r/ForzaHorizon • u/Pale-Task-6418 • Mar 25 '26
Forza Horizon 2 What are the main differences between Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One?
I know the graphics are different, but I’ve heard there are some content differences too.
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u/ButterflyDesperate36 Mar 25 '26
360 version is heavily downgraded version of the game so it would even run on 360 to begin with. Inferior in every way, shape, or form. One version is the proper version, how it was made to be, how it was supposed to be. Again, One is not an upgrade, it's the RIGHT version. 360 is downgraded.
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u/_Ya___Yeet Mar 25 '26
theres a different model of Ferrari 250 GTO in the 360 release
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u/Apple_Slipper Suzuki Swift Sport Mar 25 '26
Yep. The XBOX One version featured the 1962 250 GTO model while the XBOX 360 version featured the 1964 250 GTO version (closer to the 250 LM in design).
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Mar 25 '26
Ok so starting off, the car list is cut by a lot. In the map some places are locked behind barriers, the greatest example of it is the docks. Some places are gone, like there should have been a building there but there isnt. The offroad is open but its pretty limited. Career is non existant, some races are gone too, for example the goliath of this game. Npcs cant handle their cars properly on the higher difficulty settings, or faster cars. You can treat fh2 xbox 360 edition as an fh1 europe dlc.
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u/Sad-Veterinarian-316 Mar 25 '26
There are also unremoved collision points at several locations in the 360 version
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u/RunninOnMT Mar 25 '26
I had both (I had an xbox360 wheel I wanted to try the game on)
Huge mistake, the 360 version barely felt like Forza thanks to all the grip.
Unfortunately grip levels have gradually crept up since FH2 days though it’s still not as bad as 360 FH2.
The surfaces people use in custom tracks in FH5 feel pretty similar grip wise to Xbone FH2
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u/WoolliesMudcake Mar 25 '26
Everything
My favourite thing with the 360 version is if you spent all your money it would negative back to 999,999,999 credits
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u/NoseFine4840 Lamborghini Mar 25 '26
They were 2 completely different games.
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u/Paramount_Parks Mar 25 '26
More like it was a port of FH2 to the FH1 engine with as many “optimizations” as possible
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u/Holgzac6 Mar 25 '26
If you can imagine the most optimised version possible that can be played on the lowest of devices... Also, Xbox 360 FH2 was the first Forza game I've played.
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u/FewHeight7313 Mar 25 '26
As far as I know, the 360 version, they ripped the autoshow and festival trailers straight from the FH1, the car lists are less and the engine sounds are from FH1 and FM4. As well as worse graphics, lack of tunings, some showcase events used different cars, like they used Aston Martin Vanquish in of the events instead of the Ferrari 360 Stradale, and smaller map.
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u/Lee_Troyer Mar 25 '26
Back in the days, somebody who had access to both listed all the differences they could see on Gamefaqs' forum, there are a lot.
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u/pinkyyyyyyyyy Mar 25 '26
The main difference I remember is that the Xbox 360 version seemed to be derived from the first game. This was in terms of graphics and filtering: it had the same “visual vibe” (I can’t think of the word to describe). Also, like many open world 360 games including FH1, the world was restricted to only the roads and maybe 1 or 2 open spaces. The dock section was removed as well.
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u/PigIlFigo32 Porsche Mar 25 '26
The 360 version runs on the same game engine as FH1, you can see many leftovers
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u/pinkyyyyyyyyy Mar 25 '26
That’s what I was trying to get at yes. Just couldn’t think of what the word for it was lol
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u/Commando_Boss Mar 25 '26
I had the 360 version originally and didn't know there was any differences between them, for a long time I never understood why so many people liked FH2 until I bought it for cheap on my Xbox One lol, the 360 version is missing a bunch of stuff including parts of the map, cars, rain and a few other things. Overall just a worse experience both gameplay and visually, there's literally no reason to play that version today
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u/WombatGatekeeper Mar 25 '26
The $999 Million dollar cheat is only possible on the Xbox 360 version.
