The Best Forza Horizon is: FH2

[@sideswipebl]

This makes me realize Playground has just been making Horizon 2 but slightly less good over and over again

[@sirjarko8762]

I've been playing since the start of the franchise and FH4 was where I lost interest for that exact reason, Not a whole lot really evolves, You could play FH2 or FH3 and get 99% of the rest of the franchise.

[@promark5317]

@@sirjarko8762 you're right but 4 is the best just for location and scenery imo.

[@xxKURTMANxx]

Could be mostly nostalgia but FH2 was my favorite as well. FH2 also had the best car sounds from my memory. Something severely lacking in the new FM.

[@elimejia5749]

I will say the only thing that has aged the worst in Forza horizon 2 is the off-road physics. Every time I do racing off-road I always put on rewind because it gets annoying when flipping over vehicles happens randomly. While I like Forza horizon 2, like Forza horizon 3 more.

[@kubev]

​@@elimejia5749 Agreed. It doesn't help that so many events are Cross Country. You can tell the physics are borked when half of the pack flips over on the same innocent-looking patch of ground for no apparent reason.

[@CyanRooper]

I still think Horizon 2 has the best audiovisual experience: the visuals, imo, are the best in the series and the sound design was at it's peak. Horizon 1 still had a better progression system but Horizon 2 had the best vibes (if that makes sense).

[@kubev]

@@CyanRooper The LODs (especially with the reflections) really hurt the visuals. I wish FH2 would've gotten a 4K patch with pushed-out LODs.

[@CyanRooper]

@@kubev I actually liked how shiny the cars looked. They looked like they were just bought fresh off the factory floor and were being Hooned instantly. Later Horizon games featured far more realistic visuals but to me the lighting looked kinda flat and the reduced reflections made the cars look dull.

[@senorbeano4868]

No map has come close to this. The driving roads, the backdrops, the canyons, vineyards, villages and cities. Masterpiece

[@RidgeRunner4501]

They absolutely nailed the music in FH2

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

100% Introduced me to Hospital Records. Don’t listen to DnB much now but nice to go back to some Logistics or Nu:Tone from time to time

[@Cheesesteak_]

@AJXN01 couldn’t agree more. Literally half of the music in FH2 is on my playlist

[@AsterYTMusic]

The intro with Eric Prydz's "Liberate" is one of my favorite moments in gaming ever. Goosebumps throughout the whole time.

[@pedroneves4465]

This game came out at a time when channels like Gumball3000 and Shmee150 started to gain traction, and their supercar videos in Monaco became famous. This game sorta allowed me to live a little bit of that, car meets and everything, and the road trips between northern Italy and southern France were just so nice. If it was up to me, this game would still be receiving updates to this day.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

If it had more cars like FH5 I dont think I would need to play any other Horizon’s honestly besides 3 maybe

[@eliaserapolku7507]

Very true statements. Me and friends even started doing supercar cruises in real life partly because of how it felt driving around here

[@neblolthecarnerd]

I feel like this has been the best location choice of a horizon game. Also by far the best vibes.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Its between 2 and 3 for me

[@2AMinLosAngeles]

I love FH2 but FH1 has the best vibes in the whole series, no question.

[@julius8019]

Never​@@2AMinLosAngeles

[@griff2162]

IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE FOR BRIGHTER DAYS IF YOU SAY YOU THINK THE THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE

[@SGCPacers]

I WON'T HAVE TO KEEP ON PUSHING YOU AWAY

[@olivier7680]

IF YOU ESCAPE THEN I WON’T HAVE TO

[@MrHouse42069]

@RealThomasFoolerySAY YOU WANNA RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY HIDING ROUND CORNERS, STILL YOUR CHASING MY SHADOW

[@GREATEternalWarrior]

best song in Pulse

[@manodobalacobaco]

@@MrHouse42069 IF I WAS TO SEE YOU, WE WOULD BE BACK TO THE OLD FLOW

[@koolkid9119]

Fh2 is genuinely one of the best horizon games, the map in some regards is unparalleled

[@simon_n5658]

The map is truely amazing. My biggest issue in the newer games is the open world. In fh2 there were some parts where you can drive offroad but in some like in the city or by the cliffs you can't destroy the bumpers on the side. You can drive at high speed and have no risk to come off the road. In the newer games i have to rewind every 10 seconds to stay on the road. Thats the biggest issue in my oppinion

[@ShatteredQvartz]

I really thinkodern Forza would benefit from studying what made FH2 so engaging and diverse

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

Because FH1 and FH2 cared about the car experience. Horizon games now are akin to the FF movies after Tokyo drift. More action oriented. And FH5, honestly, the Mexican influences are very forced. I played it a little on gamepass when I had it. All the characters spoke 99% English and 1% Spanish. Better to speak either entirely in Spanish with English subtitles instead of speaking mostly in English with one or two Spanish words dropped in there for diversity’s sake.

