Forza Horizon 5
Along the plains of Mexico
Obnoxious music all night as the Horizon festival hits Mexico
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WERE THE HORIZON FESTIVAL real, we can imagine the bulk of its profits would be lost to lawsuits, its standing army of lawyers larger than the cadre of drivers it employs. This motor-racing circus turns up in your country—presumably invited in by someone in government not averse to acquiring large amounts of used notes in brown paper bags—and proceeds to make the lives of the residents absolute hell for the next year or so.
We saw this last incarnation when the festival rocked up in an oddly-shrunken version of Great Britain, smashed the place up, destroyed infrastructure that was hundreds of years old, ran old ladies off the road, ruined beauty spots unspoiled since the last ice age, played obnoxious music late into the night, then left again. This time it’s Mexico’s turn to have the dubious honor of hosting it.