Skill points and how they work

[r33s2]

I had real problems earning points and keeping them at first, searching for a guide or anything to do with them was scarce and not much help except for lists of what each one was and what you do to earn it. Like this one https://forza.fandom.com/wiki/Forza_Horizon_4/Skills
It is good for a lot of info on skills but what I had to learn was how to keep a streak running until I got 500,000 points which is 10 mastery points and the most you can earn in one skill streak anything above that is wasted, also you can only earn 999 mastery points.
The trick is to get different skills constantly, I depend on on air, drift, and wreckage to keep a steak running, anything extra I get is a bonus.
So a hilly area with bushes, fences etc is the best and the best I have found is around Croftdale Farm house, looking at the map you go right from the house to a grove of trees just after an intersection and back again constantly.
Drift back and forth the whole time while crashing fences, trees and bushes, dont go near the road or you might crash into a car and lose the streak. In this way I can get 500k in 3 to 5 mins (its different every time) with the Hoonigan RS200 because I upgraded the mastery to the 7X multiplier on it. A skill song gives me 10X because I have the Huntsman lodge as well.
So
5X you need to earn 100k points.
6X you need to earn 83,333 points
7X you need to earn 71.428 points
10x you need to earn 50k points
There are a lot of places and just outside the festival area there is a small valley with fences which is good too.
I hope this helps someone and if you already know it that's great,

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

good post. good thread. thx for taking the time researching this. i can drift quiet well in this game but skill points were my secret enemy. i will try your suggestions

take my points i mean "extra helpful"

[alman72]

Best place I've found for farming skill points is Moorhead Wind Farm. I tear around in a Hoonigan RS200 x tune with 7x multiplier (x10 with skill song) and the points rack up very very fast.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

Publicado originalmente por alman72:

Best place I've found for farming skill points is Moorhead Wind Farm. I tear around in a Hoonigan RS200 x tune with 7x multiplier (x10 with skill song) and the points rack up very very fast.

where did you get the hoonigan rs200? i read that it is a "hard to find" vehicle. did you win it?

[r33s2]

Sm0k3f47h3r you can get the hoonigan rs200 in the auction house for 10 mil :( but it is also in the backstage pass atm and the forzathon for 600 points sometimes

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

Publicado originalmente por r33s2:

Sm0k3f47h3r you can get the hoonigan rs200 in the auction house for 10 mil :( but it is also in the backstage pass atm and the forzathon for 600 points sometimes

amazing :D

[TheHuskyGT]

Do this:

Just go driving around in circles, jumping and hitting stuff at the beach dunes next top the Castle. That is guaranteed 1,000,000 skill points. Just make sure it's an appropriate offroad vehicle.

Another easier one is driving the wrong way, back and forth, at the highway. But very important, you have to go SOLO as this spawns much more traffic. Some of these skills like Ultimate Near Miss can be repeated over and over without penalty. I can do 1,000,000 and more all day doing that.

Also, make sure to spend your points on multipliers and bonuses. And as an extra, go race with your radio ON, as soon as you finish the race and the song that was playing is over, a Skill Song should start right after. This will help you even more.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

Publicado originalmente por TheHuskyGT:

Do this:

Just go driving around in circles, jumping and hitting stuff at the beach dunes next top the Castle. That is guaranteed 1,000,000 skill points. Just make sure it's an appropriate offroad vehicle.

Another easier one is driving the wrong way, back and forth, at the highway. But very important, you have to go SOLO as this spawns much more traffic. Some of these skills like Ultimate Near Miss can be repeated over and over without penalty. I can do 1,000,000 and more all day doing that.

Also, make sure to spend your points on multipliers and bonuses. And as an extra, go race with your radio ON, as soon as you finish the race and the song that was playing is over, a Skill Song should start right after. This will help you even more.

thanks for the suggestions!

a "skill point" song playing over the radio? this game.....

[TheHuskyGT]

Publicado originalmente por Sm0k3f47h3r:

Publicado originalmente por TheHuskyGT:

Do this:

Just go driving around in circles, jumping and hitting stuff at the beach dunes next top the Castle. That is guaranteed 1,000,000 skill points. Just make sure it's an appropriate offroad vehicle.

Another easier one is driving the wrong way, back and forth, at the highway. But very important, you have to go SOLO as this spawns much more traffic. Some of these skills like Ultimate Near Miss can be repeated over and over without penalty. I can do 1,000,000 and more all day doing that.

Also, make sure to spend your points on multipliers and bonuses. And as an extra, go race with your radio ON, as soon as you finish the race and the song that was playing is over, a Skill Song should start right after. This will help you even more.

thanks for the suggestions!

a "skill point" song playing over the radio? this game.....

Yeah, these songs will multiply all final skills you're gaining x2. So with the right vehicle and skill multipliers, you'll have on top of that another multiplier.

Note that to unlock skill songs, you have to buy the Huntsman Lodge house.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

buy huntsman lodge. roger, copy.

is the hoonigan rs 200 the only car who got this crazy multiplier perk? i unlocked all perks for the hoonigan rx-7 twerstation but i had no luck with this one =(

[Sirrus]

Oh, boy, what a topic!

