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Forza Horizon

23 October 2012
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Get behind the wheel in some of your favorite cars and rise through the ranks as an underdog in the Horizon Festival. Explore the beautiful Colorado landscape at your own leisure or go head-to-head against celebrity racers.
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This is the game that started off the horizon series and unfortunately I came to it a little later in its life, so it's hard to judge it on its own when its sequels have added so much different stuff. However, going back to it now one thing that stands out is the story and the progression. The future games moved away from this a little bit at a time, so this one retains its charm with its bracelets and working your way up the festival. It is the most "classic" racer of the series in that sense. The racing itself is fine, but again if you put on a standard race from FH 3, 4, or 5 it's such a huge leap that it makes the original feel a little primitive. Still there is enough ingenuity and fun in the campaign itself to make this enjoyable to return to and it started what is one of my favorite racing series in gaming.
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Horizon is a spin-off game in the Forza series. Horizon is inspired by more recent racing games and takes the series in an open-world style game, racing in street circuits and point-to-point events.

The game is set at a fictional racing festival in a region inspired by Colorado. You gain reputation by winning events and driving dangerously. You are awarded points and achievements for drifting, drafting, jumps, near misses, destroying road signs etc. Reputation is an side-goal; you will progress by winning races.

You must drive to the events, and are guided by a mini-map and GPS. Personally, I think this style of gameplay is boring; I would much rather just race without the distractions. You can quick travel to certain locations for a small fee, but to use the 'Fast Travel Anywhere' feature, you have to pay real money!

When driving around, you can gain points for driving dangerously. Additionally, you can look out for billboards to smash which give you discounts in the upgrade shop, or speed through Speed Traps (Speed cameras). When you pass the speed cameras, you are informed of your position on your Friends Leaderboard. I always like it when there's social challenges built into games, so this is a nice touch.

The game has all the difficulty options the main series has, so you can change assists for ABS, brake assist, Traction Control, Racing Line, and Flashback. Despite games like this usually being geared towards Arcade-style racing, Forza Horizon keeps the handling feeling like a true Forza game (although I think it is slightly more forgiving with the handling – you are encouraged to drift after all). I was surprised to see the car customisation too, so you can apply different types of paint and decals to your car, although it's not a feature I spent too much time with.

Forza Horizon is a good racing game, but I'm not a fan of this overall style. I want to race, not drive for a few minutes to find the next stage of the game. I'm not much of a fan of the presentation either; it has too much of a "bro" attitude which is best left to games like Need For Speed.
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Bearzebaa Forza Horizon 2024-03-04T06:34:06Z
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thicc7numbers Forza Horizon 2024-02-26T01:17:21Z
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supermeowkybros Forza Horizon 2024-01-29T22:53:01Z
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  • Magic_Radio 2020-10-28 21:40:28.879126+00
    A distortion of 2012 as seen through a car-lover, indie festival darling lens.
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  • c_a_i 2021-05-10 22:10:25.912977+00
    My favourite racing game of all time. The map is fantastic
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  • alliterativeAlpinist 2021-05-16 14:55:17.125593+00
    Putting New Order's Blue Monday in the modern electro house station was a stroke of genius
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    • DaMetalNinja 2021-07-27 19:45:50.838274+00
      Agreed
    • FarioMerreira 2021-09-01 16:25:32.066267+00
      this was how i became a new order fan lmao i only listened to the bass arena radio non-stop
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  • MZZNN 2021-06-30 11:24:26.051639+00
    no horizon has come close to this since
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    • TomokoKuroki 2021-12-25 03:41:00.595625+00
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  • Lamneth 2022-10-06 03:29:15.853382+00
    yup GOAT horizon
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  • Focusillusion 2023-04-14 15:48:14.223224+00
    the atmosphere in this game is unreal! shame they never got close to this
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  • sosa_ 2023-04-26 02:46:12.431+00
    Play this on Xenia Canary. 60fps makes it worth the pain of setting up for sure.
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  • badmuchachob 2023-09-14 00:19:28.337156+00
    best racing game ever made, shaped my life in many ways
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