Forza Horizon 2
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Forza Horizon 2 is a racing developed by Playground Games, released 30 September 2014 on Xbox One and Xbox 360.
What Forza Horizon 2 is
Forza Horizon 2 is a racing game developed by Playground Games and released in 2014. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox One and Xbox 360.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Forza Horizon 2 is a 2014 racing video game developed for Microsoft's Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. It is the sequel to 2012's Forza Horizon, the seventh instalment in the Forza series, and the series' first multi-console instalment. The Xbox One version of the game was developed by Playground Games, the team behind the original Forza Horizon, while Sumo Digital developed the version for Xbox 360, with Forza series developer Turn 10 Studios supporting both builds. The Xbox 360 version is also the final Forza game released for the platform. The game received positive reviews from critics and a sequel, Forza Horizon 3, was released on 27 September 2016.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Forza series
Forza Horizon 2 is the 11th of 62 entries we hold in the Forza series. It arrived 10 months after Forza Motorsport 5. The next entry was Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious in 2015. Its critic score of 86 is almost exactly the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is Forza Horizon 5 at 94.
How it was received
Forza Horizon 2 holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 153 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 85.5 hrs.
What it launched against
Forza Horizon 2 launched on 30 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Forza Horizon 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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