My sons first YouTube video “Forza Horizon 4 clips”

[retrolegends]

This is my 15 year old son Austins first attempt at a YouTube channel, it’s mainly based around the Xbox One game Forza Horizon 4 with a bit of Halo at the end to break it up a little, it’s only 2 1/2 minutes long so not too time consuming, he would like some feedback and tips please folks as at 49 it’s all a bit beyond me 😂(and please be kind).

[Deleted]

Wow, great to see what FH4 looks like. I'm stuck on Xbox360 for now (yeah thanks Covid) so I'm still on FH2. Despite playing it so much I can almost drive the entire island with my eyes shut, having won every event and found every bonus board and barn find etc etc I still regularly fire it up and lose a few hours driving my favourite cars (Dodge Charger, Dodge Dart, Ford GT40, Chevy Camaro, Mini Cooper).

I have a new game I invented. In my primer grey and matt black Dodge Dart, I hunt down the computer controlled competitors in Ferraris, Lambos, the Ruf 911 and the Hennessy Venom GT, and I road race them until I get them on their roof down a ditch or off a wall, and then I take a trophy photograph of my beater Dodge next to the smashed up carcass of the defeated exotic supercar. It is very hard to do, and takes a heck of a lot of persistence and effort to finally get one onto its roof, so I kind of feel my (slowly) growing collection of images might bring a degree of kudos once I can figure out how to export the images off the XBOX.

As for the video I cant really offer any feedback as I don't take videos and don't really do video stuff. But it was cool to watch. Maybe for development he could think about an idea that is not intrinsic to the game, like hunting down a car and sticking with it as it free roams around the environment (assuming FH4 is still a free roam environment like FH2 is), or pick a single theme and persue that as a single episode of a video (eg drag racing everything available from a single car).

I only ever play with the view from the driver's seat, so I've never seen the cars driving from an external view. It kind of kills it a little bit because you can really see how unrealistic the physics is from outside the car. From the driver's view you get a much more realistic impression (I personally believe), so for me personally my preference would be to shoot videos from driver seat mode only... but that's just purely my personal taste.

If he makes any more vids please post them up. I would love to know how I can record in FH2 and post it up. I go on epic car chases that last for hours just to get an exotic kill eventually!

(PS: FYI I watched this in silent mode because its 1am and my wife is a sleep next to me, so I only had the visuals not the sound)

[ToolsnTrack]

I have also been battering FH4 during the clampdown recently. The solo stuff is OK but the team based co-op was the real reason for it (still going for drives with the boys).

I'm an old fart at 38 and find most gaming stuff on youtube to be completely unfathomable (probably why my own youtube channel struggles!) but for my own feedback I'd say any co-op or team chat really makes the vids if you are putting them on youtube. Folk enjoy the chat.

[jim]

I started FH4 in the new year and I love it - I've not tried the online stuff yet, what's it like?

[retrolegends]

Thanks for the feedback guys, he will be chuffed that you’ve watched it.

@spookytim2 I’ll make sure I post his next vids up here.

jim He loves the online mode and is on there a lot with his mates which is good because he’s not seen them in months but bad because he sneaks off on it when he should be doing school work 😂

I’m old school and still playing Gran Turismo 6 on the PS3 😎

[vitessetony]

Maybe we should start a retro rides cruise/car meet on one of the forzas? I have no idea how to do that by the way!

[ToolsnTrack]

In my experience, the online player stuff is as good as the crowd you play it with. I will say, the car choice feels a lot m,ore limited compared to GT5/6, however its far more diverse in vehicles. Something for everyone.

The online is about the only thing keeping the gameplay alive for me now, you will fairly quickly complete the story mode stuff. Compared to GT, FH is very arcade (forza motorsport is a more comparable simulator)