http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/06/02/ign-first-forza-horizon-2-announced

It’s time to crank up the stereo and hit the open road once again, as Microsoft has announced Forza Horizon 2, the next installment in their flagship racing series. Forza Horizon 2 is in development for Xbox One and Xbox 360 and due for release this fall.

The racer follows 2012’s critically acclaimed franchise spinoff Forza Horizon for Xbox 360 and 2013’s frontline Xbox One launch game Forza Motorsport 5. Development is being handled primarily by Horizon 1 studio Playground Games, though the team is collaborating closely with the Motorsport team at Turn 10 Studios; the two teams share a technology pipeline as well as select key personnel.

Hello, Lambo.

“[Turn 10 and Playground] share this belief that we can create a true home for racing fans on Xbox One,” said Horizon 2 creative director Ralph Fulton.

In making the leap to Xbox One, Forza Horizon 2 will include hundreds of cars, according to Playground Games, headlined by the 2015 Lamborghini Huracán. A long-awaited weather system will also make its Forza debut, while Forza 5’s Drivatar system is also being adapted for Horizon 2.

As for the game’s setting? Contrary torecent rumors, it won’t take place in the bayous of Louisiana. Instead, the game will take place in gorgeous Southern Europe, leading to, in Fulton’s words, “incredible diversity” and “amazing vistas.” Music will again play a big part in the game, and a music festival will be the central event around which the game’s activities revolve.

Extensive improvements and features are in store for Horizon 2, which IGN will showcase throughout June as part of our brand-new IGN First initiative. We traveled to Playground Games in the UK and brought back a (metric!) ton of content that we’re excited to share with you all month long, including tomorrow’s full preview of our hands-on time with the game.

That sound you hear in the distance is the sound check for another music festival and the revving up of supercar engines…

Southern Europe?! Omg yes

Cross-gen? Really? C'mon, Microsoft...

Edit: By the way, that's another game MS announces before E3? Either that means they're desperate or their conference is so filled with awesomeness, that they have to announce a few games before.

Cool that it’s multiplat, I think if this does as well as the previous Horizon game it would be worth Microsoft buying Playground Games.

surprised its cross gen i just hope theres a diff between the two other then higher framerate and resolution.

i think Europe is a neat place to go to

For a game coming out this fall i was hoping for more footage, but i guess they will be saving that for the E3 show.

So, they get crap for not supporting the 360, now they get more for supporting it?

They can't win.

Are you serious?

The footage at E3 should be awesome. Doubt they'll show 360 footage.

da fuq? cross gen? will no one commit to next gen?