I’m not sure how the expression “Chop, chop!” translates into American but in the UK it means “Hurry up!”
There are so many people criticising the design of this game, whether it’s micro transactions, the lack of leaderboards and rivals mode, various other gripes and in general the soul of Forza is missing in this game. However, I think I know why why they have been so slow to sort this game out and add the missing features that we all love - This game is still riddled with bugs. How can you concentrate on adding features before you’ve got the basics right?
I hope that FM7 with become the Battlefied 4 of racing games. An absolute mess when it was launched but then it turned out to be the best game in the series.
There are so many bugs that I have seen playing FM7 “their way” that the thought of playing it my way (the popular way) would just unearth a load more bugs. Simple things that we expect from a Forza release or just not there yet and it is plagued by bugs - stuttering menus, decals that don’t load up, grey cars without decals, lights that don’t work properly on various cars. Dodgy Telemetry that doesn’t represent the tuning adjustments you make. Crashes, stuttering, flickering… Don’t even get me started on the PC version.
DG said they had rebuilt this game from the ground up for the Xbox One X. … ? … Well let me just say they did a better job with FM5 when they were building it for the Xbox One. Now that there are so many more tracks and cars than there were in FM5 there are relatively more bugs. It’s sad to think that FM6 is still the best in the series on this generation of console.
It you’ve just bought an Xbox One X as you first console and you have bought FM7 then good for you, enjoy! You must love the widebody kits! You are the new generation! Just try and drive with some respect when you go online, kids!
As for the rest of you, the older generation. Who, like me, like to complain about the features we miss, can I suggest that we all keep the criticism limited to bugs and errors for the time being. Once they sort out all the bugs hopefully they will then be able to concentrate on adding features that make the game more accessible to all of us - i.e. They will sort out the Telemetry, Leaderboards, Rivals and customisation in Single Player and Multiplayer. Fingers crossed!