Can you still play online after delist?

[ᶜᵃᵗCATᶜᵃᵗ]

I really like the game and want to buy it, but can you still play online after delist?

[ElOhTeeBee]

You can barely play online right now, so don't get your hopes up. I've been sitting in a post-race results screen for the last fifteen minutes, hoping that THIS TIME I'll actually be able to finish the series and get credit for it so I can unlock ranked and get 100% on the festival playlist while it still exists.

[ᶜᵃᵗCATᶜᵃᵗ]

Originally posted by ElOhTeeBee:

You can barely play online right now, so don't get your hopes up. I've been sitting in a post-race results screen for the last fifteen minutes, hoping that THIS TIME I'll actually be able to finish the series and get credit for it so I can unlock ranked and get 100% on the festival playlist while it still exists.

Damn sounds sad, I have FH5 so maybe I just stick with that, I prefer the changing seasons in FH4 tho

[ElOhTeeBee]

Originally posted by ᶜᵃᵗCATᶜᵃᵗ:

Originally posted by ElOhTeeBee:

You can barely play online right now, so don't get your hopes up. I've been sitting in a post-race results screen for the last fifteen minutes, hoping that THIS TIME I'll actually be able to finish the series and get credit for it so I can unlock ranked and get 100% on the festival playlist while it still exists.

Damn sounds sad, I have FH5 so maybe I just stick with that, I prefer the changing seasons in FH4 tho

'sad' isn't the word I'd pick. If 5 is anything like 4, then I'm surprised you're considering actually buying another forza game, I'm certainly not after dealing with this garbage. What idiots make an online-focused racer with nonfunctional online?

[ᶜᵃᵗCATᶜᵃᵗ]

Originally posted by ElOhTeeBee:

Originally posted by ᶜᵃᵗCATᶜᵃᵗ:

Damn sounds sad, I have FH5 so maybe I just stick with that, I prefer the changing seasons in FH4 tho

'sad' isn't the word I'd pick. If 5 is anything like 4, then I'm surprised you're considering actually buying another forza game, I'm certainly not after dealing with this garbage. What idiots make an online-focused racer with nonfunctional online?

Pretty much every AAA devs make live service game nowadays, FH4 is the better of the 2 IMO. Car sounds better in FH5 I think

[Johnny_MV_21]

Delisting just means no longer for sale. And is independent from server shutdown. Server shutdown impact depends on what the game uses the servers for.

On The Crew 1 (delisted on 14 December 2023, server shutdown on 31 March 2024) the game used online servers for everything: login, single-player and multiplayer. Thats why the game became unplayable with server shutdown. (btw, there's a team of modders on Discord that is working on reviving the game: The Crew Unlimited)

Forza Horizon games use a Microsoft/Xbox account server for login, and then another server for multiplayer. No server needed for single-player so even after server shutdown you'll be able to play against bots/drivatars but all the online stuff will be gone (multiplayer, co-op, auction house, livery download, tune download...).

No date has been given for Horizon 4 server shutdown but going by the previous games they will stay online for a few more years:
-Horizon 1: release in 2012, delisted in 2016, shutdown in 2023. Single-player ok.
-Horizon 2: release in 2014, delisted in 2018, shutdown in 2023. Single-player ok.
-Horizon 3: release in 2016, delisted in 2020, still live.
-Horizon 4: release in 2018, delisted in 2024, still live.

The Microsoft/Xbox account server for login are still live for all, and in theory only go away if Microsoft goes boom.

[Johnny_MV_21]

Like ElOhTeeBee said, on FH4, since 2021 quite a few online multiplayer modes (but not all) are bugged and matchmaking and loading can take ridiculously long times (20 to 40min). My hopes of them fixing it until 15 December 2024 are 0,0001%. And thats because I'm an optimist.

FH5 doesn't have that bug/problem.