So you've got Forza Horizon, and are wondering if the December 2012 Rally release is worth your hard-earned money? We got a chance to take it for a spin, and while it does deliver the basics of a rally racing game, there are immersion gaps, technical issues and customizations that keep it from being...

Graphics are still as sharp as ever; Opportunities to take gorgeous shots are in spades; If you love rally; this is the only place you'll find it in the Forza franchise; Navigator call-ahead is accurate and well done; Nailing a particularly hard stretch can be very satisfying

Dust clouds from multiplayer opponents interact with your headlights – blinding you to the road ahead; Occasional erratic graphics behaviour in multiplayer is distracting; No precipitation means the race is always dry; Only the five provided cars show their rally mods; Minor off-road obstacles can...

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If there's one problem we regularly find with open-world racing games like Forza Horizon , it's that they're usually less about racing and rather more about driving . That's not to say we haven't been impressed at the way it sets about hyping up rivalries (both of the AI and human variety), but...

" … we were lucky enough to use the Turn Ten Forza Motorsport codebase for Horizon so we started with that. Doing that meant the physics system, the way the cars handle and the way they react to the road is exactly the same.

This is not a true sequel to Turn 10 ‘s Forza 4 . This is a separate experience. Forza Horizon is a spin-off title designed to work in conjunction with Forza 4 and create something that some of the Need for Speed: Underground fans would want to sink their teeth into.

The open-road is ripe for exploration.

+ Cars; cars; cars; + Visually stunning and detailed; + Horizon Festival backdrop is great; + Race challenges and events are diverse

- Repetitive radio soundtrack; - Forgettable storyline; - Less cars to unlock; - Lame NPCs and dialogue

Forza Horizon is an open world free roaming game making it awesome because you can go anywhere on the map and race with up to 7 friends. You can choose from about 300 cars including Downloadable content at a reasonable price. The frame rate keeps up with you while you explore the Forza world.

Forza Horizon eschews the series' usual strict racing structure to deliver an open-world driving experience similar to some of the fundamentals experimented with by FUEL, albeit with significantly better execution.

Excellent presentation; Large open world with lots to see and do; Huge range of car customisation options; Highly adjustable difficulty and driving levels from arcade-style to simulation; Good variety of race events available.

"Story" seems like an afterthought; Plenty of inane dialogue

Veering sharply away from Forza's usual strictish racing simulator style towards a more Need For Speed style thrasher, Forza Horizon was always bound to polarise opinions.  Forza faithful are likely to feel a little out of sorts early on as they're bombarded with trendy people telling them that the...

This will be interesting, ill definately be buying it but ill be keeping forza 4 as it appears to be nothing like conventional forza. But its still forza so imagine will be a lot better than the NFS games of the last 5 years.