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The Land Down Under
In Forza Horizon 3, Australia is the home of the Horizon Festival. As one of the most beautiful and varied countries in the world, Australia makes the perfect setting for Forza Horizon 3 and the team at Playground has translated the Land Down Under into the largest and most diverse open world ever seen in the Forza Horizon series. Just like the real place, the Australia of Forza Horizon 3 is absolutely massive – in fact, it’s is twice as big as Forza Horizon 2’s map. More importantly, Forza Horizon 3’s vision of Australia captures the spectacular natural beauty, the tremendous diversity, and the environmental variety that makes the country one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

Australia’s natural beauty abounds in Forza Horizon 3. From exploring bioluminescent caves that look like something out of a science fiction movie, to skipping across the beach and skimming the ocean surf as you speed past the famed “Twelve Apostles” limestone stacks, there are driving experiences in Forza Horizon 3 that players have never seen before in a Horizon game. Forza Horizon 3 is packed full of incredible diversity. There’s the famed dusty Outback that will be a test of any car’s abilities; blasting through the dense and lush rainforests; testing your driving skills on city streets – the unique driving experiences in Forza Horizon 3 seemingly never end.

“We have a bunch of unique ecotypes in the game that are all representative of real locations in Australia. We have rainforests, we’ve for the Gold Coast’s Surfer’s Paradise as an urban city environment, we’ve got sections of Coober Pedy, some gorge areas including Ormiston gorge, and some general outback loveliness. So there’s lots of variety in terms of environment that we’ve crammed in this time and they’re all genuine Aussie locations.”

I haven't seen a single drop of rain....

check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3KaJ6-GOHs

Nice view of the map but... the Twelve Apostles are several hundred kilometers from Byron Bay. Ha ha - just sayin.

I guess the French and Italians were thinking the same thing when they saw the FH2 map a couple of years back.

I've only seen a couple of screenshots of the city, and there was one shot with a monorail! The only city that has a monorail in Australia is Broadbeach on the Gold Coast (Surefers Paradise) in Queensland!

However, the Victorian Government are proposing to build a monorail network through Melbourne's CBD in the near future.

Now I might sound bias because I'm from Sydney Australia, but it would've been spectacular if Turn 10 had added Sydney's harbour waterfront around Circular Quay, the Rocks and the Opera House, where Sydney's spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks take centre stage in a beautiful harbour city! Imagine racing around Sydney's waterfront at night with fireworks lighting up Sydney harbour.

I've only seen a couple of screenshots of the city, and there was one shot with a monorail! The only city that has a monorail in Australia is Broadbeach on the Gold Coast (Surefers Paradise) in Queensland!

However, the Victorian Government are proposing to build a monorail network through Melbourne's CBD in the near future.

Now I might sound bias because I'm from Sydney Australia, but it would've been spectacular if Turn 10 had added Sydney's harbour waterfront around Circular Quay, the Rocks and the Opera House, where Sydney's spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks take centre stage in a beautiful harbour city! Imagine racing around Sydney's waterfront at night with fireworks lighting up Sydney harbour.