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TL;DR Highly recommended if you like to drive and enjoy the scenery.

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Buying Forza Horizon 4 on 80% off sale (Standard $12 and Ultimate $20) is a no brainer.

2 expansions (Fortune Island & Lego Speed Champions) in Ultimate edition are worth the money in my opinion. In addition, some car packs and VIP membership are also helpful.

Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted on 15 December 2024.

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About Platform and Pros and Cons.

Forza Horizon 4 is available on 2 digital stores: Microsoft and Steam.

-Microsoft

Pros: Controller trigger vibration feature. Steering wheel support.

Cons: Requires Xbox app. Managing game installation path and drive may be a pain. Download speed limiter is absent in Xbox app so it might uses all your bandwidth.

-Steam

Pros: Managing game installation path and drive is easier. It also has a built-in download speed limiter.

Cons: Only support normal controller vibration, trigger vibration is buggy to none available. Steering wheel issues are well known.

Awesome classic game! Brings back lots of memories.

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You might facing the same problem as I did: 'Hi-Res (1920x1200)' setting cannot be enabled.

Here are 2 steps solution:

(1)

Go to the game folder 'steamapps\common\Zuma's Revenge' and open 'compat.cfg' file.

find the two functions and replace them like this:

function(int) GetAppDefaultRes
{
var bool isHiResHardware = call IsNVidiaOrATI();
log("isHiResHardware = " + isHiResHardware);

/* if (isHiResHardware && (compat_AppSysMemTotalMB >= 768) && (compat_AppOrigScreenHeight >= 1000) && (compat_AppVidMemory >= 92))
{
return 1200;
}
else
{
return 600;
}
*/
return 1200;
}


function(bool) IsHiResSupported
{
/* if (compat_AppVidMemory < 92)
return false;
*/
return true;
}

(2)

Open 'Registry Editor' by using 'Win + R' hotkey and type 'regedit' then press enter.

Go to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PopCap\ZumasRevenge'

Make a key or change the value of the key: name 'HiRes', type 'DWORD', data (1).
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The solution above is working on:

Windows 11 23H2.
Windows 10 22H2.

2560x1440.
1920x1080.

Tested on 2024/5/2.

I would recommend this game if you like Coop, close-mid range combat, grinding equipment. And have time and patient to level up one or more heroes to 30 if you plan to fully unlock career talents and achievements.

The game has beautiful scenery and good weapon handling. There are 15 careers (5 heroes, each has 3 careers without DLC) providing versatile experiences. Difficulty gap from Champion(3rd) to Legend(4th) is annoying.

10%-20% of the map has dark as F or hard to see environment. The time to level up a hero from 1-30 takes 10 or more hours. It depends on how efficient I complete a mission, collect grimoires/tomes or not and if the mission is 'The Screaming Bell'. What weighs several tonnes...

"You forget a thousand things every day, pal.
Make sure this is one of 'em."
- Michael Townley De Santa.

28 Nov 2024 update: DRG has reached Season 5! What an amazing dev team in 2024 so I nominate it for Labor Of Love, again!

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22 Nov 2023 update. I still play this game. The dev team still updates the game. And I still nominate this game for Labor Of Love.

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23 Nov 2022 update. 1158 hours at this moment. Nominate for Labor of Love Award, again. This game is fun, chill, challenging, and now we have various weapons, gears, missions, enemies, terrains. The world is more vivid with Season 3 content. There are some bugs like weekly assignments got reset 3 times so far, messed key binds happened between few hotfixes, and minor performance hit like stuttering, frame drops at certain point. Overall it's excellent coop game in 2022.

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25 Nov 2021 update. Nominate for Labor of Love Award. Also still recommend to players like to having fun with friends or randoms. The game bacame more challenging when coop with Driller not drilling and freezes you, Engineer not putting platforms and use Fat Boy grenade launcher to heal you, Gunner not shooting ziplines and not deploying shield when saving downed mate, and Scout not willing to share their flares. Other than that, it's a great game to enjoy.

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29 Nov 2020. It's a very fun and easy game to play, select from rookie to expert difficulties to meet all kinds of player who want to chill or challenge themselves. Recommend to players like to coop with friends or randoms. Rock and Stone!

UP DOWN RIGHT LEFT UP.

There are many stratagems/weapons to against bugs/cyborgs/illuminates, and teammates. :)

少見有免費遊戲有如此順暢及高解析的畫面，同時團隊間的合作與惡搞也是重要的因素，不同風格的玩家能碰撞出新奇的火花，讓遊戲體驗更有趣。

缺點就是會花很多時間在構想跟建造上面，再好好欣賞各個市民的日常。