The Best Forza Horizon is: FH2

Was FH2 the best Horizon game ever made? Welcome to this mini-series where I'm covering EVERY Forza Horizon game to answer one question: which one is really the best? Today we're enjoying a road trip through southern Europe!
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[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Sanka-ya-dead]

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

[@cwj2733]

@@Sanka-ya-deaddrop 500$ to play years old games instead of just emulating them for free. think man

[@Sanka-ya-dead]

@@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@@Sanka-ya-dead

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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??

[@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

[@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)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@S己G]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@akiplay312]

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

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Agree

[@yrrr4871]

FH2 was ahead of it's time

[@Stifly13]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@jackarmstrong7285]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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_!

[@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

[@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.

[@brunovaz1690]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@BonzerMrT]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@_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✌️

[@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.

[@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.

[@N7RiZe]

Perfect game for it's 2014 release. I just wish the festival events were all on the map when you completed the game. I also love how it still has the best FnF car packs comapred to the later games. The map and sound track is the best out of all the series.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@amazanta1605]

2 was the turning point for Forza it’s crazy I experienced both versions I feel like the incident of both versions was like gta enhanced for 360 and Xbox one version was rdr2 in comparison

[@connorforbes2496]

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

[@JDT2309]

Proud to say I’ve finished all 168 championships. And something that wasn’t discussed in this video that could’ve been is the lack of support for FH2 in some aspects. Whenever the Xbox One X came out, every FH game got a 4K enhancement except for FH2, meaning it will forever be locked to 1080p. Furthermore, whenever servers for the game were taken offline, it took all online functionality with it. FH1 has LAN servers, allowing for some online multiplayer, while FH2 has none of this and therefore cannot be played online at all. And, before the server shutdown, Playground Games gave no server support, even shutting down FH2 servers for months at a time while FH1 servers remained online. This caused the population of FH2 to dwindle, which was then used as an excuse to completely kill all online functionality. To add to this, multiplayer on FH2 had not worked for over a year before they shut down servers. I think a large reason for this is FH2’s X360 edition but I’d like to hear your opinion on this.

[@racdude01]

Great videos so far, can’t wait for the third one!

[@Thelostmcmotorcycleclub]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@chunkuswumpus3515]

Been a PlayStation gamer my whole life but from all the content I saw on FH2 I think it would end up being my favourite. Still that fun oversaturated colour palette with better physics, tuning and a more open free world with everything feeling location accurate. It feels like back in the day when a game was forced to come out complete and the DLC added a bit but not features that feel intended for launch

[@Antonin1738]

I love FH2 and FH4 locations!

[@Megabassko]

I'm just playing horizon 2 right now and I really like it. Sometimes it feels like it looks better than horizon 5, even with the worst resolution :)

[@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

[@mdaddy9474]

this game is perfect. 5 stars. 10/10

[@wilson5377]

Subscribed because of your indepth honest review.👍😎 Thanks✌🤙

[@chandrumunisamy9910]

games back then is just way better than some of today"s game

[@ThaDirtyBubble]

I YEARN for the FH1, FH2 and FH3 DLC content.

[@benedictwallis5820]

The Horizon 2 campaign system was the best out of all of them. Very Linear but provides focus and a goal rather than aimlessly driving around looking for things to do

[@ld9387]

Exactly

[@holden4ever]

FH3 is my favourite but FH2 had the best courses because they were all still on paved roads. I wish they had stuck with the "Forza: Street Racing" theme instead of what it turned into.

[@FranF40]

I finished both versions (I played all the championships on both Xbox 360 and One) of course the version for Xbox One is miles away from the 360 one. The only thing that I prefer on the 360 version is that you can pick any race you want all the time. In the One version, if you wan to race a specific race, you have to do a championship. You can see that difference when you go to the map and find all the races there for you on the 360. Not the same on the One.

[@didnt_ask_for_handle]

Let's be honest... it's sad that the newest installments are so similar to Horizon 2 Also wow that highway looks great. Both FH4 and 5 just have an ugly dragstrip of a highway in the middle

[@badrequest2832]

I remember the 360 version. Restricted roads. lol There was a standalone fast and furious game also. Forza Horizon 2 was the best one made. The engine was very precise, the airport had the best drag racing. The rain looked more realistic, especially in cockpit mode. The team tried harder and delivered imo. The tires had better chirp sounds when gripping the road, you didn't need 2k hp to be fast in that game lol I actually pirated the 360 version on my RGH console back in the day. Literally played it for a day or two and straight up bought an Xbox One and paid for the Xbox one copy... That's how good this damn game was. 😅

[@_LexFerrari_]

FH2 is the most underrated Forza game for sure

[@i3l4ckskillzz79]

The highway was great still to this day the longest by a large margin. I measured about 10 miles or 16km

[@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

[@Fastminer07]

We all know the best forza Horizon is FH2 on the 360

[@HokiHoshi]

Real and true

[@Rascal-yx6ir]

Honestly i can't believe you didn't talk about the exhaust node of the cars, they are by far THE BEST of any horizon game. Not to plug my channel or anything like that but i have two vides of cars at idle. this game set a bar for sound design that has just never been surpassed, never.

[@makotokeisatoruko8203]

I played the undesirable 360 version, after the final main race I encountered the car changing bug when you go into a race. Absolutely got under my skin with that bs.

