![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reminds me of ALL my favourite festivals.Play Q: Is there going to be split screen? And will users be able to share garages with guests? A: Forza Horizon 2 will not feature split-screen racing but will include seamless multiplayer racing for up to 12 players via Xbox Live, as well as Rivals Mode online racing events. There’s nothing quite like the fun of speeding around the streets of France in an Ariel Atom with Ride of the Valkyries blazing out the sound system. But however strange it may be, the career mode is immensely fun, and the new options for online play help make the social aspect of the game more enjoyable too. Overall Forza Horizon 2 manages to improve upon the original in several major ways, although at times it can almost feel like it’s reached a San Andreas’ level of ‘too big and too ridiculous’. This draws together the experience and ensures that completing additional challenges feels worthwhile. It also helps that pretty much everything you do nets you credits and perks. Acquiring your first super car is a quick and easy process, and after the disastrous marketplace of Forza 5 care has been taken to ensure that the cars are all fairly priced. Winning races is easy and the difficulty level does not increase as the game progresses.īut whilst achieving 100% completion may test your patience, the career mode itself is probably the easiest to get into out of any game in the Forza series. There’s also a distinct lack of challenge that exceeds beyond simple persistence. With the original Horizon game I was compelled to do everything, but this time the task is off putting. Just like Forza 5 there are so many events on offer that attempting to complete them all (as well as the huge selection of challenges) is a mammoth task. The variety enabled by an open world map makes helps make Forza Horizon 2 feel like a little less of a grind than constantly playing the same tracks again and again, although the trade off is obviously less defined and memorable circuits. Whilst the first Forza Horizon was big, this is an expansion in every way, and if anything the game now has Forza 5‘s problem of too much content. Then there’s additional event types, including off-road races and hill climbs, and the street races are now integrated into the championships. You’ve also got more radio stations that cover more genres, and the classical music on offer is particularly enjoyable to drive to. The location, a mix of Southern France and Italy, is much larger than the first game’s Colorado, and there’s a variety of towns that help break up a landscape that, although pretty, is still quite repetitive. We’ve been here a week Ben, you’re still drunk.Įverything else feels bigger and better. It’s quite odd to hear him talk about a successful first day of races after playing through a championship of alternating day and night events. There’s also no Old Spice themed events and absolutely no mention of Darrius Flynn, although there is now an irritating chap named Ben who guides the player through the festival. Championships are now contained within ‘road trips’ that help give more of a sense of a driving community, and the oddly isolating feeling of experiencing a musical festival alone in a car is a little less jarring. Forza Horizon 2 is not only a lot of fun, but a significant improvement over the first game. The implications are a little worrying, and I really can’t get over the ‘finders keepers’ rule that applies to the game’s barn finds, but behind this bizarre framework is a great racing game. Obviously a night of drinking it totally safe and responsible before a day of street races, theft, and destruction. That’s not to say there’s no chance to party hard however, and an early cutscene reveals that the drivers stay up till 4am before the first day of races. Instead you drive supercars, smash up the streets of Southern France, and steal old wrecks from barns. In Forza Horizon 2 there’s no tent to pitch, no bands to watch, and no drugs to take. I’m beginning to wonder if Playground Games have ever actually been to a music festival. ![]()
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