Has anyone received gift cars for becoming a VIP in recent times? I’m talking about Fm4, by the way. I purchased that pack very late into the games life, but I am still a little disappointed to have not received any of the aforementioned gift cars…
NOPE it only unlocks the vip cars . they r the cars in the vip launch pack. look at the car ppacks in market place.
There hasn’t been a VIP gift car in a very long time and I wouldn’t expect anymore either.
Unfortunately, no. I haven’t received a gift car in a long time.
if someone were to pay for VIP, do you get the cars retroactively? Would there be any benefit to getting VIP now?
I echo your concerns. I am fairly new to Forza, especially online. I pretty much gained all the badges I could by playing offline and then gave in and signed up for the online stuff. Since it’s so late in the game’s life, I’m not seeing any of the promised perks. Once when I first started FM4, I received messages for 3 separate Unicorns. But since I wasn’t a Gold Member, a VIP, or a Season Pass holder, those unicorns disappeared after 25-30 days. Now that I’ve spent all this money to join, FM4 is now abandoned - - no more perks, not even a mention in the montly notices.
I’d like to have my 4 friends join and play with me on FM4, but at this point, will it just be another waste of money? I need to know beforehand. Any thoughts?
No. The benefits you’d get are the same as they have always been vip cars, preference in the auction house/storefront, cool badge by your name and that’s about it. Everything else was just a bonus from turn10 as a way to say “thanks for spending that extra money on limited edition or your vip pass”.
That was at the very beginning of Forza 4’s life span and at this point Forza 5 has taken priority so unfortunately you will not be seeing these “promised perks” again(unless a dev is just in a mood to give). If your friends already have xbox live you can pick up copies of Forza 4 at gamestop for less than 20 bucks now so it’s not that big of a waste and from what I’m seeing the online community is still going strong here(I just renewed my subscription and it was worth it). As for buying the game AND picking up the vip pass there really is no reason to unless you can’t live without the extra vip cars or you’re a painter/tuner(like myself) and want your work to be see first.