“We’re working on things like track temperature and how it affects things like grip and tyre pressure, and tyre wear. Each compound has its own grip and wear characteristics, which Esaki said will lead to “exciting new gameplay decisions during a race.” Weather warningĮnvironmental factors will also need to be taken into account in Forza Motorsport, and have the potential to make each lap feel different, according to Esaki. There has always been tire wear in previous games, but tire compounds such as hard, medium and soft will deepen the gameplay and racing strategy. Multiple tire compounds have also been confirmed for Forza Motorsport, a first for the series. As simple as that may be, the curbing is night and day to where it’s been in the past.” They can be approached with confidence, and I think the playtest confirmed this. Our curbs in the past have often been viewed as somewhat coarse or unsettling, and I think that’s been dramatically changed. When Esaki was asked how else the physics will improve the driving experience overall, Esaki said: “Another example of how the physics work that has resulted in subtle but noticeable changes in the road surface are curbs. Esaki said that this results in the car’s handling better, and you can “feel” the track surface a lot more.īut that’s not all. That’s a 48x fidelity jump for a single tire collision. In Forza Motorsport, there are now eight points of contact with the track surface, and the engine will refresh at 360 cycles per second (360Hz). According to Esaki, the tire collision model from the first game to Forza Motorsport 7 had a single point of contact with the track surface and refreshed at 60 cycles per second (60Hz). The tires in Forza Motorsport, and the way they interact with the road, has been dramatically increased too. FM8 needs to be everything that GT7 is, and then some. The only two reasons I dont play GT sport instead of forza are that I can play forza on PC, and the track list on forza is slightly bigger (not including the million variations of VIR). It’s basically a huge generational leap coming to the game.” Thing is, all of this, and much much more, has already been in GT sport for quite some time. For some reason this had unshared itself a while back. “To put the physics work into perspective… the changes we made from Forza Motorsport 7 till now, is more than the changes we made from 4 through 7. New design available for this weeks challenge for the Hoonigan Gymkhana 10 Focus RS RX. Esaki also shared details on how Forza Motorsport’s physics have evolved from Forza Motorsport 7, which was released on Xbox One in 2017.

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