This issue has persisted since Forza Motorsport 6, but most of the model dates back to Motorsport 3. Yes, most of it. The current Evo IX model in Forza is a combination of Motorsport 3 USDM model shell and Motorsport 1 Evo VIII model front and rear ends, just with bumpers from the FM3 Evo IX model adjusted to fit the dimensions. But even this has failed, because the entire front bumper is too short for the headlights, causing whatever on Earth this is to happen.
This panel gap literally didn’t have to exist, had the front bumper been adjusted to fit the same sized headlights as the Evo VIII. It could’ve been that much less inaccurate. Despite sharing most elements of the models, this does not happen on the Evo VIII.
Overall, the Evo IX model in Forza has wrong dimensions, as do most inaccurate models in this game, wrong body part shapes, to put it simply: looks wrong in all areas. The whole front end is ruined, as mentioned above, but not just because of the too short front bumper. All elements of the front are too short and too small, basically scaled down, and also drop too low which causes the side line that starts on the front fenders to also droop lower than real life. Side windows are slightly too small, causing the A and C pillars to be a bit too thick and the C pillar in particular lacks roundness near the rear window. For some reason, the wheels that before Forza Motorsport have always been coloured a shade of anthracite and had a BBS logo on them are now silver and don’t have a logo.
Most issues with the front end have already been listed, so I’ll just repeat the points: it’s entirely too small, placed too low, front bumper is too short which creates an unrealistic panel gap, main air ducts in the bumper are too small, headlights are too dark.
The rear end isn’t accurate either, the tail lights are too small because the trunk is too wide, the rear bumper lacks shape, and once again there’s something wrong with that C pillar
Finally, the Lancer Evolution IX model in Forza Motorsport is based off of the Motorsport 3 model of this car, just with some aspects of the Motorsport 1 Evo VIII model, and because of that it shares its aftermarket body kits with it.
The models are identical across all games that featured these two cars since Motorsport 5 up until the current Motorsport, so a Horizon 5 gif is not out of place.
Some parts of the FM1 Evo VIII model were reused and adjusted to fit the FM3 Evo IX front and rear ends
