Let’s pump the brakes and get some facts together before we go too far off on a tangent.
TORA isn’t an obscure league. If you’ve been racing in leagues on Forza for any amount of time (Forza 6 and titles before that), you’ve heard of TORA or been on their forums before. They’ve had series featured in the Week in Review articles a fair number of times, they’ve got nearly 4k followers on Twitter (Verified account, even)… They’re not small-time.
Second, quite a number of the drivers that race there are the same set of drivers that compete in the FRC. Again, they aren’t your momma’s weekly race-night sort of place. They’re organized.
Third, the idea of this series started back early this summer when talks began with Carrera Cup GB (real-life series) about cross-promotion of a TORA-hosted virtual equivalent. TORA was hoping to use a GT3 Cup car, but that car wasn’t added to Forza, so the 2016 GT3 RS was selected as an alternate. Then, when Forza 7 came out, it was discovered that this car was an “exclusive” car that you could only get by dumb luck (i.e. Loot Crate) or Forzathon (which wasn’t released at the time). The series and rule set had already been made public, so what were they to do?
TORA called in a favor, and Turn10 came in and saved their hide- They allowed those who signed up for the series to be gifted the car, but only the first 300 drivers. This way TORA didn’t do all that work to have their series that’s aligned with a real-life one to go to waste. The car still maintains an air of “exclusivity”, as I believe only 180-200 signed up for the series.
Is this an optimal solution? Absolutely not. Is it fair that many of us bought a game with 700+ cars only to discover that you can only get like 500 or so by normal means? Absolutely not. Do those drivers (which include myself) think that we deserve a car more than anyone else? No, we don’t, unless it was from a rival contest and we earned it… but that’s a whole different conversation about unicorn cars, which are fine in moderation but not when you have like 100+ on that list…
Anyway, TL;DR- Only reason people have this car is T10 doing a favor to one of the biggest racing leagues going or dumb luck via loot crate, not because some drivers were “privileged”.
You’re last paragraph completely contradicts itself. “Doing a favour” … “not privileged” lol
I’ve been playing Forza since its iteration, yet I don’t spend every waking hour checking the news feed, nor do I have any interest in signing up to T10 or TORA’s twitter feed. My portal to the game is almost purely in-game. The game has a message centre that was to form this very purpose was it not?
Sound’s like the smart thing to do would have been to confirm the car list with T10 before organising anything. Appears TORA are getting rewarded for assumptions and poor organisation
TORA cannot gift a car in game, only T10 can do that. So it does have something to do with T10 in that case.
Why couldn’t the tournament have used any of the other freely available cars? Comes off as nothing more than a mutual redacted exercise. Sorry, there’s no real justification for this move.
Personal opinion: these contests or events that grant exclusive cars should be seen as “early access to content” as opposed to an exclusive reward not to be offered to others at a later time.
I’m fine with waiting a month or two for access to content that was initially offered to a small number of people. I am not fine with advertising that claims a certain amount of content to be included with a product when the average player doesn’t actually have access to all of it.
“700”
Here is a list of cars that are locked in the game. Take note that most of these are UNOBTAINABLE.
2013 Abarth Punto Supersport
1990 Alfa Romeo SZ Sprint Zagato
2012 Aston Martin V12 Zagato
2010 Aston Martin One-77
2015 Audi S3 Sedan
2013 Audi R8 Coupe V10 plus 5.2 FSI quattro
2010 Audi TT RS Coupe
2001 Audi RS 4 Avant
2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed
2014 BMW M4 Coupe [F82]
2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe
2011 BMW X5 M
2000 BMW Z8
1986 BMW M635CSi
2011 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
2016 Cadillac ATS-V Forza Edition
2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
2016 Chevrolet Camaro [Gen 6] Super Sport
2014 Chevrolet Super Sport
2010 Chevrolet #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar Oreca FLM09 - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport
1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport Forza Edition - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
1971 Chevrolet Vega GT
1970 Chevrolet El Camino Super Sport 454
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport 454 Forza Edition
1964 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport 409
1964 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport 409 Forza Edition
1972 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49
2013 Dodge Dart [PF]
2013 Dodge Dart [PF] Forza Edition
2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392
2012 Dodge Charger SRT8
1969 Dodge Charger Daytona HEMI
2012 Ferrari F12berlinetta
2010 Ferrari 599 GTO
2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
2008 Ferrari California
2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
1963 Ferrari 250LM
2017 Ford GT Forza Edition 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Forza Edition
2015 Ford Falcon GT F 351
2014 Ford FPV Limited Edition Pursuit Ute Forza Edition
2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Shelby
