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Forza Motorsport "is no more", claims former Turn 10 employee, following Microsoft cuts (www.eurogamer.net)

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[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This last iteration of Forza was awful. If that's how it was going to be for this franchise going forward, good riddance. I'm sorry for the human impact this has though, that parts not lost on me. But the product was complete shit. Leaves a cavern sized hole in the market now. Forza has had a monster sized impact on the genre. That cannot be ignored.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have not played a Forza game since the first one. What did they do to muck it up? I assume the usual live service / micro transactions cancer.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The Horizons are just literally too much, they are overwhelming. Yet at the same time, they start to feel repetitive, like there will be a few good speed challenges or a handful of races that are enjoyable. Other than that, there's so much, yet it feels so dead.

Forza Motorsports, the latest iteration was straight up trash. The online multiplayer has been wrecked by people that just outright cheat, like it's so bad it's blatantly obvious. You have no way of winning if you aren't cheating, and most likely will end up in a pileup somewhere in the back because no one can drive. The story mode has been wrecked by a progression system that just literally makes no sense. It's arguably a fairly attractive game to look at, but totally empty inside.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For me, it's become like the Madden series. That is, it's just not fun anymore. It looks and sounds great but that is it.

Especially compared to Forza Horizon. Forza Horizon 3 and 5 are just fun to play and feel more interactive.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Man all I wanted from them was just one good motorsport on pc. Guess I'm gonna have to emulate one of the good ones...

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

That's literally the game the sim community has been begging for for ages now. What a shame.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember how blown away I was by Motorsport 5 on the XBONE demo console in the store. The trigger response alone made me want to take a whole console home just for that. I really wish I could play that one properly on modern hardware.

[–] winety@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

XBONE emulation is slowly becoming a thing. MattKC gives an overview of where XBONE emulation stands right now.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"Hasn't been" for many many years

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Seems like Horizon has an iffy future as well. Ah well, they are mostly pretty similar and getting repetitive.

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Let's be fair, it's been dead in the water for years. That last one was disgraceful.