i like what FH5's intro is going for, but the intro's for 1 to 4 were just simply fantastic. They fit the vibe, the aesthetic, and most importantly showed off the star cover car in the first shot. in FH5 the first shot is a... desert

“Give meeeeeee, rooom tooo breathe”

I agree but I'm too much of a slut for Spanish guitars to fully agree

Love the guitar. Now imagine the opening shot focused on the AMG One on a beach instead of a desert field

Every intro has been a decay of the focus of the original Horizon: 1 was cars and people, people hanging around and enjoying the world/festival. 2 and 3 were just cars, no people. 4 was just one car. 5 is no cars.

Cant wait for 6 to be animated text on a black screen

I agree with the song choice, it's amazing. But the visuals are lackluster compared to the other entries.

Sometimes. I just lie comfortable, listen to A Moment Apart and relax. Best song to vibe to.

Makes me miss 2018 😭

Maaan, time flies. 2018 was 6 years ago, and it feels just like yesterday.

Man horizon pulse in 4 is a masterpiece. Crusing around listening to pulse is my favorite thing to do

One of the best pulse in the entire franchise. Would love to say the same for FH5 but is not the case...

Wow, that's a very different sentiment than what people were saying in 2018.

thank you so much for introducing me to the song. its beautiful. made me nostalgic

Odesza is fantastic. I started at FH4 and knew Odesza before playing, so, knowing they are in what soon became one of my favorite game franchises of all time, was magical.

Same man, it's amazing and really gives flashbacks to the "awful" but now we have FH5 "amazing" game FH4

Also loved other intros, especially FH3. In general Playground Games nails the presentation / intro of all Horizon games.

I love FH3

Fh3s intro still gives me goosebumps when I load it up after not listening to it for awhile

Fh5 is meh at most

Life was better when this game was out

Golden age

I remember going to game stop to pick up the ultimate edition

I love you most I love you more now I love you, I love you, I love you most, more now. I don't usually listen to pop but I really like this song. It got stuck in my head for a while, after I stay in the main menu just to listen to it, like how you described. It's so nostalgic.

I was literally just listening to the intro song when this post popped up on my feed

This is my favorite intro to a game, beautiful 🥹

just turning on the xbox and have this intro run during the pandemic was all i needed, all i wanted, all that mattered.

FH3 still wins in my book.

A Moment Apart really sells it for me. FH4's is my fav because of AMA, while FH3 I like the video more.

FH4 I feel captures the whimsy and dreamlike nature of the FH franchise. To quote one of my favorite video essayists, Noah Caldwell-Gervais in his[ video about it-](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyvlamwZ4O8) >"Suppose, though, there was a world where gasoline was a vague idea- Where the most rare and expensive machines got handed to you like beers at a party- Where you swap an engine at the touch of a button and you get to drive just about every goddamn thing worth driving from the past hundred years of automotive history." That's one of the best parts of Horizon to me.

I love you bass bass I love you that one

If these are meant to be the lyrics it's actually "I love you most, I love more now"

Nah I'll never hear anything other than what I said

Fh4 had the best intro, so relaxing to just make you want to drive!

I really hope that FH6’s atmosphere is better than what 5’s was. Honestly they’ve kinda lost the magic that made the Horizon games so good with FH5.

We need a re-emphasis on the festival and the human aspect of it. Make it (the atmosphere) more realistic in subtle ways like bringing back wristbands, sponsors, and more people across the the world.

Sunrise is a banging track. It’s always on rotation in my house

True

FH1 Better, my opinion tho

Best game in the franchise

Real

Yeah, but... can we take a moment to freaking just... take in the E3 trailer for FH3? My God... did they... sell it. I don't know if any trailer for a racing game has hit so hard lol. You'd think this belonged to some epic story or something, not an arcade racer. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_vy8CizjotQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vy8CizjotQ)

Facts…legendary. I saved it and every once in a while play it and also just call up that version of Wicked Game.

I used to have that whole E3 clip as my desktop background using wallpaper engine, sadly not for long before I realize it kinda takes processing power from that 😓

Why is everyone glazing this game now when people hated everything about it a few years ago?

Because the people who liked it was busy playing it. I was one of them. I loved fh4, i loved the seasons, i loved the map. I didn’t love the whiny pricks who shat on it, and didn’t want to spend any energy trying to convince said whiny pricks out of their convictions.

Absolutely this. The game had its fair share of people hating it. But for the most part it was a wildly successful and popular game. It had drawbacks like any other game but it’s arguably one of the best open world racers made to date with its main competition being older horizon games

Started back up on FH4 on the Deck and forgot how good it was.

👍

Retrowave intro > Everything

The best fh5 intro was the retro one

I dont know, the new fh5 retro wave intro is very nice to the point where its my wallpaper on pc.

Lmao when FH6 comes out post will be saying "FH5's intro > Everything". Shit is hilarious

FH2's intro > Everything. [Forza Horizon 2 intro](https://youtu.be/e1cHm9NjIe0?si=scBaUDoAeacHduwp)

I remember buying an Xbox One and sitting down to play Forza Horizon 2 for the first time. I watched the entire intro completely and was mesmerized. This game will always hold a place in my heart. I absolutely love everything about Forza Horizon 2. Masterpiece of an intro and game.

