European Tour

Lore & Background

First introduced in Forza Motorsport 2 as a themed championship series, the European Tour expanded in Forza Horizon 2 with a festival-based road trip across Southern Europe. Subsequent titles deepened the concept, adding historic tracks like Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and real-world landmarks. The tour has since become a staple, evolving into a multi-stage endurance event that tests both speed and adaptability across the continent's most demanding routes.

Reader's Guide

As of the end of December 2013, Berlusconi was set to appoint two vice presidents: Antonio Tajani (European Commissioner and vice president of the European People's Party) and Giovanni Toti (former editor of Studio Aperto and TG4, two news programs of Berlusconi's Mediaset). As a result of the resentment by the party's old guard, notably including Fitto, on the alleged appointment of Toti also as coordinator-at-large, Berlusconi appointed him merely "political counselor" to the party.

In the 2014 European Parliament election, FI obtained 16.8% of the vote and had 13 MEPs elected, including Toti in the North-West, Elisabetta Gardini in the North-East, Tajani (who had first been elected to the European Parliament in 1994) in the Centre, and most notably Fitto (who garnered more than 180,000 votes in his native Apulia alone) in the South. As a result, Fitto, the strongest backer of Berlusconi's leadership in late 2013, became his main internal challenger by mid 2014.

After months of bickering with Berlusconi over the "Nazareno Pact" with Matteo Renzi, leader of the Democratic Party and Prime Minister, in February 2015, Fitto launched his own faction, named "Rebuilders". Fitto's supporters included Capezzone, Maurizio Bianconi, Rocco Palese, Saverio Romano, Cinzia Bonfrisco, Augusto Minzolini and most Apulian MPs. In September 2014, FI was admitted into the European People's Party (EPP), inheriting the PdL's membership.

Did You Know?

• The European Tour in Forza Horizon 2 featured only static weather conditions; dynamic weather was introduced in Forza Horizon 3.
• The Nürburgring Nordschleife is a staple of the European Tour, often featured as the final 'boss' track in the campaign.
• Forza Motorsport 7 did not have a dedicated 'European Tour' campaign mode; night racing at Le Mans was available in free play but not as a specific tour event.
• The tour's 'Touring Car' class restrictions are inspired by real-world European touring car championships like the DTM and BTCC.
• Forza Horizon 4's 'Fortune Island' expansion added a fictional European-inspired rally route to the tour's legacy.