When a game world doesn’t make sense, you could simply dismiss it as being “just a game.” Or, through the power of imagination, you could attempt to truly visualize it and then discuss at length how absolutely absurd it truly is. With that in mind, it’s time I say it: Forza Horizon 6 and the previous entries in the series do not make sense, and the longer we think about it, the weirder it gets.
If you’re unfamiliar, each game in the Forza Horizon series is set at the Horizon Festival, a car show-meets-music-festival that spans a large portion of the country the festival is set in. There are racing events, all manner of records to break, and you’re encouraged to explore every road on the map to find things like abandoned cars and collectibles, which you collect by driving through them.
In many ways, it’s kind of like the Olympics: Each festival is set in a different region, such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, or, most recently, Japan. Space is dedicated to these races; markers are put down, new dirt roads are made, and semi-permanent structures are erected to house the thousands of incoming cars. But while countries fight for the privilege of hosting the Olympics, who would ask to host the Horizon Festival?
When the Horizon Festival descends on a region, countless drivers appear and begin to wreak havoc on the city and countryside. These drivers are destroying forests, private property, and municipal infrastructure; they slam into civilian cars at hundreds of miles per hour. They take “abandoned” cars out of old barns. Maybe someone left that car there for a reason? Surely, there should be some consequences, right? But you won’t find anything resembling law enforcement appearing, no matter what you do. That sounds impossible.
There’s only one answer that makes this all make sense: billionaires.
