The racing community are starting to get impatient with Forza Motorsport, will this 8th iteration bring back the masses, or will it continue to be a buggy mess fixed down the road?
Following the launch of Forza Motorsport and the subsequent Update 1.0, the dev team has dedicated significant effort to address additional issues and enhance the overall gameplay experience. This has been guided by the invaluable feedback and reports from the player community.
Update 2 marks the inaugural content update, scheduled for release in mid-November. This update will introduce Yas Marina as a new track location, and also includes a comprehensive set of over 200 fixes aimed at addressing a variety of issues, with a particular focus on those most frequently reported by players.
Stability
- Many fixes to improve overall game stability and reduce crashes across all platforms.
Livery Editor
- Fixed issue where players can view and unlock tunes and vinyls shared by other players.
- Fixed issue causing black paint shade to show up as grey instead of black.
- Fixed issue where only the inner barrel on factory rims is paintable.
PC
- Fixed issue requiring shaders to recompile every time Forza Motorsport is started on AMD chipsets.
- Fixed specific game crash that occurs if headphones are plugged into the front panel.
Note – PC players using AMD 7900 XTX who encounter a crash at the end of races should download the latest AMD graphics driver to resolve this issue.
Multiplayer
- Fixes to matchmaking as a group, party management, and invites and joins across multiplayer.
- Fixes to ensure custom liveries show up more consistently across multiplayer game modes.
- Fixes to address cases where Intermission/Launch Countdown would take much longer than expected before the start of multiplayer races.
- Fixes to automatic wet tire selection when entering an event, and fixes to fuel estimation logic.
- Fixes to title stability when resuming from a suspended state on console.
Gameplay
- Resolved an exploit related to changing car tune mid-race.
- Fixed issue where the game becomes stuck in the “new content update” loop when entering the main menu.
- Fixes to Replays in scenarios where Replays do not start playing, the cars do not move, or they float.
- Fixed issue with a forced camera change at the start of a race.
Cars
- Fixed issue with the 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS Sport Roll Cage visual upgrade option, which removes the roof of the car when viewed in first-person.
Wheels
- Fixed issue that prevented the Thrustmaster T248 LED screen from displaying race position information.
