I love the feeling and vibe of FH1, where we are rolling into the festival with the other contestants like a fun convoy. Reminds me of when I went to Vegas for my buddy’s wedding and little by little everyone began showing up to party
Back in the days of FH1 with the letdown of TDU3 being canceled, it was like a breath of fresh air, and still to this day feels like it was a dream, FH2 rained way too much but was nice to not have the barriers everywhere, FH3 was and still is a vibe to this day, while I do miss the snow, living in an area that has snow for 3-4 months of the year burned me out when it snowed in FH4, and FH5 just feels like FH4 to me.
FH4 made a giant leap forward with seasons, free roam multiplayer, festival list and all new game modes. Winter got old pretty quick for me too. I agree that FH5 feels like more of the same but it isn't necessarily bad.
Can't believe I've been playing since FH1. Incredible to see how much the game has developed, in graphics and in the gameplay in general. My favorite was probably the 3rd one, in Australia, but nothing beats the nostalgia and the story of the 1st one! Beating every contender on every level was awesome... good times!
Regardless of if you’re a returning driver, or a newcomer to the Horizon festival, the initial drive in the first game gives players a sense of nostalgia. The 5th game is my personal favourite, but the opening from the first game makes me wish I played Forza Horizon 1. The line of “High Energy, Scattered Rhythms, & plenty of thundering engines” perfectly describes the joy of the Horizon festival & how much fun the Horizon series is to all players
What I think about all intros: FH1: Amazing. The race between Viper and Ferrari was ok but the VW Corrado giving all it had while fighting with Ferrari and Porsche to reach a place or lose was truly good. FH2: Ok, but not so good as the FH1: You race, but why? First or last, whatever. 🤷♂ FH3: First half is ok like the FH2, the second half is chaos... 😂 FH4: Emotional with the gaming showing he is not real life but a game when show the screen, the music choice and the narrator nervous and happy with the Senna passing anyone and reaching first. FH5: Pure chaos. I did not even remembered how it was until I watch this video, there's nothing to remember. Tons of different cars with different musics and terrible choices of musics... What happened?
@@forzanexus But there's no "Hero's Journey" on it, every car feels like a different pilot that "born to race", FH2 and FH3 too but tried to keep the same music at least, FH3 started to joking on the second half and became chaos. While FH1 and FH4 you have a hero's journey. Even if it was scripted and probably was, tell me: What is the sensation of getting a place on the festival on FH1? If it was real, you could lose and never gonna see the festival...That is the sensation of immersion it gives, and on FH4 the sensation is of showing the character evolution over the seasons with the music being epic and more epic and at the end you feel like you win in the last second in 1st because you did, because you deserve it, as I said: even if it was scripted and probably was.
The thing i love about FH1 is that it had some very memorable characters. Like, Duke, Hailey and Ramona. But above all, Flynt. He actually felt like a final boss. I remember being hell bent on beating him with a VW Beetle just because i wanted to make the victory so much sweeter. And eventually i did. I sorta regret selling my Xbox 360, just because of FH1. I tried to emulate it on pc, but mine is just not powerful enough. hopefully I’ll be able to play it again one day.
makes me wish the 5 intro was more thrilling. after the intro in 4 with the music that actually seemed like it elevated every single portion, 5 just felt like a "whatever sticks to the wall" setup.
