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7. Forza Horizon 2 (Xbox One, 2014)


While 2 lacks the wide openness of the original, FH2 is a clear upgrade in basically every meaningful area. I just want to discuss a singular aspect though, and that is the franchises famous Drivatars.

Bringing over Forza Motorsports Drivatars was an excellent move. Drivatars are not like your typical programmed AI, Drivatars are based around behavior learning. Typically, AI in racing games will behave similarly in terms of areas such as turning and driving lines, but with drivatars, they use the behavior of real players/testers/developers. I dont want or need to go into further details, but its really neat and makes for a more dynamic experience. If any of your friends previously played an event that you are racing, at least one of them will show up with their drivatar. Because I was always hellbent on beating any of my friends lap/course records on every event, it was such a refreshing and different experience racing while simultaneously scouting out how they raced to accomplish my goal.

This extended to outside of events too where among the dozens or hundreds of random people driving around France and Italy, your friends Drivatars will also be driving around doing nothing in particular. One time, I was wracking up a huge point total while tearing up the countryside while seemingly decimating ecosystems when out of nowhere, ICON came in and t-boned me in the grass far away from a road to wipe away what I had in my mind was a six-figure total. I couldnt help but laugh at the ludicrosity of the situation. Im not mad, and Im glad that the Drivatars make such a thing possible.

Because of my personal policy of only including games that I have beaten, this is the highest Forza Horizon game on my list, otherwise 3 would have definitely made it and maybe 4. Now that 5 just came out, it looks like I have some catching up to do.

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