[STEAM] 2005 is back baby as a car racing game becomes this year’s most acclaimed title

[Steam 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

The graphics in this game are incredible. Image via

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

However, while we did get some solid racing games in the 2010s and these wretched post-pandemic 2020s, I fail to recall a moment where one of them was the best-reviewed game of the year. And while we're only at the halfway point of 2026, Forza Horizon 6 has

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, with a Metacritic average of 92.

That puts it above some of this year's heavyweight champions like Resident Evil Requiem and Pokémon Pokopia both at 89, Saros at 87, and my personal favorite, Pragmata, at 85. It's incredible when you think about it.

For the longest time, the Forza franchise stood as a more casual, laidback experience that combined all sorts of side activities and relatively solid vehicle handling and graphics without really doing anything too out of the ordinary or even revolutionizing the genre to any significant degree. To see a game precisely in that series really makes me eager to play it, because I am now genuinely intrigued to see what Horizon 6 offers over its predecessors (or other games in the genre, for that matter).

The one thing I always thought was missing from modern racing games is a proper storyline. Most Wanted really emphasized the narrative and was thus significantly more memorable than if it had just given us some solid racing.

Nevertheless,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, praising its handling and the incredibly picturesque setting that is Japan. No mentions of story, sadly, but I guess the driving is just so good that you don't even need one.

The post

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

appeared first on

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up