FH4:
- start game
- cannot skip publisher FMVs
- loading
- get dumped into annoying landing screen full of confusing stuff
- hit esc, get dumped into different landing screen
- hit esc again
- loading
- drive across the map to a race
- select race
- watch annoying cutcene of some guy posing in a void
- race race
- watch annoying cutscene of guy posing in a void
- maybe have to do a slotmachine thing? win a wanking motion taunt
- dumped into mapscreen
- controls are disabled
- voice call from annoying person
- map swoops around as new race icons appear
- controls given back
- hit esc
- drive around map for a bit
- decide to modify car, must be done at home
- open menu to see where home is
- control taken away AGAIN
- annoying voice call person is BACK
- map swoops around as EVEN MORE RACE ICONS APPEAR
- controls given back
- set route to home
- go home
- modify car
- try to exit home
- game crashes to desktop
Flatout 2:
- start game
- press space a couple times to skip FMV
- choose car
- choose race
- race race
this post is the reason why with every forza horizon game the first thing i do is put a few hours into driving all roads for that achievement, getting as many cheap fast travel boards as possible in the process, at least then when i'm in a mood to do events the interruptions are minimal beyond the mandatory ones
(and if you want to get really annoyed by the mandatory ones, try the super 7)
saying that, neither multiplayer experience is ideal on linux;
forza did work on desktop but has stopped doing so and displays "oops, can't connect to multiplayer" messages in the open world every few minutes until you tell it to stop trying, and if you try and join a flatout 2 lobby from a steamdeck while another player is on a steamdeck, it apparently helpfully kicks the other one out