{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/DOLLARPL/fh2-world-formats/blob/cea3e028610eda4a11cc0541d29fc61c9acc614c/LICENSE"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "fh2-world-formats reconstructs the file formats behind the Forza Horizon 2 world and supplies Python tools for reading and changing them. Its research covers PGZP GeoChunk archives, ChunkMap indexes, ModelBin meshes, PhysicsTemplate collision, placement cells and WVAN navigation data; the author reports byte-exact round trips and a visible custom-geometry experiment.",
  "description_zh": "fh2-world-formats 解析《Forza Horizon 2》的世界文件格式，并提供读取和修改文件的 Python 工具。研究范围包括 PGZP GeoChunk 档案、ChunkMap 索引、ModelBin 网格、PhysicsTemplate 碰撞、放置单元和 WVAN 导航数据；作者报告了逐字节往返测试及自定义几何体显示实验。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/fh2-world-formats-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fh2-world-formats-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/DOLLARPL/fh2-world-formats/blob/cea3e028610eda4a11cc0541d29fc61c9acc614c/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "fh2-world-formats-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/fh2-world-formats-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/fh2-world-formats-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fh2-world-formats-case/index.md",
  "name": "fh2-world-formats: reconstructing Forza Horizon 2 world file formats",
  "name_zh": "fh2-world-formats：重建《Forza Horizon 2》世界文件格式",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A personal copy of Forza Horizon 2 build 1.0.0.64 for working with its files.",
    "Python 3; some tools also need numpy or Pillow.",
    "Import currently writes flat UVs, and inserted geometry has no working collision in the reported experiment.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "处理游戏文件需要自行持有《Forza Horizon 2》1.0.0.64 版本。",
    "需要 Python 3；部分工具还需 numpy 或 Pillow。",
    "当前导入器写入平坦 UV，报告中的插入几何体尚无可用碰撞。",
    "MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/DOLLARPL/fh2-world-formats",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}