Turn 10 Studios has provided a brand-new look at Forza Motorsport during today's Xbox Developer Direct event, and it's looking rather incredible we must admit. The team's latest iteration of high-speed track racing brings 500+ cars, including over 100 that are new for the series, to Xbox Series X and S (and PC) racers in 2023.
The most impressive sounding elements of today's showcase, for us, revolve around ray tracing. Turn 10 says that Forza Motorsport not only features fully ray traced global illumination, but it also runs on-track at full 4K / 60FPS on Xbox Series X. Wow!
It's not all about the visuals though - Forza is getting a serious upgrade under the hood. The team says that the upcoming title features more advancements in driving physics than Forza Motorsport 5, 6, and 7 combined.
We didn't see any of the single-player campaign or the game's multiplayer in great detail, but Turn 10 did deliver a few little tidbits that certainly intrigue us. The team says that online multiplayer is completely overhauled from previous entries, and that the game features a "car building focused single-player career mode".
Sadly, we got no further release date announcement beyond a pretty broad "2023" launch window. Given that Microsoft had previously said Spring '23, we'd expect this one to be a good few months away yet.
What do you think to these new Forza Motorsport details? Let us know!
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Did he say ‘feedelity’ 🤣
4K @ 60fps with on track ray tracing. Let’s see what they can deliver.
No release date lol
My most wanted this year but no date really sucks.
Looks amazing, can’t wait 😊
Bummer with no release date. Summer, autumn... or winter😱
This looks really good. I was going to be hyped for this but after finding out GT7 is now all VR.....I think I'm leaning to the blue team for my racing fix. Looks really great though!
Blown away by the footage. No release date is a bummer but at least we know it’s coming this year!
2023? Lol. That means Fall because they need something else coming out other than Starfield. So, we will get Redfall in May and Forza, Starfield in the Fall. There you have it.
This looks incredible, I had a lot of fun with GT7 but it's racing can feel a little stale at times. This is going to be good
@BBB I'm hoping the foveated rendering is going to help with that since it doesn't actually have to render the whole track (but does have to render part of it twice....) We'll see. It could be the next Robinson: The Journey lol.
@BBB The previous release window (Spring 2023) covers most of June so it no longer saying Spring suggests a delay beyond the 12 month window.
4K/60fps and RT! Can’t wait
Do we really need lifelike dirt accumulation in video games?
@NEStalgia I was hoping that this game could get VR (at least on PC) to combat GT7 VR, but with Microsoft canning their VR and Mix Reality teams… It doesn’t look like VR in Xbox or Xbox studios futures.
@RBRTMNZ Forza Motorsport is a sim-Cade (this one looks to be more sim heavy) so yes… It at least important to have in this style of game.
@RBRTMNZ Plot twist: Power Washer Simulator will be included with purchase!
@Floki Yeah, I don't see MS having any presence in that space at this point. A bit like winphone and zune for them. Shame, I thought a partnership with Occulus or HTC would have gone well for them rather than designing their own, but I can't see them putting money into it now. Which is REALLY a shame because with Zenimax they have one of the formerly best VR producing teams around under them.
This looks amazing. I haven’t been looking forward to a racing game this much in a long time.
One really cool thing to think about with this game is....isn't this the engine Playground is using to make Fable? This looks like one heck of an engine if it delivers. A fantasy RPG using this has mind blowing potential.
No release date. Typical of Xbox. Tired of the endless hype and wait.
Looks amazing, 4K 60 WITH ray tracing! Bring it on! But I highly suspect it’ll be delayed again, or it’ll be a Christmas launch, and they will have a lot of work to convince people to keep interested if that’s the case.
@NEStalgia They still have some kind of partnership with oculus… But that only clouding streaming game pass games. Don’t know if they’re still the official controller for the platform. Was hoping that they would massively expand on this partnership.
RIP WMR tho. I really enjoyed the time I had with that platform tho.
