Forza Horizon is an epic arcade racer.
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Turn 10 Studios
Platform: Xbox 360
Rated: Teen
Released: October 23, 2012
Visuals
The visuals for Forza Horizon are good enough to be not bad to look at their are some areas in this game where the detail of the environment looked cartoonish and their were other parts where the visual detail of the environment looked pretty realistic, but for the most part the detail to the visuals are more cartoonish then they are realistic.
So for the most part of the frame rate runs pretty smooth when the game was installed to the hard drive hopefully you the player did this than you most likely had no issues as well and their is some issues with some bugs and minor glitch's and other little things, but the issues are just minor and everything still runs pretty smooth.
So in short the visuals for this are cartoonish and a bit dated but the detail's to the cars and environments where simply nice to look at and the visuals are just great.
Audio:
The audio for Forza Horizon is as it always is in this series is just superb and spectacular from the in game menu to the music you get to listen to while racing from 4 radio stations and as always the sound of the engines and everything else in this game just sounds great like the planes as well.
So the games music as you enter the main menu you get to hear music which is good to hear in most games and then you have the radio stations that you get listen to and you get 3 stations to listen to one station has dance and house style, one has alternative rock and pop rock, the third has hip hop and pop hip hop. Then you have the life like sounds of the cars engines and they as always sound like just like they're real life counter parts and the sounds your cars make when you take a hard left or right the squealing of the tires and the brakes just sounds marvelous.
So with the audio for this game is just amazing from the music to sounds of the cars and everything else around the Horizon festival and the audio and sound effects is just simply superb.
Gameplay:
The gameplay for Forza Horizon is the same as the simulation racing game in the series with the right mix of open world arcade racer like other games before it and for me this game a nice blend of 3 racer legacy's the Midnight Club series, the Test Drive series of course the Forza series and the open free will of Test Drive and Midnight Club and the customization of the cars like the Forza series and both the Test Drive and Midnight Club series, but unlike those games Forza Horizon is a little lacking in the pure open world aspect you can not actually go every where you please because there are some invisible wall's in some areas of this game's map of Horizon.
The driving in this game is basically the same as it is in the rest of the series and other racers and we all know it all depend on the car it self and how you like the set up of the car or how you the player likes the settings overall, but the controls are smooth to handle if you are new to the series and you will have fun here as you build up you career and gain fans how ever possible with winning races, beating your rivals to get a new colored ribbon to move on to the stage of races in this game and their are other stuff to do in this game but they are all optional to do after you do one to unlock it.
So the main point for the gameplay is this and that is this game will keep you busy for a while with a very lengthy single player career it is not as long as any other of the Motorsports in the series but still pretty lengthy indeed. So the gameplay will keep you busy and is just plain fun for hours. The on-line component is fun to be part of as well and it will also keep you busy for awhile once you are done with the career in this game that is if you are in to on-line with racers and if you are you will have with for a long time.
Overall:
The overall for Forza Horizon is this you will have pretty decent visual which is a bit of an understatement for this series the motorsport series as produced some nice visuals and with Horizon you get nice and pretty decent visuals, with a superb audio from the music and sounds of the cars and the gameplay is a great blend of open world arcade and simulation racer, which in point makes this game just simply great and a little bit amazing.
8.5 out of 10