Forza Motorsport (2023): Legendäre Fujimi Kaido-Strecke zum 20. Jubiläum

New Features, Content and Events [All Platforms] 

Track Addition

• Fujimi Kaido
  • Full Circuit(16.5 kilometers | 10.24 miles)
  • Full Circuit Reverse (16.5 kilometers | 10.24 miles)

Public Meetups

Join other players on-track without the pressure of competition, car restrictions or race rules in Meetups. Drive, tune, upgrade your car, enjoy the dynamic time of day and weather, and vote to change the track at any time for the current Meetup event!

• Fujimi Kaido Drift Meetup– Go sideways on massive stretches of serpentine Japanese mountain roads in this 24/7 Meetup at Fujimi Kaido with Drift Scoring enabled.
• Cycled Track Drift Meetup– All 73 track layouts are available in this Drift Meetup where you can vote for your favorite drift track.
• Nürburgring Nordschleife Track Day Meetup– Tackle the ‘Green Hell’ in this 24/7 Meetup at the Nordschleife – the perfect track to test any car build and put it through its paces.
• Cycled Track Day Meetup– All 73 track layouts are available in this Meetup where you’re encouraged to set your best lap time on any track, in any car.

To switch cars while in a Meetup, you need to go back to the pre-race menu. Pause the game and select ‘Exit -> Leave Race’ to return to the Pre-Race menu.

Downloadable Content 

• Forza Motorsport: Racing Heroes Car Pack (5 cars)
  • 2024 Ford Mustang GT3
  • 2008 Mazda Furai
  • 2001 Formula Drift #215 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
  • 1997 Toyota Mark II Tourer V JZX100
  • 1984 De Tomaso Pantera GT5
• Available for USD $4.99|EUR €4.99|GBP £3.99 on the Microsoft Store and Steam.
• Not included with the Premium Edition, Premium Add-Ons Bundle, or Car Pass.

Drivatar AI Improvements

We’ve introduced a major update to our AI system focusing on cleaner and safer racing. This means significant improvements to collision avoidance and side-by-side behavior, especially during those tricky race starts. Go to Forza.net to learn more about these AI changes.

Steering Wheel (Plug and Play) Updates

This update adds new wheel features to Forza Motorsport, including steering wheel calibration and authentic car specific turns lock-to-lock. This will be most noticeable for race cars, which typically have fewer degrees of steering lock-to-lock.

Prior to this release, the default steering behavior was to use the full range of your steering wheel for all cars – which could be tuned globally in the Settings menu or per-car through the Tuning Setup menu.

With this release, now that we are accurately simulating steering sensitivity for each car, we needed to reset the user’s „Steering Lock Range“ in the Tune Setup menu as well as the „Steering Sensitivity“ in the Settings menu.

The default force feedback settings have been adjusted for most wheels as well. If you have already tuned your steering wheel settings, the new default settings will not overwrite your configuration.  Check out the Advanced Wheel settings to calibrate your wheel for the best experience.

Soundtrack

A selection of music from Forza Motorsport 3, 4, 5 and 6 has also been added to the game’s music playlist, alongside 3 new sequences of music from Forza Motorsport 3-5 composer, Lance Hayes.

Career Events

• Featured Tour: 20th Anniversary Tour (Permanent)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport(Starts May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC)
    • Fujimi Kaido – Full Circuit (1 lap)
    • Maple Valley – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • Sunset Peninsula Raceway – Full Circuit (5 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 2(Starts May 14 5pm PT | May 15 12am UTC)
    • Mugello Circuit – Club Circuit (7 laps)
    • Sebring International Raceway – Short Circuit (6 laps)
    • Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Short Course (7 laps)
    • Suzuka Circuit – Full Circuit (3 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 3(Starts May 21 5pm PT | May 22 12am UTC)
    • Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Silverstone Racing Circuit – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Road America – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Le Mans – Circuit International de la Sarthe – Full Circuit (2 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 4(Starts May 28 5pm PT | May 29 12am UTC)
    • Hockenheim – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • Sunset Peninsula Raceway – Full Circuit Reverse (5 laps)
    • Sebring International Raceway – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Grand Prix Circuit (5 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 5(Starts June 4 5pm PT | June 5 12am UTC)
    • Mount Panorama Circuit – Bathurst Circuit (4 laps)
    • Yas Marina Circuit – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Silverstone Racing Circuit – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Full Circuit (3 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 6(Starts June 11 5pm PT | June 12 12am UTC)
    • Lime Rock Park – Full Circuit (9 laps)
    • Virginia International Raceway – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Brands Hatch – Grand Prix Circuit (5 laps)
    • Daytona Intl Speedway – Sports Car Circuit (4 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 7(Starts June 18 5pm PT | June 19 12am UTC)
    • Homestead-Miami Speedway – Road Circuit (6 laps)
    • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Full Circuit (3 laps)
    • Mugello Circuit – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Nürburgring – Nordschleife (1 lap)
  • Reward Showcase(Complete all 20th Anniversary Tour series)
    • Fujimi Kaido – Full Circuit (1 lap)