In fact, there are several cars (34?) that have 7x multiplier with good skills and, on top of that, have 3x multiplier that allows you to build skillpoint multiplier 3 times faster. Three of those cars are so called Forza Edition, that give additional boost to certain skills, these three are:
Alfa Romeo Guilia Quadrifoglio Forza Edition (my favourite out of them for no particular reason). Gives event influence boost (you get more event points after finish of any race event, but that's slightly irrelevant here). Could be tuned pretty much well to be fun car, IMHO.
BMW M6 Forza Edition. Gives drift skills boost, more on that later.
Renault 5 Forza Edition. Gives Skills boost. Not sure how exactly this works.

Now on skill points farming. Free roam:
Go do either Airfield of Beach drag strips and do just that - drift. Do one slide with normal drift, another one with e-brake. Intermittent crash into something breakable (rubbish bins are good at a start of series), sideswipe, 180, will build up multiplier. On a lucky run from one end to another of both drag strips (on airfield I recommend to go further, up to U-shaped dirt road and only then return to drift race starting point) should give you 7-to-10 skill point easily without skill song.
Alternatively, go to Hunter's Lodge, there are two "clearings" nearby, where you introduce some more destructive notes to your symphony, so to speak - terrain there is uneven, so it'll introduces jumps (air and kangaroo), and, as there are trees, occasional lumberjacks will happen.
Oh, and turn traction control off. It'll help with drifting. So much in fact, if you use Renault, you may find yourself not just moving sideways, but still forward, but having your rear wheels ahead of your front wheels, but still moving... forward? Well, where forward was before you started drifting. Looks hilarious, feels hilarious, earns points - what's not to like?
Too bored driving like crazy across Scottish landscapes?

Well, there are some cars that don't have such multiplier, but still allow you to earn enough skill points anyway and to earn money as well. To make long story short:
Look for Aston Martin Vulcan Forza Edition or Pagani Zonda Forza Edition (there is also Bentley Continental Forza Edition, but for me it earns less points). Why? They have Clean Skill bonus. When properly buffed via skills, these two gum shoes will allow you to earn a lot of skill points while racing. Yes, both are good on tarmac only (and, preferably, dry one, so avoid winter with them:)), but! There are custom races. One, at the South of highway a.k.a. bottom roundabout, Elmsdon on sea. Another is near second from the North roundabout, where Juggernaut (last drag race), Coastal Rush Cross Country. Both have plenty of highway-mostly races, both circuit-style and point-to-point style in all three disciplines - track (blue), dirt (orange), cross-country (green). Pick one with custom tracks of appropriate length (don't get bored on too long ones), check whether AI trail is long and winding, ramp up all the difficulties (I play on 95% with ABS on and damage off) and go forth, my friend. In a few minutes your Clean Skill car will quickly build up clean skills, that will go on and on. On top of that, you will earn credits and influence in relevant racing series.
Bored again? Try modified (custom) races on other racing starts, but more or less close to something more interesting that lapping on highway. But in this case, if you'll want to check any of grand races (titan, gauntlet, colossus), I recommend to turn driving line on. After an hour of race everything will turn to blur and you may miss some turn, some trees may try to cross the road on a red light, you know - stuff happens:)).

When it comes to Speed Skills cars (TVR Sagaris Forza Edition, for example), by my calculations they earn less skill points per race than Clean Skill cars, but they aren't required to actually race. So there's that.

Of course there are far more cars to drive and locations to farm (flower fields in Lego Valley, or many fences areas on Treasure Island), but that's for you to find out. ;)

Cars with both 7x and 3x multipliers of those I own:
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio FE
Ascari KZ1R
BMW M6 Coupe FE
Buick GSX
Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport
Eagle Speedster
Ferrari 512 TR, F40, Dino 246 GT, GTC4Lusso
Ford Escort RS Turbo, Super Deluxe Station Wagon
Hoonigan GYMKHANA 9&10 Ford Focus RS RX, Gymkhana 10 Ford F-150 'Hoonitruck', 'Hoonicorn' Mustang (both), RS200
Jaguar E-type S1
James Bond Jaguar C-X75, Lotus Esprit S1, Aston Martin DBS, Aston Martin DB5
Lamborghini Aventador J
Lego Porsche
Maserati MC12 FE
Mini Cooper S, John Cooper Works Convertible
Plymouth Fury
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Renault 5 Turbo FE
Tamo Racemo

Maybe some more, I don't have all the cars or all DLCs.

[alman72]

Full FH4 car list including perks for each car.

https://www.kudosprime.com/fh4/carlist.php?

[xorxpert (Seg)]

All you need is a FE BMW w/ Drift Skills Boosted. You can increase your skill chain by drifting and constantly hard breaking until you get a x6 multiplier. It’s best to be somewhere where there’s also objects to hit. Though keep doing different things so your skill chain don’t break. Get 84k points and stop. 84k x 6 = 504k

Oh is 999 really the max? That’s a weird cap, and I assumed that was just the limit the UI would show, cause I have 999 skills points over my time playing I haven’t spent, same for super wheels. It only shows like 9 max when you actually have more so I don’t think 999 is the max..

After acquiring so much money, skill points do start to become useless.