The new Forza Motorsport will launch with over 500 cars, sometime this year
During a Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct showcase, further details emerged surrounding the upcoming Forza Motorsport title from Turn 10 Studios. including the number of locations, cars and a vague release window.
Chris Esaki, the Creative Director at Turn 10 Studios, as well as a few of the other prominent members of the Turn 10 Studios team, were guests on Developer_Direct, presented by Xbox & Bethesda on Wednesday (25th January) live on the Xbox YouTube to talk about the upcoming Forza Motorsport title.
In the nearly six-minute block during the premiered video, details surrounding the game which is still slated for a release date in 2023, were unveiled in the behind the scenes look at what goes into developing such a title.
HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTENT
A sneak peek at some of the racing cars featured during the Developer_Direct stream.
One of the big details to come out of the premiere was the number of pieces of content that will be included in the title.
Forza Motorsport will contain over 500 cars with 800 unique upgrades at launch, with details as precise as the differing sounds made with each upgraded part included in the gameplay.
100 of those cars will be new to the Motorsport title, and there will also be more modern race cars than ever before included as well.
Kyalami will be included for the first time on a Forza Motorsport title, as it was featured as such during the Developer_Direct stream.
There will also be 20 environments in Forza Motorsport, and five of them will be brand new to the title.
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is one of those, based in South Africa. We can also see that Suzuka Circuit and Laguna Seca will return to the franchise as well based on footage in the trailer.
DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS
Back in June, we found out about things like the fully dynamic time of day with weather, the dynamic track temperatures, the wet driving surfaces and the rubbering in, all of which affects the track surface and racing lines to take.
The Porsche Mission R, an all-electric racing machine, is also available currently in iRacing and slated to release in Rennsport. It was featured during the Developer_Direct stream.
All of the dynamic racing properties will sure that “no two laps ever play the same,” according to Turn 10 Studios Direct of Motorsport Content, Arthur Shek.
Shek also spoke on the visual details included as well, including “animated track life, physically based lighting and volumetric fog effects, and a fully procedural cloud system which evolves organically” which leads to a more immersive experience.
The title will come with 4K gaming and real-time ray tracing. Also, things will look great when they don’t look great, as damage and dirt buildup on each car will be unique and more realistic looking as well.
ENHANCED GAME MODES
A look at the Forza Motorsport HUD during the Developer_Direct stream.
At the end of the presentation, Esaki mentioned that they’ve got an “incredible new online racing mode” but no further details were dropped on that.
Also with no further context is that there will be a “car building-focused single player career” mode as well, which likely ties into the vast amount of the 800 unique upgrades mentioned above.
RELEASE DATE?
Back in June of 2022, it was said that the release date would be the Spring of 2023. Now, it just says 2023 with no further clarification. This could mean that it’s been pushed back to later in the year, but nothing else has been made official on it at this time.
FORZA MOTORSPORT RELEASE DATE
The new Forza Motorsport title will be released in 2023 on Xbox Series X|S consoles and on PC via Game Pass.
FORZA MOTORSPORT CAR LIST*
1971 AMC Javelin AMX
1989 Aston Martin #18 Aston Martin AMR1
2016 Aston Martin Vulcan
2014 Audi #2 Audi Team Joest R18 e-tron quattro
2016 Audi #17 Rotek Racing TT RS
2016 Audi R8 V10 plus
2018 Audi #44 R8 LMS GT3
2018 Audi TT RS
1991 BMW M3
2017 BMW #24 BMW Team RLL M6 GTLM
2018 BMW #1 BMW M Motorsport M8 GTE
2019 Brabham BT62
2018 Bugatti Chiron
1970 Buick GSX
2021 Cadillac #31 Whelen Racing DPi-V.R
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport Coupe
1969 Chevrolet Nova Super Sport 396
1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport 454
2015 Chevrolet #10 Konica Minolta Corvette Daytona Prototype
2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE
2020 Chevrolet #3 Corvette Racing C8.R
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe
1972 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49
1969 Dodge Charger R/T
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
1965 Ford Mustang GT Coupe
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302
1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500
2005 Ford GT
2015 Ford #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley Mk XXVI Daytona Prototype
2016 Ford #66 Ford Racing GT Le Mans
2017 Ford GT
2019 Ginetta #6 Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1
2020 Hyundai #98 Bryan Herta Autosport Veloster N
1983 Jaguar #44 Group 44 XJR-5
1988 Jaguar #1 Jaguar Racing XJR-9
1993 Jaguar XJ220
2015 Jaguar XKR-S GT
1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV
1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
2016 Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4
2020 Lamborghini Huracán EVO
1969 Lola #10 Simoniz Special T163
1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata
1991 Mazda #55 Mazda 787B
2010 Mazda #16 Mazda Racing B09/86
2014 Mazda #70 SpeedSource Lola B12/80
1969 McLaren #4 McLaren Cars M8B
2013 McLaren P1
2018 McLaren Senna
1989 Mercedes-Benz #63 Sauber-Mercedes C 9
1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II
2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
1985 Nissan #83 GTP ZX-Turbo
1991 Nissan #23 Nissan R91CP
2015 Nissan #23 GT-R LM NISMO
2019 Nissan 370Z Nismo
2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO (R35)
1969 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds 442
2017 Oreca #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07
1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1993 Peugeot #3 Peugeot Talbot Sport 905 EVO 1C
1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SD-455
1970 Porsche #3 917 LH
1983 Porsche #11 John Fitzpatrick Racing 956
1987 Porsche #17 Porsche AG 962C
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder
2017 Porsche #2 Porsche Team 919 Hybrid
2017 Porsche #92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR
2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
2019 Porsche #70 Porsche Motorsport 935
2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
2021 Porsche 911 GT3
2021 Porsche Mission R
2015 Radical RXC Turbo
2004 Saleen S7
2014 Toyota #8 Toyota Racing TS040 HYBRID
*Partial car list correct as of 7th March 2023. Cars that have been stricken through were originally on the car list but removed in an update from the devs on 2nd March.
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