Don't know if anyone already said this:
The lead game designer at Playground Games worked on GTA IV, so this might tell you something about those open world rumors. According to another article "Forza World was a project at playground games" the article was posted in May 2011.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-13-kinect-MS-to-serve-hardcore-at-e3
So it is not a cash-in game, but something with a 2 year development cycle from staff responsible for PGR and DiRT / GRID. Add a Turn10 graphic engine and things start to look really great
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...







