FM Update 3.0 | 12 Dec 2023

Update 3.0 - new Track, new Cars, additional Open Class Series events, new Suits

Update 3.0 is available to install as of December 12th, and includes new content for December 14th through January 18th, 2024.

Announcements

New Content, Features and Events [All Platforms]

New Track

  • Hockenheim: Full Circuit, National Circuit, Short Circuit

New Features

  • 33 new suits have been added to the Driver Customization menu. Groups of suits will unlock at Driver Level milestones 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100. If you’ve already surpassed these Driver Levels, all the new suits will be retroactively unlocked for you. Please note, a game restart may be required for all suits to be downloaded and unlocked.
  • New options are available in the Screen Narrator section of the Accessibility settings menu to narrate your race position and driver names ahead and behind you.

New Career Events

  • Contemporary Tour (Available from Dec.14, 2023 – Jan. 31, 2024)
    • Italian Ingenuity (Starts Dec. 14)
    • Hybrid Ferocity (Starts Dec. 21)
    • Tip of The Spear (Starts Dec. 28)
    • Valkyrie Challenge (Starts Jan. 4)
  • Open Class – British Marques (Available from Dec.14, 2023 – Jan.18, 2024)
    • C Class Series
    • B Class Series
    • A Class Series
    • S Class Series

Reward Cars

  • Contemporary Tour: 2022 Pagani Huayra R
  • Open Class Series: 2015 Mclaren 650S

Spotlight Cars

  • 2020 Automobili Pininfarina Battista (Dec. 14 – Dec. 21)
  • 2022 Ferrari 296 GTB (Dec. 21 – Dec. 28)
  • 2021 McLaren Sabre (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4)
  • 2023 Aston Martin Valkyrie (Jan. 4 – Jan. 11)
  • 2015 Lamborghini #63 Squadra Corse Huracán LP620-2 Super Trofeo (Jan. 11 – Jan 18)

Car Pass Cars

  • 2018 Chevrolet #23 Ruman Racing TA Corvette (Dec. 14)
  • 1985 Buick #6 Performance Motorsports Somerset Regal Trans-Am (Dec. 21)
  • 2021 Cadillac #31 Whelen Racing DPi-V.R (Dec. 28)
  • 2018 Lamborghini #63 Squadra Corse Huracán Super Trofeo Evo (Jan. 4)
  • 1983 Porsche #11 John Fitzpatrick Racing 956 (Jan. 11)

New Multiplayer Events

Spec Series

  • Lotus 3-Eleven Spec Series (Dec. 14 – Dec. 21)
  • Formula 70s Series (Dec. 21 – Dec. 28)
  • GTP/C Series (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4)
  • Mazda Miata Spec Series (Jan. 4 – Jan. 11)
  • Vintage Le Mans Prototype Series (Jan. 11 – Jan 18)

Open Series

  • P Class & A Class (Dec. 14 – Dec. 21)
  • S Class & C Class (Dec. 21 – Dec. 28)
  • X Class & E Class (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4)
  • R Class & B Class (Jan. 4 – Jan. 11)
  • P Class & D Class (Jan. 11 – Jan 18)

Spotlight Series

  • 2020 Automobili Pininfarina Battista (Dec. 14 – Dec. 21)
  • 2022 Ferrari 296 GTB (Dec. 21 – Dec. 28)
  • 2021 McLaren Sabre (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4)
  • 2023 Aston Martin Valkyrie (Jan. 4 – Jan. 11)
  • 2015 Lamborghini #63 Squadra Corse Huracán LP620-2 Super Trofeo (Jan. 11 – Jan 18)

New Rivals Events

  • Featured Track: Hockenheim – 2021 Mercedes-AMG One – Hockenheim Full Circuit (Dec. 14 – Jan. 18)
  • VIP: Nocturnal Predator – 2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S CoupĂ© Forza Edition – Kyalami GP Circuit (Dec. 14 – Jan. 18)
  • Spotlight – 2020 Automobili Pininfarina Battista – Mugello Full Circuit (Dec. 14 – Dec. 21)
  • Spotlight – 2022 Ferrari 296 GTB – Watkins Glen Short Circuit (Dec. 21 – Dec. 28)
  • Spotlight – 2021 McLaren Sabre – NĂĽrburgring Sprint Circuit (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4)
  • Spotlight – 2023 Aston Martin Valkyrie – Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit (Jan. 4 – Jan. 11)

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Will this include actual bug fixes or the half-baked bug fixes as shown in the last two updates?

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Chris is still too busy doing press to focus on bug fixing.

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I don’t know…but at this point I can’t help but think of what new bugs we gonna have, the more you guys fix the more you damage somehow. Oh and the car sounds…knowing how you guys kept messing up the sound of V12s what reason do I have to be excited that we’ll have the Huayra R?

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200 more fixes?

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I’d forgive so much if they’d just get the sounds right. They can’t even do that right. It breaks my heart that they have so many IRL good sounding cars in the game and the only ones they got close to being right are the 917, and AMG One. I might as well pick up asphalt legends if I just want a droney sound in the background while I’m driving a fast car.

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Looking forward to seeing what comes next.

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Will be interesting to see what track will be added. Keep up the good work.

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So I guess no new functionality (like virtual mirror in cockpitview) and no changes to existing systems (like car leveling) at all…
otherwise I guess you had mention it

this game needs way more than “new track, cars, bug fixes and events”

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Yes, but they cant fix the community.

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Did previous titles have virtual mirror option in cockpit view? I’ll have to go back and look. I recollect that whenever you switch to cockpit view you only got whatever mirrors you could put your eyes on. In some cars that’s fine as you can see the actual rearview mirror pretty well. But in some it’s cut off or completely missing. And I’m playing on a super mega stupid ultra wide monitor and still can’t see the mirrors all the time.

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ya you can’t even change the seatposition
the lack of functionality in this game is overwhelming

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Since I haven’t driven all 500 of these cars, only a handful of them (McLaren 12C, Ferrari 458, Lamborghini huracan), I can’t really comment on exhaust note accuracy. But it would be acceptable if they just sounded good.

Some of them sound like somebody started a blender, threw in some dog food, put it in the garage, set the garage on fire, and then used a cell phone outside the garage to pick up the audio.

What they should do is what need for speed did in heat and let you tune the exhaust notes. I mean with all the upgrades these cars have if we were doing this in real life we would pick and choose our exhaust system to get the sound we wanted, like people do on real sports cars.

Once they developed this exhaust tuner they could basically reuse it with some tweaks indefinitely. Instead of having to rebuild " from the ground up" audio sounds and generally make them worse with each iteration.

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Cool, hopefully they add a little content in this game. Especially another open class hopper or two to the rotation

Funny because after the Need For Speed that came out before FH5, they introduced the sound differing upgrade system.

I think Forza’s “CarPG” could take a page from NFS in regards to grinding for locked upgrades.

They could definitely start looking around to what other companies are doing in the sound department.

As long as it’s not like Payback and the “card” system…

If that’s the only criteria you use for exhaust, you’re leaving HP on the table and possibly not getting the most out of your exhaust.

I was thinking the recent 2 NFS’s after. I haven’t played NFS since the Hot Pursuit Reboot :sweat_smile:. I’d say payback was my least favorite to watch with this new handling model.

IMO, MW 2005 is the sweet spot for car progression as far as CarPG’s go, but that’s wishful thinking thinking T10 would do something like that.

Okay, this is first announcement not containing obvious lie and false promise… +0.01 Honesty

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Aside from tweaking (removing would be ideal) the CarXP grind mechanic, I really hope this update makes my decals load in the same order every time I pull them up.

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