“Here’s a reminder on who is participating, their associated bounty rewards, and their current best times on the event leaderboard.” “This event ends in December, so don’t miss out!”
THANKSGIVING WEEK SCHEDULE
“Next week is Thanksgiving here in the States and that means there won’t be a new edition of the Forza Week in Review – we’ll return with another edition on Friday, November 30.”
“While the WIR is taking a week off, we’ve still got a great week of streaming shows happening. In addition to the Playground Games Series 3 stream on Monday, we’ve got pro race driver Shannon McIntosh filling in for Alie Tacq on Monday, and the ForzaRC’s own Mellish filling in for Johniwanna on Thursday’s edition of “#ThumbsUpThursday!” Here’s a look at how the week shakes out:”
“Hot Wheels continues to be a theme in our December #Forzathon lineup. In addition to our ongoing “Hot Wheels Anniversary Special” event (which awards the Hot Wheels 2000’s Driver Gear), we’ve got some great new events starting today. Here’s a look at some of the events; look for more by hitting that #Forzathon tile in the game.”
“The new season of Forza Motorsport 7 Leagues begins on December 1! Series 1 kicks us off with some great racing and fun vehicles, including Historic Road Racing and Elite Factory Races. The classic Lamborghini Countach is up for grabs as the Series 1 reward, and the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Forza Edition serves as the reward for the entire season.”
“The November Bounty Hunter event will conclude at midnight UTC time on Monday, December 9. Remember, there’s tons of bounty targets to hunt down, which means there are tons of rewards to earn by beating their times on the leaderboard. Get your best time in and claim those rewards!”
“Next week will see the launch of the December update for Forza Motorsport 7. Look for the details on what’s coming with the December update on Monday right here on FM.net.”
“The next episode of Forza Monthly will be broadcast live on Thursday, December 13. Yes, that’s the same day as the launch of the Fortune Island expansion for Forza Horizon 4 and, no, that’s not a coincidence. In addition to checking out Fortune Island with members of Playground Games, we’ll be diving deep into the upcoming Forza Race Regulations system in Forza Motorsport 7 with developers from Turn 10. We’ll also be looking at the December update for Forza Motorsport 7 as well and we’ll have a few surprises and special guests along the way.”
Forza Week in Review 12-7-18
Brian Ekberg
Friday, December 7, 2018
[Selected quotes; read the full article at the site and on the Forza Hub app]
FREE TRIAL REPLACES FM7 DEMO
“This week, we replaced the Forza Motorsport 7 demo with a new free trial for the game. This trial gives players unfettered access to the full version of Forza Motorsport 7 for a total of four hours. After the trial is complete, players have the option purchase the game.”
“The latest update for Forza Motorsport 7 arrived earlier this week. In December, we’ve spruced things up in Forza 7 with a new redesigned menu system that adds color and life to the tiles that we’ve all become accustomed to. The December update also brought new opponent labels in multiplayer, a brand new force feedback system for wheel users (see our updated Wheel Guide for all the details), as well as a fix for Rivals that now displays new ghost opponents after you’ve beaten a previous Rival, and more. Check out our December Release Notes for the full list of fixes and improvements and, for more on the December Update, check out next week’s edition of Forza Monthly.”
“With the arrival of our December Spotlight Car – the 2018 BMW #1 M Motorsport M8 GTE – we’ve got a new Spotlight Rivals event starring this gargantuan racing car that spawned Forza memes from the moment it was announced. This hot-lap event has you piloting the beast around the Nürburgring GP circuit and the current top time is a high 1:51.7. Think you can do better?”
“In other news, our latest Bounty Hunter event ends after this weekend! The 2016 Dodge Viper ACR is your weapon of choice on Watkins Glen Short and the times are as competitive as anything you’d expect in a Bounty Hunter event. I’ll be making my final attempt at bettering my time on today’s episode of #ForzaFriday and, after that, you’ll have the entire weekend to take down my times, as well as the rest of the Turn 10 folks participating (and earn great rewards in the process!) As a reminder, here’s where the bounties’ times stand as of this writing:”
FM7 LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE & YEAR IN REVIEW
December 10: #ForzaGT with Alie Tacq and #SmacAttack with Shannon McIntosh
December 12: #WheelAndPedalWeds with Johniwanna
December 13: #ForzaMonthly December – “(NOTE NEW TIME!) 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific – In addition to taking a look at Fortune Island with members of Playground Games, we’ll be going through the December update for Forza Motorsport 7, and giving viewers a look at the upcoming Forza Race Regulations system with members of the Turn 10 development team.”
