Over the weekend, Playground Games formally revealed a new Hot Wheels-themed expansion for Forza Horizon 5, the first for the open-world racer since its release.
Microsoft has released an extended showcase event to provide further details behind some of the announcements, one of which being Horizon’s new expansion. As Mike Brown, the creative director at Playground Games puts it, the team feels that now is the “right time” to take the Forza x Hot Wheels concept further than what was done back with Forza Horizon 3.
Harder, better, faster, stronger
While there has been some backlash against Playground for retreading old ground, Brown states that this was done due to fans asking for it. And with the newfound power of the Xbox Series consoles, Playground has been able to go bigger, much bigger, with the scope of it all.
This is made obvious from the expansion’s central location, Horizon Nexus, which will serve as its primary Festival site. While other sites…
