Date played: July 30th
Platform: Xbox One
I finished Forza Horizon 3!
Well maybe "finished" is a bit too strong of a word, but I mean that I got the credits rolling. After watching the F1 race in Hungary this weekend, I really needed to drive some fast cars and hear some roaring engines. I jumped back into the giant game that is Forza Horizon 3 and raced for a while.
I started by buying myself a new car, just for fun, an Audi RS4, the fastest of the A4's, and painted it bright yellow. I gave it a quick whirl in a Super Saloon race in the outback and loved it quite a bit. It's pretty fast, but it's the AWD drivetrain that makes this car very fun to use and easy to handle.
I roamed around a lot, as you do in Forza Horizon, and found a new barn car, a sexy, old school Nissan Skyline. I explored a few new roads, did a few PR stunts, then completed some more races. I had an event that required an american car, so I decided to ride my Ford F-150 Raptor. While the big truck is heavy and clumsy, it's also very powerful and can easily overtake cars in the same class in straights and during acceleration, I just had to slow down a bit more on difficult corners.
I was having fun, doing random races and championships all over Australia, when I got the notice that the final showdown event was available, and it was a crazy one! I had to race against a giant blimp in a small, off road vehicle, also known as a side-by-side. The little machine is a ton of fun to drive, but it's not very fast, which made the race interesting, since a blimp isn't very fast either. The track was fun to drive and there were plenty of moments where the looming airship overhead made for some fantastic views.
That was the last "big" event in the game, so I've effectively completed the game, but there's always some fun racing to be had in Forza Horizon 3, so I'm sure I'll jump back in once in a while. Forza Horizon 3 is a fucking masterpiece. It's racing games that ignited my love of video games, and I hope they will be around forever. As our world moves away from gasoline engines, I hope there will still be a place for those of us who enjoy driving as more than a means of transportation, and I hope that racing video games stick around for the long haul.
Platform: Xbox One
I finished Forza Horizon 3!
Well maybe "finished" is a bit too strong of a word, but I mean that I got the credits rolling. After watching the F1 race in Hungary this weekend, I really needed to drive some fast cars and hear some roaring engines. I jumped back into the giant game that is Forza Horizon 3 and raced for a while.
I started by buying myself a new car, just for fun, an Audi RS4, the fastest of the A4's, and painted it bright yellow. I gave it a quick whirl in a Super Saloon race in the outback and loved it quite a bit. It's pretty fast, but it's the AWD drivetrain that makes this car very fun to use and easy to handle.
I roamed around a lot, as you do in Forza Horizon, and found a new barn car, a sexy, old school Nissan Skyline. I explored a few new roads, did a few PR stunts, then completed some more races. I had an event that required an american car, so I decided to ride my Ford F-150 Raptor. While the big truck is heavy and clumsy, it's also very powerful and can easily overtake cars in the same class in straights and during acceleration, I just had to slow down a bit more on difficult corners.
I was having fun, doing random races and championships all over Australia, when I got the notice that the final showdown event was available, and it was a crazy one! I had to race against a giant blimp in a small, off road vehicle, also known as a side-by-side. The little machine is a ton of fun to drive, but it's not very fast, which made the race interesting, since a blimp isn't very fast either. The track was fun to drive and there were plenty of moments where the looming airship overhead made for some fantastic views.
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| Racing a blimp was a fitting finale to an amazing racing game |
That was the last "big" event in the game, so I've effectively completed the game, but there's always some fun racing to be had in Forza Horizon 3, so I'm sure I'll jump back in once in a while. Forza Horizon 3 is a fucking masterpiece. It's racing games that ignited my love of video games, and I hope they will be around forever. As our world moves away from gasoline engines, I hope there will still be a place for those of us who enjoy driving as more than a means of transportation, and I hope that racing video games stick around for the long haul.
