Forza horizon 2 isn’t on my download section but I know I own it

type the name of the game in the search bar, and see if the game is ready to install.

This is a common problem with Xbox One Games With Gold since their purchase ID is different from an actual "own" purchase ID.

To put it bluntly, when Forza Horizon 2 sale was removed from the Xbox Store in on September 30 in 2018, people who still had it installed with GwG can still play it and those who "purchased" it ("Buy to Own") can still find it in their Ready To Install
list.

Those who didn't "purchased" it ("Buy to Own") won't find it in their purchase history since GwG are not registered as "purchases". Ironically, you're allowed to buy DLCs with GwG licenses like if they were owned.

Now, is it possible to recover the game? Yes, it's possible, but only for a really small amount of people.

To download the game that is not available through the store, but you had unlocked with GwG, you got to do it from the Microsoft website on a PC and remotely install the game on the device.

Here's the link toward the Forza Horizon 2 page :

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/forza-horizon-2/c33b7578f782

Note that the link might slightly change depending on your location. (I'm in Canada, hence the "en-ca" part of the link.)

On that page, if you're properly logged in, you should see a blue button with "Install on my devices".

This will be followed with a menu to select which device to install it on and, after, a warning telling you the device has to be set to automatic game updates and so on.

This is the only way currently available for those who got the game through GwG to download it again.

If you're unlucky like me, this might not work because that method to install game is a hit-or-miss where remote installation is only working for 3 out of 5 Xbox One users and those who got it to work actually "own" the game already and not just through
GwG as the game appears in the "Ready to Install" list afterward.

The most insane part of this is that I purchased all the DLCs of for that game and I can't play it anymore. The DLCs are all in my purchase history, but not the main game. I learned from this that I should NEVER pay anything to Microsoft (like DLC) with
it's involved with GwG.

I have this happening with FH2 and Evolve, the only way i could reinstall them was by doing it through the store.

You may have to go into the "Xbox Marketplace" and use the search bar. if you do have the license it should say install.

''PS' it also was not showing up for me...let me know this works?

You Own this Game or You Played When the games was disponible in Game Pass?