[@promark5317]

They need to expand the cities in all of these games. There isn't enough urban roads. The cities feel like doll houses. ​@@user-nj6bt5gy4s

[@rTrickz]

Fh5 just needs to add shit to there map.

[@MIYayYo]

One of the best experience you will ever get from a racing game is playing the intro to the game. The vibe, the feeling, is electric and connecting to the player. If people weren’t around during the 2014-2016 era, the car cultures being created, early days of Twitch communities, the drift scenes everyone joined together, the soundtrack is beyond immersive, the environment felt alive. This was the next closet feeling we got to the Forza Motorsport 4 experience.

[@RidgeRunner4501]

If they rereleased FH2 as a remaster and upped the frames, and resolution and filled out the map with more trees and stuff, I would pay full price for it again.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Facts just take my money

[@AyushPramanik-m6f]

…for trees?

[@RidgeRunner4501]

@@AyushPramanik-m6f literally in my comment I not only list other items that could be improved but I also say “with more trees and stuff” aka more then just trees. So no, not just for trees.

[@promark5317]

@@RidgeRunner4501 Have a snickers rofl

[@BPMze2041]

Don't forget about DLC

[@tescomealdeal8329]

It sucks that FH2, FH1 and eventually FH3 are unavailable for new players (like me, FH3 was my first introduction). It sucks, because the map is genuinely beautiful. I love the idea of the festival being more on road/ road trippy, instead of “hi uhhh we are here now”. If there was 1 remaster for any of the Horizon games… I might allow them to ignore my Australian playground, just this once :) Cant wait to see what you say for FH3, my personal fav!!

[@indominusrex1652]

Fh3 and fh1 are available to pc players through emulation and the seven seas

[@Scan33]

Just buy the disc version, they play on series x.

[@cwj2733]

@@Scan33drop 500$ to play years old games instead of just emulating them for free. think man

[@Scan33]

@@cwj2733 spend thousands of pounds just to emulate a £5 game..... Think man.

[@fpsplayer66]

WHAT? most PC players who would want to emulate already have at least a decent gaming pc built. who the fuck builds a pc just to emulate older games? no one lmao@@Scan33

[@AK-so9gm]

2 is easily my favorite Horizon game (I'd rank them 2-5-3-1-4) and one thing I especially love about the map is that in this one it really feels like you're driving THROUGH the landscape, while in 3 and especially 4 and 5 it feels like you're driving OVER the landscape, which totally changes your relationship to the space. 2 has a lot of high cliffs next to the roads and the roads themselves are much more tight and winding, which I think leads to a lot of interesting driving, where 3-5 generally have wider, straighter, flatter roads which do let you go faster, but don't quite make you test out your car's limits as much

[@RandomStupidFurry]

Casteleto is probably the place where the nostalgia hits me the most I could only play the demo of FH2 on the 360, and i could ONLY play there, its probably the place i remember the most

[@carlosmojica-escobedo6731]

It speaks volumes when i say i played horizon 2 for the first time around the time 4 came out, ive played 4 and 5 and yet 2 is still my favorite. So its not just nostalgia speaking on my end.

[@promark5317]

is 2 missing important features that are in 3, 4 and 5??

[@s6_103]

This was my childhood game I remember me and my family once was at a mall when I was a kid and in one store they had some consoles you could play on. I really liked cars so naturally I went over to a racing game and started playing. That game happened to be Forza Horizon 1 and I remember playing that for hours just driving around in the open world. My dad took note of the game and planned to give it to me for Christmas. So Christmas time came closer and my parents ordered an Xbox 360 and Forza Horizon 2 along with it. The delivery got delayed to Christmas day and when my parents finally got hold on the package and noticed that something was off... The Xbox 360 they ordered was not the console they got in the package, instead they got a brand new Xbox one. So over Christmas night they had to return to the game store and change out the games they ordered to Xbox one one's. And Christmas morning when I unboxed the console was the most hype experience I've ever had and I remember playing that game all day long after that. And I only got to know about that story a couple months ago. 10/10 game, would kill for a PC port

[@promark5317]

You have wonderful parents.

