How is that any different to how T10 have always been? They have never been forthcoming with information, ever.
Since FM1, I have never felt like a beta tester for Forza. The problem with the complaints about bugs and what not, are the people who go onto full multi-thread rants. Instead of just calmly and precisely listing the issues they are facing, and under what circumstances, as well as stating if the issue is repeatable. Now more than ever, it is so easy to show evidence to back up what is happening also; as the Xbox one has a built in DVR. Plus there are others like myself, who have invested in such things like capture devices. But no one ever backs up what they have to say when they throw these complaints out, they just go off on one ranting and raving and ordering T10 (or any dev) to fix it as soon as, or else! Game development and bug fixing/testing just does not happen like that, as it takes time to pinpoint issues in a games code, fix it, and then make sure it has not broken something else. And before anyone says “bugs in the code shouldn’t be there in the first place”, well, have you ever tried to make a piece of software such as Forza? There will be thousands upon thousands of lines of code, and one change to that code has the potentiality to break everything. Which is the case with this rather large and unheard of content update from T10. We also do not know what version of the xbox dashboard T10 are using, which could be newer or older than the version we are all using on our systems at home. Often the case with bugs in software, is they will not happen on the devs systems, but only show themselves when out in the public. Which is far too late then.
Who says T10 do not read the forums? Just because they do not post from their T10 accounts very often, does not mean they are not here. There used to be a saying that a few mods would say, “you never know who you are talking too”. So that would lead most to believe that some T10 staff use the forums under stealth, which makes perfect sense. As people around here have a habit of getting rather noxious while debating in game issues.
T10 have barely ever responded directly to issues, unless they are massively game breaking ones. Only really giving information when they have something definite to say. I have been here for 3 console generations now, and it has always been the same.
As for regards to the DLC and the ‘possible’ deadline, it is ‘possible’ that T10 where hoping to drop this update and DLC in a few weeks time at E3. What with it been so close and all. But with people in certain shops leaking pictures of the Xbox content code cards, they may have decided to drop it early. Since you know, the cat was already out of the bag.
Fact of the matter is, we do not know. And quite frankly, if T10 where posting here with a constant stream of information; then that means someone would have to take time away from their job fixing these issues to give a status update to a team manager, who would then need to stop what they are doing to give the same status update to a community member, who would then be reporting to the droving masses what is happening in a PR friendly way.
