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Horizon Driving Simulator

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This game is just a great example of how it would look if Forza was on mobile. Though keep in mind that this is an indie game and a simulator, which means the graphics is not the main attraction of the game. But it's the gameplay that it delivers! As the name says "Horizon driving simulator" meaning it will let you simulate a gameplay similar to Forza horizon.

Right off the back I want to say this game is more like a demo for Forza horizon. You know how some console and PC games have a more lite version of their games that allows you to try out the game before you consider buying the full upgraded package. (So if you wanna know what Forza horizon plays like in terms of system and progression, this game can give you a taste of Forza, I gave this to my friend and now he is considering buying Forza horizon for himself)

What is this game?

This game is an open world racing game that has some similarities with Forza horizon (FH).

What is similar to FH in this mobile game?

the car handling and physics are NOT similar to Forza. So as someone who played FH these are what I found similar to horizon:

First, In FH driving fast and doing stunts gives you "skill score"(SS) accumulate enough (SS) and you get a "skill point" (SP) which you can spend it on your car to get money/xp or enhance it's (SS) multiplier to get (SP) faster or get "wheel spins" (which is something not present in this mobile game so I won't explain it). This game has that skill point system to all of its cars just like FH and it's hud display of the scores are exactly like how it's presented in FH.

Second, the map display and events are an one on one exact remakes of the ones in FH from "danger signs" to "speed traps" and "race events". A square shaped icon with stars under it presenting how well you did in the event.

Third, oh boy...these indie devs NAILED the beautiful and classic Forza horizon car customization and custom car decal editor. Honestly the decal editor is a hybrid of both Real racing 3 decal editor and FH decal editor. It's actually better than FH at some parts. But the downside is you cant create a decal group, (a decal group in Forza is a feature that allows you to merge multiple decals into one decal which can be saved for use and copied on an other car or share. What's neat about decal groups that ONE group counts as ONE decal so you won't run out of the "memory limit" most racing games have) so if you are looking for a amazing car customization game, this simulator have you covered with FH quality customization.

So far that's all I could recognize from this game, the incredible upgrade system to build cars for all three types of purposes (racing, drift and off-road) and customizing those cars to look like absolute beasts. And no the car sounds are not amazing but it's not bad either. There are some progression and a decent size map with some off road sections, as of now there are no day and night cycle but you can turn car lights on and off (also the same for TCS and ABS).

Overall, if you NEVER played Forza horizon in life and what to have a taste of Forza? Then this simulator is what you are looking for, If you played Forza before and wanna see what would it feel like playing FH on a phone? This simulator is your answer. THIS game is a 100% a must play for racing fans.

Note: keep in mind I never said this is a 100% replica of the FH gameplay this is simulator only have some of the aspects of FH for you to simulate. As if writing this an update has been out and I believe they tweaked the car handling and physics a bit but still not a one on one match with FHs physics.