As part of the Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase this weekend, two big announcements were made for the Forza series of racing games. Forza Motorsport, the game that tends towards simulation, showed off its capabilities in its first gameplay demo, while Forza Horizon 5, the more arcade-style game, showed off its first expansion pack.
Froza Motorsport
Turn 10 Studios demonstrated the capabilities of the latest addition to the Forza Motorsport series this weekend with a video shot entirely within the game’s engine. Designed to demonstrate its realistic capabilities, it also revealed some of the tracks and cars that will be in the title.
Billed as “the most technically advanced racing game ever made,” the video showed its new dynamic time, which allows players to play through an entire day and into the night. As time elapses, the weather changes, too, altering temperatures on track and affecting the behavior of cars.
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Similarly, the studio says that it has added features such as tire compounds and wear to add to the depth, drama, and dynamics of the gaming experience. According to Turn 10, it has improved the fidelity of its physics simulation by 48 times, making the experience more realistic than ever.
Moreover, the consequences of bashing your car will be more accurate than ever. The new simulation details take into account the directionality of damage, how paint peels away, wheel abrasions, dirt build-up, and more. With ray tracing technology, meanwhile, the cars, scratches, and tracks will all look better than ever.
In addition to those features, the studio also revealed a few of the tracks and cars that will be included in the game. Real circuits like Spa-Francorchamps, Laguna Seca, and the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit will all be included in the game, alongside original tracks like Maple Valley and Circuit Hakone. A list of the cars featured in the trailer can be found at the bottom of this story.
Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels
On the arcade end of the spectrum, Microsoft announced the new Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels pack. Featuring new Hot Wheels cars and a sprawling addition to the gameplay area, this is the first expansion pack for Forza Horizon 5.
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It adds 124 miles (200 km) of looping, twisting, orange track to the game that can take drivers through a breathtaking tour of a new Hot Wheels open world. The area adds gravity-defying magnet tracks, icy conditions, rumble tracks, and water flumes to the game.
The expansion pack can be played from beginning to end in co-op mode with friends and once you’ve finished the world that Hot Wheels built, you can build your own. The Hot Wheels Creation Kit allows gamers to play with 80 new track and stunt pieces that snap together to form paths. Once you’ve built a new track, you can share it with the world to explore.
In addition to all that, the pack comes with 10 new cars inspired by real-life Hot Wheels models and real cars. These include:
2018 Chevrolet Hot Wheels COPO Camaro
2012 Hot Wheels Bad to the Blade
2013 Hot Wheels Baja Bone Shaker
2000 Hot Wheels Deora II
2021 Hennessey Venom F5
2006 Mosler MT900 GT3
2020 SIERRA Cars #23 Yokohama ALPHA
2018 Subaru WRX STI ARX Supercar
2019 Italdesign DaVinci Concept
Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels costs $19.99 while Forza Motorsport’s price has not been revealed but the game is expected to debut in 2023. Included in the trailer are the following vehicles:
2018 Acura #36 Gradient Racing NSX GT3
2020 Acura #6 ARX-05 DPi
1958 Aston Martin DBR1
2017 Aston Martin Aston Martin Racing V12 Vantage GT3 #7
2018 Audi #44 R8 LMS GT3
2021 Audi RS e-tron GT
2017 BMW #24 BMW Team RLL M6 GTLM
2018 BMW #1 BMW M Motorsport M8 GTE
2019 Brabham BT62
2021 Cadillac #31 Whelen Racing DPi-V.R
1966 Chaparral #66 Chaparral Cars 2E
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport Coupe
2020 Chevrolet #3 Corvette Racing C8.R
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupé
1969 Dodge Charger R/T
2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
1967 Eagle-Weslake T1G
1967 Ferrari #24 Ferrari Spa 330 P4
1966 Ford #2 GT40 Mk II Le Mans
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302
2018 Formula Drift #64 Nissan 370Z
2020 Formula Drift #151 Toyota GR Supra
2019 Ginetta #6 Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1
1967 Honda RA300
2020 Koenigsegg Jesko
2018 Lamborghini #63 Squadra Corse Huracán Super Trofeo Evo
2020 Lamborghini Huracan EVO
1991 Mazda #55 Mazda 787B
1966 McLaren M2B
2019 McLaren Senna GTR
2018 Mercedes-AMG GT3
1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
2016 NIO EP9
2019 Nissan 370Z Nismo
2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO (R35)
2017 Porsche #911 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR
2021 Porsche 911 GT3