[@graysonhardy2139]

Definitely my personal favorite. Met 90% of my Xbox friends list on FH2. Not to mention it’s highway is just under 40% longer than Horizon 1’s highway, which is the 2nd longest in the franchise.

[@Sephictus]

You could join any random multiplayer lobby and have so much fun drifting with people or drag racing at the airport and just messing around at the docks. That coastal road that goes all the way across the side of the map is unmatched. I used to drive through it all the time to take in the view or tune a new car I got. I have vivid memories of when the miata car pack dropped and I tuned them all using that road. The maps of FH1 and FH2 are just unmatched for me, they felt purpose built as a world to drive in more than just a car sandbox map.

[@JB22.]

I love horizon 2. Hands down my favourite horizon. For me it looks better than current horizon down to the colour palette used. Really feels like going on summer holidays as a child. I thought it was nostalgia but I went back to the game recently and enjoyed it way more than fh5

[@TheOtherPlayer]

When FH2 came out I first played it at my friends house and legitimately stayed up all night with how entertaining it was, no other forza title has captured my interest as much as this one. The map and car choices were so damn well executed, the vibe was great, and the music was perfect

[@crazynoob159]

FH3 was is favorite but 2 was my first one, and I loved it, just wish Horizon still felt as fun and vibrant that 2 and 3 were

[@daddywonka5615]

I absolutely loved this game when I played it on my Xbox 360 it’s so fun bro

[@sunray2818]

Interesting story, when my cousin bought Xbox One in 2015 after just getting married she asked me which game to play at first, Need For Speed Rivals or this, I immediately told them to buy it asap and after a month her husband said he can't thank me enough since the game was unexpectedtely great.

[@impointr]

This game still has so much character that any other subsequent entries lack of. From the UI to the end-race screens, to the visual style of the game... The attention to details in this game is simply incredible. Everything about it felt truly unique. Nowadays with FH3, 4, and 5, every piece of UI and post-race screens feel unbelievably generic. While FH2 moved the camera around with UI elements being positioned accroding to what's on the screen (besides a driving car, the credits reward being on the car which is seen from the side...), FH3 had a very simple UI that were just positioned with no regard to composition. FH4 took the player away from the open world and put stuff on a giant screen for... Reasons? Style over substance in my honest opinion. And FH5 takes it further by putting you on a scene and display a simple list on the side of the screen... It's those little details that make FH2 the best entry in the franchise. Or rather, the co-best if you can say that? FH1 is equally as good in my book.

[@edtierney6076]

This was my first Xbox One game on the new console I bought myself after graduating college along with MCC and GTA V. This game quickly became my favorite chill late night game after either coming home from something or if I couldn't sleep. It was just a nice, chill open racing game and a great upgrade to FH1. I can still remember all the Friday nights in 2015 and 2016 playing this for hours. Plus I think this is probably the best soundtrack in the Horizon series, with FH3 closely behind.

[@S己G]

I played the Xbox 360 edition, while it is commonly said to be quite bad, I loved it. (and still do)

[@existentialselkath1264]

I don't own an Xbox but I grew up watching videos of this game and recently played FH1 on xenia after playing 3/4/5 when they came out. 1 is by far my favourite, but 2 seems like it'd be the perfect mix of that generational leap, a hybrid between open and closed off map design, and an actual festival vibe that wasn't completely diluted yet. If only it'd come to PC!

