Cosmetic Mods

Forza Motorsport Forza Motorsport 2023 FM 2023 Discussion
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I have a general question.
I understand that as below in the Code of Conduct that any modification to the game to give you an advantage in any form is extremely fround upon as it should be.
However it doesn’t state if cosmetic modifications such as “Better Racing Tyres” that put branding on your tyres so your car looks more the part and have no other effect. Also possibly having “realistic Rain” to improve the feel of the rain effect as it currently feels like you’re driving through a light drizzle rather than heavy rain. This mod probably would make it more difficult for the player but more fun.
What I want to know would these mods I described get me a ban/warning or are these ok as there is no advatage of any form (other than the coolness rating) and I’ll be the only person to see then when racing anyway.

I have not installed any mods for Forza and have no intention to do so unless I know that I am safe to do so. I am aware of mods that improve your car illegally and I also think these mods should result in a ban. My question is solely about cosmetic non performance enhancing mods.

----Exerpt from Forza Code of Conduct----

Cheating/Modding

Whether you are a seasoned vet or a newbie behind the wheel, we want every online interaction you partake in across our titles to be fair and square. It is vital that the integrity of our games be upheld, and any evidence of cheating or manipulating the game to give oneself an advantage will be taken extremely seriously.

This category covers offenses including, but not limited to: obtaining unreleased cars, modifying game files, running cheat tools alongside the game, fraudulent leaderboard entries, Auction House automated scripts, stream-sniping, piracy, and more.

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Any modification to game files is not allowed. They don’t know what the modification does or if it provides additional benefits to the player outside of visual enhancements.

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That is my thinking too. Better safe and ban any form of mod as unknowns are at play.
The anti-cheat in the game should be able to determine if a performance enhancing is at play as the values (Tyre grip, HP, torque etc…) are different than what they should be as it should be able to compare the values.
Maybe I’m being a bit pedantic as the CoC only states performance enhancing mods.
That is why I’m asking for an official answer before I do use any cosmetic mods. These are available on a popular moding website and am quite interested in them.

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I remember on Horizon they advertised and started to ban peoples who use any mods, even if it’s just cosmetic, so maybe that’s the same for Motorsport.
You aren’t going to be instantly ban because you use a mod (a friend was style using cosmetic mod 2 months after this announcement because he wasn’t know about it), but they’re peoples who really get ban for this, so it’s on you

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Horizon 1 somehow had people using mods on XB360: underglow, fancy paint and using the traffic and null cars. I read their posts here about the ‘unfair’ bans they got, before the posts were deleted. So, visual modding is still modifying the game code and thus forbidden.

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Consider modification the violation, regardless of how or why.

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