About 6 hours of playtime, and I'm compelled to write about this.
The last time I religiously worshiped a racing game was Burnout: Paradise; hot off the original NFS: Most Wanted fever, which I probably played as much as a Halo game. I feel this game has struck some interesting tones with me that I didn't fully appreciate before. Yes, the racing games I liked before this were too arcade-y. And yes, Horizon is nothing close to sim-racing. But what's brilliant about it, is that it's right in the middle of those 2. On top of that, there's just something Utopian about the world of Horizon that's unmistakably original.
Whenever I start a session, I'm compelled to make to the highway. The incredibly long stretch of road is excellent for my souped up, 100bhp Skyline R34. Hitting 230MPH is exhilarating. Successfully dodging traffic through my shaky cockpit view with rock music blasting my ears, occasionally looking over and admiring the barren landscape (which surprisingly looks pleasing) stretching for miles, is quite simply, blissful. Damn near perfect image quality of this game is astounding.
Currently I'm playing with the following settings:
ABS: On
Traction: Off
Steering: Normal
Driving line: Breaking only
Opponent difficulty: Hard
I think I might just tip over and buy Horizon 2. Let's see. Props to playground games for this effort.
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