[@foxxyguy2681]

Same here but I actually did play FH2 at one point but only for short periods of time on Xbox One Demos at Microsoft stores and I enjoy FH1 on Xenia I would always watch JackUltraMotives and AR12s Videos on FH2 my first horizon game I properly played was FH3 on my second console replacing my Wii was a Xbox One S I think FH3 was the best Forza we get to become the boss of the festival had my favorite soundtrack in any Horizon game (comparing to 4 and 5)

[@MX26_]

I only took an interest in Horizon during FH4, so i have no nostalgia for this game, but holy shit man how'd we regress so far back with the map? I can't comment on how these roads feel to drive, but looks and vibes wise this blows the shoes off FH5's bland ass map, and beats FH4 as well. The terrain, the elevation, the trees around the roads, the looks of the towns, that fucking highway, they all look amazing. If it wasn't for the increase in render and texture quality i'd think this was a newer game than FH5 looks wise. Example: 2:11 This section made me go "Holy shit that's awesome". The city looks super lively, the road is enclosed in a nice way with lots of barriers and trees and stuff giving you a sense of speed, there's a cliff of shrubbery that looks sick, once the road opens up the trees on the right frame the road really nicely. It's just so good compared to the bland, gradually sloping, dead, wide open world of FH5.

[@racdude01]

While FH5 map isn’t the best it certainly gives more variety than FH4. 5 has jungles desert/beach and farmland. 4 has English countryside and a lake that freezes in the winter(probably the only interesting part of the map)

[@MX26_]

@@racdude01 i don't know, for me that just doesn't matter i guess? I couldn't care less what the biome is as long as it's interesting. Fh5 is generally just not interesting in terms of terrain and road surroundings, and the parts that are interesting are out of the way on the border of the map so you don't interact with them most of the time.

[@racdude01]

@@MX26_ I guess it’s just a difference in taste I find very little interesting about FH4 cause all it is European cottages and rolling green hills. Every part of the map looks the same other than the one urban area which is decent. FH5 has so much diversity and each part of the map looks different so it’s much less boring in my opinion. The only diversity FH4 is the seasons

[@krishacz]

you mentioned it but i'd definitely love to point out that FH2 has the _best_ initial drive imo. First impressions of a game matter, and this one did it perfectly. The live action countdown cinematic literally gives me goosebumps, every time i watch it, and then it fades into Liberate by Eric Prydz??? And you're driving a Huracán along the french riviera???? bliss in videogame form. And what horizon 4 and especially 5 forgot, it had a narrative purpose. Granted that was just "we just landed and we need to get this car to the festival so drive it there please" but hey in horizon 5 you're driving everywhere just because.

[@citris007]

I still have the FH2 demo on my Xbox one just to relive the beginning. I couldn't believe the feeling I got watching the intro the first time and then being put into the Huracan. The vibe this set hasn't been outdone by any of the other games

[@whyte4315]

YES YES YES. Exactly this, the initial drive was perfection. Best choice of music and location while pushing the pedal down on Lamborghini's brand new toy all the way to the perfect blend of music and machines. Horizon 2 was where the series peaked in a lot of ways and the initial drive is absolutely one of them.

[@arch5701]

That song always brings the best memories in me. It's up there with Porter Robinson's ''Language''.

[@lowkeydiegoduran4724]

exatly dude, the inital drive was so fucking perfect, the count down thing and the fade away and then fade in to that port where the camera pans over the water to the city, the drive over there, then the cherry on top is when the dude says "welcome to horizon!" and that sick ass edm music that starts to play showing clips of diffrent cars and using camera focus effects and shit, and i think it was that ford gt drifting around that car then it goes to the horizon 2 logo. Literal perfection

[@yrrr4871]

FH2 was ahead of it's time

[@popman-m7y]

Damn, I first played Horizon 2 when I was like 7 or 8 and didn't speak a word of English. I just followed the progression, did some bucket lists, but most of all I spent dozens and dozens of hours just driving aimlessly around the map. I was playing the xbox 360 version which was super watered down compared to the xbox one version, but I didn't know what I was missing out. The game gave you such an amazing environment to just drive around aimlessly in and do some races, even though I did not really know what I was doing lmao. I've played all FH games since, just started playing horizon 5 a few days ago. I loved all of them, but there'sno FH map which was as memorable to me as FH2's. Even though I haven't played it in years and even though I played the much more locked down xbox 360 version, this video still gave me a big wave of nostalgia.

[@miongskie]

My 1st exp with FH2 was the Fast and Furious DLC tie-in and I went ahead and got the base and completed the race campaign. I may need to go back just to feel the race again. Great video!