@@TDB-rm4qt Best Campaign - Start off with a VW Corrado and have to progress through wristbands taking out actual named rivals to become horizon champion. Racing to achieve something rather than racing for the sake of racing. Beating bosses for pinkslips was also rewarding. With each horizon game this got watered down to the point there is no point doing campaign apart from collect dozens of lambos and Ferraris. Multiplayer - Only Horizon game with Motorsport lobbies. You can join class based lobbies similar to how Motorsport works. What’s better is custom lobbies. You can create your own, make it public and anyone can join with complete freedom such as choosing classes, events, weather, assists etc. You can search for others. Adventure modes introduced in Horizon 2 removed so much freedom and made multiplayer a joke. Atmosphere - The game that came close to a festive feel the most. Sponsor challenges, crowds at every event sign up. This again was removed in Horizon 2 onwards. Car classes/PI System - Horizon 1 is the only one without the X, S2, S1 rubbish. Cars are more balanced. For instance in Horizon 1, the Sesto Elemento and Pagani Zonda R are two classes apart (R3 and R1, yet both S2 in 3-5. You have more classes to choose from, and cars are far less squished between them. Even after 4 horizon games there is no X class competitive racing in public multiplayer or no stock X. Why have it there if you can’t use it? Car physics - Only game where RWD cars get OP for some classes. While you can make an argument about the no tuning, the big benefit is you can’t do those stupid meta tunes that make only 1-2 cars in each class overpowered in later horizon games. Again it was far more balanced and relied a lot more on driver skill. Subjective things for me include best soundtrack and best stretch of road (Red Rock.)
Being a Brit there’s only 4 that does it for me. And Derwent Dam is on it, somewhere I’ve spent hundreds of nights overnight either camping, stargazing, or abusing psychedelic Class A’s or combinations of all 3, so to see it so perfectly recreated in a video game (with a tiny bit of creative licence) is great. The new TSW3 Midland Mainline that’s out has every commute I’ve ever had to do, and goes past two places I’ve lived. That’s pretty mad, something SO familiar rendered in gorgeous 4K Ultra in a video game. The building I had my wedding reception is on the TS20xx version, extended by about 400% v what TSW is limited to because of console restraints. Mexico in 5 is also fantastic. Didn’t care much for 3.
@@forzanexus nostalgia, not reality The whole forza community boils down to this, I remember the time of FH3 release, it was a bad game that had destroyed the story mode.. Now it's a beloved game When Forza Horizon 4 launched, the game was bad for having an experience full of content for Online and the next years of Forza Now it's a beloved game The same thing will happen with FH5 (the best Forza Horizon since 2) when FH6 comes
@@RustDRR it’s not just nostalgia, it’s the entirety of the games themselves nowadays. Back then you actually had a sense of direction and flow to the overall progression and the characters actually stuck with you. While Horizon 2 didn’t have actual antagonists, Horizon 1 did and defeating them felt all the more rewarding after obtaining their car and moving onto the next set of challenges. In Horizon 3, 4 and 5’s case they all share the same formula without any actual satisfying finish to the game. You’re basically told “you’re done, what’s next?” And then you’re off on your own to do whatever you want without any limitations. On top of that, none of the dialogue from Horizon 1-3 were cringy either, which really adds a sort of charm to the characters. There’s not one person I’ve seen where they talk about Jay, Alex, Rob or anyone from Horizon 4 and 5 other than memes of them. Horizon 1 and 2 had the realistic feel of what a festival and celebration should feel like while the rest feel really dead and empty
@@SpitfireTheWolf reality is: When Forza Horizon was created, it was decided that the game would follow a formula to establish itself well in the market (time when NFS had lost identity ) Which is the formula of the Protagonist being an unknown person and having a sense of forward direction getting to know characters, standing on podiums etc. I love this formula, Forza Horizon 1 was the game of my life and for sure the best Forza Horizon for me, but this formula would limit the franchise in the future, something that almost happened with Horizon 3, imagine 4 games with that same formula of "Zero to Hero" Forza Horizon 5 was the best Forza Horizon since 2 for me because it brought everything I always loved about Forza Horizon 2012: -Diverse map, did not happen with Horizon 2 and 4 (even with the seasons, it was an extremely boring map) - Soundtrack with a great location idealized with the chosen location, in this case Mexico - The festival, along with the place, has great places to stay, spread across the map, etc., very reminiscent of the Horizon posts from the first game -Cars, Cars and Cars, HORIZON 2012 sold a Car Meet Festival, which is now the central idea of Forza Horizon 4 And 5 When I say nostalgia as the main factor, it's the pre-launch community and a few weeks after launch, loving the game and suddenly hating it, I even saw a review post launch "the map is very Diverse, and I live in the UK, so FH4 has a superior map" When I saw the release of HORIZON 3 and the community reaction, I was already expecting this in 4 and I was already expecting it in 5 Want to guess how many UA-cam videos in 2025 post Horizon 6 release of "how Forza Horizon 5 was better wow!"
