Forza Horizon 4 is the kind of intoxicating cocktail, but it also introduces seasonal weather transitions and background settings in the compressed, hottest English countryside. It's basically like tearing up Emmerdale's introduction in McLaren Senna.

Most importantly, although it features real cars, it doesn't take the time to rack its brains for reality. On the contrary, this is the kind of car adventure you can imagine but never achieve in real life, because the dry stone wall is actually very strong, and jumping 1,000 feet on the Bugatti Chiron will launch a pair of very expensive front shock absorbers to Low Earth Orbit!