[@SGCPacers]

This game released at a time where there were almost no other "good" racing games on the XB1 and when it finally came out I played it to no end. The leap from FH1 to this game was like GTA San Andreas to GTA 4 it blew my mind as a kid. The map, the car list the soundtrack, the cars sounds, the DLCs (especially the F&F free DLC) were amazing. Turn 10 went all out on this game (XB1 Version lol) and I still play it to this day every now and then. My only complaint is that T10 really wanted to show off the new weather because it rains in this game like every 10 minutes.

[@hellisio]

This game came out after I had moved from France to Vietnam, for work, and it felt so great to drive in these environment and feel like I was back home. It brought many, many improvements to the series, as you pointed out in the video, but the location will always feel special to me.

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

the one thing that makes me go back to FH2 is the car sounds. most of my close friends that I met during FM4-FH1 days would continue our tradition of meeting up to do racing; circuit, drag, drift, highway speed, chill at the meet... we even had to ban that Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale from the runway races because it was too OP 😂

[@brunovaz1690]

This is my favourite Forza Horizon, it was the first Forza game that I played and I still play this game till today.

[@MaximusOverdrive]

The map alone makes this game fun to play. Such a perfect pick by Playground. Car sounds make cruising such a joy--hasn't been replicated since.

[@bulkane]

FH2 is the best horizon, ever made, imo . The lighting, fresh looking ui design, car models, sounds (engine, supercharger & turbo blow offs, backfires..), sense of speed, beautifully crafted OST & map design, the car meet, the career progression.... it is a timeless masterpiece.

[@fr0zn303]

Till this day I still hop on fh2 a few times a month. I’m still amazed how good the graphics were 10 years ago and how atmospheric the world was made. It’s still my favorite map in terms of elevation-changes and layout

[@akiplay312]

Dynamic weather looks insane in this game! Best looking lighting i've ever seen in a game next to a driveclub.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Agree

[@mach1neg]

as an aussie fh3 had to be my favourite. but mostly cause i miss private lobbies. when fh4 came out me and my friends just stopped playing actual race events cause itd always put us back into random seperate lobbies post race and it was such a hassle so we just had to stick to freeroam after that

[@tctt185_dg]

It's crazy that FH2 is turning 10 this year. I hope FH5 will make this celebration stunning. I love each of them equally. I love the road trips feature, the world, how you do championships and the bucket list challenges. The music... good. I REALLY wanna listen to Satisfy by NERO in FH5. Guess chucking on Spotify will do the job too.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

I prefer FH1's focus to this, but this game clearly focuses on being more of a social space to make memories in, which I respect a ton, actually.

[@bfife22]

Crazy that this is almost 10 years old already. Definitely the best Horizon game IMO as well. It elevated the gameplay without losing much of the Festival vibe that I feel is completely gone in the newer entries, and the map was gorgeous.

[@bobmerly4592]

As much as I appreciate the other horizon games and their dlc's (lets be honest they carried some of the the games) Horizon 2 has always felt like a true get-away and always provided the vibes of a festival. To this day it is my go-to comfort game. Not to mention the road-trip system made grinding for races way more interesting and less of a grind. It was truly ahead of its time when it comes to forza games.

[@Stifly13]

The intro cinematic of fh2 is one of the best intro to a video game , ever

[@SlammedZero]

Great video. Love this series. One missed mention for the game was about the FH2 intro video. It was (IMO of course) the best intro video in the entire Forza catalog. It just grabbed you and sucked you into the Forza world with it's music, good dialogue, and great cutscenes. This was a great game and I remember being absolutely blown away at the graphics.

[@jackarmstrong7285]

FH2 was really 3 separate versions with the Fast And Furious standalone game

[@RudebwoyRacing]

Hand down the best horizon, The map and cars were iconic. the Tokyo drift 350z completely stock was my favorite car to drift. My biggest hope is the make a Forza Horizon 2 remastered with update FFB for steering wheels. I have always wanted to return to the map with better wheel physics.

[@mitchellradel3219]

FH2 was my first Forza game, and it still holds such a special place in my heart now. I still remember the first time I played the game and seeing the introduction just blew me away. Every radio station has good music and the views throughout the map make me want to play it even though it is almost ten years old. FH2 and FH1 are definitely my favorite out of all of the games.

[@RidgeRunner4501]

Driving to and from locations for the road trip was so much fun, it really made it feel like you were part of a real festival with other people cruising with you

[@plinkvevo]

I think that 3 was the superior Horizon entry, but 2 will always hold a place in my heart. Playing the Horizon 2 demo in the store is what convinced me to get my first Xbox, and I have fond memories of racing my Alfa Romeo 8C across France.

