Is the climatology of Forza Horizon going to be dropping a cryptic tweet that sets the internet into a tizzy? The official Twitter account posed a challenge saying, “You’ll only catch these lights if you go at a certain speed. Can you guess which icon of the road they belong to?” And the answer came in from the internet.
The image portrayed trails of glowing light that immediately suggested “time travel shenanigans.” Gamers all around the world shouted out their answers in just a matter of minutes: Back To The Future DeLorean DMC-12, because really, 88 mph is kind of its whole personality.
The kicker here is that a few eagle-eyed players spotted the legal small print right under the image, which basically handed the DeLorean answer even before the guessing began: classic case of “oops, left the answer key in the screenshot.” Nevertheless, the engagement stayed insane as fans threw out guesses ranging from Halo’s Warthog (nice try, Kevin) to requests for hybrid engine mods (looking at you, @ghxstbbritual).
The MVP for the best answer has got to be someone who said “flux capacitor”: because honestly, if you’re time-traveling for Forza, you just pray your ride doesn’t get hit by lightning halfway through the next race.
This is not just a spur-of-the-moment tease; Forza Horizon has always been known for dropping pop culture gems into their games, and the DeLorean has already seen its time in the limelight before. But the trivia-night-gone-wrong approach has people wondering if they’re hinting at something bigger. New DLC? A hidden challenge? Or just the devs having a lot of fun with the single-most iconic movie car ever.
And the best part about its timing is that if you want to get “nostalgia” in gaming (pun intended), then throwing a Back to-Future reference is just printing engagement. So much so that in the middle of the chaos, one of the replies decided to provide an ad hoc marketing analysis—shoutout @Gro3_.
Well, what’s next? If time runs backward (intended time travel pun), Forza Horizon might actually pull this off as a limited-time event or a silly Easter egg. Or it’d just be a warmer for the Horizon 6 rumors because, well, those don’t die easy anyways. Either way, the playerbase is hyper-ready to put some gas to the pedal and go 88 in style.
Bottom line: Forza Horizon knows the game, and this time, they’ve got their players running toward the past. Or the future. Or maybe both. Time travel is such a mess, okay? Just enjoy the ride.
