![]() Players are not able to import designs from other games such as Forza horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 7.Names are switched in Mexican Spanish for Lexus IS F & Toyota GT86.Category name and badge do not match in Korean for Retro Saloon and Super Saloon.Change of Itinerary Lego challenge uses "USV-Helden" instead of "SUV-Helden" in German.Some players may get negative points after a ranked game.Add in the insta-fix of the rewind function and it could make the game very easy, if you were so inclined, but the overall experience is so incredible that any quibbles are soon forgotten.IDENTIFIED & INVESTIGATING CROSS-PLATFORM It can still be annoying to see a pattern where the first lap of any race is deeply competitive, only for the AI to relax into second and third to allow you a relatively simple victory. It’s not always the most challenging of games either, though of course cranking the difficulty up helps to deal with that. That’s not to say it’s lost any of its lustre – far from it – but anyone looking for the series to push into new territory may come away disappointed. Forgetting the outstanding graphics and hugely refined experience, this is still the same framework that was put in place in the 2012 original. If we’re looking for the negatives here, it’s that this is fundamentally still the same game you’ve potentially played twice already. As with the rest of the game, it’s approached with a laid-back attitude, but one that’s underscored by meticulous planning. You can now also enjoy the whole experience in online co-op, and teaming up with a friend is as good as you’d expect, though thankfully there’s none of the constraints placed on you as there have been in recent Need For Speed games, or the disruption that was possible in The Crew. Having said that, there are few games as good at simply letting you enjoy its world without barriers, and you can spend hours just speeding through the landscape. It also remains constantly generous in the way it doles out new events, bonuses and vehicles, and there’s always something new happening. Getting away from it all is unbelievably easy though, and you can’t beat seeing the destination marker off in the distance and simply heading straight for it, weaving in between trees in forested areas, knocking hay bails out of the way, or flying from cliff tops. It’s a nasty little trick, though your feelings on it may not be as vitriolic as mine, and frankly the music on offer is varied and wide-ranging enough for you to utterly ignore it, even if it serves to sour some of the atmosphere and escapism. It does also shoehorn in a trial for Microsoft’s Groove streaming service, adding it to the options of in-car radio stations that you progressively sign to your in-game record label. Forza Horizon 3 celebrates everything that Playground Games have previously created, and its host console as well. There’s some lovely Xbox fan service on show, including an early bucket list event where you search for the Silent Cartographer in a Halo Warthog, with the iconic FPS’ soundtrack playing as you race. It doesn’t need quite the precision of last year’s infallible Forza 6, more due to the nature of most of the routes, but it’s just as engaging and often more intense. The gameplay is, as ever, hugely rewarding, boasting a handling model that is both fun and natural, while those looking to push themselves can turn off the driving assists and fight to keep the roster of beautifully rendered cars on the road – or off it. The number of fans you have dictates how big this year’s Horizon festival becomes and once you reach certain thresholds you’ll be able to expand into new sites, or upgrade existing ones, bringing a raft of new events to throw yourself into. While you collect XP through racing, and indeed just generally driving about, you earn credits and gain fans via events.
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