Forza Week in Review 6-8-18
Brian Ekberg
Friday, June 8, 2018
Read the article for full details. Highlights:
‘FORZA MONTHLY’ DEBUT - Forza Monthly | June 2018 - YouTube
- VOD of the new livestream, with Scott Lee, Chris Esaki, John Schommer, and Brian Ekberg discussing the June content update features and cars.
- McLaren 650S revealed as included in the July Car Pack
- “I’d love to hear what kinds of things you’d like to see on the show – hit us up on Twitter or on the forums and let us know what you think!”
JUNE CONTENT UPDATE - discussion
- New interstitial menu, tuning in multiplayer lobbies, new Photo Mode feature, free 1981 IMSA Mustang, Hoonigan Car Pack.
FORZARC SERIES 1 RECAP SHOWS - discussion
- Recap of the NA and EMEA exhibition racing on June 6.
- pic: Provisional seeding for the Playoffs on June 16/17.
HOPPERS - discussion
- “The current ABCS lobby does not include randomization of class buckets after every race. This means that, once you enter the ABCS lobby, you will stay in the same class until you exit and re-enter the lobby. The team is aware of this and will look to add the player shuffle option to multi-class lobbies like ABCS in the future, so stay tuned.”
JOHN HINDHAUGH LE MANS CHALLENGE - discussion
- Rivals event in the ForzaRC menu featuring Forza GT Division cars on Le Mans.
- Gamertag: makem73
- Prizes: Referee Driver Gear, 2012 MINI JCW FE, 1970 Chevelle FE, 2008 BMW Z4, and credits, based on leaderboard position.
BARWELL LAMBORGHINI DESIGN CONTEST
- “Top international GT racing team Barwell Motorsport opened a contest this week for fans to design the livery of its Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Am Class Lamborghini Huracán GT3, as a one-off for this year’s Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours race event. This is the car that will be driven by Adrian Amstutz, Leo Machitski, Jon Minshaw and Patrick Kujala in the 70th Edition of the famous Belgian around-the-clock classic. The winner of the competition, as chosen by Barwell Motorsport and the drivers, may get their design actually used on the team’s car and will win two VIP tickets to the Spa 24 Hours on July 28-29, 2018. For more about eligibility, design requirements, and more, check out all the details in the TORA forum thread. Competition closes on June 24, so don’t wait too long to get started.”
LEAGUES - discussion
- Next Series starts Saturday featuring Ghost NASCAR, Sim Rebirth of Muscle, Spec Mercury Coupe, Drift Ghost RWD.
#FORZATHON - discussion
- 3 events: a 1-step event, a 2-step event, and a 3-step event.
- “These events will be open for the next week”
- Prizes: Skullfulage Driver Gear, 1971 Chevy Vega, 2008 Ferrari California
#FORZAFRIDAY - Forza Motorsport is on Facebook Gaming
- “As an ABCS die-hard, I’ll be spending most of my time in this lobby – in fact, it will be the focus of our #ForzaFriday broadcast later today. Come hang out with us on Mixer and Twitch starting at 3 p.m. Pacific and help us put this brand new multi-class lobby through its paces.”
- VOD: Twitch with Mellish, Raceboy, and Alie Tacq
XBOX E3 BRIEFING - Xbox at E3 | Xbox
“Xbox E3 Press Briefing this Sunday! The show kicks off at 1 p.m. Pacific and will go until 3 p.m. Make sure you follow Xbox on Mixer to view the big event and go here to learn all about the great stuff Xbox has in store for fans during the week!”
