This had occurred to me not since I played Forza 4. Since Forza is a game by car lovers for car lovers, it had me thinking, ‘Can cartoon characters like cars, or how about anime characters, or maybe video game characters?’. I thought that there might be a Forza Motorsport/Horizon crossover game where all of these characters from different anime, cartoons, and video game franchises come together and race in different tuners, classics, muscles, sports, exotics and race cars, and also getting to know these cars. Not all characters can race cars. Most of them can spectate, be a pit crew, or be crew chief for the driver.
Single-player wise, the player plays as a rookie driver accepted into the F.A.R.A. Forza Auto Racing Association. A car association dedicated to bringing the thrill of auto racing, and car passion across the world. However, the player is not the only driver in this racing association. A select handful of other drivers are also entering this racing association (i.e. characters from various Japanese anime, western cartoons, video games, etc.) all with different reasons, agendas, and purposes, and the player race against them. The career spans between different leagues and divisions ranging from amateur everyday city cars, to pro tuner, and sports cars, to master high-end racing machines. Events can include focusing on cars from a specific class, a certain decade, horsepower, engine type, car rivalries, car class, or a particular car family. Events are narrated through commentary by professional drivers (Jeff Gordon, Tanner Foust, Lewis Hamilton, etc.), and the casts of BBC’s Top Gear (James May, Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson(hopefully)). When not racing, players can interact with the other drivers and ask them what they like about this association, why are they in this, and what made them want to race in the first place. If the player were to get on a character’s good side, then that character will give the player more helpful benefits such as granting the player more xp for good sportsmanship and won’t be aggressive. Get on their bad side, and that character will be marked as a rival and will become more aggressive. Players can also look into each driver’s bio for extra info.
The car roster will be up to 650 officially licensed cars from various manufacturers such as Ferrari, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche (hopefully) and they can range from slow, everyday city cars, to classic sport and muscle cars, convertibles, exotics, off-road cars and trucks, to import tuners and hyper cars, NASCAR stock cars, open wheel cars, formula one racers, and high-end racing machines. Tracks include real world location spanning from real race courses such as Indianapolis, Suzuka, Daytona, Silverstone, Laguna Seca, and the Nurburgring. City tracks, such as New York, Tokyo, Barcelona, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, London, Seoul, Dubai, and San Francisco, and original tracks, such as the Bernese Alps, Maple Valley, and Fujimi Kaido (I think it is) all with dynamic weather and time of day.
Now for characters, I mostly would go for what I would think look capable enough to driving a car in general. Initial D is a good example because that anime is centered around cars and racing.