[@fintan.]

I had a similar experience where in the ToysRus they had an xbox one with forza motorsport 5 😂 great memories

[@sleepdeep305]

I remember people really dogging on 3 when it first came out. I never understood why, the graphics took another big leap forward and the byron region in particular (forget the actual name) is so fucking beautiful. Personally 2 will always be my horizon game, but 3 still deserves so much credit, and it's only 1 of 3 games that I actually bought on launch day!

[@kimreinikainen]

Also the things that only this game has is all those proper parking lots and secrets passage ways and tunnels to host car meets. They are not shown on the map and probably only way to find them is through bonus board hunting. And also this is the only game that i have over 100% compilation rate standing at 100.3%

[@kineuhansen8629]

this game for sure have something i love to see back in fh6 fh2 for sure is one of my favorite racing games and my first forza horizon game

[@sleepdeep305]

I FUCKING LOVE INNOVATIVE LEISURE RADIO. Really sad it never made it out of the 2nd game. It's the main reason why it's my favorite soundtrack of the series

[@wg8290]

When I played FH2 back in the day, I wondered why they didn’t make it possible to make your own routes. The map was incredible. Also, as a side observation, I think the perfect map would be California; they would have the PCH, desert, the mountains, twisty roads and forests. This would be a perfect setting.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Ive been saying this for a while SoCal would be perfect instead of rural Mexico.

[@arch5701]

FH5 is technically California but Mexican side of it with every landscape you mentioned. The problem is they're struggling to make the map feel alive.

[@magnusrylander]

yeah they might have to make some tweaks to california because of it's political leanings haha. I will agree though it does have great roads

[@dln.sweeney]

FH2 was what got me into the franchise, and the reason I switched from Playstation to Xbox (for a while at least). FH1 is still my favourite entry in the series but FH2 made a deep impression on me. The car selection and layout of the roads and scenery felt like I was immersed in the pages of a glossy car magazine like Evo or Top Gear.

[@mattewalker_]

Having just been in Nice, France and the Amalfi Coast for my honeymoon, last week, I can confirm Horizon 2 accurately captures the vibes and aesthetics of both locations! Beautiful scenery captured expertly in a great game!

[@Peregrine57]

I do like the championship system in Horizon 2. I don't like the way you never really fully unlock all the race locations, like in Horizon 3 or later, so you could just roll up to whatever course you want and start a race. But I like that it at least gives you a sense of "here's what we're doing next". To this day, I can just boot up the game, and I know exactly what I'm doing next. It gives a sense of focus. If I boot up 3, or 4, or 5, there's plenty to do, but the game's not really offering any suggestions, or pointing in any particular direction; "here, go do this" like Horizon 2 did. Not any more, anyway. It makes the newer games feel 'played out'. They should bring something like that back. The weekly championships are fine, but it feels like that's just for new content, and once you unlock it all, it's like there's no point, and they just repeat forever until Microsoft eventually decides to shut down back-end support. Road trips were pretty cool too. Just a chill cruse to your next location. No pressure, just try not to crash.

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

I reinstalled FH2 about 1 month ago. Im just chilling crusing around enjoying the scenery and the map and the cars and sounds. Having a great time. I just got bored of FH5 it can be really dry.The tone of FH2 is just something i just really like. The music is really good as well

[@car_guy_wana_be]

Good luck doing this for FH5

[@i_love_musique333]

Best customization, best post launch support

[@arch5701]

@@i_love_musique333 Also best physics and car sounds. But I'm not a big fan of FH5 either.

[@chrishines6048]

You just described why I love this game and I used to spend hours playing this game and in car meets back in the day and the map is still is beautiful even in 2024

[@Richard.Linder]

One of my most memorable gaming experiences is the initial drive down that coastal road, in my first car, marveling at how beautiful this world they created was... And then it started to rain. The way the road looked as it became wet, and and the light played off it, as I snaked down towards that beautiful coastal town. The whole experience was just breathtaking. I'll never forget that that feeling of awe and excitement. The jump between FH1 and 2 was incredible. And what makes it all the more impressive is that this was after I had already played FH4 on PC. I loved it so much I decided I had to experience the whole series. I bought a new Xbox Series X, and a used copy of FH1, then 2, and then 3. And I love them all. But nothing quite beats the feeling I had in that moment. And to think, for years I just thought of Forza as a Gran Tourismo wanna be. But after trying to overlook the actual driving of most games in the NFS series, and so many other games. FH just felt so _right_. I didn't have to make excuses for it my mind, or try to overlook how unsatisfying the actual _driving _was. I felt like I'd finally come home. The beauty, the world, the driving, the game, cars, the whole experience... They just got it all so _right_!

