Franchise file / Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft
Forza
Two roads, one car obsession
Microsoft's racing franchise began with Turn 10's Forza Motorsport in 2005, then found a second life in 2012 when Playground Games took it off the track and into open-world Forza Horizon.
- 2005
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The track years. Turn 10 launched Forza Motorsport in 2005 as a serious circuit racer for Xbox, and the sequels that followed kept the focus on tracks, tuning and clean laps.
Start with Forza Motorsport 3Your next late night
The essentials
Chapters
Series (2)
The open road, with a festivalForza HorizonPlayground Games took Forza off the track in 2012. Forza Horizon sets car culture loose in open-world festivals, mixing races, stunts and exploration, and reached Japan with Forza Horizon 6 in 2026.
Clean lines, serious lapsForza MotorsportTurn 10's circuit racer launched on Xbox in 2005. Across seven numbered games and the 2023 reboot, it stayed focused on real cars, real tracks and the craft of a clean lap.
A legacy worth revisiting
Track discipline, festival spirit.
Forza runs in two lanes. Motorsport is the circuit racer, built around clean laps and careful tuning, while Horizon turns the same love of cars loose on open-world roads. Together they cover nearly every kind of driving a car fan could want.
- 2005 to 2011
- The track years
- 2012 to 2023
- Two lanes
- 2025 to 2026
- One studio
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