Developer Turn 10 has released a minor new update for racing game Forza Motorsport. The update, which has started rolling out today, addresses stability issues faced by players on all platforms.
04.10.2023 - 23:43 / pcgamer.com
Forza Motorsport represents a fresh start for the racing series on PC, and it feels outstanding: while our review criticizes the career mode for playing it safe, it also praises the vehicle handling and «newfound sense of weight to FM's cars.»
«They let you know exactly how much their tires are complaining against the G-forces you're putting through the platform, with much more precise detail than 2017's Forza Motorsport 7 did,» writes sim racing veteran Phil Iwaniuk. We'll all be able to hit the track shortly, as Forza Motorsport is finding its slot before the race begins on October 10. Unless you happen to pay for early access, in which case Forza Motorsport is available starting October 5.
Here's exactly when you can play.
On Steam, Forza Motorsport will unlock globally at 12:01 am ET on October 5 for Premium Edition and Premium Add-Ons Bundle owners. It will unlock globally at 12:01 am ET on October 10 for everyone else. Here's how that breaks down across time zones:
If your time zone isn't listed above and the math is confusing, hit this link to do the work for you.
Now it gets a bit more complicated. Why have two release times when you can have four, right? Instead of a simultaneous global release on Xbox consoles and the Xbox PC app, Forza Motorsport is rolling out at 12:01 am in each region on October 5 and October 10. Refer to the chart above for how that breaks down.
It sure does. Forza Motorsport is available to preload on PC now, on both Steam and the Xbox app.
Developer Turn 10 has released a minor new update for racing game Forza Motorsport. The update, which has started rolling out today, addresses stability issues faced by players on all platforms.
Turn 10 Studios has released the first post-launch update for Forza Motorsport, somewhat confusingly labelled as ‘Update 1.0’, but bringing with it a bunch of improvements for in-game progression, multiplayer matchmaking, and a smattering of bug fixes to boot.
Racers can now score everything they need in a much shorter time frame.
Update 1.0 for Turn 10 Studios’ Forza Motorsport is now live on Xbox Series X/S and PC. It fixes several issues, including crashes and improves stability. If you’ve faced the former in Builders Cup after upgrading your car and entering Open Practice during the Fox Body Challenge on Watkins Clen, this should address that.
A few hours ago, Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 released Update 1.0, which focuses on fixing various crash instances.
Turn 10 Studios did something different with by making you level up your cars. In prior games, you could just spend credits to upgrade cars, which was a straightforward and meaningless method for growing your garage. However, you have to level your car by using it to unlock upgrades. Furthermore, upgrades have their own currency, separate from the credits you use to purchase new vehicles.
The new game brings the long-running sim racing franchise to the Xbox Series X/S for the first time, but a lack of split-screen multiplayer support marks a break with series tradition. Although the companion series has never featured split-screen renditions of its open-world environments, consoles have always been able to handle local multiplayer in 's more focused racetracks. The technological leap with the Xbox Series X/S might seem even more capable of taking on such a challenge, making the lack of the staple feature more surprising and disappointing.
The faster you earn money in , the sooner you'll be able to dominate the competition in your dream car. However, with cars ranging from 50,000 to 450,000 credits, getting your hands on «the one» may take longer than you think. Unless, of course, you take advantage of the fastest ways to earn money in Forza Motorsport. In that case, acquiring the car of your dreams, or anyone of the game's 500-plus cars, will be a streamlined process.
starts by letting players choose from one of three free starting cars. The options are a 2018 Ford Mustang GT, a 2019 Honda Civic Type R, and a 2019 Subaru STI S209. Theimmersive gameplay of the series has always been about collecting vehicles, assembling a diverse garage of dream cars, tuning them up, and testing them out on the track. Of course, is no exception, so players shouldn't expect to be stuck with their starter cars for long. Still, everyone has to start somewhere, and the first car they choose can affect their performance in early races.
Car Points (CP) are used to purchase upgrades for your car in . Whether you're buying new parts for style or performance, CP allows you to make your favorite car that much better, so players are bent on making as much CP as possible in the shortest time. It's the tried-and-true get-rich-quick scheme in gaming everyone always looks to exploit. And ironically enough, there is a broken method for farming CP in .
As one of the more hotly anticipated games of 2023, a lot has been riding on the new Forza Motorsport. A soft reboot for the long-lasting franchise, it has taken a whopping six years for the developer Turn 10 to push out a new entry. While this would usually be cause for celebration, things aren’t looking great as it currently stands, with an impressive list of known issues in Forza Motorsport for Turn 10 to acknowledge and resolve.
Though Forza Motorsport’s global launch is still about a day away, the racing sim title has been available in early access for a few days now, and as you’d expect from any game (especially this early in its life), in spite of being a technically impressive product, it’s not totally devoid of glitches.