Review: Forza Horizon 3

Playground Games has teamed up with Turn 10 and Microsoft to release the long-awaited sequel to Forza Horizon: a well-known series that offers players a completely different way to tackle racing in an open world: forza horizon 3. Did the game do its homework and manage to exceed our expectations? Find it out!

First of all, it is undeniable that Turn 10 had already done a fantastic job with the forza horizon 2, which despite being born in the last generation of the Xbox 360, ended up revealing all of its great potential, in a new generation console, with several improvements.

The new game in the “Forza Horizon” franchise takes place in Australia, where the country has a huge variety of regions, each with very different characteristics. This fits like a glove with the game's theme, which is precisely a large open map ready to be explored.

Your goal is to be popular at the Horizon festival. To do this, it will be necessary to win over fans and look for new regions for the event to take place. And the best way to make this happen is by competing in the most incredible races, ranging from simple races to jumps, drift maneuvers and other adventures on four wheels.

For those accustomed to the franchise, the early hours Forza Horizon 3 doesn't bring many new features. This time it is possible choose a character to represent you in this adventure, which increases representation throughout the game. Your personal assistant “Anna” is back. This time, she is responsible for plotting alternative routes, giving tips on how to evolve and even helping your event grow.

Another new feature is the possibility of using and control a drone. With it, the player can not only take incredible photographs, but also film an entire race. That's right, Is it possible to record, for example, your friends competing in a test, while you control the visual coverage of the dispute. Very cool!

Still, now Xbox one and PRAÇA with Windows 10 can come together in the same captivating dispute. Like other exclusive Microsoft games, like ReCore, the game allows an association between different platforms, which tends to be increasingly common in games for the console and Windows 10.

There has not been much progress with regard to variety of game modes. What It is not bad, since the game also has a huge range of challenges that make it enjoyable for countless hours until you reach all of the game's main and secondary objectives.

It is worth highlighting the variety of terrain, which puts the player's skills up to date (literally). In a single race you can find sections of a traditional race, on asphalt, which in the blink of an eye change to a fierce rally over lots of sand and mud. This brings an extra challenge to the game and brings more excitement, where any mistake can compromise your position.

Furthermore, other challenges are also back, such as: the famous Speed radar it's the Long jump. There is also more emphasis on the Drift, mainly in skill tests and challenges along the road, such as a section entirely dedicated to the practice of drifting, showing once again that “Forza Horizon 3” is also for many types of rally.

If in “Forza Motorsport 6“The search is for simulation to the maximum, in the “Forza Horizon” franchise the most important thing is whether have fun. In other words, while one title considers adjustments to be crucial for your performance in the tests, the other makes this just something that adds up, and is not a vital point for your performance.

This way, the game gained new customization options that make it more similar to its “brother” in terms of adjustment. But the influence it plays in racing is basically to make your car faster and more balanced.

Another aspect that makes this very clear is the way in which your vehicle is not damaged throughout the races. On the contrary, “Forza Horizon 3” even encourages the player to destroy everything he finds along the way, scoring him with a destruction bonus, which helps to raise his driving level.

And you, what is your opinion about Forza Horizon 3?