Forza Horizon, Microsoft’s wildly successful open-world racing game, is returning for its fifth iteration on November 9. Now, it has been announced that Mercedes-AMG’s Project ONE hypercar will be featured front and center on the game’s cover.
The car will come in its “Forza Horizon Edition” guise, which includes a special red, white, grey, and black Forza-exclusive livery, although the game’s nearly limitless customization options will be available for it as well. And thanks to all the collaborative work done between Mercedes-AMG and the Forza team, the Project ONE is depicted in great detail not only in its looks, but also in its driving experience.
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“The Mercedes-AMG Project ONE is strictly limited to 275 units in the real world. We’re delighted that there’s now a perfect digital variant exclusively in Forza Horizon 5,” said Philipp Schiemer, Chairman of the Board of Mercedes-AMG GmbH. “Thanks to our close cooperation with Microsoft, we can now virtually offer the unique driving experience of our hypercar to a large group of enthusiasts in the best and most impressive way currently available on the gaming scene,”
Something interesting about the Project ONE in the game is that in addition to its automatically-deploying active aero, which we’ve seen in other Horizon games in the past, the car will also have selectable drive modes, a feature that’s a first for the Forza Horizon series. Players will have the ability to take advantage of both this and the car’s 1,000+ hp (1,014+ PS / 746+ kW) as they drive across the digitally-recreated Mexican landscape.
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“We are honoured to continue our long-term relationship with Mercedes-AMG to feature the highly sought-after Mercedes-AMG Project ONE in Forza Horizon 5. We have featured Mercedes-AMG vehicles in every Forza game, however, this is the first time we’ve partnered to feature a Mercedes-AMG vehicle on the cover of a Forza game. I cannot imagine a more exciting car to start with than the amazing Mercedes-AMG Project ONE,” said Alan Hartman, Vice President of Forza Racing Franchise, Xbox Game Studios.