@NEStalgia Hahaha
@Floki not totally, they dis announce partnership with meta/oculus. Since xbox is now available on Quest, why would Quest not become a approved Xbox compagnon?
@NEStalgia well there is one advantage Forza has over GT7VR, I don’t have to pay £600+ to play it 😜
Hi there fellow gamers;
This game is absolutely Gorgeous.
I´m still kinda blown away by FH5 on my Series X every time I play, but this..... I think we are finally getting a true next gen gaming experience and I´m all here for it.
Still no release date though.
Maybe they´ll give one tomorrow on their own showcase.
Cheers, stay safe good people and happy gaming to us all
This looks amazing. GT7 was my most played game last year by some way and I’m not even a massive racing nut. Forza has always been superior in its depth, social features, customisability and replayability so if this turns out to be half as good as it looks I may never leave my house again after release.
@Fenbops lol that's definitely a...... Plus..... Ba dum tss ....
Moss2 required me to buy the headset, so the vr in gt7 is totally free
Looks dope, worth checking out.
Not Into many racing games but wow at the look of it , it's looks amazing
@NEStalgia GT7 is good at times. The lighting at night, controls well on a controller, decent track selection (a couple more would have been perfect), driving licenses are great.
As a game it's pretty bad tbh. The graphics are below par, especially the details and fauna, the cars aren't as well modeled as forza horizon 4 or 5, the dirt racing is rubbish and the career progression is odd with hardly any variety. The music racing is a gimmick, the limited fuel levels are boring as fub. I stopped playing sometime last year as I couldn't play certain online races with a designated vehicle, as I refused to pay for the cars and none were dropping in the lottery. GT7 is overrated.
I'm a huge VR advocate but honestly, if anyone here has slight travel sickness. Never use vr in driving games. You will feel sick, its bad. If you don't, lucky you.
Wild theory with no much facts behind it to back it up, believe this at your own peril and potential disappointment:
They might had teased its coming June 2022, the font they used makes the G in “coming” look like a 6, so 6/2023 but no exact date. Why be so sneaky about it (if this theory holds any water?) because everyone expects June to be Starfield month, and they don’t want us to think that June is pre-reserved for Forza. We might get an exact date after the Starfield deep dive that might (gasp!) get an April release date!!!
Anyways this is just my brain being stupid, but remember this if it turns out to be right! 🙃
@NEStalgia know what would be interesting? A partnership with valve to get this game to have VR support on PC.
Hell… imagine if they came up with a solution that allowed us to somehow use the Index on Xbox games… MS gets to not have to spend money developing redundant VR tech (that IMO is as odd as making Xbox branded TVs) and Valve gets to sell more headsets.
Video says a bunch of stuff.
Me: 500 cars pretty good, if balanced not as much trims and variations then by all means I'm fine with that much. Ok so HUD looks good (tyres on the bottom right then the d-pad to view more information thank you) everything else looks good.
Skipping most of the graphics, sound and whatever else I already know they will be good I don't care about that stuff.
20 environments no idea on layouts/tracks hmmm. Not sure what to think there. I mean Forza 2 (the training course layouts were fine enough I like when devs do fictional tracks but Forza has pulled away from that and I don't care for the real tracks as much a good balance is needed for me to care) & 5 I really wasn't into the track choices or reduction even if needed for the graphics and new console hardware to adjust to.
If the new tracks are interesting then sure if not then pass. Even then when was the last hillclimb or other interesting locations most circuits I find pretty who cares for me personally real or fictional/lack of fictional in the Motorsport series these days.
Proper 3D spectators/crowds is cool to see.
No two laps are the same.... As in not expecting kart racer levels (track changes XD) but if weather and car collisions and so on then sure that's fine.
Ok game structure is... not clear and no release date that's fair. If the UI is also too boxy and boring then eh great another streaming service boring looking UI. If the game structure of the singleplayer will be terrible then I'm not playing it on Gamepass or buying it not interested.
Yeah i'm guessing Series S won't have RT though?
