When the original Forza Horizon came out in 2012, it took everyone by surprise. Forza was a series of simcade racing games developed by Turn 10 Studios and was heavily promoted by Microsoft as Gran Turismo’s rival and as a valid reason for genre fans to purchase the Xbox.
But then, in early 2012, it was announced that this unknown studio called Playground Games was going to make a spinoff, Forza Horizon.
