Forza Horizon 3 Lets You Drive Halo's Warthog; PC Specs Announced

Microsoft announced today that racing game Forza Horizon 3 has gone gold, meaning its ready for the physical game to be manufactured. The company is celebrating the news by announcing some key details like a new car from the Halo franchise, the PC specs, and the achievements list.

First, Halo's famous Warthog will appear in Forza Horizon 3 as one of the game's 350-plus vehicles. This is the first time in Forza history that a Halo vehicle has been featured among the car lineup.

This car is officially called the 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST. It's a civilian version of the military-themed truck featured in the Halo games, the M12 Force Application Vehicle. There's no turret on Forza Horizon 3's variant, but it does have a 720 BHP twin-turbo V8 engine, which makes it faster than its military counterpart.

"The Warthog CST in Forza Horizon 3 is also ideally suited for the rough and tumble landscape of Australia," Microsoft said in a blog post. "With the most advanced suspension in Forza Horizon 3 (with more than 70 cm of suspension travel), plus advanced dampening, you won't find the combination of power and stability like this anywhere else in the Horizon Festival."

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People who played Halo 5: Guardians or Halo: The Master Chief Collection will receive a code to download the car starting the week of September 5. Those who did not play either of those games can acquire the car by earning it in a "Forzathon" Forza Horizon 3 event that will begin in October.

Microsoft will share more details on how the Forza/Halo partnership came to be in future blog posts.

Microsoft also announced Forza Horizon 3's recommended PC specs, which show that you'll want to have a Nvidia GTX 970 or GTA 1060 or AMD R9 290X or AMD RX 480. This is to run the game at 1080p; Forza Horizon 3 supports up to 4K resolution, but you'll need a beefier rig to achieve that. The full recommended specs are below.

Microsoft added that Forza Horizon 3 will offer a "tremendous amount" of options, too, such as things like vertical sync, resolution, motion blue, mirrors, reflection, and static and dynamic geometry. Additionally, the game will support racing wheels, but Microsoft is not yet talking about what devices you can use.

Forza Horizon 3 Recommended PC Specs

• CPU: i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz
• GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 or Nvidia GTX 1060, AMD R9 290X or AMD RX 480
• VRAM: 4 GB
• RAM: 12 GB
• Hard Drive Type: HDD
• Available Space: 55 GB
• Resolution: 1920 X 1080
• Windows Version: Windows Anniversary Edition 64-bit 14393.101
• Misc: Requires DirectX 12

As for the other Forza Horizon 3 news, Microsoft released the full achievement list. Players will be rewarded for ranking up and competing in races. You will earn 20 gamerscore for performing a barrel role in a buggy; this achievement is appropriately titled "Totally meant to do that..."

Forza Horizon 3 Achievement List

Name	Description	Gamerscore
Welcome to Your Horizon	Open Festival with the first Showcase	10
You're the Boss	Upgrade the Festival for the first time	10
One of Us	Win your first Exhibition race as Horizon Festival Boss	10
Stay on Target	Get a gold medal from a Danger Sign	10
"Do you even... oh, you do"	Get 3 Stars through a Drift Zone	10
You're Hired!	Hire a Drivatar into your Drivatar Line-Up	10
You're Fired!	Fill your Drivatar Line-Up and fire a Drivatar to make way for another	20
Racer's Paradise	Open a Festival in Surfers Paradise	20
First Time Buyer	Visit the Autoshow and buy your first car	10
The Architect	Create your first Blueprint	10
The Player	Complete another player's Exhibition Blueprint	10
Champ	Win your first Championship	10
Tonight We Ride	Win your first Street Race	10
I'll Just Take This Now	Win your first Midnight Battle	10
Street Racing Champion	Win every Street Race and Midnight Battle	50
Like a Needle in The Outback	Find your first Barn Find	10
Relic Hunter	Restore all Barn Finds	20
Throwdown	Create and complete your first Bucket List Blueprint.	10
Community Crusher	Play 10 player created Bucket List Blueprints	20
Drive to the Music You Love	Sign 4 Radio Stations to your Festival	10
Screaming through the Valley	Open a Festival in Yara Valley	20
Bushcraft	Open a Festival in The Outback	20
Maxed Out	Fully upgrade a Festival site	20
YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS	Perform 10 Festival Upgrades	20
Like a Boss	Fully upgrade all Festival sites	20
Best. Horizon. Ever.	Complete the Final Showcase	50
Exhibition Expert	Complete an Exhibition at every race route in the game	20
Horizon Hardcore	Complete a Championship at every race route in the game	30
Starstruck	Get at least 1 star on any 50 PR Stunts	10
PR Superstar	Get 3 stars on all PR Stunts	20
Eat My Dust	Complete 10 races in a convoy	10
Got Ourselves a Convoy	Convoy for a total of 100 miles	10
Life Complete	Complete every Horizon Bucket List challenge	20
Drop in the Bucket	Complete 5 Bucket List challenges	10
Who's Hiding These?	Smash all 150 reward boards	20
Backpacker	Discover every beauty spot in the game	20
I Know These Roads	Drive down every road in the game	20
This My Jam	Take part in 5 Skill Songs	10
Perks of the Job	Obtain a car from the Skill Shop	10
I Want It All	Complete every page in the Skill Shop (excluding temporary perks)	25
Spoiler Alert	Fit parts from Rocket Bunny and Liberty Walk	10
5 Star Seller - A+++++	Sell 5 cars via the Auction House	10
Sniper	Win a car in the Auction House by bidding on it	10
Welcome to Horizon Online	Complete 5 online events across Adventure and Freeroam	10
Online Adventurer	Complete 25 online events across Adventure and Freeroam	30
Bring a Friend	Complete an event in Co-op	10
Road Buddy	Complete 10 events in Co-op	20
Forzatographer	Take a photo of 300 cars for Horizon Promo	20
Aussie Rules!	Create and complete a Championship featuring only Australian cars	10
High Roller	Spend 1 million Credits on a car	10
Fly Like A Regal	Get 300ft on the airport Danger Sign using the Relaint Regal	10
Life's a Drag	Complete a drag race at the Airstrip in every Car Class	10
Endurance Hero	Create an exhibition with 25 laps, dynamic time and weather, and complete it on Hard Drivatar Difficulty	20
This. Is. FORZA!	Create and complete a Championship with 100+ miles of racing over 10 events	20
Ooh, Shiny!	Obtain your first Horizon Edition car	20
Mini Boss	Reach Level 20	10
Final Boss	Reach Level 150	25
Staying Connected	Visit the Forza Hub from the Pause Menu	10
Art Director	Create a paint, setup a tune, and start your Horizon Promo career	10
Throw Your Weight Around	Get a Gold Medal on a Drift Zone in a car weighing at least 2500kg	10
Forza First	Win a race in the Lamborghini Centanario	20
Clever Girl!	Get a 3 Stars on a Danger Sign, Drift Zone, Speed Trap and Speed Zone in the 2017 Ford Raptor.	10
Totally meant to do that...	Perform a Barrel Roll in any Buggy	10
Underdog	Get a Gold Medal in a C Class car	10

Additionally, Microsoft confirmed today that Forza Horizon 3 will be localized (voice and text) for English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German. There will be text-only localization for Polish, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Forza Horizon 3 launches on September 27 for Xbox One and PC as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning you can buy it digitally on one platform and get the other version free. People who buy the $100 Ultimate Edition can start playing four days early, beginning on September 23.