Counting Cars

For car Enthusiasts without money; it's more than a game.

355, 356, 357, 358, 359... It felt impossible to find that one last car. I kept a watchful eyes over the nameplates and I felt like the last car was going to be a DLC car that never drives around. It would mean i could buy that last car and take a photo of it myself, but the immersion of driving around looking for every car in the game. For me it was pride of "winning" a huge game of hide and seek. And I finally found that last car, 360.

For those of you who are still asking what game I'm talking about, it's Forza: Horizon 2. They have this unique aspect to the game called the Horizon Promo. It starts off with the organizer  wanting specific vehicle pictures for money. But after getting the achievement for taking 100 unique car photos it becomes hunt for every car in the game. The hardest part is that the traffic counts as a unique vehicle.

My favorite part of the mechanic was how it let you take an action shot of every car in the game. I have an entire USB drive full of those amazing cars. To the average person this is sheer nonsense. But to the car enthusiast it's a dream come true. Cars are expensive, and if they weren't we'd own them all. A $60 game full of amazing cars is amazing to start when it's as good as Forza but when it adds a mechanic to enjoy those cars even more, is like heaven.

Car love to try out new cars and customize them. But what we like just as much is getting to make them look pretty too. And that new paint job needs a backdrop to go with it. That's why the location of Horizon 2 makes the photo gallery perfect. The lush green background makes the perfect backdrop. Now if only purchasing a car in game let you purchase one in real life.

--Shutout