Even the infamous Monte Carlo, with its incredibly narrow corners, can be finished without barely even releasing the accelerator. Indeed, players travel at insane speeds even through tight corners, as the Outrun-Esque approach allows the cars to fly through corners that even F1 cars would attempt at relatively low speeds. Even the weather closely follows what happened in the aforementioned races!īut of course, this is still Horizon Chase Turbo underneath it all, not a hardcore Formula 1 simulation. All this in tracks that closely follow the layout of the real Formula 1 track – the ones used in that time, no less, so for example Spa has the iconic Bus Stop before the start/finish straight as opposed to the currently used chicane. The epic second place in the Toleman in a soaked Monaco, the most memorable Lotus wins, but also the clashes with Alain Prost at McLaren. This, however, didn’t stop the developers from revisiting truly the greatest moments of his career. Predictably, the cars’ names and looks are close to the real deal but not licensed, as this DLC only has the right to use Ayrton Senna’s name and face. In the rather lengthy campaign mode, players can relive dozens of iconic races of Ayrton Senna’s glorious career, all the way from the shocker debut results in the Toleman, to the most iconic McLaren-Honda years between the end of the ’80s and the start of the ’90s. The game’s formula has been updated to a point for this piece of downloadable content, that it would have frankly made sense for the Brazilian developer Aquiris Game Studio to release it as a stand-alone product. It was therefore quite a surprise to see such a meaty DLC drop so late, and similarly, I did not expect to like it as much as I did. And yet, I felt that other similar products such as Hotshot Racing managed to provide deeper and more satisfying gameplay in the long run. This fun racer, inspired by arcade classics such as OutRun, managed to offer adrenaline-filled events with a colourful look that mimicked the car games of old. Maybe one day we’ll get a little break between all these new releases and revisit the original Horizon Chase Turbo with a Retro-Review of ours since we weren’t around at the time this game was first released in 2018. Spoiler: it’s surprisingly great! A New Formula (One) This licensed package revisits the most incredible stories and successes of arguably one of the best and most iconic racers in Formula 1 history, the Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna da Silva. We’re talking about the old-school arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo, which received a new downloadable content (DLC) with fairly little fanfare, but with a name that inevitably grabs people’s attention: Senna Forever. As we wait for two other slightly more notable “Horizon games”, namely Forza Horizon 5 and Horizon: Forbidden West, we have to revisit a little indie gem from 2018.
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