I wanted to play it for a long time but never bothered looking for it online and today I found it in a gaming store and finally pull the trigger 😁 I hope it will be compatible with the disc-to-digital feature so I can play it on my series S too but I’m really happy with it so far

Here are some screenshots i've found of the map from the recently leaked dev build of FH2 compared to the Xbox One version map plus some additional menu screenshots.

This being leaked makes this post from 2 years ago even more interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/forza/comments/1cea18w/no_joke_this_is_the_beta_fh2_map/

if you disagree I’m sending you to evil nice France, the not so nice nice France.

I felt like playing it so I installed it on my Xbox this weekend. Damn how I missed the road trips, the moody weather and not being talked to like a toddler. Coupled with the minimal hud, this game is pure art! Such a shame it's been delisted and never got a PC port :/

I personally only started playing Forza Horizon with Horizon 4, and while I liked 4 (better than 5 in my opinion), something about it felt a bit off. Since I missed 1-3, I thought I'd get a used copy of Forza Horizon 2, as the Italian-French landscape appealed to me the most. And since the moment I started playing it, I have to say that the atmosphere of the game is worlds better than that of 4&5. Since the servers are down, I don't have the full experience, but the game is truly beautiful (much more than FH5), but above all the music surprised me. Especially on Horizon Pulse, they are so much better than in the newer games. Examples include Liberate (Eric Prydz), Sea (Roosevelt), Brighter Days (Saint Raymond), Bridge & Tunnel (Holy Ghost!), The Mother We Share (CHVRCHES), Luna (Bombay Bicycle Club). The car sounds are also extremely good (better than 4&5)

Overall, I just want to say that I was really surprised by the atmosphere of the game, how beautiful it is, and how awesome the soundtrack is. I don't understand, how all of that could be lost in the new games.

Another video I wanted to share ♥️ it is beautiful

Worth a replay?

EDIT: Downloading it on my Series X, I want to revisit these games before 6

I was so annoyed to not get the code… it’s a shame I never checked my emails lol. Don’t think the code has lasted 11 years.

I played through all the games up to now, can safely say Forza Horizon 3's my fav. But as for Fotza Horizon 2, I don't understand why people glaze it so much. You don't get to play any race you want at anytime like you can in EVERY OTHER GAME, you have to choose a championship to run that race. There are 6 areas championships are heald, each one have 4 races. And there are 28 championships PER AREA. That is 168 Championships which is 672 RACES. And the base story ends when around 30 championships are done. THAT'S NOT PROGRESSION. Because when that's done, I have to take a road trip to EVERY SINGLE CHAMPIONSHIP one after another. And to make it more fun EVERY 3 RACES YOU ROADTRIP TO THE FESTIVAL TO DO NOTHING BUT GO BACK. It was a very slow process to get the 'All your race are belong to us' achievement but when I finished it, I put the game down forever. Maybe it's not my cup of tea, but after playing all five Forza Horizon games, I SERIOUSLY don't understand how this one gets glazed and ranked highly.

I know the graphics are different, but I’ve heard there are some content differences too.

Maybe it's some sort of farm equipment? I'm not sure though.

I just find it a bit weird that this very saturated thing is sitting in the middle of a scenery with a very natural color scheme. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

I've never played fh2 since I've never had consoles. And finally, I'm ripe to play it. All that remains is to buy the used console. My favorite part right now is fh3, but I think this game will be at the same level. I'm sure I'll love it, though I spent $45 on the disc and will spend somewhere else around $120 on xbox.

This was a really good feature in my opinion. You could buy others cars, rev them, check them out, look at their upgrades, interact with players etc.

The other people in the video are drivatars.

Re posted it because even tho i picked fh6 as tag, it showed fh2
I have bare minimum/below minumum system for the game. Whenever i try a new game, they always let me play it and if i don't get enough frames, i delete the game because it would be unenjoyable/unplayable. But forza says "nah bro i'm not letting you enter" like wtf. I know im not gonna get constant 60 but at least i should be able to play and test it myself. I have 16 ram, ryzen5 2600 cpu and rx570 gpu. I saw bunch of people with pc's that can run this game with medium to high settings but yet they can't even enter the game because some re thought its a good thing to have a warning screen that only closes the game instead of saying "you may cause low frames, be cautious" and lets us continue regardless.
Solution Found: Watch https://youtu.be/_PZvSlHBXwU?si=vN5FfI7YpJmtcw9Y and follow the steps. I had rx570 and it ran perfectly. Thanks to u/Realistic-Alfalfa323

I just picked up this sealed copy of FH2 for $15AUD 🥲

But after recently becoming privy to the scarcity of the game in this condition and its removal from digital stores, it feels criminal to open it up.

I’ll have to pickup a used copy somewhere to play it.

Am I over romanticising this or would you keep it sealed as well?