Earlier this month, Turn 10 Studios dropped Forza Motorsport Update 9, which came complete with a free DLC offer on Xbox and PC. However, one other difference that flew under the radar was a pretty big upgrade to the game's visuals - the dev team has made some massive graphical changes in Update 9.
We've finally got a good look at these changes in the video up above, which compares older updates to Update 9 footage across every track in the game. As you can see, the lighting looks like it's changed quite a bit - giving the game a more colourful look, where the overall contrast just seems to pop a lot more.
We're yet to give this update a go here at Pure Xbox HQ, but now that we've seen just how different the game looks after this June update, we're very much tempted. It's just about making sure that we have 100GB+ spare on our Xbox SSDs!
Having said that, a couple of months back, the team did reduce the overall file size as part of Forza Motorsport Update 7, so maybe we should just give the game another spin now and see what we think of the changes. Who else is tempted to get back out on the track?
Tell us if this is tempting you back to Forza Motorsport down below!
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It looks a lot better. Much more vibrant and clear.
Waaaaay better!! Check out the pop-out of lighting on the 928 bumper around 6:56 of the video on the first update compared to the latest. The shadows creep better now and bit a massive blanket darkness. Kudos!
Wow, that's genuinely a night-and-day difference. That's much, much more appealing to the eye.
just adjust your monitor/tv settings ; you’d be surprised just how much prettier you could make a game look yourself . i like to desaturate my games with strong black/white contrast , and for games like forza i just switch my screen settings to “racing” on my monitor
There's a huge improvement in lighting indeed....
I still play this regularly, mainly for the monthly open tour class races, and the game looks amazing. There’s still room for improvement though in other areas, like the AI. Also I wouldn’t mind seeing a city track added to the mix, maybe Rio from FM7? 🤔
I got this earlier this month from Argos for just £9.99 and I have been playing on and off everyday.
The game needs more tracks I feel, but the handling of the cars and the HDR is brilliant especially the night time races and the graphics are much more colourful but the game needs more cars and tracks definitely.
It always looked kinda washed out and a lot of paint looked really awful.
Looks much more like GT7 to me (which in turn means much cleaner and better).
I'm just interested in how people who said they preferred more realistic pre-update look feel now?
Disclaimer: it genuinely looks good now.
@JayJ they fixed the “washed out” look in one of the earlier updates where they adjusted the game’s gamma and black level settings, which I believe was the cause. Trust me, the game looks great now 👍
@Nightcrawler71 I played it then and it still looked off to me, definitely a lighting issue.
Just a thought. But judging by those pics, seeing one sunny day, other cloudy overcast.
Could that just truly be the difference. Sun vs. no sun?
@GuyinPA75 It's overcast in the other picture as well. The new one just has the clouds standing out a lot more with a much brighter white and more vibrant blue sky. Overall the new lighting looks brighter with more vibrancy in general.
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