I wonder what the series s output will be, hope for a 1080p 60fps with ray tracing, maybe I will upgrade for the X to fully enjoy this wonderful game.
@Floki
VR is a niche technology. It is firstly too expensive, and secondly, even with all the marketing it has had, they can't to seem to sell to even 5% of user bases.
I don't know why people are so stuck up on VR. I used to think VR was amazing when Oculus Rift came out. Here we are 10 years later and no one can get more then 5% of their user base to buy it.
Shame we didn’t get a date for Forza. It looks incredible.
@NeoRatt I get what you mean. But you could say that about almost anything released though. Apart from the really big games. How many sell to more than 5% of the user base? And games are a tenth of the price of VR. If you take PS4 as an example (easiest to find sales numbers), say ~120 million consoles in the wild. That’s 6 million copies needed to break 5% of the users. According to sales data, only 11 games crossed that line.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games
But I agree, it will be a very niche product for now. We just need to get to Ready Player One levels of immersion. Haha.
What happen to the Ford Gt windscreen at the start of the promo at 45/46 seconds in .Whoops .The best thing about this game ,going to have nice grass .That all I took away from this .
@themcnoisy GT can be great but yeah it's been behind Forza for a long long time technically.
Vr we'll see. I'm not someone that's been affected by anything in vr everyone except occasional moments in Eagle Flight which I blame the game for.. it's "free" and a big deal, so we'll see how it turns out. If it's bad, then I'll be hyped for f8 again lol.
@Tharsman It would certainly be an amazing game for pcvr. Though I doubt Ms wants to invest that much in making Xbox look a lot worse than pc, out would definitely showcase the concept. But yeah I'd kind of expected ms to partner with someone to support vr on Xbox, but, then that would split their dev efforts for so few customers.
Much as it looks fantastic, im concerned that it only has 20 tracks or 'environments', as they call them. They probably glossed over this as they know gt7 has 34.
Doesnt stop me wanting this, and right now, but a relative lack of tracks and the systems lack of gyro tempers my excitement just a little bit.
Disappointing that it seems to have slipped from the previously announced Spring 2023. If Starfield slips as well beyond E3 then their biggest 2 games from last years E3 will have slipped, that isn't the best look for MS.
At the same time, if either need more time, they should have it to make the best game possible, they just shouldn't have been dated so early.
No release date means this is likely destined to be their holiday game this year. Which frankly is embarrassing and they shouldn’t get a pass on - not after making such a big deal everything shown in June would be out within that 12 months. It’s like it’s impossible to go a year without Xbox showing how incompetent they are at getting out these games.
Also, if it’s delayed to the later half it likely means ms studios only have this to put out this year…which is also frankly embarrassing at this point.
Game looked great though in the limited gameplay they actually showed
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I would rather them disappoint me by moving the release date and giving me a great game, then ship a game full of game breaking issues that sours my experience. I am disappointed Forza Motorsports has probably moved to September-November release probably. But, if this gives it great polish, then I am OK with it. The game looks absolutely awesome, hopefully the delay helps it live up to its looks. I don't think XB gamers can really complain this year so far. MS shadow dropped Hi-Fi Rush, dated Redfall, dropped Age of Empires DE already, and will probably release Tokyo Ghostwire sometime this spring or early summer.
Even other console platforms got good news today with Minecraft Legends and ESO Expansion.
There has not been a game showcase this strong from Microsoft in a while. And to think Hellblade II, Avowed, Age of Empires IV (XB), State of Decay III, Perfect Dark, Outer Worlds 2, Everwild, Fable, etc. are still in the pipeline! Plus, we will probably keep getting content on Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves, and Flight Simulator this year.
It's beautiful for sure but would expect a summer or fall launch. Niche game so better for it to be right off the line 😏
Wonder if they are using this same engine for Fable ?
After six years only 20 tracks. What have they done in those six years?
@ZYDIO thats….. disturbing.
@Fenbops I agree, but it it was quite pleasant.
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