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Forza Horizon 4’s best set of missions pay tribute to the great racing games of the past. Here are the games it pays tribute to, and the times/scores you’ll need to get three stars.
Forza Horizon 4 replaces Bucket List items with story mission sets that focus on themed events.
The LaRacer @ Horizon story missions involve helping a streamer capture footage for a top ten best car experiences in games list. Each of the ten missions pays tribute to a classic racing game series that has been inactive for a while (although number one cops out a bit and highlights a car over a specific game).
You unlock LaRacer @ Horizon simply by hitting level 40. This will happen naturally as you play, and shouldn’t take longer than about 15 hours for most players. The map location that these missions start from is right outside the Horizon Festival site, which is nice and convenient.
When you start each mission, you’re only given the goal required to score one star out of a possible three. You’ll gain 2500 fans per star, and earning three stars on each event will unlock various perks and prizes (as with everything in Horizon 4 these missions have their own separate levelling system), so it’s worth going in goal-orientated. Here are each of the missions, which games they’re paying tribute to, and how to succeed at them.
Number 10
Game: Out Run
Car: 1992 Ferrari 512 TR
Race to the destination
Number 9
Game: Smuggler’s Run
Car: 2016 Ariel Nomad
Race to the destination
Number 8
Game: Test Drive (1987)
Car: 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 CV
Speed trap
Number 7
Game: Project Gotham Racing
Car: 1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
Earn skill points
It opens with a 12km trip to Edinburgh, and once you get there you’re tasked with a fairly high skill point score to aim for. There are quite a few things to smash through – one of the best ways to build up points – and corners to slide around, which is handy. There’s a park in the middle of town with lots of benches and fences to smash apart, and knocking over bins nets a handy 1000 point ‘garbageman’ bonus.
But you need to be exceptionally careful as you chain abilities, as there are other cars, tram stops, and buildings galore that you can smack into during an ill-advised high-speed e-brake turn, ruining your streak. If you restart the mission from the pause screen it won’t make you race to Edinburgh again, but a lot of the destruction will remain, and you can’t break an already broken fence. Basically: be careful as you slide around the streets, destroy as much as you can, and if you never played Project Gotham you really missed out.
Number 6
Game: Daytona
Car: 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport
Race to the destination (but stay on bitumen roads)
Number 5
Game: Crazy Taxi
Car: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
Danger Sign Jump
Number 4
Game: Sega Rally
Car: 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo
Race to the destination (and stay on dirt roads)
Number 3
Game: Super Off-Road
Car: 1998 Toyota #1 T100 Baja Truck
Earn skill points
Number 2
Game: Ridge Racer
Car: 1982 Honda NSX-R
Reach destination, stay on bitumen roads
Number 1
Game: Various
Car: 1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3
Speed trap
Forza Horizon 4 replaces Bucket List items with story mission sets that focus on themed events.
The LaRacer @ Horizon story missions involve helping a streamer capture footage for a top ten best car experiences in games list. Each of the ten missions pays tribute to a classic racing game series that has been inactive for a while (although number one cops out a bit and highlights a car over a specific game).
You unlock LaRacer @ Horizon simply by hitting level 40. This will happen naturally as you play, and shouldn’t take longer than about 15 hours for most players. The map location that these missions start from is right outside the Horizon Festival site, which is nice and convenient.
When you start each mission, you’re only given the goal required to score one star out of a possible three. You’ll gain 2500 fans per star, and earning three stars on each event will unlock various perks and prizes (as with everything in Horizon 4 these missions have their own separate levelling system), so it’s worth going in goal-orientated. Here are each of the missions, which games they’re paying tribute to, and how to succeed at them.

Number 10
Game: Out Run
Car: 1992 Ferrari 512 TR
Race to the destination
- One star: 3:00
- Two stars: 2:40
- Three stars: 2:20
Number 9
Game: Smuggler’s Run
Car: 2016 Ariel Nomad
Race to the destination
- One star: 1 min 50 secs
- Two stars: 1 min 30 secs
- Three stars: 1 min 15 secs
Number 8
Game: Test Drive (1987)
Car: 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 CV
Speed trap
- One star: 209kmph
- Two stars: 225kmph
- Three stars: 241kmph
Number 7
Game: Project Gotham Racing
Car: 1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
Earn skill points
- One star: 25,000 points
- Two stars: 50,000 points
- Three stars: 80,000 points
It opens with a 12km trip to Edinburgh, and once you get there you’re tasked with a fairly high skill point score to aim for. There are quite a few things to smash through – one of the best ways to build up points – and corners to slide around, which is handy. There’s a park in the middle of town with lots of benches and fences to smash apart, and knocking over bins nets a handy 1000 point ‘garbageman’ bonus.
But you need to be exceptionally careful as you chain abilities, as there are other cars, tram stops, and buildings galore that you can smack into during an ill-advised high-speed e-brake turn, ruining your streak. If you restart the mission from the pause screen it won’t make you race to Edinburgh again, but a lot of the destruction will remain, and you can’t break an already broken fence. Basically: be careful as you slide around the streets, destroy as much as you can, and if you never played Project Gotham you really missed out.

Number 6
Game: Daytona
Car: 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport
Race to the destination (but stay on bitumen roads)
- One star: 2:20
- Two stars: 2:00
- Three stars: 1:50
Number 5
Game: Crazy Taxi
Car: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
Danger Sign Jump
- One star: 122m
- Two stars: 153m
- Three stars: 214m
Number 4
Game: Sega Rally
Car: 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo
Race to the destination (and stay on dirt roads)
- One star: 3:00
- Two stars: 2:30
- Three stars: 2:10

Number 3
Game: Super Off-Road
Car: 1998 Toyota #1 T100 Baja Truck
Earn skill points
- One star: 25,000 points
- Two stars: 50,000 points
- Three stars: 90,000 points
Number 2
Game: Ridge Racer
Car: 1982 Honda NSX-R
Reach destination, stay on bitumen roads
- One star: 2:30
- Two stars: 2:10
- Three stars: 2:00
Number 1
Game: Various
Car: 1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3
Speed trap
- One star: 193kmph
- Two stars: 209kmph
- Three stars: 225kmph
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