With over 100 cars of different varieties, the game has an addictive charm to it. The goal- win a bunch of races and win the Festival. You, the main character, are a part of this music festival/racing event. The concept for the Forza Horizon games are simple. So imagine the impact when 8 year old me experienced the first and second Forza Horizon games. Dunking on people in MarioKart Wii and DS, taking fools to gapplebees in Forza Motorsport 5, racing games are my bread and butter, aside from FPS games. I’ve been playing racing games since I was six years old. I’m of the unfortunate age where I wasn’t around to experience any of the classic racing games, but I was just old enough to play the original Forza Horizon. Pole Position, Out Run, Virtua Racing, all racing game classics. Even in the days of Pong and Asteroids, video game developers were trying to emulate the feeling of driving, with a varying degree of success. Racing games as a concept are nothing new. No, I wasn’t watching a vintage race with an unlikely battle, I was playing Forza Horizon 2, the video game that made me love cars. A 79’ Trans Am was chasing it, all while The Clash was blasting from the radio. A 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO was flying down a stretch of Italian highway. Here I sat in front of a TV in my basement.
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