@@RustDRR On the flip side. The multiplayer following Horizon 1 is trash. Adventure modes are far less fleshed out and far more restriction than Motorsport lobbies, and Horizon 1 is the only horizon game with lobbies. Forced to use one car for multiple events, same cycle of events, limits on choice etc. Horizon 1 never had any of these issues.
I never understood how I never heard of this game until the 3rd one. I was always playing DiRT2 and Burnout during the time this game was released and all I did was play racing games. I have no clue how I skipped this game. Same as driver San Francisco.
I still remember, before my Xbox broke, I'm able to experience FH1 (not done yet, but well, it's happened), FH2, til 4 (4 is where I started) And seeing all this, takes me back when I'm still able to experience them
First Forza I played was Forza Horizon 1 I spend maybe 30 minutes in it but first Forza I bought was Forza Horzion 3 I played it a lot I love that game. It was my fifth game (first racing game) and it's soo nostalgic for me. Rn I played every Forza but I need to finally buy FH1 and FH2 and play them from A to Z because they are such a good games.
I think that it's because of the more detailed environments (and it's a more bigger map), more detailed cockpit view and more detailed damage model than MW2012. Probably I think that it has more resolution than MW2012
@@sanmotorix3109 What I mainly meant is that Forza Horizon 1 had that slight pi$$ filter( talking about graphics here of course ) that MW2012 didn’t have.
Lol,the 10 yo Forza Horizon 1 being much better than the new 2022 Need for Shit and their low grade graphics and poor gameplay mechanics. So sad to see NFS hasn't gotten out of the dark age yet.
Horizon 1 brings back nostalgia. Horizon 2 had the best opening live action scene. Horizon 3 and Horizon 4 i have to hear the V12 for constellations and the Senna V8 for Sunrise. Both make me teary
![Evolution of Forza Horizon Games [2012-2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RBG66DoJGwY/mqdefault.jpg)
Forza Horizon 2 is the most nostalgic and emotional for me. It was my first Horizon. Everytime I hear the music I get goosebumps.
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same here. i actually played first on the 360/sumo digital version because it was the console i had. absolutely amazing game.
samee
on xbox one tho
horizon 1 is second favorite tho
I love the feeling and vibe of FH1, where we are rolling into the festival with the other contestants like a fun convoy. Reminds me of when I went to Vegas for my buddy’s wedding and little by little everyone began showing up to party
the best one in my opinion !!
All the intros have their own unique flavor and twist to it and i love all honestly
Same here 😉
Sometimes I regret not getting into Forza earlier than I did. Either way my FH4 experience was the best. And I also met you through it
You can always go back they are still fun to play
@@forzanexus I will eventually
@Munchy Pickles wait doesn’t it ? They shut down the servers?
@Munchy Pickles same
Yeah I’ve played all of them, and my FH1 experience was the best. Still by far the best game. 4 and 5 are my least favourite.
Forza Horizon 2 is so nostalgic...
The music gives me goosebumps
Back in the days of FH1 with the letdown of TDU3 being canceled, it was like a breath of fresh air, and still to this day feels like it was a dream, FH2 rained way too much but was nice to not have the barriers everywhere, FH3 was and still is a vibe to this day, while I do miss the snow, living in an area that has snow for 3-4 months of the year burned me out when it snowed in FH4, and FH5 just feels like FH4 to me.
FH4 made a giant leap forward with seasons, free roam multiplayer, festival list and all new game modes. Winter got old pretty quick for me too. I agree that FH5 feels like more of the same but it isn't necessarily bad.
Can't believe I've been playing since FH1. Incredible to see how much the game has developed, in graphics and in the gameplay in general.
