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Forza (Italian for "strength") is a popular series of simulation racing video games for Xbox consoles, Windows, Android, and iOS devices published by Xbox Game Studios.

The franchise is primarily divided into two ongoing titles: Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon. The Forza Motorsport series, developed by American developer Turn 10 Studios, focuses on primarily professional-style track racing events and series. The Forza Horizon series, developed by British developer Playground Games, focuses on open world environments and revolves around the fictional racing and music festival called the "Horizon Festival".

Forza Motorsport is the sixth best-selling racing franchise, with about 16 million copies sold as of April 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Games

Motorsport

Forza Motorsport (2005)

Main article: Forza Motorsport

Forza Motorsport was released in 2005 and is the first installment in the Forza Motorsport series, a series that has continued on Microsoft's current console, the Xbox 360.

Forza Motorsport 2 (2007)

Main article: Forza Motorsport 2

Forza Motorsport 2 is a realistic racing simulator on the Xbox 360, the sequel to Forza Motorsport which was released for the Xbox in 2005. The Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel was developed alongside Forza Motorsport 2 and is designed to work with the game

Forza Motorsport 3 (2009)

Main article: Forza Motorsport 3

The game includes more than 400 customizable cars (More than 500 cars in the Ultimate Collection version) from 50 manufacturers and more than 100 race track variations with the ability to race up to eight cars on track at a time. These cars vary from production cars to race cars such as those from the American Le Mans Series.

The cover art features a North American spec Audi R8, and is the first time the featured car is not a racing or tuned car.

Forza Motorsport 4 (2011)

Main article: Forza Motorsport 4

Forza Motorsport 4 is a racing video game, and the fourth in the Forza Motorsport series. Like Sony's Gran Turismo franchise, Forza games are racing simulations; heavy emphasis is placed on making the cars drive and look as realistic as possible. Races are conducted on closed circuit tracks. 500 cars are featured in the core game experience, ranging from road cars to race cars.

Forza Motorsport 5 (2013)

Main article: Forza Motorsport 5

Forza Motorsport 5 is a simulation racing video game, the fifth in the Motorsport series, and the sixth game in the Forza series. The game was first confirmed by the Sebull of Microsoft France.^[1] The game was released on November 22, 2013, exclusively for Xbox One.^[2]

Forza Motorsport 6 (2015)

Forza Motorsport 6 was released for Xbox One on September 15, 2015.

Forza Motorsport 7 (2017)

Forza Motorsport 7 was released for Windows 10 and Xbox One on October 3, 2017.

Forza Motorsport (2023)

The eighth Forza Motorsport, which serves as a reboot of the sub-series, was released for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 10, 2023.

Horizon (2012-present)

Forza Horizon (2012)

Main article: Forza Horizon

Forza Horizon is the first open-road spin off game based around a fictitious festival called the Horizon, set in Colorado, USA. The game incorporates many different gameplay aspects from previous Forza Motorsport titles, like the large variety of cars, realistic physics and high definition graphics. The aim is to progress through the game by means of obtaining "Wristbands" by driving fast, destroying property, winning races and other driving antics. Horizon is set to feature the physics of Forza Motorsport 4, which have been optimized to work on the 65 variants of terrain said to be present in the game. Players can drive off-road in select areas, while others are limited by guardrails or other means.

Forza allows the player to "mod up" the car that is selected from the garage by changing numerous features both internally and externally on a car. One can also obtain cars by winning races with random drivers on the street, by winning larger competitive races, and by finding sheds that contain treasure cars.

Forza Horizon 2 (2014)

Forza Horizon 3 (2016)

Forza Horizon 4 (2018)

Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

Spin-offs

Forza Street (2019-2022)

Forza Customs (2023)

References

External links

• Forza official website
• Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series at MobyGames
• Forza (video game series) at Logopedia
• Forza at Wikipedia

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