You’ll also need to upgrade them with kits if you want them to be more competitive in the harder races.
You can customize the liveries for your cars. This marriage between fun and realism is where Horizon 3 lies. However, it’s not so detail-oriented that you can’t just pick it up and play it. The semi-sim driving feel is immersive enough to make you feel like you’re driving a car. You’re in complete command of this ship, and you can steer it however you’d like. You have total control over your tasks, goals, and gameplay. This instant responsivity to the player is what makes the game so fun. You’re also able to challenge AI to races on the spot.
If you get bored with that and need some competition, you can find events to participate in. Here, though, you can tear around in a field, kicking up dust as long as you desire. It’s easy for developers to take the game too seriously and demand a more buttoned-up approach.
Where Forza really works is in its suspension of disbelief.