turismo… I’m not inclined to buy ANY more racing games…
sad but true
Absolutely agree with everything you said. Rivals was what kept me playing Horizon 3, that’s where all the competition is. It feels like they ripped the guts out of the game and filled it with fluff.
It really makes no sense to me, just don’t get why they would limit each rivals to one class or even just one car in a lot of cases.
I really hope they can do something about this or I feel my time with this game will be very limited.
