Take a hot hatch for a spin along the coast and into the mountains – a Focus RS, VW Sirocco or Alfa Giulietta – and there are serious thrills to be had in the sudden turns and sweeping corners. It’s not just good to look at, either it’s just as brilliant to drive. From picturesque mountain villages to world-famous seaside resorts, this game really does have it all, with some of the most ravishing coastal scenery you’ll have seen in a video game, and some equally lovely sights inland. Forget California, fictional cities or Horizon’s still impressive Colorado mountain country: Horizon 2 comes to Europe, and to the border between Northern Italy and Southern France. The results are pretty much irresistible.įorza Horizon 2 isn’t just a great arcade racer – it sets a benchmark for a new generation of racing games. There’s also a free-wheeling exuberance to the game, as if the team at Playground Games have been handed the keys to Forza’s supercars, then left to go crazy on the open road. There are elements here of the Burnout games, of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and even of the not always brilliant Test Drive: Unlimited 2. Forza Horizon 2 does the same with the guts of Forza 5, while grabbing nearly every good idea from nearly every great arcade racer ever. The original took an inspired idea – take the graphics and physics engines from Forza 4 and wrap a Need for Speed game around them – and actually managed to make it even better than that sounds. We apologise if the following reads like unmitigated hyperbole, but there’s just no getting around it: Forza Horizon 2 is one of the best racing games ever made. You can read more about the game in our hands-on preview from E3.Available for Xbox One (tested) and Xbox 360 The Xbox One version runs in 1080p/30fps. It was also recently confirmed that Forza Horizon 2 will not have microtransactions on Xbox 360 or Xbox One, at least not right out of the gate. "There are things we are doing in Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox One that honestly couldn't be done on any other console," he said. Regarding the gameplay differences between the two, Fulton said Forza Horizon 2's weather and Drivatar systems are only possible on Xbox One. The games are being developed by two different teams, with Playground Games handling the Xbox One version and Sumo Digital developing the Xbox 360 version. The Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 uses the same engine that powered launch title Forza Motorsport 5, while the Xbox 360 version runs on the same engine as the original Forza Horizon from 2012. "Rather than thinking of them as the same game on different platforms, they are different games inspired by the same ideas." "It's based in the same world, it's based on the same themes," Fulton told Digital Spy. The Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions of upcoming racing game Forza Horizon 2 share the same guiding philosophy, but are to be thought of as "different" games, according to creative director Ralph Fulton.
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