This. The slow festival vibe and release and the Eric Prydz' Liberate to top it off.

I still watch this before I go to a music festival and then blast liberate from Eric Prydz. It’s the perfect vibe of excitement, happiness, and freedom.

I watch this before I go on IRL road rallies and it really reminds me of how much influence the game had on what I wanted out of automotive ownership.

the best!

Naa, FH1 into was the very best

FH2 has my favorite. Nocturne just calms me down man

It's wonderful, but the FH1 title screen is also peak.

I bought it on Steam and my saved game wasn't automatically found, for the most part. My records remain but the game is treating me like I'm a new level 1 player. And I'm fine with that, am enjoying playing it all again and exploring all the roads.

It's funny watching the cycle repeat itself. Never changes.

FH 3,2,1 laughing in the corner

I remember when my friend was constantly telling me to install FH5. I did, I played a bit. B4 I was playing FH4. Yes, FH5 has better control of the car(or maybe I got better at it, idk), but FH4 feels more alive. Idk why, intro, scenery, the city, it's kinda more fun in FH4.(and I have more stuff in FH4 haha). And yeah, A Moment Apart is one of the best intro soundtracks I've ever seen ;)

Btw, will servers be down after game gets delisted?

probably not. fm7 servers still work if im not retarded.

Aye brother

I’ve gotten so lucky this year. The forza horizon soundtracks got me back into electronic music starting with 1. So far this year it’s like I’m seeing them all. Skrillex, Eric Prydz, Odesza, Porter Robinson, Benny Benassi, and Justice. I’m sure I’m forgetting some too.

I love playing Horizon 4 ❤️

I absolutely agree. Also the initial race is fucking awesome. Like the E3 trailer for FH3. Gives me chills every god-damned time.

5 did nothing but physics engine a favor.

I disagree. For me it’s FH3… love that game.

saw ODESZA live yesterday, they played A Moment Apart x Corners Of The Earth (another gorgeous song) as a live mix. It was really great. ODESZA shows are legendary! Going again next week!

Bro's crazy, go watch FH3 intro and ESPECIALLY the Xbox trailer then come back here.

I remember when I got a new Roku TV, first thing I put on was Forza 4. I couldn’t find the volume buttons on the remote so A Moment Apart was just blasting on full volume. It was great

dont forget fh2!

Dude, thanks to this post I've downloaded FH4 and oh boy I fell in love! The world is much better than the FH5 wasteland, the handling and to be honest I don't like "old" games just because the new ones has better graphics but I don't see anything wrong with FH4 graphics it's still up to date or at least it works for me... I just love it! Well, anybody up for illegal meet up in Edinburgh? 🤫

Fh3 music was peak imo

I can agree, but I think the FH5 retro wave era intro is 10 times better, me personally.

WHO still drives on the wrong lane in 5?🤣

I see you haven’t played Horizon 2

1,2,3>

Probably one of the best intro songs too reminds me of christmas somehow good times :)

FH3 >>>

FH1 >>>>>

FH2/FH3 are much better, hell even FH5 🤣

FH3 for me

Same, that's why I have an unhealthy obsession with the centenario, it's the most beautiful car I've ever seen

its always op in fh too, the soundtrack slaps too. I did love forza horizon 4 for its seasons it felt like a big change in the map compared to 5. id say 5 does the whole festival playlist better.

I haven't played fh5 yet but the map in fh3 is my favorite. Sure the more you play fh4 the more you appreciate the map but australia had something special. And I don't like how they reduced the saturation of the colors in fh5 in favor of realism, because 3 and 4 were just beautiful and I prefer their graphics over 5 any day.

yeah the realism is nice but I did love hitting them sand dunes in 3 while oliver heldens is playing.

FH2 Shits on it. I say that as a Brit who was giddy as fuck at a UK based game. (can people stop trying to farm reddit karma from an announcement of a delisting that is 6 MONTHS AWAY!)

100% agreed. Nocturne playing over a quaint cinematic that shows off the game's beauty pretty well makes it one of the most emotional and good game intros I know. FH4's is okay but doesn't invoke anything for me, plus the constant Nintendo Switch ad clicking in the song is intolerable

FH5 Retrowave will never be beaten.

And that will never come back. Your point?

Maybe my point was a bit too finite, Simply meant to say that I share in OP's feelings just towards a different point in time for something to come from the series. We all have something special to us and I already feel a sort of sadness that the Retrowave intro is gone.

While it doesn’t beat FH4 for me, I did really love Retrowave’s intro.

I love all the intros except for 1's intro. Don't get me wrong I love porter Robinson but I'm sick of the whole "it's 2012 let's party!" Vibe I get from the game

FH5 menu is the first Horizon in the franchise which didn’t have electronic music and most importantly: did not focus around the car, just the map.

Nahhhhhh the forza horizon intro is SO LOUDDDDDD. Like unnecessarily loud. Talking about the cars wizzing passed the camera and even the lights in the car

my friend and i still to this day irritate each other by sending the intro song bc we both hated it!