The question many of us Forza fans have been asking Turn 10 from the very beginning of Forza 5’s release, and that is why didn’t Turn 10 add all the previous circuits from Forza 4 in the latest version!
Turn 10 were quick with their response to this question by informing the Forza fans that the latest version of Forza 5 was obviously developed from the ground up to take advantage of the new generation console’s power and technology. Therefore Turn 10 spent more time laser scanning each circuit which would’ve been very time consuming indeed, as well as putting more work into making sure each circuit that was selected for Forza 5 was constructed with precise measurements and detail as the real world circuits.
They also mentioned that some of the circuits in the previous version were not accurate, in fact real circuits like Silverstone had been refurbished recently in the last few years, so it was important to update and reconstruct the circuit as their real counterpart!
Turn 10 had taken advantage of the new technology that the new generation console could deliver as in performance and the more advance graphics capabilities. Therefore it had taken time developing and rendering higher textured scenery, lighting and shadow effects and most importantly the car models, than what it took the team at Turn 10 to construct the previous version Forza 4!
I can totally understand that part of Turn 10’s goal was to make the most realistic looking version of Forza to date, since it was one of only a handful of games that was released for the next generation console, the Xbox One’s day one launch, and this is why they wanted the to circuits to be perfect replicas of the real circuits.
Now that’s been explained, which I know a lot of you were already aware of the above information, however I’m mentioning this because it’s relevant to the question that many of us Forza fans have been frustrated about, the fact that this could potentially be a way of keeping fans happy by simply converting the existing circuits from Forza 4 to Forza 5!
Now by doing so, you guys at Turn 10 could update the graphics on each circuit with a little more eye candy, as well as the circuit taking advantage of the new lighting and shadows, but they don’t have to be as detailed as the existing circuits, and I’m sure a majority of fans out there would prefer to have these circuits added to Forza 5, even if they’re not laser scanned to the exact measurements as the real circuits.
My thoughts are, If it means I had to pay extra for the converted circuits as separate DLC’s, providing they’re reasonably priced I would certainly pay extra for them!
The questions in a nutshell!
First question to the team at Turn 10
Firstly, Is it possible to convert the circuits, or at least some of the more popular circuits like Nurburgring Turn 10? (That’s only if you guys at Turn 10 have not already started on developing the Nurburgring)
Secondly, what does everybody think about paying for DLC versions of some of the previous Forza 4 circuits, if they were to convert them and add a little more eye candy, with the Forza 5 shadows and lighting. What you pay the extra for all the courses or at least a few?