Forza Motorsport Xbox PC Gaming

[Gemma]

Looking forward to this one. Been a while since we had a Forza Motorsport title.

Out on the 10th of October for Xbox Series S, Series X and PC.

The game contains 500+ cars and 20 tracks.

The Builders Cup sounds interesting. I'd like a good campaign.

We also have a new track reveal

 

[Gemma]

Disappointed with my first play.

I think going to give up on this until they address some issues. Mainly for the upgrade system which is absolutely awful. All the car upgrades are locked behind different levels so you've to grind nearly 3 hours for each individual car to unlock all the upgrades and the car level doesn't transfer if you buy another of the same car. You've to earn points to purchase the upgrades rather than using credits, it's an absolutely awful system and ruins the main attraction for Forza which is building a car. Track list is pretty bad too, it feels very much like a completely bare base game and they'll slowly introduce content along the way.

Career is very short and you can't even use any race cars in it because it's a "built not bought" style of races. Not being able to skip practice is infuriating having to do a 3 lap practice before every race which makes it pretty tedious.

I don't really play multiplayer but gave it a go and there are spawning cars at your crash into as they spawn right on to your driving line. Doesn't feel like a finished product.

 

[David76]

Doesn't feel like a finished product

There does seem to be some big bugs.

A thread on the official Forza Motorsport forum is filled with frustrated players reporting a serious bug causing career progress to be lost.

Some players report getting stuck on a loading screen on PC and Xbox Series X after upgrading or buying a new car. Career progress is then lost when returning to the game after restarting.

"Every time you upgrade a car or purchase a new car, there is a chance the game will enter an infinite loading screen, and there is no error handling or timeout. The game will just hang there indefinitely. And you are forced to restart the game, which will cause you to lose your career progress," a frustrated player wrote on Reddit.

Even worse, some players report that the bug corrupts the save file, essentially rendering the game unplayable.

"Once this happens, you will not be able to progress in the game because the saves are now desynced or corrupted (in case you didn't know, and they didn't say - this game is always online and your saves are on the cloud)."

"There is no way to delete your save so when this bug happens, you are pretty much stuck. This is a severe bug, and it is very frustrating. I don't know how the game can be released in its current state."

 

[David76]

Recommended settings for both controller and steering wheel...

Best Forza Motorsport controller settings

To finetune the controller settings, go to Advanced Controller Settings in the settings menu. The main setting you'll want to adjust is deadzone. Every input such as steering, acceleration, and braking has an inside and outside deadzone.

After applying the changes, it's worth testing them in Free Play and finetuning them accordingly.

• Steering Axis Deadzone Inside: 5
• Steering Axis Deadzone Outside: 95
• Acceleration Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Acceleration Axis Deadzone Outside: 98
• Deceleration Axis Deadzone Inside: 2
• Deceleration Axis Deadzone Outside: 98
• Clutch Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Clutch Axis Deadzone Outside: 100
• Handbrake Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Handbrake Axis Deadzone Outside: 100
• Vibration Scale: 60
• Automatic Steering Alignment: 100

Turn 10 recommends using default settings when first starting up Forza Motorsport, but you'll find the game feels more suited to controller players. This is an odd decision for a sim racing title, but thankfully there is a way to make the game more responsive when using a wheel.

Best Forza Motorsport wheel settings

These settings should help you but if you do find some work better than others, some more adjustments may be needed to match your particular driving style.

• Vibration Scale: 100
• Force Feedback Scale: 70
• Mechanical Trail Scale: 150
• Pnuematic Trail Scale: 100
• Road Feel Scale: 110
• Load Sensitivity: 50
• Wheel Damping Scale: 20
• Centre Spring Scale: 0
• Dynamic Damper Behaviour: 20

 

[Tom]

Smart resume is fairly broken for his. Anytime I try it the game usually crashes pretty quickly and needs to be fully restarted.

 

[Gemma]

Recommended settings for both controller and steering wheel...

