{"id":34614,"date":"2015-02-25T07:33:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=34614"},"modified":"2015-02-25T07:33:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:33:41","slug":"forza-and-fast-furious-is-the-oddest-tie-in-since-a-dinosaur-chased-a-doritos-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/02\/25\/forza-and-fast-furious-is-the-oddest-tie-in-since-a-dinosaur-chased-a-doritos-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza and Fast &#038; Furious is the oddest tie-in since a dinosaur chased a Doritos truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fast &#038; Furious isn&#8217;t generally what you think of when you play any of the Forza games. Microsoft&#8217;s serious sim racer generally has a brightly-lit (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2014\/10\/10\/cares-forza-horizon-2\/\">some say bland<\/a>) aesthetic that doesn&#8217;t mesh well with the neon high-five street hustling action movie series. Need for Speed is probably the closest game to Fast &#038; Furious, but they&#8217;ve got their own movie. Despite Forza&#8217;s obvious disconnect to blockbuster popcorn movies, <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory\/forza-creators-revving-fast-furious-video-game-29210680\">Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast &#038; Furious<\/a> is on its way. It&#8217;s a standalone game coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on March 27th meant to tie-in with the release of the Fast &#038; Furious 7 movie. Grab it before April 10th and it will be free. Past that date, it will cost $10 to experience the melding of bland and boom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast &#038; Furious isn&#8217;t generally what you think of when you play any of the Forza games. Microsoft&#8217;s serious sim racer generally has a brightly-lit (some say bland) aesthetic that doesn&#8217;t mesh well with the neon high-five street hustling action movie series. 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