"[Weather is] something which fans have been asking for, for a long time, says Forza Horizon 2 creative director Ralph Fulton. [Its] something which fits our world perfectly; the temperate climate of southern Europe the changeable weather conditions it meant we had to look at creating a realistic, physically-modelled atmospheric simulation.
Thats about the sky. Thats about the particles in it. Thats about the clouds. Thats about changing dynamic weather conditions: fog, mist, rain, wind. Combining all of those so that not only is the gameplay experience changing as you drive around the world changing up the handling, changing up the visibility its also changing the beauty of the world youre seeing.