Summary
Without warning, the acclaimedForzafranchise has releasedForza Customs, a spin-off game based on the popular racing series. This release comes on the heels ofForza Motorsport, which launched in October. The franchise consistently garners solid-to-stellar reviews, and the latest edition is no different asForza Motorsportquickly became one of 2023’s highest-rated games.
Forzahas historically been a franchise split into two series, the highly realistic racing sim games under theForza Motorsportmoniker and the open-worldForza Horizonstitles. Both series have been some ofXbox’s best franchisesover the past couple of decades. Now, it appears as though theForzafranchise is expanding in another direction on a new platform.
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Forza Customs,a match-three puzzle game based on the historic racing franchise, has been released on the App Store and Google Play Store without any prior announcement. The new spin-off title in theForzafranchise takes the addictive puzzle genre and mashes it up with a bevy of car customization options. By completing puzzle challenges, players can obtain points in order to further customize iconic cars, all based on real-world vehicles. The various customization options allow players to give these classics a modern spin or stick with a retro aesthetic.
While quite a departure from theForza MotorsportandForza Horizonseries,Customsstill maintains its car enthusiast focus.Forza Customsis developed by Hutch Games, a mobile studio focused mainly on car-centric titles. While still fairly new,Forza Customshas garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews on the App Store. At the time of this writing,Forza Customsis rated 4.8 out of 5 with nearly 2,500 user reviews.
Forza Customsrepresents a new direction for the racing series. However, just like howForza Motorsportsuggests there’s room for twotriple-AForzatitles on Game Pass,Customs’wholly new direction on mobile platforms makes a case for itself too. Not to mention, the positive reviews keep in line with the franchise’s longstanding commitment to quality.
Forza
Forza is a racing franchise from Xbox Game Studios that is split into two series. Firstly, there’s Forza Motorsport, which focuses on more serious, professional racing set on either real tracks or fictional tracks made with realism in mind.Forza Horizon, on the other hand, takes players to fictional open worlds and gives them the freedom to race around enormous maps and take on races and other challenges at their leisure.
