I’ve been monitoring this forum very closely for the last 2-3 weeks. It seems like over the past week or so, the Forza 7 forums have become rather quiet, and the community has very little to talk about.
I’m not implying this is a negative thing. In fact, I think it is expected to a degree. The game has been released for 6 months now and very few features that the community identified as problematic since release have been resolved. I think most importantly, there has been zero legitimate discussion regarding an expansion pack.
Thoughts? Is there anything new and exciting to discuss?
Most of us are tired of posting about the issues that plague the game. I just spent 20 minutes in the forums looking for the times to beat for a rival event. I shouldn’t have to, it should be available in-game but isn’t. I can guarantee if they don’t fix the majority of visual bugs introduced in the last two updates that they will lose more players.
Promised features, uninspired car packs, lack of multiplayer choice are all contributing to negative responses. For myself, the only reason to launch FM7 is to complete the Forzathon then (sad this month, and why is it a month long?) or to drift semi-occasionally. I get a better level of racing and features in Horizon sadly so that’s where my game-time continues to go. I want to like FM7 but I can’t stand it constantly getting in the way of fun.
Shouldnt have taken you that long
The times are in the very first post of the bounty hunter thread…as they always are
They are also in game if you follow the bountys gamertags
Shouldn’t have to look in the forums in the first place! Should be on the homepage of the rivals event clear as day without having to follow said individual.
Regarding trawling the forums: not everyone is a die-hard fan and willing to spend hours reading through everything, even when using the search feature.
But back to the game: some of those rivals times are ridiculously quick. I just want the VW Type 2 and that time is in the top 10% of that leaderboard. Not impossible, just really quick. Also, why are the top 3 prizes within 1 second and the last two up to +20 seconds over that? Thought the times would be more spread out.
In addition to other things mentioned, most recently, I wouldn’t be surprised if forum use took a hit due to holiday travel. I just got back from a weekend trip to visit family, as have most of my friends. Several businesses in the US and Europe were closed Friday, and some Monday. Now many people are back to work/school and getting into the swing of things before slacking off on a video game forum.
I think you answered your own question there.
I participate & follow a few games & Forza 7 has seen very little progress in comparison to games like GT Sport & Iracing.
GT Sport has seen multiple updates released nearly every week along with various new cars.
Iracing in the last year has released Dirt Oval Racing,Rally Cross & LMP1 cars & series & other tracks.
Some sort of multiplayer rating system similar to GT Sport or Iracing has to be implemented in Forza 8 otherwise the game will simply become a game for car collectors & crashers.
F7 has a great car selection & some good options for Single player AI races but the game is over complicated,riddled with bugs,has to many features removed (e.g.AI multiplayer) & instead has added features like race suits & prize crates.There are way to many cars that are in the game that you cannot buy without trawling through forums etc.to find out how to obtain them.Can only assume these were an intrinsic part of the game design which was probably designed around players purchasing prize crates.
“Little progress”? What about Leagues, improved multiplayer lobbies with spectator mode, improvements to the design editor, actual involvement from developers in the Rivals mode… All those were added after release.
iRacing is not a fair comparison. Their game is a service.
As for GT Sport, they’re just releasing what should have always had shipped with the game in the first place, and their track list is still severely lacking. The fact all these cars are coming for free and are mostly road cars should speak for itself: they’re trying to bring back the crowd who, same as it occurred with Forza 7 and homologation, was frustrated at Gran Turismo’s new direction.
There’s zero design in Forza 7 “based around buying prize crates”. You do not know what you’re talking about. No cars were ever distributed in crates, money is very easy to come by, and the prize crates can be largely ignored by those just wanting to race. Even if they backed off following the negative reaction from the community, I honestly can’t see anything in the game that forces you to buy the crates.
Even the VIP bonus had its benefits. No double money, but easier progression with experience bonus, which meant easier access to cars. People misunderstood that and complained. If we take Horizon 3, VIP there was almost useless for a year, all it was, was another DLC with double money from wheelspin, until there was a VIP-exclusive Forzathon.
This is. not correct why do you think that VIP gave XP it never did the Original VIP was 5 Mod cards giving only 100% credit bonus 5 times for each card so VIP could only be used for a max of 25 times.
Now then one of the VIP car the Ram Runner did give a XP bonus at the Airport but this was short lived as it was made a credit bonus only.
So at no time did VIP give XP So why do you believe that it did.
Should you ever find yourself in a moment of quiet contemplation wondering why you remain on moderation, let this serve as perhaps a useful starting point in solving the mystery.
Yes, little progress. Added in after release is no good, they should’ve been there when the game launched. On that subject, the game launched in a dreadful state. I could barely make it through a race series without a crash to the dashboard.
Correct, no cars were, but they were planned to. Those crates were designed with microtransactions in mind. Even if they did back off in the end, we shouldn’t let up on them else they’ll be back with a vengeance in future games.
The crates are really just a combination of purchasing spins from FH3 and card packs in FM6. All of which could potentially be used with the system they actually designed with microtransactions in mind back in FM4 - Tokens. Hate where it’s due rather than where games media directs it with magical buzzwords.
Yes, really. The spins had cars and probably would’ve had Driver Gear if it had existed. The card packs had cards. If the prize crates had been presented as spins instead of crates the easily led wouldn’t have connected them with the loot crate media storm. It’s a system that was basically already in place in prior Forza games, and nowhere near as blatantly greedy and microtransaction oriented Tokens that were also already in place.
