The Downfalls of the Horizon Festival
One of my favorite styles in racing games of the past few years has to be the Forza: Horizon series. The concept is simple: you're at a car festival trying to win enough races to take the overall winners podium. The thing that really sets it apart from other games in the Forza series (and in truth, from most other racing games) is that you're not always on closed courses. Instead of going from the end of a race to a different screen and then into the start of another race in the set that you're trying to complete, you were actually able to explore the world around the races. Sure, you're in one particular area, such as Horizon 3's version of Australia, instead of traveling around the world, but the landscape is almost 100% discoverable. Honestly, that's the kind of thing I love the most. That happens to be the same reason I love the Midnight Club games, but those aren't the topic here. As a real festival, Horizon would more than likely be a menace. The Ho...
