Appearing in the series for the first time since 2011, the fictional Sunset Peninsula circuit will be remade for the current Forza Motorsport.
Reminiscent of a roval – an oval circuit with ‘road course’ configurations – there will be five different layouts available when it arrives as part of the free Update 13 in mid-October.
Then, in December, Update 15 will include Bathurst’s Mount Panorama venue – the hillside track seen for the first time since Forza Motorsport 7.
There will also be new cars along the way, with support committed into 2025, although these will be revealed later.
Drift and spectator modes
While the two new game modes expected soon are not earth-shattering, they do provide functionality that is long overdue.
For those in private multiplayer lobbies, the spectator mode should allow communities to broadcast races using in-game controls. Working like a live reply, new rail and point-of-interest cameras will be added.
Drifting is rather self-explanatory, with a score provided based on speed, angle and duration – there are no images or footage of this feature, yet, as this will be finished ‘in the coming months’
To go with the functionality, a ‘selection’ of Formula Drift cars will be added to the game’s roster.
FOMO content returns
Much like open-world sibling Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport leans heavily on content that is ephemeral – only appearing for a limited time.
Later this year, certain Featured Tours – and the unlockable cars associated with them – will become available once more.
Challenge Hub
For those who only want to race in ‘Featured’ multiplayer, sadly there is no way to unlock reward cars. This is set to change in September, when a combined Challenge Hub should clearly explain what can be unlocked this month, and how to do that across the single-player tours or in multiplayer modes.
Creative Hub
That won’t be the only ‘hub’ either, as the Turn 10 Studios development team go about tiding up the user interface.
As the name suggests, a Creative Hub will be a new home for photos, livery designs, car tunes and replays – sounding similar to how Gran Turismo 7 places user-created content into a ‘Showcase’ area.
This is expected later this year, alongside an updated livery editor and share codes for user-created content.
Additional, smaller, changes include being able to set weather options (with start, middle and end settings) for weather in free-play, community-voted featured multiplayer combinations, audio cues for the recently added proximity radar, refined multiplayer race regulations/penalties and multiplayer ghosting to avoid high-velocity collisions.
Forza Motorsport game content and feature roadmap at a glance
September – Update 12
- Spectate mode
- Challenge Hub
- Free-play weather options
October – Update 13
- Sunset Peninsula
- Featured Multiplayer community choice events
Later
- New Formula Drift cars
- Drift Mode
- Returning Featured Tours
- Creative Hub
- UGC Share Codes
- Proximity radar updates include audio cues
- Ongoing multiplayer race regulations/penalties
- Multiplayer car ghosting
2025
- Permanent racecar-focused career tours
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