2009 Ford Focus RS
1985 Ford RS200 Evolution
1993 Ford SVT Cobra R Forza Edition - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
1977 Ford Escort RS1800
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Forza Edition
1932 Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupe
2017 Formula E #11 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport FE02 - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
1988 Holden VL Commodore Group A SV
1977 Holden Torana A9X Forza Edition
2016 Honda Civic Type R Forza Edition
2004 Honda Civic Type-R
1984 Honda Civic CRX Mugen
2014 Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge
2015 Jaguar XKR-S GT
1993 Jaguar XJ220 Forza Edition
1954 Jaguar XK120 SE
2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
2016 Koenigsegg Regera
2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
2010 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
2008 Lamborghini Reventon
1986 Lancia Delta S4
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
2012 Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged
2000 Lotus 340R
1956 Lotus Eleven - Obtainable through Milestone Rewards
2016 Mazda MX-5 Forza Edition
2013 Mazda MX-5
2015 McLaren 570S Coupe
2015 Mercedes-AMG GT S
2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupe Forza Edition
2013 Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG Forza Edition
2012 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupe Black Series
2012 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupe Black Series Forza Edition
2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series
2009 Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG
1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3
2012 MINI John Cooper Works GP Forza Edition
2009 MINI John Cooper Works
1965 MINI Cooper S Forza Edition
2016 Nissan Titan Warrior Concept
2015 Nissan IDx NISMO
1994 Nissan Silvia K’s [S14 Zenki]
1987 Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31)
1973 Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R
2012 Pagani Huayra
2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
2000 Plymouth Prowler
1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SD-455
2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS [991.2]
2015 Porsche Macan Turbo
2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 [997]
1957 Porsche 356A Speedster
2013 Renault Clio RS 200
2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2005 Subaru Legacy B4 2.0 GT
1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi Forza Edition
1980 Subaru BRAT GL Forza Edition
2017 TAMO Racemo
2005 TVR Sagaris
2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R
1995 Volkswagen Corrado VR6
1981 Volkswagen Scirocco S
1963 Volkswagen Type 2 De Luxe
2016 W Motors Lykan HyperSport
The only car I think I don’t have is the 2016 Porsche GT3. Kind of bummed I missed it. Would like to see it in Specialty Dealer sooner or later, they just need to stop with the duplicates already.
I missed the Porsche too, but i been pretty busy with 700 cars that are available.
They should atleast throw in one new car a week other wise its a wasted feature even if you like the system.
The list in previous posts contains 110 “unobtainable” vehicles and being 2 months old is obviously out of date. Whilst the unlocking of vehicles has been slower than many of us had hoped, it’s possible that the extended Xmas break has caused some delays. The number of vehicles for which unlocking details have never been provided is now less than 60.
I was being sarcastic…I think its utter horse dookey that 700 vehicles were advertised where only 2 were new production models, meanwhile the first car pack introduced more new content than the entire base game. I hate that they intentionally pull content in order to push DLC sales.
Yeah it sucks a little. Car roster doesn’t feel new like it should.
Iirc all the good stuff in the car packs for FH3 came after the packs for the car pass had ended. Hope that’s not the case this time and we’re not waiting another 6 months to use the 720S and Performante etc.
I do like the game but In it’s present state I don’t see me still being interested in it a half year down the line.
“The 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 is only intended to be used in races with TORA and it’s arranged tournaments”
One of the most ridiculous lines I’ve ever seen on this forum. Where was it ever stated by T10 that this car would only be available for this TORA series and no one else?
Hello guys, please excuse my ignorance I’m new to Forza 7. When I first played the game i went to purchase the 2016 Porsche 991 GT3RS but couldn’t as i wasn’t a high enough tier but the car was there to be viewed. Now that i am a high enough tier i went back to purchase the car but it wasn’t on the dealer screen, checked auction house and no option for it. Checked car collection and it wasn’t there either, wheres it gone?
Don’t care about special people in special leagues with special Turn 10 deals. If anything, such a deal puts me off from Turn 10 products and TORA.
No content in a game I paid for should be unobtainable by playing the game. I paid for this content, not TORA. I did not pay so others could gifted content I cannot obtain.
Further, it would seem to be poor marketing on TORA’s part to be part of something that effectively gives the finger to 99% of the Forza Motorsports customer base - from which they would presumably need to draw future competitors in order to grow.
