Though it’s still not nearly perfect, Turn 10’sForza Motorsporthas slowly but certainly shaped up into a genuinely compelling simcade racing game over the past year-or-so, as promised. The game is now getting its Update 11, featuring the legendary Road Atlanta track and a host of other goodies.
Forza Motorsport‘s eleventh major content update is titled: “Road to Race,” due to it featuring paired-up racing duos of road vehicles squaring up with their more competitive counterparts. It’s about as interesting of a seasonal theme as it gets, to be honest, and though it’s stillFOMO at its worst, at least Turn 10 is trying to keep things spicy. The crux of Update 11’s seasonal theme will be applied on Road Atlanta, the new featured track, and I’m happy to report we’re getting a bevy of solid fixes and improvements, to boot.
The campaign highlight of Update 11 is the new Road to Race event, featuring the latest Chevrolet Corvette, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Huracan, and Porsche 911 GT3 and their respective race car variants. Players will need to eke out wins with each of these vehicles to unlock the Aston Martin AMR Vantage GTE #97 (2018) in the end, which is a lovely prize to be sure.
For vintage car fans, though, the Aston can’t hold a candle to the final reward of the Featured Open Class Tour: the Nissan Pennzoil NISMO Skyline GT-R – R33 (1998). This coveted car has been ahighlight in many a differentGran Turismotitles, and it’s just wonderful that we get to drive it in the newForza Motorsportas well.
Setting the new cars aside for a little bit, those of us who have been sticking withForza Motorsportfrom day one onwards can look forward to an impressive list of improvements to the core gameplay loop, various fixes, and quality-of-life boons:
All in all, it’s a decently sized update that, while it won’t shock players with how good and content-heavy it is, does improve uponUpdate 10’s fairly unexciting offerings. A good showing, then, but as we near the first anniversary ofForza Motorsport‘s release, I can’t help but hope that Turn 10’s got something special cooking for it. Time will tell, as per usual!
