Forza Horizon 4 may be the best racing game of all time. At the very least, it is the best racing game released in the last decade or so, and Microsoft and Playground’s crowning achievement. There’s a wealth of content in this game- a vast open world to explore, a range of different kinds of secrets and objectives, cars to unlock, and of course, a whole smattering of different kinds of events to take part in.

In this guide, we look at some general tips and tricks to maximize your performance in the game, as well as at some cars that you should keep your eyes on as you play through the game.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Focus on getting both, more Credits (CR) and Influence. CR are used to buy new cars, while Influence is what you need to progress through the seasons (you unlock a new season for each 50,000 Influence you hit)
• Some cars can’t be bought- these are Barn Finds, and you have to stumble on these antiquities in the world. But the map in the game is huge, so a better thing to do is to use your drone (always accessible in the menu), and get an aerial view of the map till you find a barn. Once you do, it’s marked on your GPS, and you can drive there to actually collect the car
• Don’t stick with one car. You get money really easily in the game, so buy more cars, and have as many different types as possible, so you’re well equipped to meet whatever challenge comes your way
• Auto Upgrade is a valid option- the game lets you manually tweak and tune your car, but maybe you don’t have the patience, or the knack, for that. If so, Auto Upgrade is a perfectly fine alternative to fall back on, and there’s no shame in using it
• Sell the cars you don’t need- that’s more money right there to buy the ones that you do!
• There’s a fast travel tip that saves you money- just go to the Festival Hub and select your event from there directly. That transports you to your event, without you needing to pay the 10,000 CR fast travel fee.

THE BEST CARS

Speed Demon: Koenigsegg One:1

The point of racing is to be quick, and you don’t get quicker than the Koenigsegg One:1. If a speedy car is all you want, you won’t go wrong with this one. You can pick it up for 2,850 CR, or for free if you are a VIP Pass member.

Winter Warrior: Hoonigan Gymkhana 9 Ford Focus RS RX

I don’t think there’s any car in the game that’s as well equipped to be able to negotiate the snowy environs of Great Britain as this one is. At 500,000, it’s a fair bit expensive, but given that but can be repurposed for rallying events, it pays for itself in the long run.

Skill Boost: Pagani Zonda Forza Edition

It’s a bit slower than the One:1, but it offers a clean skill boost, and has far superior handling. Even in a racing game, speed isn’t everything, you see. You can get it for 1,950 CR, or for free with the VIP Pass.

FASTEST CAR IN THE GAME

At 284 miles/hour, the Koenigsegg Agera RS is the single fastest car in the game, and the one to go for if you want to max out your velocity on the tarmac. Of course, with great power comes great responsibility, and I’m not sure you’ll be able to handle this beast…

Forza Horizon 4 has a multitude of economies going on within it- you’ve got Influence, which you need to progress through the single player campaign, and you’ve got Credits, which are money you use to buy new cars in game, and you’ve got your level. And then you’ve got Wheelspins, which are basically lotteries you get to participate in.

Now how to get ahead of all of this, while not circumventing the fun in the game? How do you make money, and level up your Influence, quickly? That’s what we talk about in this guide.

MAXIMIZING MONEY AND LEVELING UP

So, here’s the thing- those Wheelspins we talked about? They can get you as much as 250,000 Credits in one fell swoop, especially if you go for the money based prizes. Some prize or the other is guaranteed to you in a Wheelspin either way, so it’s just best to try and go for as many of them as possible.

Okay, so how do you get them to spawn? About that: they’re kind of random. But don’t despair! There are things you can do to make them unlock quicker:

• Level up your My Horizon life goals
• Participate in Daily Events
• Complete Live challenges whenever you can
• Unlock perks on as many different cars as you can

Additionally, there are some quick methods to earn money reasonably quickly. Check out the video below which will help you to maximize your money and level payouts:

And below you will find a video which will help you to level up and gain influence faster.

Finally, this video demonstrates a glitch that can be exploited for money and wheelspins, which means I don’t recommend it. Not only could the glitch be patched out, but you’re gaming the economy in a shared world game, and that’s never good. Still, for the morbidly curious, check out the video below.

