Da Microsoft lanserte Forza Motorsport 5 var de medfølgende (og kostbare) mikrotransaksjonene innad i spillet en kilde til mye kritikk. Dette er trolig grunnen til at det kommende Forza Horizon 2 ikke vil inneholde slike mikrotransaksjoner i det hele tatt.
I stedet satser utviklerne hos Playground Games og Turn 10 (som samarbeider om spillet) på et tradisjonelt oppsett der man jobber seg oppover i spillet, kombinert med et salgs lotterisystem:
- The approach we've taken is that we've designed our game at Playground Games from the ground up to be fair, to be fun, to be rewarding. That's incredibly important to us. For that reason, we will launch in September without tokens. We've got an amazing list of 200 plus cars, and we want you to explore it... We want to enable you, at very regular intervals, to be able to change your car, pick a new one from the list. If that doesn't work out, you're able to buy a new one really quickly, forklarer Creative Director, Ralph Fulton.
Videre går han inn på lotterisystemet der heldige spillere kan sikre seg ekstra fete biler hvis de har flaks:
- When you do level up, we give you a shot at what we call 'The Horizon Wheel Spin'... We used it in the original in online, and you get to spin and it can be anything from some cash, a load of cash, to a car or to the best car in the game. Every time you level up we've got this game of chance, and for the lucky guys, they could be a getting a Bugatti Veyron after playing the game for 30 minutes, avslutter Fulton.
Forza Horizon 2 skal etter planen slippes 30 september, til både Xbox One og Xbox 360. 360-versjonen utvikles imidlertid av Sumo Digital og ikke Playground og Turn 10.