I don’t need a SIM. I would LIKE all the things I have mentioned for a very long time, along with many other Forza players. What I would expect at some point is a drag race test drive that has at the very least a countdown for the start and the results at the end. Then a working leaderboard.
I don’t need the world. Not asking for it either. Simply expressing my opinions on “drag racing in Forza 7”. Again, I don’t need SIM. I just don’t want to be stuck drag racing on a smart phone. Said it many times, not doing anything is a missed opportunity.
Hopefully you get some quality of life improvements with Forza Motorsport 7 then, Leaderboards and an ability to do stand-alone tests (maybe Single Player Freeplay is the best option here instead of Test Drive) would be a big improvement over previous titles. Forza Horizon 3 had both so it’s not outside the realms of possibility.
Single player test drive in the open space is the only way that any sort of testing can be done since 4 or before. Not sure what you’re talking about with Horizon 3, all that has it a one mile(ish) runway dominated with V12 AWD Darts.
I am not and haven’t insisted that drag racing be a part of the career. Neither is drift and there are those that enjoy that. My point is, if you’re going to include drag strips and slicks then make those features functional. That’s fine if there are those that want nothing to do with drag. I’ve never said anyone HAS to want it or enjoy it. However, I imagine that there are many more people that would welcome improvements to drag racing than you ney sayers think.
I also understand that most cellphone games are free and that why people download them. That doesn’t mean that one of these console racer developers shouldn’t take a chance and make something. I think a Drag DLC, whether it be a Street Outlaws tie in or FnF or just a DLC would be very successful.
If it ever happens, by all means, don’t buy it or play it if you don’t want. Because you don’t want it doesn’t mean there’s no demand.
This is all why a Drag Racing DLC/Expansion Pack would be perfect.
It would have most of the details drag fans are looking for (tires, some extra crazy drag cars, track, lights etc), and yet nobody would be forced to buy into it.
If they did there’d be more complaints than what the Hot Wheels expansion got. I would love a full blown drag racing career mode so this time I wouldn’t be one of those people. Make it happen T10.
That’s been my point since FM4. I have understood when those that don’t like drag racing don’t see the need. That’s fine. But there ARE many that would really like to see something more than the disfuntional portion of what drag racing has been to this point.
If there was at least a DLC for drag racing, they could test the waters and end any debate about whether it’s worth it or not. Need For Speed Pro Stree on original, original xbox was the last time anybody made good, functioning drag racing. That was a long time ago!
The NASCAR DLC is for a pretty specific group as well and it’s turned put pretty popular all around. I believe the same could happen for drag racing.
I love all aspects of the forza series, both Motorsport and Horizon, and have really been missing the excellent drag racing we had back with Forza Motorsport 4 out at Sedona. The fact that we had: different lengths races, an actual tree, the way it was staged, multiple cars. After playing the campaign over and over I found the drag racing a great place to hang out and keep my car fix. I was wondering if anybody who’s been to E3 or chatted with devs or watched all the YouTube videos has seen anything about drag racing. The last couple of iterations of both Motorsport and Horizon have had very weak drag racing to say the least. I’m sure they’ve checked their numbers and there’s not a lot of people doing it so they don’t put a lot of support and development in to it. But it seems like it would be very easy to bring back the Sedona track or at least the drag racing portion of it without too much effort or money spent. I mean they listened to everybody and brought back Mugelo, Suzuka and Maple Valley. Which will probably be the three tracks I spend most of my time at as I love those, thank you Turn 10.
Otherwise, what have people found on either PC or console that is good for drag racing? I know Need for Speed, the most recent release, has somewhat decent drag racing. But I haven’t tested that out. Opinions and thoughts appreciated.
Just a quick reminder that Forza Horizon 3 does have leaderboards (i.e. Rivals) for drag racing. You can play alone as per a time attack mode, or by racing in real time against other players online in freeroam. The drag strip in this case is a full mile long, set in an airport. With the exception of the track length and location, I expect something very similar for FM7. Very frequently random players you can meet in online freeroam will be in the airport challenging one another in informal, improvised drag racing.
