

It’s not until you play without the voice recognition that you realize just how effectively it sidesteps menu fumbling and keeps the experience seamless.

As you race, you simply say “GPS” and a few prompts-your next wristband event, a specific race type, or directions back to the festival-and the game immediately redirects you. The Kinect functionality, while optional, adds a great and intuitive dimension to the experience. The level of social integration and sharing seen in the core Forza titles is intact in Horizon.

Forza Horizon even allows you to import some custom content from Forza 4 into this game. There’s also a great deal of customization, including decals and vinyl, that you can incorporate. Other core Forza staples, such as the green-to-red trackline and the rewind function, are here, and are just as invaluable to the action in this spin-off as in the Forza Motorsport games.