My favorite was probably the 3rd one, in Australia, but nothing beats the nostalgia and the story of the 1st one! Beating every contender on every level was awesome... good times!
Horizon 1 man. Party like it's 2012!!!
that FH3 intro still has me tearing up everytime I watch it
FH3 was my first Horizon. Good times :)
FH1 and FH2 still have the best vibes and the best intros
Agreed
Regardless of if you’re a returning driver, or a newcomer to the Horizon festival, the initial drive in the first game gives players a sense of nostalgia.
The 5th game is my personal favourite, but the opening from the first game makes me wish I played Forza Horizon 1.
The line of “High Energy, Scattered Rhythms, & plenty of thundering engines” perfectly describes the joy of the Horizon festival & how much fun the Horizon series is to all players
What I think about all intros:
FH1: Amazing. The race between Viper and Ferrari was ok but the VW Corrado giving all it had while fighting with Ferrari and Porsche to reach a place or lose was truly good.
FH2: Ok, but not so good as the FH1: You race, but why? First or last, whatever. 🤷♂
FH3: First half is ok like the FH2, the second half is chaos... 😂
FH4: Emotional with the gaming showing he is not real life but a game when show the screen, the music choice and the narrator nervous and happy with the Senna passing anyone and reaching first.
FH5: Pure chaos. I did not even remembered how it was until I watch this video, there's nothing to remember. Tons of different cars with different musics and terrible choices of musics... What happened?
Driving into a sandstorm and jumping out of the plane with AMG One was exciting for me. I liked FH5 intro a lot.
@@forzanexus But there's no "Hero's Journey" on it, every car feels like a different pilot that "born to race", FH2 and FH3 too but tried to keep the same music at least, FH3 started to joking on the second half and became chaos. While FH1 and FH4 you have a hero's journey. Even if it was scripted and probably was, tell me: What is the sensation of getting a place on the festival on FH1? If it was real, you could lose and never gonna see the festival...That is the sensation of immersion it gives, and on FH4 the sensation is of showing the character evolution over the seasons with the music being epic and more epic and at the end you feel like you win in the last second in 1st because you did, because you deserve it, as I said: even if it was scripted and probably was.
The difference between the graphics of FH1 and FH2 is insane
It was console generation change from xbox 360 to xbox one.
horizon 2 has all my good childhood memories, i deeply, deeply love this game❤️
The thing i love about FH1 is that it had some very memorable characters. Like, Duke, Hailey and Ramona. But above all, Flynt. He actually felt like a final boss. I remember being hell bent on beating him with a VW Beetle just because i wanted to make the victory so much sweeter. And eventually i did. I sorta regret selling my Xbox 360, just because of FH1. I tried to emulate it on pc, but mine is just not powerful enough. hopefully I’ll be able to play it again one day.
I really love FH5, The feeling of the endless deserts through the beauty of summer, it is my most favorite Forza game of ALL TIME.
Best racing game ever!
makes me wish the 5 intro was more thrilling. after the intro in 4 with the music that actually seemed like it elevated every single portion, 5 just felt like a "whatever sticks to the wall" setup.
It felt like 4 different intros to the same game that were all sub-par.
Nothing beats Horizon 1
Im guessing it was your first Horizon 😉
@@forzanexus Yeah, I've owned every game since FM2
Agreed. Best campaign, multiplayer, atmosphere. I can argue many reasons why objectively Horizon 1 is still the best.
@@TheJayden3977 and those reasons are..?
@@TDB-rm4qt
Best Campaign - Start off with a VW Corrado and have to progress through wristbands taking out actual named rivals to become horizon champion. Racing to achieve something rather than racing for the sake of racing. Beating bosses for pinkslips was also rewarding. With each horizon game this got watered down to the point there is no point doing campaign apart from collect dozens of lambos and Ferraris.
