History Videogame / ForzaMotorsport

* CallBack / ShoutOut: M. Rossi, the MemeticBadass from ''Forza 2'', ''3'' and ''4'' returns as one of the random racers you can find cruising in ''Horizon''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why Porsche wasn't originally in ''Forza 4''. ElectronicArts basically held the rights to use Porsche vehicles in their games, and in the middle of Forza's development, they told the Forza developers to get rid of them. However, EA lost the license and Turn 10 managed to snag them before the rights were renewed, and an expansion pack pack was released in May.

** Forza Horizon's rendition of Colorado, according to the developers at least, is set to be full of this.

** Player badges and titles in ''4'' (avatars and little lines of text under your name in the game lobby) are rewarded for doing certain tasks. Some are easy, like getting a perfect Turn score, or owning 10 cars. Some require huge amounts of effort and determination, such as owning 300 cars, or [[FateWorseThanDeath driving 1000 miles in a Prius]].

* Expy: Duke Maguire is ''Horizon'''s version of Johnny Knoxville, who makes it quite clear he's only there to smash up expensive cars for his new show.

An open-world, more "relaxed" game, entitled Forza Horizon, is set to be released in October 2012. The game appears to follow a mixture of several free roam and street racing titles from over the years, taking influences from games such as Need for Speed: ProStreet (the track day/car show elements), Test Drive Unlimited (free roam with other players in real time) and the majority of Forza games themselves (the physics engine has been carried across from 4, whilst the customization system and most of the road cars have also been retained). ''Horizon'' also introduces off-road racing for the first time in the Forza series.

** A Rally expansion pack was revealed for Horizon about a week before the game was even out. Whoops.

** Generally justified, as ''4'' features a lot more niche and unique cars where no real company would design aftermarket parts for them. However, said niche cars often use engines or are actually built from other cars (for example, the Bertone Mantide is just a Corvette ZR1 with a lighter, radically designed body), so the reason why aftermarket companies were removed besides advertising billboards remains unclear.

* CreatorProvincialism: Not to the same extent as GranTurismo, but there are a lot of classic and modern muscle cars, as the company is American. Recent DLCs have greatly expanded the previous non-existant classic European [[hottip:*: non-Italian]] cars, adding in companies like Austin-Healey, and adding in cars like the Peugot 205 and BMW 507.

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive: [[ShownTheirWork HEAVY DUTY]] Aversion - if the tail end is sliding on your SEAT, unless [[BadassDriver you're doing it on purpose]], it's because you ruined the suspension. However, if the manufacturer also has rear wheel drive cars, you can typically perform RWD swaps on the cars - so you could make a RWD Honda Civic.

* Recycled Script: Alot of Clarkson's comments during the Autovista section are often taken from his own reviews on TopGear, albeit slightly changed to avoid being too obvious.

** The player's character in ''Horizon'' has the exact same animations as the driver in ''4'', albeit is dressed in a neutral fashon rather than full racing attire.

* NoNameGiven: Your [[TheVoiceless silent]] protagonist in ''Horizon''. Lampshaded by the other competitors, invoked by the radio stations; they point out your character didn't even ''register his name''.

* VillianWithGoodPublicity: Not a "villain" per se (it's a racing game, after all.), but Darius Flynt in ''Horizon'' is the most self centered and vapid of all the serious competitors you face. He is, however, an amazing driver, something the fans keep supporting.

* NoNameGiven: Your [[TheVoiceless silent]] protagonist in ''Horizon''. Lampshaded by the other competitors; one of the radio stations say that your driver hasn't even ''said his name''.

** If your car's decals are not visible in a race, your Xbox '''will''' crash when you return to the lobby. How often it happens varies by player, from every other race (rendering the game effectively unplayable) to every dozen or so races.

** Jossed, as practically ''none'' of these cars were added. Instead, it seems older variants of cars have been replaced/updated with newr models in time for ''Forza 5''.

* SequelHook: Open for debate, but many players have considered the addition of SUV's and other other classic cars in ''4'' as a way of boosting the car list for ''Horizon''.

* ATasteOfPower: 3 begins with a practice race in an Audi R8... and then makes you pick between a Honda Fit or a Ford Fiesta.
** 4 starts with a practice race in a Ferrari 458 Italia, and makes you pick between a Toyota Aygo or a Chevrolet Spark.

* The Lotus Esprit V8 has a similar issue; adding a roll cage blocks half the windscreen so you can only see the bottom half of the road.

* FragileSpeedster: Small cars like the Lotus Elan and Mazda Miata offer extremely good handling, but they're ''tiny'' and slight nudges can cause them to spin out.
** Le Mans Prototypes

** The Warthog from {{Halo}} will appear as an EasterEgg in the Autovista mode. Unfortunately, it's not drivable.