• Open Class Tour (Available from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC – June 18 5pm PT | June 19 12am PT)
  • D Class Series
  • C Class Series
  • B Class Series
  • A Class Series
  • S Class Series
  • R Class Series
  • Reward Showcase (Complete all Open Class Tour series)
    • Hakone – Grand Prix Circuit (6 laps)

Reward Cars

• 20th Anniversary Tour:2022 Acura NSX Type S
• Open Class Tour: 2024 Nissan Z NISMO

Showroom Cars

The following cars have been added to the Showroom for all Forza Motorsport players:

• 1984 Toyota #25 Horsepower Techs Starlet Time Attack
• 1995 Formula Drift #34 Toyota Supra MkIV
• 2005 #1 Sierra Enterprises Lancer Evolution Time Attack

The 1984 Toyota #25 Horsepower Techs Starlet Time Attack and 1995 Formula Drift #34 Toyota Supra MkIV can be earned for free from their respective Featured Rivals and Drift Rivals events.

Car Updates

We’ve added a Mugen bodykit for the 2005 Honda NSX-R. In addition, all players will receive an optional 20th Anniversary livery that can be applied to the car.

In addition, these previous Forza Motorsport cover cars featured in the 20th Anniversary Tour have received updated audio to coincide with their new events:

• 2005 Honda NSX-R
• 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
• 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
• 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
• 2013 McLaren P1
• 2017 Ford GT
• 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS

Racing Suits

The following driver suits can be unlocked from the Challenge Hub for 20th Anniversary:

• 20th Anniversary Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Gifted to all players from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC.
• Forza Motorsport Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 2 Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 2’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 3 Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 3’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 4 Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 4’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 5 Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 5’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 6 Racing Suit 
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 6’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 7 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 7’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.

Spotlight Cars

Forza Motorsport’s 20th Anniversary Update highlights seven Spotlight cars in the Showroom, one per week. Some weeks include a bonus discount that complement our Spotlight cars.

These Spotlight cars can be used in the Spirit of Motorsport Tour and Spotlight Rivals, the 20th Anniversary Series in Featured Multiplayer, as well as to complete Challenge Hub objectives.

VIP Discount Cars

New Featured Multiplayer Series

• 20th Anniversary Series(Available from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC – June 25 5pm PT | June 26 12am UTC)
  • Experience the evolution of Forza Motorsport in an epic series that celebrates iconic cover cars and tracks from our past games! Join the 20th Anniversary Series in Featured Multiplayer and check back every week over the next seven weeks for updated car restrictions and tracks.
• The Challenge Series(Available from May 14 5pm PT | May 15 12am UTC – May 21 5pm PT | May 22 12am UTC)
  • Compete for the podium in the 2017 Ferrari #25 Corse Clienti 488 Challenge in an epic one-make series that is a common stepping stone to higher levels of competitive racing.
• Lamborghini Series(Available from May 28 5pm PT | May 29 12am UTC – June 4 5pm PT | June 5 12am UTC)
  • The Lamborghini Super Trofeo sees drivers of all backgrounds compete annually across three continents in the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo to crown the Lamborghini World Champion.

