

You always have the on-screen map, but it’s better to have sharp instincts, and you’ll be using those more than anything else in the heat of battle. Visibility is reduced to nearly nothing during them, which requires you to rely on more skills than usual during an actual race. Even with a third-person camera view, you’ll be blown away by the sheer amount of rain hitting the roads and your car during a storm. Storm Island is all about extremes, so you can expect to either have the screen bathed in sunlight or experience the biggest rainstorms seen in gaming to date. The biggest appeal to current owners of the full game is the new weather system.

Winning that theoretically ends things, but nothing’s stopping you from a return visit. Like the main game, there’s a lot of championships to win, and after a dozen, you’ll earn a spot in the finale. Storm Island grants players a new setting and a new campaign to play through. This off-roaders’ paradise is known for unpredictable weather and revamps the racing roster to be a bit more truck-heavy than Forza Horizon 2.

Now we get the first story-based DLC in the history of the series as the Horizon festival goes off the mainland of Europe and into the dangerous area nearby known as Storm Island. The Forza series is known for being DLC-heavy when it comes to cars, but less so when it comes to core game content.