Best Forza Motorsport controller settings

To finetune the controller settings, go to Advanced Controller Settings in the settings menu. The main setting you'll want to adjust is deadzone. Every input such as steering, acceleration, and braking has an inside and outside deadzone.

After applying the changes, it's worth testing them in Free Play and finetuning them accordingly.

• Steering Axis Deadzone Inside: 5
• Steering Axis Deadzone Outside: 95
• Acceleration Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Acceleration Axis Deadzone Outside: 98
• Deceleration Axis Deadzone Inside: 2
• Deceleration Axis Deadzone Outside: 98
• Clutch Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Clutch Axis Deadzone Outside: 100
• Handbrake Axis Deadzone Inside: 0
• Handbrake Axis Deadzone Outside: 100
• Vibration Scale: 60
• Automatic Steering Alignment: 100

Turn 10 recommends using default settings when first starting up Forza Motorsport, but you'll find the game feels more suited to controller players. This is an odd decision for a sim racing title, but thankfully there is a way to make the game more responsive when using a wheel.

Best Forza Motorsport wheel settings

These settings should help you but if you do find some work better than others, some more adjustments may be needed to match your particular driving style.

• Vibration Scale: 100
• Force Feedback Scale: 70
• Mechanical Trail Scale: 150
• Pnuematic Trail Scale: 100
• Road Feel Scale: 110
• Load Sensitivity: 50
• Wheel Damping Scale: 20
• Centre Spring Scale: 0
• Dynamic Damper Behaviour: 20

Going to try those controller settings and see if it improves the gameplay.

 

[Black Sheep]

Smart resume is fairly broken for his. Anytime I try it the game usually crashes pretty quickly and needs to be fully restarted.

Yep same for me. I've even had to redo a race, I must have shutdown before a save position.

Now I quit the game fully when finished. It's a problem in general with quick resume for most games but this is particularly bad. Poor coming from an Xbox game. Although they do usually get it fixed with a patch.

But I do love quick resume, when it works. It's such a huge differentiating factor between xbox and PC.

 

[David76]

Smart resume is fairly broken for his. Anytime I try it the game usually crashes pretty quickly and needs to be fully restarted.

Yes. It is completely broken.

 

[Ginger Ted]

Update 1.0 is out. Solid list of fixes but disappointingly no mention of a fix to quick resume.

Below you will find a summary of items fixed or improved upon in Update 1.0.

Version Number:

• Xbox Series X|S: 1.494.4196.0
• PC (Microsoft Store): 1.494.4196.0
• Steam: 1.494.4196.0

Stability [All Platforms]

• General stability improvements with fixes for various crash scenarios.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in the Builders Cup Career Mode after upgrading a car and entering Open Practice in the Fox Body Challenge race on Watkins Glen.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on Grand Oak Club Circuit during a cinematic when entering Open Practice for the third race of the Builders Cup Intro Series.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when entering a Free Play race from the My Cars menu if there were too many cars with custom thumbnail images.
• Fixed a crash that could occur upon loading into a Free Play race.

Progression [All Platforms]

• Adjusted car part unlock levels to increase player upgrade options at lower car levels. Most car parts should now be unlocked within a single Builders Cup series.
• Improvements to ensure Car Affinity manufacturer reward discounts are unlocked when intended – once a player reaches Car Level 50 in a car from the respective brand.

Progression [Xbox Series X|S Only]

• Fixed an issue that would cause players to lose gameplay progress if they continued to play Forza Motorsport after a new game update has been released.

Graphics [Xbox Series X|S Only]

• Fixed an issue when entering and exiting the video menu in-game resulted in black levels being substantially raised, creating a "washed out" look.