[@ForTheLoveOfDriving]

Totally agree with this video. Got my love of drifting from this game and so many great memories. I still have it installed and play for the vibes

[@christohees9150]

Forza horizon 1 and 2 will always be my favourites it went all downhill from there

[@JZStudiosonline]

I beat the story in the starter car, did the goliath event, and was immensely disappointed. Sure, there's 28 championships for the 6 locations, but it's A. The same 28 championships across 6 locations, and each location only has a handful of events so you're constantly replaying the same few races over and over.

[@Peccs91]

My first Horizon game. Bought my Xbox One before going to college fall 2014 and picked this up the day it came out. I knew nothing about FH1 and went into this game basically blind. Fell in love with it right away. Probably not a coincidence that I got a 2.3 GPA that semester this game came out...

[@Ghostlllly]

I love how there are actually shifting up and down and pulling the e-break animations in fh2 however in in fh5 your character only puts his hands down for a sec and they didn’t even bother adding a e-break animation

[@islammedheryamz8546]

i remember getting all my friends together with all the loudest cars we could find in the tunnel WOT, and we broke the game/lobby. we all had to restart the game lol

[@thatothercarguy8914]

I adore this game, all the memories I have on the slightly broken and inferior xbox 360 version are unmatched, I used to play it pretty much every day

[@BonzerMrT]

I played so many hours of FH2 due to the 2Fast DLC. That skyline sounded so beautiful

[@Balc0ra]

The road trip segment between races etc was a nice touch. And that you got to pick the next destination. Nothing like it was done since either. But it made sense when you had 2 nations to explore.

[@ZERO-Zac]

I missed some of the major elevation change in FH1 when playing FH2 but enjoyed the game a lot. It got me into more competitive racing that wasn't freeroam.

[@kspectre21]

I love this game so much. I played so much of the terrible Xbox 360 edition before I got an Xbox One and I still loved it. I think it is actually my favourite in terms of an overall package but it's so hard to decide between this and FH1 for me. I really wish I'd gotten the Storm Island DLC and some of the Car Packs too as this game also has such a solid car list, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren last appeared here for Horizon and I just love cruising in it. Lots of fantastic areas too, I really love the ruined Abbey by Sisteron and the large Estate and Manor in the Northern part of the middle of the map. The coastal roads are also absolutely beautiful before you take the dive into the towns or the centre of the map, I still think Nice is one of the best cities in a Horizon game only surpassed by FH3. It's also so weird how they went from having plenty Car Meets then scaling down for FH3 before getting rid of them completely for FH4 and 5. One of the weirdest things I love about FH2 though is the handling model, it's not as refined as later entries but it feels quite heavy which I think adds a nice weight to how the cars feel to drive. I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say about FH3.

[@MrPens87]

I think what was big for me was playing through this game on 360 then playing it again on the Xbox One! It’s the same game but completely different.

[@connorforbes2496]

I couldn’t drift back then so I followed people that could around and sent them the videos and pictures of their work.

[@_EDM115]

as a french guy, i was really pleased to see a game take place in locations i've actually been to, rather than the classic overused US cities

[@promark5317]

How accurate in Nice in this game?

[@_EDM115]

@@promark5317 the recreation isn't perfect and is trimmed down, Street View can give you a great idea. but it's really good looking overall

[@promark5317]

@@_EDM115 sweet. Ty for the reply✌️

[@YoSuey]

You said it best early on. The leap was huge. Alot of us came from F4, skipping over F5, so the graphics and drive was amazing. It wasn't too hard like F5, but felt slightly easier than F4.

[@David-ht7tw]

As a newer fan of the franchise, I haven't been able to get my hands on the game yet. But I think once I do, I'll love it.

