You won’t be jumping over collapsing buildings, bringing cargo planes down with harpoons or towing bank safes through streets.įortunately, the cars are the real star attractions. One highlight cross-country Showcase event has you racing against an attack helicopter, but it hardly compares to the spectacular stuntwork seen in the films. Voice actor Ludacris, who plays hacker Tej in the films, provides some inane one-liners in an attempt to contextualise the racing and immerse you into the Fast and Furious universe, but in reality there’s still little connection to the film franchise: these are the same standard events you can play in the main game completely devoid of the OTT action found in the films. Unlike in Forza Horizon 2, you don’t even need to buy them – to unlock them, you simply complete a series of tiered events dotted around the map that vary from circuit and point-to-point races, to special Showcase events that pit you against another form of vehicle: in this case a helicopter and cargo plane. Set in a cut-down version of Forza Horizon 2’s map set in a peculiarly pedestrian-less Southern France (roughly only a third of the original map is accessible spanning Nice and Saint Martin), ten cars lifted from Fast and Furious 7 are up for grabs. But therein lies the problem: in essence, what you’re getting is a glorified demo of Forza Horizon 2. Indeed, for anyone who has yet to experience Forza Horizon 2’s majesty, the expansion is a suitable showcase of what you’ve been missing: you’re getting the same glorious graphics, the same sublime car handling and the same picture perfect roads that look like something out of a Top Gear road trip. Fortunately, this expansion has the benefit of being powered by Forza Horizon 2’s exquisite engine. There have also been a few free Fast and Furious mobile spin-offs, but nothing has exactly been memorable. ![]() However, as we know, film game tie-ins are traditionally terrible, and Fast and Furious is no exception – we still haven’t forgotten the farce that was Fast and Furious Showdown. Likewise, the Forza franchise has become a staple in car culture-embracing entertainment, so merging the two franchises seemed like a fitting collaboration. Yes, the one-liners are consistently cringe-worthy, the story is an inconvieniant device to get to the next action scene and the stunts have become self-awaringly-ludicrous, but leave your brain in the back seat and you’d be hard-pressed not to have a good time watching a Fast and Furious film if you consider yourself a petrolhead. Now with an oversized ensemble cast of action heroes that rivals The Expendables (a group that Diesel’s character Dom lovingly refers to as his ‘family’), noone would have thought it would reach film number seven – and with an eight instalment already in the pipeline for release in 2017, it’s on course to overtake Police Academy in its obscene number of sequels.Īnd yet unlike Police Academy, audiences are showing no signs of fatigue, as the seemingly unstoppable franchise has turned into a lucrative cash cow: audiences apparently can’t get enough of its high-octane car stunts, testosterone-filled fist fights and objectifying shots of scantily clad women. Can Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious justify its price of admission?įast and Furious has come a long way since its humble street racing roots. Now, though, you have to cough up £6.99, which is a far less enticing proposition. Initially, the expansion was released as a free download for a limited time, in what was admittedly an ingenious marketing move to promote both franchises. ![]() Even my girlfriend, who is by no means a Fast and Furious fanatic, I should add, couldn’t hold back by the tears by the time the credits rolled. Sadly, the untimely death of Paul Walker likely played a big part in its success, but at least he had a sensitive send-off in the film which was fitting and tear-jerking. ![]() Capitalising on the gargantuan success of the multi-million Fast and Furious franchise, Forza Horizon 2 recently had its own Fast and Furious spin-off in the form of the awkwardly titled Forza Horizon 2 Presents: Fast & Furious, a standalone expansion coinciding with the theatrical release of Fast and Furious 7 which went on to miraculously smash Box Office records, becoming the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
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