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I know this is a fairly unpopular opinion but reading today it seems a decent amount of people share the same view. Not saying that 2 is a bad game because it's honestly one of the best current-gen exclusives out there but here's why for me 1 is the better game.
Firstly the way you progress in the first game is far superior, you have a set list of pre-chosen class races to for every colour wristband and you did them. With every wristband the number of Horizon races decreased and there was actually a main goal, to get the golden wristband and win the Horizon festival. Meanwhile in 2 it's like "go here, go there and choose whatever event you want", the freedom was a little too much and doing the same thing again and again had no progression whatsoever. Then suddenly when you won enough events you're given a final race out of nowhere. Although wristbands existed in 2 they served no purpose whatsoever.
The map is also far better although restricted. Driving around Colorado was a blast, the main area of the festival felt exactly like that and the other parts such as the Grand Canyon and the area with the dam were simply amazing to drive-by too, each part of the map felt unique. In 2 sure there were towns across France and Italy which felt unique but the rest of the map did not, it was simply just open grassland to fly through with the game not feeling like a festival whatsoever. Colorado was a much more varied and better setting in my eyes.
There was much more than just the main events such as street racing. Events at night where pedestrian cars would still be on the road, roads wouldn't be blocked and they were up to you to complete however. It gave a complete different side to the festival. 2 went backwards getting rid of these.
Also minor points but the guy who talks to you in 2 is far more annoying than the woman in 1 and the soundtrack for me was also more fitting and superior to 2's. Saying that 2 obviously excels over the first in many ways such as the inclusion of weather, improved physics, bucket list challenges (which are awesome) and so on, but that's to be expected.
Overall however 1 for me was simply a much more fun experience. Nothing beats racing a Mustang plane down the Grand Canyon in a 70's Ford Mustang, something that was far more memorable than anything in Forza Horizon 2.
Given the game is free with Games with Gold and compatible with the Xbox One, I hope a lot of people give the game a try. It really is one of the best racing games ever made and has dated amazingly well to add to that.
Firstly the way you progress in the first game is far superior, you have a set list of pre-chosen class races to for every colour wristband and you did them. With every wristband the number of Horizon races decreased and there was actually a main goal, to get the golden wristband and win the Horizon festival. Meanwhile in 2 it's like "go here, go there and choose whatever event you want", the freedom was a little too much and doing the same thing again and again had no progression whatsoever. Then suddenly when you won enough events you're given a final race out of nowhere. Although wristbands existed in 2 they served no purpose whatsoever.
The map is also far better although restricted. Driving around Colorado was a blast, the main area of the festival felt exactly like that and the other parts such as the Grand Canyon and the area with the dam were simply amazing to drive-by too, each part of the map felt unique. In 2 sure there were towns across France and Italy which felt unique but the rest of the map did not, it was simply just open grassland to fly through with the game not feeling like a festival whatsoever. Colorado was a much more varied and better setting in my eyes.
There was much more than just the main events such as street racing. Events at night where pedestrian cars would still be on the road, roads wouldn't be blocked and they were up to you to complete however. It gave a complete different side to the festival. 2 went backwards getting rid of these.
Also minor points but the guy who talks to you in 2 is far more annoying than the woman in 1 and the soundtrack for me was also more fitting and superior to 2's. Saying that 2 obviously excels over the first in many ways such as the inclusion of weather, improved physics, bucket list challenges (which are awesome) and so on, but that's to be expected.
Overall however 1 for me was simply a much more fun experience. Nothing beats racing a Mustang plane down the Grand Canyon in a 70's Ford Mustang, something that was far more memorable than anything in Forza Horizon 2.
Given the game is free with Games with Gold and compatible with the Xbox One, I hope a lot of people give the game a try. It really is one of the best racing games ever made and has dated amazingly well to add to that.
