

Car clubs make a return once again and will support up to 1000 people. As with many other games in this new generation Horizon has a seamless link between single player and multiplayer. That's up from the 8 that Horizon 1 and Forza 5 support. These Bucket List challenges are updateable post launch, so Playground can constantly fill the world new ones (presumably including DLC cars).įorza Horizon 2 will support a maximum of 12 players online. Another new event, The Bucket List, involve finding specific cars parked in the world and getting in them for a unique challenge. Cross country races, one of the new event types, sound a lot like Burnout Paradise's point to point races allowing participants to ignore the generated GPS route and take any way they want to the finish line.

There is also a new Perk system, earned through the Skills system, allowing players to gain XP faster among other benefits.įilling this new world are over 700 events, and an estimated 100 hour commitment to getting 100% completion. Playground tweaked the Skills system of the first game, so that it's more front and center and rewards the player for things other than winning, such as stylish driving. Project Gotham Racing lives on in a way in Horizon 2. Gameplay Forza's precision game play out on the open road Titled Forza Horizon 2 presents Fast & Furious, it was made free-to-download for the first few weeks of its launch.

In addition to numerous DLC packs (now including larger Expansions with new locales and challenges), the game received a standalone expansion and promotional tie-in with the 2015 film Furious 7.

While the Xbox 360 version of the game (developed primarily by Sumo Digital) runs on the same game engine as the original, the Xbox One version features the enhanced engine that powered Forza Motorsport 5, adding an enhanced dynamic weather system, fewer barriers on the road (for a more free-roaming off-road experience), and the "Drivatar" system (where the AI of each opponent car are based on the style of a particular player). The sequel to the first game in Playground's spin-off Forza Motorsport series, Forza Horizon 2 brings the fictional Horizon Festival event to Europe (namely Southern France and Northern Italy) with a much larger drivable area (nearly triple the size of the original game), larger player lobbies, more events, and new challenges. Overview The car featured on the game's box art: the 2015 Lamborghini Huracánįorza Horizon 2 is a open-world racing game developed by Playground (in conjunction with Turn 10 and Sumo Digital) and published by Microsoft for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on September 30, 2014.
