Forza Horizon
Released: 2012
Console: Xbox 360
Developer: Playground Games

Forza Horizon is an open-world racing game developed by Playground Games, with Turn 10 Studios, and published by Microsoft Studios in 2012 for the Xbox 360. It was the first game in the Horizon spin-off series from Forza Motorsport.

The player arrives at the Horizon Festival, a music and motoring event in a fictional part of Colorado, and races on open roads to earn wristbands and popularity. Street races, showcase events against aircraft and other vehicles, and barn finds of rare cars sit in a world that can be driven freely, with a day and night cycle.

Two native PC ports are made by static recompilation with ReXGlue: Pinyon Shift for Windows, and Forza Horizon 1: ReImagined for Linux and Windows, which adds online free roam and leaderboards. Both are build kits: their launchers compile the game on your PC from your own copy.

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