Another new car that they had released was the Ford Capri RS3100 which is a barn find. The list includes the 2014 Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 and Veneno, the McLaren P1, the LaFerrari, the Agera, and the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.
Many cars from the Forza series return, including many cars from the original Horizon game. On 22 July 2014, Turn 10 Studios revealed the first 100 of over 200 cars to be featured in the open world game, from exotics, rally cars, trucks, hot hatches, among others. Many cars carry over from the original Forza Horizon, while many new cars, such as the 1970 Chevrolet Camaro have been added to the game found in the more-powerful Xbox One version, and also omits tuning and the free-roam open-world (as very few barriers can be broken through and crossed), with Playground Games calling the two versions "different games". The Xbox 360 version does not include the weather system such as rain or "drivatar" A.I. As with the original game, Turn 10 Studios provided support to the primary developers. Sumo Digital took the lead for the Xbox 360 version, starting from the original Forza Horizon graphics engine. According to creative director Ralph Fulton, "one of the big technical challenges that we had to face was making sure that we could stream in a world that is next-gen beautiful, but fast enough to keep up with the fastest car."
While the engine is capable of displaying content 1080p and 60 frames-per-second, the game was locked at 1080p and 30 frames-per-second, which was deemed necessary because of the game's open-world nature. Playground Games, the lead developer for Forza Horizon, focused on the Xbox One version, using the graphics engine from Forza Motorsport 5 as their starting point. On the Xbox 360, it's only used in drag races.įorza Horizon 2 is the second game in the series to be developed principally by a studio other than Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios. Unlike other racing games however, nitrous can only be used during most of the game's events, and only replenishes at the very start of said events. The standalone expansion of the game based on The Fast and the Furious franchise, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, added nitrous oxide boosts to the Forza series. In the online version of the game, races such as circuits, sprints, and cross country are playable against other players, along with other game types such as Infected and King. Players are also able to interact with each other in Car Meets, including sharing tuning setups and liveries.
Car Meets are an online mode where players can meet up online and compare their cars, similar to "Forzavista" mode in Forza Motorsport 5. These challenges are continuously updated to provide new challenges throughout the map. They can be completed in solo or co-op mode (when a player goes to the online version of the map, they can be completed with a random person or invited friend). Īmong new features in the game are "Bucket Lists", three groups of timed challenges for the player to complete, similar to the 1000 Club in Forza Horizon. Events can take place at day or night, and a dynamic weather system was added for the first time in a Forza-series game. Players can explore the region, taking part in races and special events in order to advance through the game. The game has approximately three times more drivable area than that of its predecessor Forza Horizon, with events set in Provence, Liguria, and Côte d'Azur ( Nice) along with scaled down towns of Sisteron and Saint-Martin-du-Var, among other regions.
The player participates in the Horizon Festival, a fictional racing competition set within Southern France and Northern Italy. Here, a player is driving the Lamborghini Veneno to a destination.įorza Horizon 2 is a racing video game, featuring an open world environment.