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https://youtu.be/Wdq9I8sMtk0

Forza Horizon 4 lets you live out your fantasies of racing cars across the British countryside. It’s awesome, even more so because you can take existing cars and tune them up further to be even better than they already are.

And that’s just cars! You can also customize your own character (though the character editor is super basic, but hey, it’s not like you’re looking at your own character all that much anyway, am I right?)

CUSTOMIZING YOUR CHARACTER

You get to select a look and name for your character right at the start of the game, but you can actually customize your character further during the course of the game too. To be able to do so, you need to buy your first house in the game- once you have done so, you need to head to your house. This opens up a whole lot of options for you, including, yes, customizing your character, far beyond the initial character editor at the start of the game let you. You can change individual clothing articles now, for example.

As a sidenote, if you ever want to change your character’s name, all you do is pull up the options menu, and select the option there to do so.

CAR TUNING GUIDE

Car customization is integral to doing well in Forza Horizon 4. The cars you get, the stock ones, those are good. They go fast, they handle well. But they’re ill equipped for the races you will participate in, especially since other racers, AI and human ones alike, will have tuned and modded their cars to make them even better. So you need to tune your car. Thankfully, it’s not as intimidating as it seems:

Tires: Tire pressure is extremely important: higher tire pressure means better handling and higher speed, but comes at the cost of traction. Lower pressure means better traction, but you’re punishing your tires more, not to mention trading out on speed and handling.

Antiroll Bars: These can be used to help with cornering. Decreasing stiffness causes reduced oversteer. Increasing stiffness, conversely, means raised oversteer.

Differential: There are two settings involved here, in fact- acceleration and deceleration. Higher acceleration means individual wheels don’t slip, but you reduce overall stability (and vice versa for lower). Meanwhile, deceleration can be set high for better stability, but a loss of speed (and vice versa).

Brakes: I don’t have to explain what these do, but in any case- they determine the braking capability of your car. Going rear heavy reduces car stability and increases oversteer, while front heavy increases stability and understeer.

Aerodynamics: Increasing downforce=better handling (which means you navigate corners better). This much is basic, but remember, it always comes at a tradeoff (in this case, you punish your tires more by increasing downforce).

Alignment: Okay, this is a really complex one, since you get multiple options, and even a slight tweak can alter the handling and feel of your car substantially. All I can say is, play around with the tweaking a bit and find something that suits your particular style of driving the best. I always favor handling over speed and acceleration, so I like the Negative Chamber, but what you like will come down specifically to what kind of driving style you have.

Springs: This determines the ground clearance your car has, but also the cushioning it gets. Again, clearance comes at the cost of cushioning, and vice versa.

The one thing I will say again- if this all seems hopelessly complicated, don’t be afraid to use Auto Upgrade. It’s a perfectly fine and viable option that is more than good enough, and decks out your car with upgraded gear really well and intelligently.

Forza Horizon 4 might just be the greatest racing game of all time, but you know what else it is? An open world game. And so, in the truest tradition of open world games, it’s actually filled with a whole lot of things scattered all across the map for you to find. In Forza Horizon 4, those come in four forms: collectibles, houses, beauty spots, and Barn Finds.

Let’s start tracking down all of them in this guide.

BEAUTY SPOTS

There are 12 Beauty Spots in Forza Horizon 4 scattered across England, and getting them all gets you the Taking the Grand Tour Achievement. The video below will quickly help you track down the ones you are missing:

COLLECTIBLES

There’s a lot of Collectibles strewn across the map of Forza Horizon 4, and the video below will basically show you where exactly to go to get them all and clear them off your checklist (I’m sure you have a checklist).

HOUSES

There’s a fair few properties you can buy for yourself in Forza Horizon 4, but you first need to find them- and finding them isn’t exactly easy. Well, unless you know exactly where to go, which is what the video below shows.

BARN FINDS

Barn Finds are basically the only way of collecting certain antique cars in the game. You can always use a drone to try and locate the barns in the world and then drive to it, but if even that is too much work for you, then the video below will show you where to find all the barns in the game’s world: