I haven't played this game almost for two months, It was working flawlessly before. Then few days ago I tried it and it is not working. I have checked the forums and other websites (ex: Reddit) and I have seen plenty of games with the same exact problem (Hang type: Activation) so it is highly unlikely the problem is by my side, it is very clear the problem is something related to the game itself or the latest Windows update.
I have been playing video games since the Atari old times, tried and owned plenty of consoles and to be all honest I haven't seen a problematic game like FH 4 (with only other 2 games as exceptions) and on top of all the support is very awful, they left the users to try to figure out a solution for a problem caused by them and they did not bother to mention anything related to how to solve this problem and if it is even under investigation. I haven't seen anything like this before, and we are talking about (an exclusive) game for Xbox/Windows 10 owners. I see guys who are having this problem for months! this is just crazy.
On top of all Windows Store is bugged and missing a lot of important options that we can find when we use Steam, such as (verifying game files) and it will only download the corrupted/missing file, not the whole 88GB game if a file missing is corrupted and every time we install the OS, this is ridicules. I won't ever buy any game anymore related to Windows Store and I'm sharing my experience with those who would fall into this trap among my friends. it is their (Microsoft) second " Nokia ", another failure no more .
I tried everything, installed the game once more, made a new Windows Account, uninstalled a lot of apps to make sure nothing was affecting the game, did everything possible and also I followed the recommendations of those who are facing the very exact same problem, nothing worked for me.
I contacted the support, and as expected the copy/paste reply:
"
Hello,
i do apologize, im sure you know you will need to be patient,
This is a known issue in Forza Horizon 4 and our devs are currently investigating and working on a fix.
I am marking this ticket as "Solved" and we will post an update to the support pages and forums once this matter is resolved.
Thank you for letting us know!
"
when you google (Hang type: Activation), only FH 4 appears on the search. Way to go lol.
Edited by user Sunday, July 5, 2020 12:27:37 PM(UTC)
| Reason: Edit: adding what I did to fix the problem