Featured Multiplayer Events Calendar

Rivals Events Calendar

Challenge Hub

Featured Challenges

May 7 5:00 PM PT – June 25 5:00 PM PT | May 8 12:00 AM UTC – June 26 12:00 AM UTC

Weekly Challenges

Week 1: May 7 5:00 PM PT – May 14 5:00 PM PT | May 8 12:00 AM UTC – May 15 12:00 AM UTC 

Week 2: May 14 5:00 PM PT – May 21 5:00 PM PT | May 15 12:00 AM UTC – May 22 12:00 AM UTC

Week 3: May 21 5:00 PM PT – May 28 5:00 PM PT | May 22 12:00 AM UTC – May 29 12:00 AM UTC

Week 4: May 28 5:00 PM PT – June 4 5:00 PM PT | May 29 12:00 AM UTC – May 30 12:00 AM UTC

Week 5: June 4 5:00 PM PT – June 11 5:00 PM PT | May 30 12:00 AM UTC – June 12 12:00 AM UTC

Week 6: June 11 5:00 PM PT – June 18 5:00 PM PT | June 12 12:00 AM UTC – June 19 12:00 AM UTC

Week 7: June 18 5:00 PM PT – June 25 5:00 PM PT | June 19 12:00 AM UTC – June 26 12:00 AM UTC

Bug Fixes and Improvements

Stability and Performance [All Platforms]

• Forza Motorsport no longer crashes when players quickly enter the Challenge Hub menu. [2008705]
• Fixed navigation issues on PC when changing from mouse input to keyboard after the syncing entitlements menu popup in the Store. [1891746]
• Fixed some crashes when generating thumbnails for certain cars. [1937817]
• Fixed an issue where the Virtual Keyboard could cause a crash if the player backed out of it during a transition. [1951222]
• Fixed a crash related to recording times on very long races. [1971015]
• The game will no longer crash when the player enters the Challenge Hub while the session Host is changing tracks in Private Multiplayer. [1986868]
• We’ve made general stability improvements across the board to improve your Forza Motorsport experience. [1626324], [1901735], [1907127], [1957376]

Rendering [All Platforms]

• Fixed mesh/texture pop-in issues at Kyalami – Grand Prix Circuit when graphics were set to ‘visuals’. [1811277]

DRIVER NOTE: For PC players using an RTX GPU, NVIDIA has released a hotfix driver to address a shadow flickering issue in Forza Motorsport that may be experienced when racing at night: GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 576.26 | NVIDIA) [2017392]

Gameplay [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue where using Quick Upgrade with a car body conversion equipped and a negative Car Points balance would cause invalid parts to be installed under certain circumstances. [1946524]
• Fixed an issue where the player’s vehicle would bump into the wall of the pit lane when leaving the pit of Road Atlanta. [1986035]

Career [All Platforms]

• Players now retain control over inputs when accepting an invite while skipping Practice in a Career event. [1986804]
• Wet tires are now properly applied when skipping Practice in cases where the weather in Practice and Featured Races differ in Career mode. [1952249]

Featured Multiplayer [All Platforms]

• In Update 20, we’re including a few additional fixes to further help improve lobby sizes after the multiplayer services change made with Update 18 (Velocity).
• Adjusted the default fuel amount to more closely align with the number of laps in each race.
• Car Proximity Radar is now enabled by default in Featured Multiplayer. Players can adjust the positioning or disable the feature via the Settings menu if they so desire. [1981095]
• Fixed an issue where Lap Split times were not displaying in the HUD for Multi-Class/Timed Races. [1985112]
• Fixed a UI issue where safety rating would display an E Safety Rating when the underlying rating was somewhere in-between two letter grades. [1985219]
• Fixed an occasional crash when switching to certain cars in Featured Multiplayer after joining an event. [1832249]

Featured Multiplayer  BoP / Spec Changes [All Platforms]

Changes outlined below were implemented with help from participants in our Forza Insiders Program.

Forza GT2 BoP Changes

Forza GT3 BoP Changes

In addition to the below changes, the following has been implemented for all cars in the Forza GT3 Spec:

• +1%friction increase has been applied to the front of each car
• +2%friction increase has been applied to the rear of each car.