December 14: “The final 2018 Week in Review will be next week’s (December 14th) edition.” + #ForzaFriday livestream with Mechberg
December 21: “We’ll post the 2018 Year in Review, looking back at the amazing stuff that happened in the past year.” + #ForzaFriday livestream with Mechberg
December 31: “Our annual Forza New Year’s Eve stream beginning at 9 p.m. Pacific on December 31st”
“We’ll be back with the first WIR of 2019 on January 11th.”
“After [FH4], we turned to Forza Motorsport 7, focusing on the December update for the game, including the menu updates, force feedback improvements, the new events coming to the game, and more. We also dived deep into the Forza Race Regulations system, showing it in its current state in a dev build of Forza 7. Missed it, or want to watch it again? Here you go:” https://youtu.be/oajxyjOBI00?t=5402
“we also put the call out the community fans to give us their ideas for the next Forza Motorsport 7 Cycled Production Hopper refresh, which will be coming in mid-January. Here’s your chance to be a Forza designer and suggest car and track combinations that you’d love to see in the game. Post your ideas on our dedicated forum thread and we’ll pick our favorites when the hopper is refreshed in January.”
EVENTS
“As this is our final WIR of the year, here’s a look at the events coming to Forza Motorsport 7 for the rest of December:”
Leagues: “We’re in the middle of our “Engaged Engines” season, with two more series to go before the end of the year.”
Hoppers: “The next hopper rotation in Forza 7 is coming on December 21.”
#Forzathon: “In addition to the currently active #Forzathon events in Forza Motorsport 7, we have a number of events still to come in December.”
“Our November Bounty Hunter event wrapped up on Monday but we’ve got a new Bounty Hunter Rivals event coming soon in its place. This time around, players will be driving the 2017 Acura NSX on Catalunya GP and the Bounty is… well the leaderboard itself! Depending on where you finish on the event leaderboard, you’ll earn cool stuff in the game.”
YEAR END SCHEDULE
" As mentioned earlier, this is the final edition of the Forza Week in Review. We’ll be back next Friday with the 2018 Forza Year in Review before we head out for the year to be with friends and family for the holidays. The first 2019 edition of the Week in Review will be on Friday, January 11. Thanks for being a part of the Forza community in 2018 and we look forward to the new year and getting ready for an amazing 2019. Happy holidays, everyone!"
Johniwanna’s guest this week is Fred Russell, a former member of Turn 10’s car sourcing team with a hand in selecting hundreds of the cars that appeared in previous games. As the manager of a private collection, he brought with him a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing to Johniwanna’s garage to talk about the process of flying around the world to source rare or interesting cars.
Forza streamed a special two-hour episode of Forza Monthly on September 21st, hosted by itsCharleyytho. YouTube replay timestamps:
0:13 - FH4 content
0:47 - Chris Forsberg’s Formula Drift 370Z in FH4; interview and garage tour
1:03 - SpecialEffectCEO Mick Donegan discusses accessibility
1:24 - community photo montage
1:26 - Alie Tacq talks FM7 and the Le Mans eSports Super Final
1:32 - Joseph Newgarden interview and upcoming Rivals challenges
1:41 - community spotlight: Mariano Rubalcavo @Eterniitum
Quotes from Dan Greenawalt, Chris Tector, Alan Hartman,Scott Lee, Chase Combs
Pics: official screenshots from FM7, a photog pic of Turn 10 Studios.
Topics:
Customizable characters - over 300 character designs, loadout style pre-race screen, characters on podium post-race and in drivatars visible to friends
6 minute interview. Bill Giese talks with Geoff Keighley about resolution, fps, HDR, touching up all 700 cars , “over 30 environments” including Dubai, Maple Valley, Mugello (part of the E3 show floor demo), buying for Xbox One S doesn’t need to rebuy for Xbox One X, photogrammetry, two sleds showing the demo at E3 on “ultra 4K PCs”, Forza Racing Championship, brand new leagues, spectating tools, Mixer integration.
“Great to host the competitors from #SpecialOlympics2018 at @Turn10Studios after the #Forza7 competition. A little #Mclaren570 and #Mclaren720s love was had.” - Alan Hartman
“Congrats to Team Dempsey on the win and first ever competitive gaming title for @SpecialOlympics so proud to be a part of it. #xbox#turn10#AllDrivers” - Elliott Lyons
“Gold medal winners of the first unified @Xbox gaming tournament are showing that together we can achieve more. #RiseWithUs#ChooseToInclude” - Microsoft
Rivals are showing up for me, but are they supposed to never change? I just beat a ‘rival’ and noticed that he set that time in Jan 2018…as in 6 months ago.
