Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 lets players simplify driving without making rivals easier. The game offers assisted brakes and steering, automatic gears and a racing line. These options are separate from how good the rival racers are, so a player can cut the complexity of controlling the car while the competition stays as hard as before.

Difficulty levels only let players make more mistakes and do not reduce the number of controls or systems to learn. Automating or simplifying the controls tackles that barrier directly. As the source puts it, "you can reduce the complexity of controlling the car, but without also dumbing down the competition."

Forza Horizon 4 gives less XP with assists on, nudging players to turn them off. Using driving assists reduces the XP a player earns. Players start with help and are pushed to drop it as they improve, so the feeling of power grows with skill instead of staying at one level.

The source sets this beside Hades, which rewards trying weapons you have not used lately. Both treat the power fantasy as "something more dynamic, that can move and grow as you do." The same setup lets one player take assists while another plays unassisted, and each can face the right challenge for their skill.