The aim is to progress through the game by means of obtaining 'Wristbands' by driving fast, destroying property, winning races and other driving antics. The game incorporates many different gameplay aspects from previous Forza Motorsport titles, like the large variety of cars, realistic physics and high definition graphics. It is based around a fictitious festival called the Horizon Festival, set in the U.S. A North American spec 2006 Audi R8 is the cover vehicle.įorza Horizon was developed for the Xbox 360 and is the first open-world game in the series. It is also the first game in the franchise to feature a cockpit camera and to have sport utility vehicles. The rewind feature has no limit on how many times it may be used but afterwards, the player must wait 30 seconds before being able to rewind again.

At the E3 2009 Microsoft Press Conference where the game was first showcased, Turn 10 unveiled the rewind feature (much like the Codemasters 'flashback' feature on Race Driver: Grid, F1 2009 and DiRT 2), which allows the player to turn back time to fix previous mistakes made on the track. These cars vary from production cars to race cars such as those from the American Le Mans Series. įorza Motorsport 3 includes more than 466 customizable cars (more than 600 cars in the Ultimate Collection version) from 50 manufacturers and more than 100 race track variations with the ability to race up to eight cars on track at a time. This pattern was altered due to the absence of a new Motorsport game in 2019. Until 2019, each installment of the franchise series have alternated on a biennial basis the Motorsport entries were released in odd-numbered years, while the Horizon entries were released in even-numbered years.

The franchise is primarily divided into two ongoing titles the original Forza Motorsport series developed by American developer Turn 10 Studios, which focuses on primarily professional-style track racing events and series around a variety of both real and fictional tracks, and the Forza Horizon series mainly developed by British developer Playground Games, which revolves around a fictional racing and music festival called the 'Horizon Festival' and features open world environments set in fictional representations of real world areas in which players may freely roam and participate in racing events. The series seeks to emulate the performance and handling characteristics of many real-life production, modified and racing cars. Forza ( / ˈ f ɔːr t s ə/ FORT-sə, Italian: Italian for 'strength') is a series of simulation racing games for Xbox consoles, Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android devices published by Xbox Game Studios.

Forza motorsport 4 trailer e3 2011