Forza Motorsport has been out for over a couple of weeks now, which means developer Turn 10 Studios is now fully focused on post-launch support for the racing sim. The game’s first major update launched earlier this month, which was followed by a hotfix, and now Turn 10 has offered more details on its next major update.
Forza Motorsport Is Out Now: First Impressions
12.10.2023 - 20:47 / pczone.co.uk
Forza Motorsport officially launched today, and after a few hours of play, I have thoughts. You’re welcome.
Developer Turn 10 has rebooted the series – hence dropping the number from the name – with a revamped ForzaTech engine built from the ground up for the Xbox Series consoles.
Higher-detail tracks, cars, environments and a bit of ray-tracing are the major visual enhancements.
As for gameplay, aside from more realistic car physics and tyre models, it’s all about the new vehicle upgrade structure, corner segment grades and smart penalty system. At least from what I’ve seen so far.
Reviews have been very solid; check out IGN, Eurogamer and Kotaku. For what it’s worth, here’s my early take.
Forza Motorsport has been criticised for failing to deliver what was expected from its most touted graphics feature, ray-tracing. Pre-release demos showed off excellent ray-traced reflections, mostly in car bodies, that got the graphics geeks like me giddy with excitement.
Sadly, the game’s reflection quality doesn’t get near the quality of the demos. I guess it’s expected as the current-gen consoles Forza was designed around struggle with RT, but it’s still annoying when publishers over-promise and under-deliver.
The PC release could feature better RT options, but as of release, it doesn’t differ much from the Xbox Series X preset. Let’s hope that changes.
What looks better than expected is Forza Motorsport’s excellent motion blur.
Watching a side-by-side comparison with Gran Turismo 7 shows what a difference motion blur can make to the sense of speed. The cars in GT7 look oddly tranquil by comparison; it’s a bigger difference than I ever imagined it would be.
The camera’s focal length can also play a part in this illusion, giving Forza a more dynamic image in motion than its PlayStation rival.
One thing you’ll quickly discover in Forza Motorsport is the game’s no-nonsense and surprisingly intelligent penalty system.
Cutting a corner even slightly will get you a proportionate time penalty (in my last race, it was exactly 0.60 seconds), but it’s with collisions that the system shows off its smarts.
Clumsily bumping into the back of a competitor at the first corner of a race may or may not get you a time penalty, depending on how hard you hit your opponent or how unsettled they became.
A gentle touch? just a warning. A bigger bump that put them offline? that’s a 1-second penalty.
So far, I couldn’t disagree with any of the games near instant penalty decisions. It’s a super smart system for dealing with my super dumb driving.
I’m only a few hours into the game, so I can’t make a proper judgment yet, but I like the new car upgrade system.
It’s one of the biggest changes from older Forza Motorsport titles.
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