Forza Horizon 2's social experience goes a lot farther than just racing against other player's Drivatars. At any time, you can pause and switch to two different online modes: Road Trip and Free Roam. Both modes support up to 12 players (8 on Xbox 360). After choosing one, you can continue to drive around in single-player until it finds a multiplayer session for you to join.

Installing DLC does not automatically put the cars in your garage - you will need to transfer them from the in-game Buy Car menu. Each DLC car can be added to your in-game garage one time for free without using in-game credits. After the freebie, obtaining additional cars of the same model from the Buy Cars list will cost credits. Yang, George (23 June 2023). "Forza Horizon 1 and 2 Servers Will Shut Down in August". IGN. Ziff Davis, Inc. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Cars List by Make and Model - to be updated for each DLC release. Includes Horizon Promo traffic cars (bottom). Forza Horizon 2 Gone Gold". CVG. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 September 2014. The game’s 700-or-so events are also lucrative sources of Skill points, from the highly enjoyable Showcase races to class-based blasts across the countryside. The ability to plough through shrubs, splinter fences, and drive almost anywhere is a big shift in Horizon 2. While many events take place on pre-determined ribbons of road, plenty of Horizon 2’s racing is on the rolling fields and through the scattered forests of Tuscany and Provence. The fast and frantic new cross-country races are probably my favourite race types. Low-slung sport cars cope unrealistically well with off-road excursions but it’s a forgivable concession to reality considering how much fun these races are.

Hub - Storm Island Hub with the same Championship sign up, Garage, and Autoshow menus as other hubs. Oli Welsh (25 September 2014). "Forza Horizon 2 review: Festival of Speed". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 . Retrieved 25 September 2014. Horizon Car Rental: You don’t get to keep Rental cars but these cars are made available in Online modes for free use in case the player does own have an eligible car for a chosen event. Rental cars do not earn XP or CR. Bonus Boards - 25 Upgrade boards provide discounts on parts (vs. Fast Travel and XP boards on the regular map) Lastly, the game had an expansion: Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious. With connections to the popular movie franchise, it added nitrous for racing events. Forza Motorsport 6 – 2015 Motorsport 6 added a lengthy single-player campaign.

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When choosing the locale for Forza Horizon 2, the developers investigated over 30 locations around the world, including California and Australia, ultimately choosing Southern Europe. [5] Creative director Ralph Fulton cited Europe's "fantastic driving roads, amazing environmental diversity, and just stunning vistas that you really want to explore" as some of the major points in selecting it for Horizon 2. [5] Fulton also noted that most of the recent open-world driving games were set in North America and that Southern Europe "just felt fresh, it felt different, it felt new, and it was a gimme for us". [5] Episode 1 (always free) - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/the-walking-dead-season-two/brfknlb9b2zw Motorsport 6 debuted for Xbox One in 2015. Microsoft Studios also released a free-to-play version for Windows 10 PCs in 2016.

Motorsport entered the market first in 2015. The studio has created a new title every two years ever since.Achievements: Both versions offer 1000 gamerpoints over about 50 Achievements but the names and requirements vary based on game content differences. Gamerpoints from Achievements in both games apply to your gamertag profile. Turn 10 announced on October 6: “We are currently planning to release DLC only for the Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2.” This thread is primarily information about the Xbox One version. See the Car List discussion thread for additional information about traffic cars and unannounced cars spotted in gameplay videos and interviews. Wesley Yin-Poole (25 February 2015). "Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious is a standalone expansion". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019 . Retrieved 25 February 2015. The sequel continues the Horizon Festival. However, the setting is Southern France and Northern Italy. That said, the open world is three times larger than the prior map.

Lastly, the fourth entry greatly enhanced vehicle physics, visuals, and sound design. Forza Horizon – 2012 Forza Horizon is a Motorsport spin-off. Jump between solo and online play instantly. No lobbies, no waiting. Join or create your own Car Club of up to 1000 members to expand your network of friends and rule the leaderboards. In solo play, Drivatar™ technology fills your world with your friends even when they aren’t online with you. Only on Xbox One. Some players who were part of the Xbox One October Preview program were experiencing crashing and freezing in Forza Horizon 2 and Forza Motorsport 5. An update was released earlier today and should be available to all Preview participants by tomorrow night. This update to the Xbox One OS should resolve those issues.” - October 1 Forza Horizon 2 Xbox One demo arrives September 16". CVG. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014 . Retrieved 27 August 2014.Showcases: Completing the first showcase earns the car for you to keep. The remaining showcases (Xbox One) do not award a car.