Many features return, including the use of Drivatars and dynamic weather. The game is set in Australia and features a significantly larger map than the previous two games.
The Horizon Festival goes international in Forza Horizon 2, this time traveling to the region of southern France and northern Italy. Forza Horizon's open world is more restrictive than in its sequels off-road access is limited to designated paths.įorza Horizon features online multiplayer racing and free-for-all modes, such as a car-based version of tag. It introduced the wristband progression system that would be used again in the sequel as well as the Influence system wherein players are rewarded for skillful and stunt driving. The first game in the series takes place in the U.S. Each station also has its own DJ who will react to the player's progression through the Horizon Festival. Also scattered around the world are bonus boards that can be smashed to lower the cost of fast travel and provide bonus XP.Įach game has an extensive soundtrack, with dedicated radio stations for rock, hip hop, electronic, and classical music. These have global leaderboards attached to them, allowing players to compete for fastest speed down a stretch of road or highest drift score. Throughout the world of Forza Horizon, players can find designated stretches of road that track drift score and speed. Rare vehicles can also be found in abandoned buildings these are known as Barn Finds. In Forza Horizon, festival sites serve as hubs where players can access the garage and the Autoshow and Auction House to buy and sell vehicles. The driving physics are based on the Forza Motorsport series, and while the games do not offer the same degree of simulation, they still allow for a similar level of precision tuning and upgrades.
The games are based around a fictitious racing and music festival called the Horizon Festival, which attracts drivers and artists from around the world.įorza Horizon contains many elements from the Forza Motorsport series, including hundreds of cars, upgrades and tuning, custom livery design, and interior cockpit camera views.
(Probably by gifting another Xbox game to you for similar value)Īgain, I know this is a bit desperate but I really do want to complete the full Forza Horizon experience.Unlike Forza Motorsport, which is track-based and focused more on simulation racing, Forza Horizon is open-world and features a mixture of simulation elements with a more casual, or "arcade", approach to driving.
Now I know that this is kind of a long shot, but after spending hours scouring the internet for any signs of sales I have turned up with nothing- EBay, Gumtree, Amazon, dozens of other websites, in store at retailers such as EB Games, JB Hi-Fi, and any number of social and public media platforms and forums.Īnd so that’s why I’m here, if anyone who reads this knows of any way to purchase the add-on, would consider gifting to me, or who has an unused physical Xbox One code for the DLC, please DM me on Twitter and I will gladly negotiate a trade. The Storm Island expansion is the only add-on for a Horizon game that I don’t own and as a game collector, I am always looking for any way to complete my set. This was really surprising considering the game had been out for only 4 years and in ‘shelf-life’ terms this is very short. Hey, so we all probably know that Forza Horizon 2 and it’s subsequent DLCs were removed from the Microsoft store in September of 2018.