Multiplayer [All Platforms]

• Fixed an exploit in Featured Multiplayer where in specific scenarios, a player could post impossible lap times onto the Qualifying leaderboard by entering Qualifying directly from a Practice session.
• Resolved an issue where at times incorrect Safety Rating and Driver Skill Ratings were used for matchmaking.
• Fixed an issue where control of the car wouldn't be handed back to the player upon exiting the pits in Featured Multiplayer and beginning a solo race in Free Play.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from downloading and saving another player's livery while in a Private Multiplayer pre-race.

Livery Editor [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue on the 2016 Ford #66 Ford Racing GT Le Mans while moving a decal around the "Top" or "Hood" of the vehicle while in the Livery Editor which caused decals to appear reflected and offset on the other side of the car.
• Fixed an issue on the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS where stripe decals would not correctly line-up between the hood, roof and wing.
• Fixed a crash encountered in Apply Decals when importing a Layer Group from a previous Forza game and then attempting to apply a Vinyl Shape.

Tracks [All Platforms]

• Updated trackside flag textures on Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Fixed an issue on Le Mans track layouts where a specific curb would stop LMP cars as if they were colliding with an invisible wall.

Physics [All Platforms]

• Improved wet tire wear rates in conditions where track wetness levels are moderate. Wet tires will still wear quickly in dry or semi-dry conditions.

Tuning Setup [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from downloading another player's custom Tuning Setup while browsing a Leaderboard.

Accessibility [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue where custom key binds for a controller or keyboard would not be saved between game sessions.

Accessibility [Steam Only]

• Fixed an issue where the speech-to-text window did not appear when speech-to-text or text-to-speech would be enabled.
• Fixed an issue where the speech-to-text or text-to-speech window would persist on-screen for an indefinite duration until the game was relaunched.

Replay [All Platforms]

• Improved the visuals of the replay camera shown for the last segment of VIR Grand West.

Cars [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue with the 1956 Jaguar D-Type where cockpit view would appear too low and clip through the driver's collar.
• Fixed an issue with the Alfa Romeo Giuletta Quadrifoglio Verde where the front of the car disappeared after selecting a front bumper visual upgrade.
• Fixed an issue where the 2014 Volkswagen Golf R side skirts could not be seen after installing a bodykit.
• Fixed an issue with the 1977 Holden Torana where both Street and Sport Roll Cages would be visibly present on the car after installing a Race Roll Cage.
• Removed visible graining on the 2021 Lexus LC 500 Race Roll Cage texture.
• Fixed an issue with the 2004 Porsche 911 GT3, 1997 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec, 2018 Renault Megane R.S. and 2012 MINI John Cooper Works GP where higher-level Roll Cage would be visible on lower-level upgrades.
• Fixed an issue with the 2021 BMW M3 where the RPM displayed on the digital dash would be desynced with the RPM shown on the Forza UI HUD.
• Fixed ambient occlusion errors on both the exterior and interior views in the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V and fixed a separate issue of damage geometry clipping when viewing the car from a distance.
• Fixed an issue with the 2014 Lamborghini Huracan where no light is cast from the car gauge and dashboard cluster, as well as the headlights, taillights and brake lights. We've also fixed ambient occlusion errors on this vehicle.
• Updated the mirror texture of the 2018 SUBARU #1 Adrian Flux SUBARU Racing Levorg GT from a repeating pattern to its intended semi-gloss metallic silver texture.
• Fixed an issue with the 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray where using the Remove Wing Upgrade left the Stock Wing visible on the car.
• Fixed an odd behavior scenario that would occur for players who own the Forza Motorsport Premium Edition or Premium Add-Ons Bundle on both Xbox and Steam and use the same Gamertag on both versions where duplicated DLC cars would result in an error message prompting the player to repurchase the associated DLC.
• Fixed an exploit where DLC car duplicates purchased from the Showroom could be used on another account or platform where the DLC has not been purchased.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

Still seems buggy even after the patch?

 

[Scotty G]

Still seems buggy even after the patch?

Yes, I don't think they even addressed the "Applying Upgrades" bug yet which crashes the game. It's not really worth playing until that is fixed.