With all that in mind, let's jump straight in and see how each graphics card held up. Of course, those with high refresh rate monitors will want to make sure the frame rate is set to Unlocked (Variable) so you can take advantage of all those lovely extra frames.
30fps can be handy if your graphics card is struggling to get to 60fps (although, judging by my results, I doubt this will be a problem for most modern GPUs), but generally I found that even older cards were pretty stable when playing on one of the presets (the difference between their minimum and maximum frame rates often no higher than 10fps), so you'll probably be fine sticking with the 60fps lock for the most part. MSAA (multi-sampling anti-aliasing for smooth edges)įorza Horizon 4 also gives you the option of lock the frame rate on the Basic Video menu to 30fps or 60fps if you prefer to keep things nice and steady instead of veering from one frame rate to another.World Car Level of Detail (which improves the quality of the online Drivatars, traffic and other player cars).It also tells you which settings benefit from having more video RAM (so you might want to turn those down if your card only has 2-4GB of VRAM, for instance), and which ones affect your CPU as well, allowing you to pinpoint which settings to adjust depending on what's inside your PC. Some settings only have a 'minor' impact on your graphics card, for example, while others have a more 'moderate' impact. Helpfully, you can get a rough idea of what each setting does to your GPU's performance by reading the description on the right side of the screen. As such, those hoping this setting might revolutionise the experience of a struggling card will probably have to dig deeper into the advanced settings menu to get the performance boost they're looking for. When I re-ran the benchmark on the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 with Dynamic Optimisation turned on, for example, I got the same average frame rate and saw the same highs and lows as I did with it turned off. I left Dynamic Optimisation turned off during my tests so I could get a more uniform idea of how each card performed across different presets, but I found that leaving it on actually makes very little difference. A bizarre choice, perhaps, but an easy thing to work around. Otherwise it locks off whatever quality setting you currently have enabled. That said, the only way to switch between different quality presets on the Basic menu is to make sure the Dynamic Optimisation setting is turned on.
If you want a more bespoke Forza Horizon 4 experience, you can tweak each setting individually using the Advanced menu in the Video settings to create your own Custom quality profile. FXAA (another type of anti-aliasing) is also turned off even when you're using the Ultra quality setting, so you can switch that on for even smoother edges if your graphics card is up to the task. However, it's worth pointing out that the top Ultra setting doesn't actually max everything out, so if you fancy even prettier shadows, motion blur, dynamic geometry (that is, better draw distances and surrounding detail), reflections, windshield reflections, and superior anti-aliasing, you can shunt all of those up another notch (some to EXTREME) if you feel like your graphics card isn't being challenged enough. I stuck with the game's preset quality settings during my tests, as most cards ran Forza Horizon 4 so well that I felt little need to start tweaking them. Video memory: 4GB Forza Horizon 4 PC graphics performance: how to get the best settings Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon R9 290X or AMD Radeon RX 470 Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 650Ti / AMD Radeon R7 250X Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 or Intel Core i5-750 My test PC comfortably exceeds the recommended spec, as I've tested every card with an Intel Core i5-8600K with 16GB of RAM and the latest Windows 10 update. As you can see below, it shouldn't be too difficult to get Forza Horizon 4 up and running, no matter how aged your graphics card might be. Happily, I'm pleased to report that Forza Horizon 4 is a real beaut in the old graphics card performance department, as even the ancient GPUs I've got accruing in my collection can handle it at decent settings without stalling and coming to a grinding halt.īut before we dive straight into how each graphics card got on, let's take a look at Forza Horizon 4's minimum and recommended PC requirements. Playground Games had a lot to prove with the PC version of Forza Horizon 4 when it first came out last October, as its Australian-themed predecessor Forza Horizon 3 needed its fair share of PC pit stops when it launched back in 2016.
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