

Modelling of the vehicle physics, long held as some of the best in the business, is all present and correct. Not everything is a straight-out race, with activities like the ‘PR Stunts’ and the awesome ‘Barn Finds’ to mix up the action. While not as extensive as the world in something like Test Drive Unlimited, the environment in Horizon is nevertheless beautifully recreated and full of a captivating variety of places to visit and things to do.ĭressed up in an unfortunate ‘Festival’ conceit which is clearly aimed at the hard-of-thinking, unimaginative generation who regard the description ‘hoon’ as a compliment, Horizon saves itself by providing a fantastic variety of vehicles to choose from, all graded in the traditional Forza fashion from the ‘D’ class vintage style up to the ‘R’-class racing machines, and then lets you loose in the virtual recreation of the state of Colorado to play with them.

A departure from the usual ‘Forza’ fare, Forza Horizon has adopted the ‘open world’ formula of the competitors like the Need for Speed series, and is much more fun for doing so.
