I kind of wish we never saw the unreleased car files when they actually turned out to be so reliable for FH4. Over time I got more and more confident that it was only a matter of time before we’d get the leaked Lamborghini Espada, Mazda 323 GTR, Venturi Atlantique, etc. Then all of a sudden they add a VUHL and leave us hanging with nothing more to look forward to as far as FH4 is concerned. Not to mention that accidental Porsche 911 Sport Classic thumbnail tease a few months back.
I already miss the monthly “need to obtain new car” routine this game brought over the last few years. FH4 even predated the depressing corona mayhem, but it stayed on track providing a much needed escape from all that. I get the developers need to move onto new projects and generate turnover again, but it would have looked great on paper if FH4 had kept going all the way to Series 50 with meaty content updates, even with FH5 coming out. Series 37 arrived like the game suddenly got semi-abandoned.
Personally speaking, irony being I just bought a Series X earlier this week and FH4 is pretty much all I’ve played on Xbox for the last year or so. At least Forza Motorsport is getting reborn eventually and I’m also hyped for Flight Simulator coming out in a few days. Still not feeling the FH5 hype, and I think much of it has to do with how emotionally invested I became in building my FH4 car collection. Starting over with another open-world Forza just feels somewhat pointless in that context, but that’s just me I guess.