[@xenomaxi8504]

I'd love to experience Forza Horizon 2 for the first time! I've seen some gameplay before but i started with Horizon 3 and never bothered with going back earlier in the series. Maybe it's time i dusted off my old One S and go out looking for a used copy.

[@LaQuantayviondreTrollinDaWorld]

I dont care about racing games but this was definitely 1 of my favorite games last generation I had Horizon 3 and Motorsport 5 but didnt really care too much about them. The Soundtrack to this game kept me coming back it was amazing I miss gaming playing this and Overwatch. I play some mobile games at work or when im walking but stopped console gaming in 2022. It sound weird I said at work but im a staff member at a center where I work with disabled people and I can literally be on my phone almost all day lol. Im trying to take a break from console gaming until the next Generation it kept me in the house too much. I only used my tv for gaming then I sold it man I wanna play this and Black Ops 3 so bad right now.

[@Axle0Bullitt019]

I greatly miss this game. Very few games achieve the level of player choice that FH2 gave you. I purchased my dream car, a 13 Focus ST, in 2012 and this game had the Concept ST in it. I played through the entire campaign with my a Focus ST designed the way I wanted to change my Focus. Kept it rather Stock as well to give me as close to reality feeling I could. I absolutely loved this about this game. It’s this player flexibility that is sorely missing from so many modern racing games be it Forza or Gran Turismo. They are all so concerned about a narrow curated experience that I have been driven to greatly dislike them. What’s the point of having hundreds of dream cars if you can’t drive them for all of a handful of events?

[@GhostieDoodles]

I only got to play the 360 version and it was fun for what I had at the time. Replayed it lately and remembered how scuffed it was especially with how the cars grip around corners especially in high end classes. Maybe I’ll find a physical copy of FH2 for the Xbone to see what I missed out on.

[@louislygo6914]

A great review. I love Horizon 2 and would agree it’s the best in the series. This is due to the fact that the later games the races and events seem to random, all over the map whereas in FH2 they drive the gameplay and experience forward it truly felt you were progressing, achieving and rewarded. I loved that you finished the story in FH5 which I’ve been playing from release I don’t as yet feel that reward and the map although the biggest feels no memorable which you rightly say FH2 gave you great connection and memorable locations. I also felt that it was the best community builder than all the other horizons series

[@lotfidenbri91]

Such good memories 😢

[@the1withnoname496]

I agree💯 FH2 has the best map in the series.. FH3 is second but Horizon 2 feels nostalgic

[@carburetor77]

This is my personal favorite.

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

FH1 is great but my personal favorite will always be FH2. Since then no other entry captured the festival feel as well. Italy and parts of France still look beautiful to this day (if you don’t play the Xbox 360 version). And the music is the best out of the series in my opinion. Personal favorite FH2, runner up FH1 for that 2011-2012 atmosphere If I still had my Xbox one, I would’ve beaten FH2 twice.

[@r0b3rt_959]

“Egdy Codemasters influence” You say that like it's a bad thing. DiRT 2's UI with the trailer and stuff remains undefeated.

[@HokiHoshi]

Definitely not a bad thing, I still remember the exact layout of that trailer 😅

[@arch5701]

I don't even know what that means. The UI after FH1 looks awful with very lifeless tablet OS feel to it.

[@twells3458]

It’s impossible to be completely objective about this obviously but I can’t help thinking nostalgia plays a huge part. FH4 was my first because it was free on gamepass and got me hooked - after doing everything there was to be done I went back to 1,2 & 3 while waiting for 5 to drop. For me 1&2 are just miles off in terms of physics and handling, graphics do hold up well. 3 is the only one still worth going back to in my opinion but 4 (once they’d dropped a few updates anyway!) was the peak.

[@TheHumanBurger]

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

[@UltraTempo_]

Do for sure see the difference in how clear the direction was for FH2 compared to like FH5... simple as the highway where it just fits so well into the map in FH2 compared to just making the biggest highway in history of the series for calling it that and use it for marketing just makes a huge difference.

[@veganguy74]

Still the best stretch of relatively highway in any of these games.

[@madalitsomaluwa7944]

FH2 cared more about the racing and driving aspects of car. That's why each type of car had its own championships. This gave a purpose to having a 300+ Car list. Later iterations focused more on car collection and not the experience of driving the many many cars. To the point that no matter what cars they added it the game it felt meaningless because the car in no way influenced any in game progression. FH2 till this date is my favorite forza of all time and the one that got me started on anything forza.

[@jakart3462]

Why couldnt this still be available, it looks so fun and chill compared to things like fh5 or fh4 which feel very soulless compared (unfortunately i only played 5 and 4), but this just looks like so much fun

[@Grow_tf_up]

Because of the agreement and contract between car manufacturers in the game and the turn 10, also fh4 isn't soulless, not because it has a city as big as fh3 doesn't mean it's soulless

[@arthurbynum]

I just like a good story (any story). I still play MidnightCII because of things like this. So the later in the Horizon series, the more quickly it got dull for me.

[@BourbonInhibitions]

FH2 was outstanding. The only real thing I disliked about it was the restrictions on series races you entered, which basically forced you to use street cars you'd use in road racing also in the off road race types. Killed the immersion because no one is going to race their Ferrari or BMW out in the literal rolling hills of France 😂

[@Meatball_VR]

So much better than the first one in terms of graphics