FM6 FAQ: Free Play and Split Screen
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Free Play allows you to set up your own custom race between you and Drivatars, or against Player 2 in Splitscreen. All cars are available to Rent. Single player mode allows the use of Mods, Photo Mode, Rewind and Audio/HUD options, and post-race Replay.
How can I set up a race against Drivatars using the same car model?
Unlike Multiplayer, in Free Play it is not possible to race against identical Drivatar opponent cars due to limited game options. The game automatically selects and upgrades Drivatars based on the race settings for Class, Division, and Drivetrain. For instance setting the car class to X will result in the majority of Drivatars using Honda and Chevy IndyCars. While you could race against only IndyCars or the Lotus E23, a race with only the Chevy Lola T90 is not possible because it and some cars in the game are not assigned a Division.
How do I choose designs for Drivatar opponent cars?
The option for this seems to be non-functional and Drivatars only show stock paint colors, which cannot be changed by the player.
How do I race against my own Ghost?
This isn’t possible in Free Play. See Rivals for racing against recorded laptimes.
What does the Next Rival message mean?
This is a reference to leaderboards (Time Attack in Rivals). For the current car class and track, the game is choosing your next Friend or Near Me target time for the current lap. If you beat it, the next higher up gamertag will be indicated on the next lap.
Each time you launch Free Play the main menu will show you as Player 1 with your current car; if you launch Free Play and your current car does not match the Game Options then you will be prompted to select a car. Player 2 can join by pressing the menu button on their controller. The lower right portion of the screen displays the next track, number of laps, car class, and number of total players (you and Drivatars) in the race. Press A on the Start Race tab to launch the race, or X to skip to the next track in the cycle, or select the other tabs to change race settings.
Single player menu tabs:
START RACE
- Mods: Equip or buy Mods to increase your performance and/or credit and XP payout. Using performance-enhancing mods will automatically result in a dirty /!\ lap time on leaderboards, and rental cars cannot use mods that come with credit or XP benefits.
- Tune Setup: Change adjustable settings or find/load a tuning setup. Rental cars cannot use tunes.
- Starting Grid: Shows your opponents. Drivatars are automatically upgraded near the top of the Class for each race. Drivatar cars are chosen automatically based on Game Options for the race and cannot be specified by the player. Grid order is set automatically though you may use a Dare mod to force your starting position.
- Drivatar Difficulty: Select skill level, Limit Aggression On/Off, and Show Drivatar Liveries On/Off.
- Assists: Increase credit payout by up to 75% by selecting more difficult assists (Line, Braking, Steering, TCS/STM, Shifting, Damage, Rewind)
- Leaderboards: Global times for the current class/track. Tunes can be downloaded from here by selecting other players.
GAME OPTIONS
If some of these options disappear after you change the Playlist, try pressing Y to Reset to Default.
- Playlist: There are 15 playlists matching the Series names from Stories of Motorsport. Each playlist uses a specified group of tracks and laps, and will load the next track after you have finished a race.
- Max Drivatars: Choose zero to race by yourself or up to 23 Drivatar opponents.
- Drivatar Difficulty: New Racer | Inexperienced | Average | Above Average | Highly Skilled | Expert | Pro | Unbeatable
- Limit Drivatar Aggression: On/Off
- Drivatar Designs: On/Off (Off limits the cars to stock color. Colors cannot be chosen for Drivatars.)
- Laps: 1 to 50 (50 laps on the longest tracks could take 10 hours to complete. There is no 24-hour option.) Selecting a track may change this number, which you can change back.
- Collision Mode: Default, Always On, Always Off (Ghost)
- Division: Select any of the 30 car Divisions to limit car choices, or Any to allow all car models within the Class limit.
- Car Class: Any, or E through X. Players cannot specify a PI limit as in Multiplayer options.
- Drive Type: Any, FWD, RWD, AWD
SELECT CAR
- My Cars: Your cars will be shown here if the game options allow it (C class + IndyCar will show no options). Cars you own that could be upgraded to the selected Class will be available to select but must be upgraded in order to race.
- Buy Cars: Only cars that match the current game option restrictions will be shown here.
- Rent Car: Only cars that match the current game option restrictions will be shown here. All game cars (including DLC you own, excluding unicorn cars) can be used as free Rentals. However, you will receive no credit or XP payout at the end of the race. Rental cars cannot be upgraded (no tuning setups). Rental cars can use Mods that do not pay credits or XP, such as Grid Position.
SELECT TRACK
- All game tracks and conditions are available. If you own the Porsche Expansion Pack then VIR will appear between Top Gear and Watkins Glen.
- When you select a track the lap count will be automatically adjusted by the game; you can then change the lap count under Game Options.
LOAD TUNE
Load your own tune or download a shared tune. You cannot upgrade or load a tuning setup for a rental car.
ASSISTS
Increase credit payout by up to 75% by selecting more difficult assists (Line, Braking, Steering, TCS/STM, Shifting, Damage, Rewind). You can also set your assists in the pre-race menu.
Splitscreen
- Player 2 enters by powering on a second controller and pressing the controller’s menu button. They will be prompted to select a profile, or Add as Guest named Player1gamertag(1).
- Drivatars are not available in Splitscreen races.
- Game Options in Splitscreen are limited to Laps, Collision Mode, Car Class, and Drive Type.
- Guest players can only Rent cars; purchased-DLC cars are available but guests cannot access Player 1’s garage cars.
- Photo Mode, Rewind, and Audio/HUD options are not available during a splitscreen race.