These can be chained together in a combo, which in turn affects the money players are paid at the end of a given race. Acts such as drifting, jumping over obstacles and getting a car on two wheels all contribute to the player's popularity level. A skill system is implemented in the game players earn popularity during races by driving aggressively. The races start at the current location, and finish at a randomly generated way-point, usually more than 500 metres away from the player and their opponent.

Players may challenge the other racers they encounter in a one-on-one race to a given location. The roads feature both AI traffic and when playing online, other festival drivers. It features multiple types of races, from drift to rally and point-to-point races. Here a Ferrari F40 races a biplane in a point-to-point race.įorza Horizon focuses specifically on casual street racing, rather than professionally on race tracks, as it takes place on a map of temporarily closed public roads. Forza Horizon features an updated version of the Forza Motorsport 4 engine.

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