Multiplayer - Only Horizon game with Motorsport lobbies. You can join class based lobbies similar to how Motorsport works. What’s better is custom lobbies. You can create your own, make it public and anyone can join with complete freedom such as choosing classes, events, weather, assists etc. You can search for others. Adventure modes introduced in Horizon 2 removed so much freedom and made multiplayer a joke.
Atmosphere - The game that came close to a festive feel the most. Sponsor challenges, crowds at every event sign up. This again was removed in Horizon 2 onwards.
Car classes/PI System - Horizon 1 is the only one without the X, S2, S1 rubbish. Cars are more balanced. For instance in Horizon 1, the Sesto Elemento and Pagani Zonda R are two classes apart (R3 and R1, yet both S2 in 3-5. You have more classes to choose from, and cars are far less squished between them. Even after 4 horizon games there is no X class competitive racing in public multiplayer or no stock X. Why have it there if you can’t use it?
Car physics - Only game where RWD cars get OP for some classes. While you can make an argument about the no tuning, the big benefit is you can’t do those stupid meta tunes that make only 1-2 cars in each class overpowered in later horizon games. Again it was far more balanced and relied a lot more on driver skill.
Subjective things for me include best soundtrack and best stretch of road (Red Rock.)
summer part from forza horizon 4 is my personal favorite
It's great no doubt
FH4 does have a really great and smooth sequence, but the last versions just felt nostalgic:')
Being a Brit there’s only 4 that does it for me. And Derwent Dam is on it, somewhere I’ve spent hundreds of nights overnight either camping, stargazing, or abusing psychedelic Class A’s or combinations of all 3, so to see it so perfectly recreated in a video game (with a tiny bit of creative licence) is great.
The new TSW3 Midland Mainline that’s out has every commute I’ve ever had to do, and goes past two places I’ve lived. That’s pretty mad, something SO familiar rendered in gorgeous 4K Ultra in a video game. The building I had my wedding reception is on the TS20xx version, extended by about 400% v what TSW is limited to because of console restraints.
Mexico in 5 is also fantastic. Didn’t care much for 3.
FH4 had the best one. Period.
The Horizon 2 Intro just hits differently
FH1 FH4 flipping amazing
My first Forza Horizon game was FH2. I regret nothing enjoying and playing these games
Notice how the first two games feel more alive? This is something that has been missing for the past 3 games
What do you mean by more alive?
@@forzanexus nostalgia, not reality
The whole forza community boils down to this, I remember the time of FH3 release, it was a bad game that had destroyed the story mode..
Now it's a beloved game
When Forza Horizon 4 launched, the game was bad for having an experience full of content for Online and the next years of Forza
Now it's a beloved game
The same thing will happen with FH5 (the best Forza Horizon since 2) when FH6 comes
@@RustDRR it’s not just nostalgia, it’s the entirety of the games themselves nowadays. Back then you actually had a sense of direction and flow to the overall progression and the characters actually stuck with you. While Horizon 2 didn’t have actual antagonists, Horizon 1 did and defeating them felt all the more rewarding after obtaining their car and moving onto the next set of challenges. In Horizon 3, 4 and 5’s case they all share the same formula without any actual satisfying finish to the game. You’re basically told “you’re done, what’s next?” And then you’re off on your own to do whatever you want without any limitations. On top of that, none of the dialogue from Horizon 1-3 were cringy either, which really adds a sort of charm to the characters. There’s not one person I’ve seen where they talk about Jay, Alex, Rob or anyone from Horizon 4 and 5 other than memes of them. Horizon 1 and 2 had the realistic feel of what a festival and celebration should feel like while the rest feel really dead and empty
@@SpitfireTheWolf reality is:
When Forza Horizon was created, it was decided that the game would follow a formula to establish itself well in the market (time when NFS had lost identity ) Which is the formula of the Protagonist being an unknown person and having a sense of forward direction getting to know characters, standing on podiums etc.
