Forza Horizon 4 update today drops a route creator, a new Horizon Story, and more

Playground Games' Forza Horizon 4 released earlier this month and there have already been a couple of bug fixing patches. However, today's update brings along a couple of brand new features to the over two million player strong driving game while also squashing quite a number of bugs.

The biggest new feature is the Route Creator. As evident by its name, this is a new custom race designer that will let players draw out courses and place checkpoints while driving with total freedom. The races can be "Asphalt, Dirt or Cross-Country" events and up to 40 miles long. It doesn't look like creating custom street races will be possible just yet.

A new Horizon Story is also being implemented with a focus on British cars. The British Racing Green Horizon Story will be accessible to those over level 50, and completing it will reward players with a "new quick chat phrase, a new unique clothing item, and the classic Bentley 8 Litre."

Here are the bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements that Playground Games have stuffed in the update for the two Microsoft platforms:

Cross-Platform Fixes

General stability and performance improvements.

Multiple engine audio improvements based on community feedback.

Added quit option in Quickplay Team Adventure after finishing an Adventure.

Improvements to Force Feedback understeer effect

Fix for progress loss on Forzathon Challenges.

Fix for rewards not being awarded in Seasonal Championships and Trial events.

Fix for blurring on the edges of a moving target car in Photo Mode.

Fix to avoid early completion of Trial events and allow all events to be finished.

Fix for VIP House reward exploit.

Fix for reset system not placing the car correctly when changing season after an event.

Improvements to free-roam Drivatar behaviour, when driving round tight corners

Fix for calculation of team score in Horizon Stories Co-op sessions during time-based challenges.

Fix for Forzathon Weekly Bonus not updating correctly in the UI.

Fix for HDR brightness calibration screen.

Fix for traffic cars not spawning sometimes after a Barn Find cinematic.

Fix for displayed value of VIP house when VIP owned, but house not purchased.

Fix for rotating wheels when car is stationary in Pause Menu, ForzaVista and Drone Mode.

PC Fixes

Fix for video options being lost when tweaking AMD GPU clock speeds.

Increased quality of grass and tree procedurals at distance when Procedural Quality setting is set to Extreme.

Fix for 'low streaming bandwidth' message on high spec PCs when GPU-limited.

Fix for crash when changing audio devices whilst a video is playing.

The update will be available sometime later today for both the Xbox One family of consoles and Windows 10 PCs.

Forza Horizon 4 is available to purchase via the Microsoft Store for $59.99 as an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Xbox Game Pass members also gain complete access to the driving title while being subscribed. Moreover, to have a look at what Neowin's Usama Jawad thought of the game in his review, head over here.