Forza Horizon developer Playground Games originally pitched a Project Gotham Racing reboot to Microsoft, before switching gears to its now-iconic racing spin-off series.
“After five minutes, [Forza corporate vice president Alan Hartman] was like, ‘what would you do with Forza?
Speaking to GQ about the newly revealed Forza Motorsport, studio head Trevor Williams explained that he’d originally met the creators of the core Forza series and pitched a reboot of the long-dormant, much-loved Project Gotham Racing (originally developed by now-defunct studio Bizarre Creations).