I love this formula, Forza Horizon 1 was the game of my life and for sure the best Forza Horizon for me, but this formula would limit the franchise in the future, something that almost happened with Horizon 3, imagine 4 games with that same formula of "Zero to Hero"
Forza Horizon 5 was the best Forza Horizon since 2 for me because it brought everything I always loved about Forza Horizon 2012:
-Diverse map, did not happen with Horizon 2 and 4 (even with the seasons, it was an extremely boring map)
- Soundtrack with a great location idealized with the chosen location, in this case Mexico
- The festival, along with the place, has great places to stay, spread across the map, etc., very reminiscent of the Horizon posts from the first game
-Cars, Cars and Cars, HORIZON 2012 sold a Car Meet Festival, which is now the central idea of Forza Horizon 4 And 5
When I say nostalgia as the main factor, it's the pre-launch community and a few weeks after launch, loving the game and suddenly hating it, I even saw a review post launch "the map is very Diverse, and I live in the UK, so FH4 has a superior map"
When I saw the release of HORIZON 3 and the community reaction, I was already expecting this in 4 and I was already expecting it in 5
Want to guess how many UA-cam videos in 2025 post Horizon 6 release of "how Forza Horizon 5 was better wow!"
@@RustDRR
On the flip side. The multiplayer following Horizon 1 is trash. Adventure modes are far less fleshed out and far more restriction than Motorsport lobbies, and Horizon 1 is the only horizon game with lobbies. Forced to use one car for multiple events, same cycle of events, limits on choice etc. Horizon 1 never had any of these issues.
Forza Horizon 3 is my beloved! :)
I never understood how I never heard of this game until the 3rd one. I was always playing DiRT2 and Burnout during the time this game was released and all I did was play racing games. I have no clue how I skipped this game. Same as driver San Francisco.
As much as I love the other games, especially 2, forza horizon 1’s intro is easily the best. We don’t talk about the unforgivable sin fh5 made
I still remember, before my Xbox broke, I'm able to experience FH1 (not done yet, but well, it's happened), FH2, til 4 (4 is where I started)
And seeing all this, takes me back when I'm still able to experience them
😭😭😭
forza horizon 1 is most nostalgic game for me
as much nostalgia i get from the 2nd game, cause that and fast and furious were my first horizons games, fh4 and fh5 has the best ones
True
First Forza I played was Forza Horizon 1 I spend maybe 30 minutes in it but first Forza I bought was Forza Horzion 3 I played it a lot I love that game. It was my fifth game (first racing game) and it's soo nostalgic for me. Rn I played every Forza but I need to finally buy FH1 and FH2 and play them from A to Z because they are such a good games.
Same here FH3 was my first. I went back and played 1 i 2 it was 100% worth it!
All forza horizon ❤❤❤❤
FH1 was my first horizon
I miss Red Rock…
I wish I can have FH3 :( Australia is so beautiful.
You can still get used phisycal copy :)
Disslikes are FH3 likes
Comecei jogando o forza horizon 1 em 2014 no meu xbox 360, tenho saudades de quando meu 360 funcionava. Pelo menos posso o jogar no meu xbox one s
I am amazed that nfs most wanted 2012 looked better than forza horizon 1 when it came out. 😂
I think that it's because of the more detailed environments (and it's a more bigger map), more detailed cockpit view and more detailed damage model than MW2012. Probably I think that it has more resolution than MW2012
@@sanmotorix3109 What I mainly meant is that Forza Horizon 1 had that slight pi$$ filter( talking about graphics here of course ) that MW2012 didn’t have.
Lol,the 10 yo Forza Horizon 1 being much better than the new 2022 Need for Shit and their low grade graphics and poor gameplay mechanics. So sad to see NFS hasn't gotten out of the dark age yet.
yea my fav nfs was nfs most wanted 2005
The only thing that keeps FH5 intro from the top spot for me is the cringe song choices imo.
The songs aren't cringe lol, kinda a vibe ngl
Thats not what I wanted to watch after searching forza horizon initial d
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Horizon 1 brings back nostalgia. Horizon 2 had the best opening live action scene. Horizon 3 and Horizon 4 i have to hear the V12 for constellations and the Senna V8 for Sunrise. Both make me teary