Forza Horizon 4
About the Game
Forza Horizon 4 is a single-player and multiplayer open world racing game set in a fictionalized representation of the United Kingdom. Players join the Horizon Festival, a massive automotive event, where the objective is to race, explore, and expand their reputation across a dynamic and ever-changing environment. Unlike traditional track-based racing games, players have freedom to drive anywhere across cities, villages, countryside roads, and off-road terrain while pursuing events, challenges, and seasonal activities. A major part of the experience is hundreds of licensed vehicles from a wide range of manufacturers, spanning everyday cars, high-performance supercars, off-road trucks, and classic models.
Gameplay & Core Systems
Each car can be collected, customized, and tuned to suit different racing disciplines, including road races, dirt tracks, cross-country events, and street racing. Vehicles can also be upgraded with new parts and cosmetic options, allowing players to tailor both performance and appearance. Driving physics emphasize accessibility with optional assists, while still rewarding skillful handling and mastery of different car types. A major innovation in this installment is the dynamic season system. The entire map shifts between spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with each season introducing distinct weather conditions, road surfaces, and challenges.
Standout Features
- A major part of the experience is hundreds of licensed vehicles from a wide range of manufacturers, spanning everyday cars, high-performance supercars, off-road trucks, and classic models.
- Each car can be collected, customized, and tuned to suit different racing disciplines, including road races, dirt tracks, cross-country events, and street racing.
- Vehicles can also be upgraded with new parts and cosmetic options, allowing players to tailor both performance and appearance.
- A major innovation in this installment is the dynamic season system.
- The entire map shifts between spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with each season introducing distinct weather conditions, road surfaces, and challenges.
- Frozen lakes open new paths in winter, muddy trails emerge in autumn, and summer festivals highlight fast-paced road events.
- Influence: Progression is tied to Influence, a system that measures players’ reputation across multiple activities.
- Completing races, stunts, exploration objectives, and showcase events builds Influence, unlocking new areas, vehicles, and opportunities.
Modes & Ways to Play
A major innovation in this installment is the dynamic season system. The entire map shifts between spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with each season introducing distinct weather conditions, road surfaces, and challenges. These seasonal rotations affect not only the environment but also event availability and vehicle selection, encouraging adaptation and strategic use of a diverse garage. Multiplayer is tightly integrated through the shared world system.
Player support includes Co-Op and Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS).
Presentation & Atmosphere
These seasonal rotations affect not only the environment but also event availability and vehicle selection, encouraging adaptation and strategic use of a diverse garage. Exploration is also rewarded, with hidden barns containing rare vehicles, speed traps, drift zones, and danger sign jumps scattered across the world. Multiplayer is tightly integrated through the shared world system. Additional features reinforce immersion in the festival setting.
Display support includes 4K UHD (3840×2160).
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for Forza Horizon 4 | Xbox One.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | Microsoft Corporation | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Playground Games Ltd | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Programming by | Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield) | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Publishing label | Microsoft Studios | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Aquent LLC | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Dhruva Interactive | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Glass Egg Digital Media Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | RABCAT Computer Graphics GmbH | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | sample & hold Ltd | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Sparx Animation Inc | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Virtuos Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Sumo India Pvt. Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Motion Capture by | Audiomotion Studios Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Additional Sound by | Sounding Sweet Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Voice Production by | Side UK Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Casting by | Camilla Arthur Casting | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Casting by | Side UK Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Sound Engine by | Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Middleware by | OC3 Entertainment, Inc. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Middleware by | RAD Game Tools, Inc. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Middleware by | Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Middleware by | Microsoft Corporation | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Middleware by | AristenFX LLC | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Testing by | Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Contributions by | ACME Digital Content | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Contributions by | Airship Images Ltd | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Contributions by | Third Kind Games Limited | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| Business Model | Commercial | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Media Type | Blu-Ray Disc | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Media Type | Download | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Video Modes Supported | 4K UHD (3840×2160) | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Color Depth | HDR (High Dynamic Range) | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Game Modes | Co-Op | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Game Modes | Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS) | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1-2 Players | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Number of Online Players | 2-12 Players | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Xbox/Windows Live | Achievements | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Xbox/Windows Live | Xbox Play Anywhere | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Save Game Methods | Cloud (Online) | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Miscellaneous Attributes | Cross-platform Play | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Miscellaneous Attributes | Xbox One X Enhanced | Xbox One | MobyGames |
| Genre | Racing | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Everyone | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Microsoft | North America | PriceCharting |
| Developer | Playground Games | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Genre | Racing | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Model number | #GFP00009 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player offline, 2-12 players online | PAL | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Microsoft Studios | PAL | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-02 | Worldwide; download release | MobyGames |
| 2018-10-02 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| 2018-10-02 | North America | PriceCharting |
| October 2, 2018 | North America | PriceCharting |
| October 2, 2018 | PAL | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asin | B07DJZHQPX | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 7026733928 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 889842392357 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 889842392364 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 0889842392432 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| model | #GFP00009 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| ean | 0889842392432 | PAL | PriceCharting |
| ean | 889842392432 | PAL | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
