Forza Horizon is a young, hip, brightly dressed maverick compared to the grey jacketed car enthusiast type that suits Forza Motorsport. Horizon is less about torque and differential lock, and more targeting the instant thrill of the race and the camaraderie of connecting with fellow racers online.
For many, it is seen as the fun racing game, and the speed at which this new one has come around speaks to Microsoft’s enthusiasm as well. It’s all about fast cars, big lights and plenty of music to indulge in while racing around some absolutely glorious locations.
Of course, Forza Horizon 3 welcomes you to Australia and it’s an open-world much larger than any of the Horizon titles before it. We’ve been reliably informed it’s twice the size of Forza Horizon 2, which wasn’t exactly tiny. What’s more, there are even more environments to race through, varying in terrain type and offering a wide variety of challenges.
Playground made a smart move in picking Australia as its host for this Horizon event as it has much more to its colour pallet than brown canyons and yellow beaches. Prepare to race on tarmac, through jungles and of course, across sea fronts, all of which are looking insanely good. The ever popular Horizon showcase events return to give you a glimpse of how mad Australia can be. There are less roads this time out, with more of an emphasis on wild off-roading and honing your skills off the asphalt.
We were shown the intense detail that Playground Games has gone into capturing the skyscapes. The studio sent a bunch of the team to Australia for three months (it’s a tough life) and they snapped away and filmed the glorious views of Australia in order to render them in even more detail for the final game. It may seem silly to bang on about clouds but it looks very lifelike. Plus it will run nicely with HDR on the new Xbox One S.
Among the sights of this world, you will be gazing at some beautiful motor vehicles too. The cover star and grandly named Lamborghini Centenario is easy on the eye, but even the average BMW’s have the chance to be upgraded with the addition of popular body kit designers added to the game.
You can also fully customise the racing experience, creating your own events. Make challenges and races for your friends, share them to populate a leaderboard and, in due course, create even more rivalry amongst your mates. It doesn’t begin and end with races either – you could also just set a challenge of who can hit the ‘biggest air’.
If loneliness should kick in, meanwhile, you can team up with three additional racers, with four-player co-op making a debut – they can even be on their Windows 10 PC. Popular multiplayer game modes return but this is the first time you’ve been able to group up to take on the games numerous races. Even people with nice cars get lonely.
Another nice creative touch is that you can now host your radio station full of music tracks. The fan favourite stations do return, with more genres to boot, but a rather welcomed addition is the option to upload a bunch of your songs to OneDrive and have them pumped directly into your stereo. Alternatively, instead of banging tunes, there’s nothing stopping you from listening to one of your favourite podcasts.
When racing gets too much, you’ll be thankful to hear that the Auction House is coming to Horizon 3. Create liveries, tuning setups and sell your cars on the digital marketplace. You can follow your favourite creators and publish your own to hopefully gain a following.
The thought of being able to share car tuning setups that are purpose built for taking on the coastline is highly appealing. But that’s Forza Horizon 3 all over.
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