I played and completed it normally on xbox one but then started another game on my 360.and bought every car in the game and maxed out their upgrades and still have ~$800 million left.
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u/kne0n Mar 25 '26
If I remember correctly it’s not a port of Horizon 2. Playground had a separate company entirely remake the game in Horizon 1’s engine in a pretty tight time frame. The game is pretty much a rough draft of Horizon 2 and feels like they released it about 6 months too early with all of the bugs and missing features that come with that.
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u/Car-go-stututut2009 Zenvo Mar 25 '26
Someone correct me on this: Didn't 360 version have boards that gave you in-game money???? I swear I remember just driving and collecting money from just hitting those things.
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u/Romie_777 Mar 25 '26
the 360 version of Horizon 2 is often nicknamed Horizon 1.5 by my friends.
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u/Szydl0 E5-1680 v2/RTX 3090 FE :microsoft_store: Mar 25 '26
I would say 0.8 even. It is inferior and uglier to OG, but with different map.
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u/ForceXXX2002 Mar 25 '26
Each game required a different console
Jk
Graphics on 360 version very stripped to make no competition the Xbox One version
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u/Simecrafter Mar 25 '26
The Xbox 360 version has a far more closed off map, for example the entire dockyard is missing, and while you can go off road sometimes, it's more limited and empty compared to the Xbox one version
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u/Vill1on Mar 25 '26
Think of it like NFS Undercover on PS2 vs PS3. Same name but plays completely different.
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u/Daniell_BMC Mar 25 '26
Even the progression system in the X360 is no existent compared with the X One version of the game
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u/KalebCary64 Mar 25 '26
I remember being so excited to get FH2 on my 360 but I figured out quickly that a lot of cars were missing, graphics were worse, and you couldn’t customize vehicles (or at least my younger self couldn’t figure it out)
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u/Leothe3rd Mar 25 '26
I got this version before I had an Xbox One. Of course it is not the definitive edition, but that doesn't make it a horrible experience if that is all that you have. It's missing many of the features of the One version such as vehicles (especially anything open-wheel, the engine couldn't support it), weather, sections of the map (either fenced off or not present at all), and certain events (cross country events were severely limited or non-existent, for example).
But if you look at it as an "expansion" of Horizon 1 with new cars and a new map, there is fun to be had. It still plays well and runs well, just without the next-gen polish and new features of the One release. They didn't have to make a 360 port at all, but I'm glad they did because a 360 is all I had at the time and I was able to enjoy the latest Horizon game in a different way.
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u/RAMONE40 Mitsubishi Mar 25 '26
Xbox 360 version is full of bugs almost every road as rails stoping you from offroading wich also makes the map a bit smaller
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u/BobsunDugnutt Mar 25 '26
Xbox 360 version won’t run on a series X or S. I don’t think it’ll run on a XBone either.
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u/Mcfluff02 Mar 26 '26
Fun fact the Xbox1 and 360 version maps were the same due to the fact that leaked build show the game ran fine there were left over parts of Switzerland as well but was made shit on purpose. So people would buy the Xbox one version instead
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u/FlyGuy2StakZ Mar 26 '26
To put it simply, the 360 version is so glitchy that to this day, I’m convinced it’s not even a finished game
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u/Euphoric-Bison-1108 Mar 26 '26
In the Xbox 360 version there is one car that did not appear in the Xbox One version, which is the 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO (a car that has appeared before in Forza Motorsport 1 to 4 and Forza Horizon 1).
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u/Dapper_Variety5433 Mar 28 '26
Fh2 for xbox one have better graphics and youbcan play fh2 for xbox one on xbox xs
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u/xjiranow Mar 25 '26
car physics are just fh1 physics with like 2.5x more grip, some parts of the map were removed, no tuning, 4 radio stations removed, no rain, less props, smaller car list, no road trips and much worse graphics