The new Forza Motorsport is coming

Like FIFA and PES for football, mechanical sports games have a little war of prestige which exists between two flagship titles on the one hand the Japanese and precursor of the genre GRAN TURISMO facing its challenger for 4 generations of consoles : FORZA MOTORSPORT.

Sony advantage for the moment with GT7 which has been running on Playstation 5 for over 10 months already. Forza Motorsport must satisfy its fans with the 7th opus of the American saga. Released in 2017, Forza 7 remains a solid reference for fans of the Microsoft title. But the latter still runs on the old generation of the North American console (Xbox One).

It was time to offer him a successor. The 8th number will be called very simply: FORZA MOTORSPORT. The newcomer's promises are more than tempting. We will start with the car catalog which will be 500 models at the launch of the game, around a hundred models will be new for those who know Forza well. This is a more than satisfactory quantity and perfectly within the standards of the competition.

experts will be able to take the wheel of the old North American DPI ©Turn10

Developed for the brand new XBOX series X or S, the graphic quality of all these cars has therefore increased considerably. The first images are absolutely splendid and Forza 8 will not have to be ashamed of its achievement in the face of the monster from Polyphony Digital. The bodies are gleaming. The light shows are hyper realistic and the cars will bear the different marks or deformations or dirt contracted on the track. 

The emphasis will be placed on competition models, which was no longer necessarily the case in previous versions. An Australian Supercars Mode should also be available. All the stars of the endurance championship,IMSA, will be present in Forza Motorsport. We will also find the legendary cars that raced in the biggest endurance races on the planet.

The 24 hours of Le Mans receive special treatment. As for the environments, the lighting effects have also been improved, as has the weather and the evolution of the day/night cycle. There are no less than 20 different environments (half of which are new in the saga) which will serve as a playground.

The big news regarding the circuits, the Kyalami circuit in South Africa will be one of the great attractions of the title. Opponents in single-player mode benefit from a brand new AI (artificial intelligence) which should make them a little tougher and smarter but also prone to making piloting errors. 

Group C will be there ©Turn10 

We currently have no idea of ​​the behavior and handling of these cars, but the programmers have promised that the game is a best off of Forza 5, 6 and 7. Many thrills are promised to players. You will have to be patient before being able to climb into this new cockpit, the release is not planned before the 3rd quarter of 2023.