While the majority ofForza Motorsport‘s post-launch content updateshave included flashy new tracks and such, Update 8 foregoes anything of the sort. Instead, it’s quality-of-life o’clock, and Turn 10 aims to deliver. Included are an improved racing AI, vinyl editing boons, a revision of safety ratings, and heaps more.
As usual,Forza Motorsport‘s Update 8 comes alongside anew seasonal content revision, this time focusing on vehicles that walk the knife’s edge between being a full-blooded track monster and a production-tier road car. One of the most exciting new cars on the roster is the legendary Ginetta G40 Junior, to illustrate what you ought to be expecting. Oh, and lest we forget: Mobil 1 is celebrating its 50th anniversary by partnering up withForza Motorsportfor a series of themed Rivals events and more.
Forza Motorsport Update 8 is loaded with quality-of-life goodies
As promised early in 2024, Turn 10 has slowly but certainly been iterating upon the core gameplay loop ofForza Motorsportwith each new update. While Update 8, specifically, isn’t as transformative of an upgrade asUpdate 6, which totally reworked the game’s caRPG systems, it is quite massive when it comes to quality-of-life improvements and the general quality of gameplay.
Notably, here’s just a short list of some key improvements that have made their way intoForza Motorsportwith Update 8:
For a more comprehensive list, be sure to check outTurn 10’s Steam blog post, but that should give you an idea of what to expect. The Mobil 1 partnership is interesting, too, though the value of this partnership will hinge mainly on the upcoming Rival events, which Turn 10 is yet to explain in greater detail.
As for the new vehicles and events, here’s the full list of Featured Tour events running through late June:
Completing all four of these series will not only allow you to nab their respective Spotlight cars at a low price, but also the delightful 2019 Porsche Motorsport 935 #70. As for the latest Open Class Tour refresh, the final reward there is the BMW M1 Coupe from 2011. Not a bad offering, but a fair bit less exciting than the 935.
While all of the fixes, tweaks, and improvements outlined above are already available inForza Motorsportas of May 13, the seasonal batch of Update 8 content won’t be going live until May 15. From that point onwards, you’ve got about a month’s worth of time tounlock all of the FOMO-bound rewardsuntil Update 9 comes out, such as the aforementioned Motorsport 935.