Forza Proto-H BoP Changes

Rebalanced the 2020 Acura #6 ARX-05 Dpi and 2021 Cadillac #31 Whelen Racing DPi-V.R within Forza Proto-H.

Rivals [All Platforms]

• Fixed an exploit where players could rewind back to before the starting line in Drift events to earn extra score. [1952852]
  • As a result of this change, the leaderboards for ‘Welcome to Drift 101,’ ‘Welcome to Drift 102,’ and ‘Welcome to Drift 103’ Drift Rivals have been wiped.
• Due to the number and type of changes made to several Spec Division BoPs, Leaderboards for the following Spec Division Rivals events have also been wiped:
  • Spec Division – Forza GT2
  • Spec Division – Forza GT3

Private Multiplayer [All Platforms]

• „Join Event“ now appears when the host changes the event from Practice & Qualifying to a Meetups event in the pre-race menu. [1995683]
• Fixed the race ending as soon as the first player crosses the finish line when ‘End of Race Timer’ is set to none. Now the race won’t end until all players cross the finish line. [1837000]
• Fixed an issue where the Race Start Type was not properly respected for Meetup events. [1902692]
• Fixed an issue in Private Multiplayer where non-host players could be left without a „Join Event“ button if the host switched the game options to Meetups. [1910545]
• Fixed bug where players could lose focus of the main menu if they were viewing the driver list and the host changed the race format. [1916306]
• Fixed an issue where only the player’s car is focused on during the end/pit cinematic in Private Multiplayer [1926363]
• Players no longer stay ghosted indefinitely while drifting around after going off track during Drift Events. [1936818]
• Fixed an issue in Private Multiplayer where the event setup menu isn’t re-enabled if the host is in the menu when a race ends. [1943918]

Free Play [All Platforms]

• AI Drivatars will now appear as expected when changing the track and Drivatar difficulty together in advanced event settings in Free Play. [2009455]
• Fixed an issue in Free Play where the player car has no collision with other cars after changing event settings and using an owned car. [1995746]
• Multi-Class event restrictions are no longer ignored in Free Play Advanced mode when offline. [2008208]

UI  [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue where the game crashes when players attempt to save advanced wheel changes with an Xbox Controller after unplugging a connected Wheelbase. [1975885]
• Fixed an issue where the mini leaderboard still displayed Best Lap score rather than Best Drift score when Scoring Type is set to Best Drift. [1999466]
• The background is now tinted in the Pause menu. [1986809]
• The game no longer fades to black when transitioning from Pause menu to Telemetry HUD. [1907458]
• Sale timers now show up correctly while using a controller when viewing them from the Buy Cars menu. [1921404]
• Added the „Take car control“ notification to Meetup events which use a Rolling Start. [1923249]
• Reporting Offensive Content will no longer frequently display an „Unable to Download Content“ error message. [1943638]
• Fixed an issue in Private Multiplayer where the score label in the driver list wasn’t updated when the host changed the event’s scoring type. [1953411]
• Fixed Gamertags not being displayed correctly in the Driver List after joining a match without the game running. [1955307]
• Fixed an issue in some UGC browser where the Search function was blocked when viewing your own files category. [2013024]

Forza Race Regulations (FRR)  [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes receive an ‘Off Track: Illegal Pass’ notification when going off track while another player ahead of you in the race quits or disconnects. [1974543]
• Fixed an issue where players were not being ghosted if going off-track immediately after race start. [1906310]
• Increased FRR leniency for off-track penalties to avoid penalizing players who are not gaining meaningful time when cutting corners. [1962831]
• Added a rule to FRR to prevent players from getting penalized when rear-ended directly on the back of their car, so long as they are driving at a reasonable speed. [1746613]

Cars  [All Platforms]

• Fixed an issue where the model year was displaying inconsistently for the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 R. [2006663]

Tracks [All Platforms]

• On Bathurst, we’ve fixed a barrier exploit issue to prevent the player from receiving an unfair advantage. [1917665]

Audio [All Platforms]

• We’ve updated Race Engineer VO to accurately state FRR time penalties.
• Fixed audio and gear selection issue when spectating a race after taking part in it initially. [1977826]
• Fixed an issue where the RPM would hold briefly just after starting a race. [1785119]