[@platinumman1824]

This was simply a perfection. Progression actually mattered ( there were no lucky spins and stuff where you get a 2 million car for free ) , open world that is not filled with deserts and functional AI. Nowadays Forza Horizon is made for Fornite generations with silly sounds , clothing and all other crap that shouldnt even exist in a racing game

[@Cilindri]

I remember seeing they literally had the ability to do the hydraulic spoiler on the McLaren p1 in the old gen h2 but it’s constantly in race mode on “new” gen

[@Mrkaka376]

This game reminds me of time when I could play all day and not worry about much.

[@FunIsGoingOn]

Playing the first Horizon on the 360 back then made be buy a One with Motorsport 5 on launch, thereafter it was obvious to get FH2 on launch and I still got it physical somewhere, tho I think it was Standard Version. Been playing all FH's ever since they came out. I remember switching with my crew from FH3 to FH4 and later they got to try out FH2, they never did before too and it had the same impact on them "omg wow how did things looked and felt so good back then already".

[@Vtoq]

this was my first forza for the xbox one, i loved fh2 i’ve only owned fm4, fh2, fm7, fh4, and fh5

[@dennisthewalker]

Forza Horizon 2 will always have a special place in my heart alongside to many classic racing games. The vibe, aspect, features, scenery, social aspect, and the story all come together so nicely. Shout out to the free Fast and Furious DLC too. wish the dev in Turn 10 could see the magic we crave again.

[@Man.of.Tomorrow]

I hate that as a new Forza horizon fan, I'll never be able to play these games >:(

[@sparkietrap6257]

Just buy a physical copy

[@IDKWHAT2NAMETHISS]

This is definitely my favourite horizon, one of my favourite racing games. I played the 360 & xbox one version so much

[@TheHumanBurger]

They need to remaster this game and add better offroad sections, that was my only problem with this game

[@autofinn7156]

FH2 was also the first in the whole Forza franchise to include dynamic weather and cause changes in driving physics in the different weather conditions

[@MrRawnch]

FH2 was my absolute favorite in the series. My only complaint is how some of the challenges are structured. Besides that one thing, it was my absolute favorite in terms of gameplay and aesthetics.

[@RAA12586]

I just started FH2 yesterday after having played FH 4 and 5. I'm loving the map in FH2 and the 30 fps rate doesn't bother me, the quality overshadows that.

[@normal_game_developer]

Before i bought the whole game a played the demo for like 3 months on a xbox360. I miss those days

[@brathuhn4015]

I remember being 13 at the time, and bugging my dad to buy it because he gifted me horizon 1 and i loved it so much, bough it for the 360 tho. Still a great experience tho i dont come back to it as much as Horizon 1 or, my favourite, Horizon 3. I kinda liked the whole theme a lot more through and fell in love with australia because of the way it presented the country. Also played Multiplayer with friends for 2 years straight

[@ArthurLopes39]

This is my favorite. There's no other game with scenery that looks like this.

[@AidanBenny]

Loved the Online Road Trips on this game and i played them non stop and found out if you win the championship 3 times in a row it kicks you and tells you it was a connection error 😆 happened multiple time exactly on 3 wins in a row heck the Road Trips was how i found out about Don Joewon Song used to love trying to beat him and his friends streaming on twitch. do wish i could relive those memories

[@jamesharden3timedpoy466]

I miss this game I wish I could play it again idk if it’s nostalgia but this game was great in almost every way. I remember actually enjoying online and the communities it had.

[@jamesharden3timedpoy466]

Also the music thing is so accurate I think fh2 had the best music I just remember it so vividly. Fh2 is my favorite but it was also the first one I played so I might be biased until I can replay it.

[@jseppine]

At the time I thought the Horizon 2 intro was the greatest game intro I had ever seen. Too bad it's not on game pass anymore and I sold my physical copy to a friend when it was still available on game pass. Would be... Nice... to go back.

[@bigdhav]

I remember being so excited when I bought my Xbox One (my first xbox) and absolutely played the sh*t out of this game with a wheel. Was so much fun! My favourite car the Huracan and the Ferrart 1988 GTO.

[@Dizzan1313]

This was my first Horizon game and man this game and Horizon 3 would be really hard to pick a favorite

[@petritsalihu9730]

I started with the Xbox 360 version. I was so happy because I couldnt buy a Xbox one at the time. Such a great time that was