Restored Forza Horizon

Turn10 did an excellent job at designing this new edition to the Forza collection. The graphics are amazing and very realistic. The open world is huge and filled with many options and tasks to complete. BUT, the game did not meet my expectations. If you are use to Forza 4, you will notice the controls are kept the same and thats where the similarities end. On Horizon, the handling of the vehicles are completely different and unrealistic. For people who have played need for speed, Horizon is very similar to it and thats why it did not meet my expectations. If you are new to the Forza collection I would strongly recommend this game.

As games go, I am sure this one has its moments, the game is set in Colorado, takes place where street racing and track racing meet. The game is engineered to be a fast paced, kinetic realization of a true race track. What it turns out to be is a copycat version of Need For Speed Carbon, Burnout Paradise and one other I know of that uses the same premise or racing around an "Island" looking to get into races for cash. The whole race game franchise needs an injection of cool game play not more boring repeated, white washed reproduced, stupidity they are producing now. Since the NFS franchise came out this is hard to compete with so I can see why this game looks identical in places to the games. What made me laugh most of all was the Speed Trap and how they use it as a credibility builder in game as opposed to the achievements awarded for destroying cops cars or damages in the Carbon games. This game is at best the low end of the stick when it comes to modular racing and game platforms.