Forza Horizon 6 has learned at least one neat trick from Ridge Racer. It’s learned that for a certain kind of racing game, something that’s dreamy yet exactingly arcadey by turn, it’s quite nice to ghost around a corner every now and then and find something dramatic happening overhead. In Ridge Racer this something was often a jumbo taking off. In Horizon 6, it could be one of those chunky helicopters with two sets of propellors, or even a group of jet fighters flying in formation. But games are as prone to inflation as everything else. At one point, I crested a hill and a huge space rocket launched. Not bad, Horizon. Not bad.