I should also add that some Forzathon events required me to participate in drag races.
Wish someone would make a decent drag racing game and i know Turn10 can do it even if it’s integrated into the fm series! From a programmer standpoint is it that hard to do physics for a working tree and burnout/staging? You can see by my gamer tag i would be very happy about this.
Need For Speed did it with Pro Street. That game was great! Burnouts, wheelies, ORIGINAL XBOX/PS2. Turn 10 could absolutely do it!!
I’m a believer in at the very least try a DLC. My opinion is that of thinking that there would be A LOT of folks that have been ney sayers that would be drag fans. IF they did it right. It doesn’t need to be incredibly in depth, but function properly.have the right upgrades and tuning options.
It can “easily” be done, any competent racing game developer is capable of implementing everything you need.
Whether such implementations help them hit their sales targets is another story. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Expansion had enough mass-market appeal that several people bought an Xbox One in order to experience it, people that would never have given a racing game much attention before. Can a “fully featured” Drag Racing expansion do the same? I don’t have the data to make a definitive statement but my hunch is that it won’t.
Dude, I respect you very much. I agree with 99% of everything I’ve read that you’ve posted. I’m not trying to offend or start anything. I just want to express what that 1% is.
It’s seem that most of the drag racing threads, wishlist posts I have written, horizon and motorsport, you appear and for the most part say the same thing. Yes they could do it but they won’t. In a nutshell. That’s frustrating to me.
I have always written that I understand that there are many that don’t care for drag, therefore they could care less. I also understand that there are many that would welcome it.
As an earlier poster brought up, Storm Island was their way of introducing “rally” upgrades and racing. Is was successful as a whole. My biggest argument is that if they were to have done the same with Horizon 2, introduce drifting upgrades or drag upgrades, I believe that would have also been highly successful. Bringing more replay value to the game. Then at this point, with FH3, introduce whichever you didn’t in 2.
Making at least an effort, test the market. Even a mini DLC could provide enough feedback. It’s just the lack of motivation, vision, I don’t know. I just see huge, missed opportunities. And yes, I completely understand my argument for drag racing is completely self serving, but this thread has more than just me saying they’d check out something if it was made.
That’s understandable; you’re passionate about drag racing in the same way that I care about clean racing in Public Hoppers.
I’m not shooting down your dreams for the sake of it, there’s nothing productive to come out of such action. I am merely making plausible assumptions from a games industry perspective, as I get to see “behind the curtain” for a few games and know how “those on the inside” may think. Granted, I know nothing of the inner-workings on Turn 10 or Microsoft but from my perspective I can make an educated guess.
In the end, I’m just trying to sprinkle a dose of realism into these threads as I don’t want to see people getting their hopes up for something that may never happen. In an ideal world we’d all get what we want, but sadly there are not enough resources available (despite Turn 10’s considerable headcount) to make that happen. There are things that I have been asking for for quite a while too, but the chances of those appearing are also dropping by the day.
Fortunately, what we do get is usually of a high enough standard to make a new Forza title worth playing.
How well did the rally expansion for the original Horizon sell? That would give a good indication of the scale of the market for an expansion that focused on a single discipline, seeing as the original Horizon rally pack was a pretty good representation of a rally(not Dirt Rally levels but a Forza feeling version) so if it can be done for rally, even though rally hasn’t returned in such a detailed way since then, perhaps it could be done for drift and drag racing(also rally whilst we are at it) if there is a market for it.
I understand why people enjoy actual drag racing,the problem is when you boil it down to a video game, going in a straight line over and over in isn’t much fun. You don’t get any of the actual thrill of being knocked back into your seat from mashing the xbox controller.
To me it’s all about getting that “perfect” run. Getting as close as you can to that .400 and getting to the other end as quick as you can. There are more than enough types or racing so that every single car in the game can be competitive. It’s not just about getting across the line first and as fast as you can.