One of the best developments for the franchise in this outing is that there is very little in the way of cutscenes that take you away from the driving stuff that made you buy the game in the first place – which is much appreciated. Unlike your entry into the first Horizon festival, you arrive at the European edition as a full-fledged race driver – instead of some random schmuck who barely manages to snag a spot simply by driving quickly to the festival gates in a Volkswagen beater… and this story beat immediately does away with all the snide commentary from the prima donna drivers in the first game. The main setup for this game is this: a nice British chap named Ben has managed to attract the Horizon festival across the Atlantic Ocean (it was held in scenic Colorado in the first game) so he can have racers zoom around southern Europe in a series of championship races that will culminate in a $1,000,000 extravaganza. If you prefer more realistic racing simulators akin to the Gran Tourismo franchise on the LameStation, wait another month or so and grab the forthcoming Project: Cars (which I’ll probably also at least try). In fact, it can be quite stellar when it wants to be (and it wants to all the time… but the problem with the execution is in the finer details).įirst off: yes, if you have an Xbox (the game has been made available for both the elder 360 and the upstart One – though your 360 copy will have no forthcoming DLC issued since it was a monumental exercise in of itself just to get the game looking anywhere near as amazeballs as it does on the One), you should definitely grab this game from your local retailer if you enjoy both organized racing AND simply hooning around the countryside whilst looking for stupid things to do with a car that you couldn’t do in real life without killing yourself or others. Okay… well, maybe temper your expectations just a little – but by no means is Horizon 2 a bad game. This game is gonna rock you like a Hurican!
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