For the last week, I have been all-in playing Forza Horizon 6, which was released last week with the chosen location for this release being Japan, and it is gorgeous.
The Forza Horizon (FH) series was one of the main reasons I purchased an Xbox way back when FH 3 was being released, being based in Australia, and it’s been one of my “must have” games ever since.
I enjoyed both FH 3 and 4, though Forza Horizon 5 based in Mexico just didn’t seem to hit the same way with me.
I didn’t really expect to find myself falling back into the Forza franchise so easily, particularly after being burnt by the cease of development of Forza Motorsport (FM). Traditionally FH has been more casual than the simulation environment FM tried to achieve so when it was announced FM was to be discontinued right after I purchased a rig for my wheel and pedals, I was a little annoyed.
One of the things that I find really noticeable in FH6 is that the open world feels huge compared to previous version. FH3 felt like they compressed a lot of things into a much smaller map (as they had to back then), whereas you do actually feel like you are travelling from region to region.
My only real gripe so far is the lack of more vintage cars. I’d love to explore and drive around the maps in some of the fantastic older cars that we have seen in earlier releases, but I am sure will eventually show up – it’s only been out for a week!
Anyway, back to the game!