Os Veteranos Que Criaram Forza Horizon e Mudaram os Jogos de Corrida Para Sempre

In 2010, a group of veterans from Codemasters, Bizarre Creations, and Criterion founded a studio with not a single game in its portfolio. Two years later, they released Forza Horizon—a spin-off that the industry dismissed before even playing it. Thirteen years later, the main Forza Motorsport franchise struggles to remain relevant. Forza Horizon 5 surpassed 50 million players. The spin-off became the flagship title. This is the story of how a team of veterans took DiRT 2, Test Drive Unlimited, and Project Gotham Racing, and built upon those benchmarks the biggest racing franchise on Xbox. 📌 VIDEO SEGMENTS 00:00 — Opening 01:33 — The Collapse of the Racing Genre (2010-2012) 04:21 — Codemasters, Bizarre, Criterion: The Pedigree 06:45 — The Pitch Microsoft Didn't Expect 09:31 — Why Colorado, and Not Somewhere Else 11:34 — What Forza Horizon 1 Really Was 17:15 — Reception: 85 on Metacritic, 9.0 on IGN 18:51 — The Microsoft of 2012 That Brazil Won't Get Back 21:47 — Legacy: The Inversion of Turn 10 and Playground Games 📚 SOURCES • Digital Foundry — Making of Forza Horizon (interviews with Ralph Fulton, Gavin Raeburn, Alan Roberts) • Eurogamer — Playground Games interviews (2011-2013) • Team VVV — joint interview Fulton/Raeburn • Original reviews: IGN, Eurogamer, UOL Start, Voxel, TechTudo • BGS 2012 coverage (Microsoft Brazil) • Bloomberg / Jason Schreier — Turn 10 restructuring (July 2025) 🎮 ABOUT THE CHANNEL Próxima Fase brings stories, curiosities and analyses from the world of games. Journalistic content about the history of consoles, the development of classic games and the impact of the industry in Brazil. 💛 BECOME A MEMBER You can contribute to the channel by becoming a member and gain access to exclusive content:    / @proxima_fase   📲 OUR CHANNELS WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKs... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channel/Aba... Telegram: https://t.me/proximafase 📧 BUSINESS INQUIRIES [email protected] #ForzaHorizon #PlaygroundGames #Xbox360 #RacingGames #HistoryOfGames --- 🎵 Music used: Battle Of Pogs by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 🎬 Edited by: Felipe Lobo