@DamMe2006.
Allow Me to Explain My Situation.
The Big Problem for Me is that Forza Horizon, as I play Horizon a lot more than Motorsport, is still a *really* good Game in terms of the Summer Handling Model and the Core Summer Gameplay Loop, but, FH4 in Particular also is just not worth its Money for Me now it has gone Live Services, as I am just not getting what I have Paid a Shockingly Large amount of Money for (a Complete Game, like I got with the Collectors Version of FH2 as all the DLC and Both Expansions were included in the Purchase Price so I got a Complete Game, ie, what I Paid for, as it wasn't Live Services!) it is also causing Me some severe Mental Health issues (the Time Gates cause Me so much Anxiety about missing a Car owing to those Time Gates that I end up having a Full Blown Panic Attack, followed by a Colossal Meltdown :( ), the "Highly Skilled" AI level Requirement for the New Cars, although Doable for Me, is much Higher than the "Average" Skill I Prefer, and the Extra Frustration caused by Playing against that Level of AI has, sadly, also Induced Several Meltdowns in of itself, and I have been Temporarily locked out of Cars entirely as well more than once as they have been locked behind Multiplayer and I cannot *Cope* with Multiplayer, the Sheer Anxiety of Playing Live with People I cannot see (I am ok with Single Player as I can *see* the Console!) puts Me into a Meltdown within Minutes and I have had to wait until I have been able to Nab an Example from the Auction House... I am, basically, with all these "Multiplayer Locks" and "Time Gates" and "Live Services" Mobile Phone Style Content Distribution Models, just not getting My £100+ Worth out of the Game, FH4 is Great Fun, but it is jut not Worth its £100+ anymore due to the current Live Services Direction, and I am very Worried that will be True of all Future Forza Games as well, and I just don't have the Money to Waste! £100 is a whole Month of Disability Benefits for Me! so I cannot afford to waste it on a Glorified Mobile Phone "Live Services" Title! :(
There is also the Fact I am Very Dissatisfied with all the "Forzanite" Stuff such as the Gimmicky Cosmetics (I would much rather have Cosmetics like in TDU-1, Real Life Fashion Brands You Purchase from Shops, I don't want Alien Suits, Clown Shoes and Viking Helmets!) or the Cringe Inducing "Emotes" such as that Horrible "Dab" thing..., and lets not get Started on the Whole Lego Speed Champions Fiasco or I am going to go more Toxic than the average industrial Disaster, as it just made the Game too Childish for Words and Destroyed whatever Immersion the Game actually Had completely (I am fine with Childlike Games, as Childlike Games, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, are often absolutely Adorable! Childishness just Grates across the Nerves like a Bandsaw however) and just how Buggy and Glitchy the Game is, I mean, they still have not Fixed the Camera Angles at the Players Homes, it Crashes frequently, it has a Serious "Audio Stutter" problem... and then there are the Quality of Life issues such as the Incorrect Car Interiors, Incorrect Digital Readouts (such as the Mercedes-AMG's being in Comfort Mode, or the Huracan Performante and Italdesign Zerouno being in "Cold Start" Mode) the fact the Pedal Boxes and Manual Gearshifts are not Animated, only "Mimed" despite the fact they are both Fully Animated in FM7, Terrible Camera Positions in some Cars (the Camera Appears to have been Welded to the Steering Wheel Boss in the BMW Z4 Coupe as Example!) Bad External Modelling, the Amount of "Asset Flipped" Spider/Roadster Vehicles, the Awful Engine Sounds due to Incorrect Audio Sourcing and Vastly Sub Par Audio Middleware, and the Terrible Music, all of which Counter the *exceptional* Handing Model (in Summer at least) and Fun Core Gameplay Loop (in Summer at least) and mean, the Game, for Me, isn't worth its Money.
I Really Dislike the Seasons as well, the Lack of Traction in Spring and Autumn Infuriates Me, the Constantly Grey Leaden Sky and the Pouring Rain make Me Feel Depressed, and Winter, due to its Non Existent Traction, Sensory Overload Inducing Whiteness and Infuriating Difficulty in Racing as even the Rally Cars, on Snow Tires, just Toboggan through Corners, has caused Me Several Meltdowns. I don't mind the Future Games having Seasons, just so long as they go somewhere that has a Warm Climate so the Seasons are less Noticeable and Snow is a lot Rarer, such as say, Malta, which has 14 Degrees C Average Temperatures....In *January* !
I am also very Worried that FH5 will go to Japan, a Location I have *No* Interest in Seeing in Horizon as I don't like the Car Culture (I like to Collect Stock Cars,, I am Not into Customising at All Personally, oh sure, I am into JDM Cars, I would give Anything, as Example, to have a 1998 V12 Toyota Century or a 2016 Honda S660 in a Game!...its just I like them to be Factory Stock! I am a Collector, not a Tuner!) , I think there would be too much Rain, the City would be too Big (and Big and Gloomy City Scapes in Racing Games make Me feel Genuinely Depressed :( ) there would be far too much Focus on Drifting (which I *Despise* as a Grip Focussed Player ) and I think the Map would be So clogged with Traffic it would Render the Game Unplayable for Me due to the Sheer Meltdown inducing Frustration of Pinballing off a Kei Car every 2 Seconds! :(, Japan would be a *Nightmare* setting for Me, so if FH5 goes to Japan. I am Out! :(
Basically, the Games, although still very good at their Core, are just not worth their Asking Price anymore now they have gone Live Services, and the Community seems Determined to Ruin the Next Horizon for anyone who doesn't want Japan or doesn't like Car Customisation or Drifting by trying to turn it into "NFS Underground 3: Daikoku Nights" just with a Forza Badge Attached :( , so, basically, I think I may have to walk away, as the Fun that is still available just isn't worth all the Meltdowns and the IMO, Vastly Over-Inflated Price. FH4 should, In My Personal Opinion at least, be *Free To Play* just like all other Live Services Games (which I will always see as nothing more than Overblown Mobile Phone Games Personally) should be IMO, as, for £100+, I, Personally, Expect a *Complete* Product! a "Good", not a "Service" that does nothing but give Me Anxiety Attacks, Depression and Meltdowns :(