Forza Motorsport Developer Says Servers Will Remain Online, But Don't Expect Any More Cars, Tracks, Features or Regular Bug Fixes Following Layoffs

Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios has confirmed the extremity of caller contented improvement for the game, pursuing layoffs astatine the institution this summer.

Released successful 2023, the latest and (for now) last introduction successful the Forza Motorsport bid was launched arsenic a reboot of Xbox's seasoned sim racing franchise, with years of caller contented expected. But the crippled launched to a mixed response, and astir fractional of Turn 10 Studios' unit were made redundant successful July. (The workplace remains open, with enactment for the much fashionable Forza Horizon marque present a cardinal focus.)

Word that Forza Motorsport volition not person immoderate further large updates is unsurprising, then, though a caller connection successful a blog station from the workplace has present laid it retired successful achromatic and white.

"As our squad shifts its absorption toward delivering the champion imaginable acquisition with Forza Horizon 6 successful 2026, we bash not program to present caller cars, tracks, features, oregon regular bug fixes for Forza Motorsport," Turn 10 Studios wrote.

"However, we volition proceed supporting the crippled by keeping online servers active, hosting peculiar events and competitions, and reintroducing antecedently released Featured Tours and reward cars connected a monthly basis, until each contented is disposable for you to bask anytime."

Turn 10 is present a co-development spouse for Forza Horizon 6, which is chiefly being made astatine British workplace Playground Games. The latest introduction successful the bid volition beryllium acceptable successful Japan, and motorboat astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026.

Microsoft has not officially elaborate its cuts to Turn 10 Studios this summer, but 1 erstwhile worker stated astatine the clip that astir "120 people" were "gone from FM side" of the studio. "Turn 10 Studios has shuttered the Forza Motorsport abstraction and the squad is nary more," wrote a 2nd erstwhile worker amid the layoffs. "A precise bittersweet time for 1 of the champion car racing video games. I loved my clip there."

The archetypal Forza Motorsport from Turn 10 Studios launched for the archetypal Xbox successful 2005, and established the racing franchise arsenic 1 of Microsoft's cardinal gaming brands, arsenic good arsenic a superior rival to PlayStation's Gran Turismo. Seven Forza Motorsport sequels launched since, crossed each Xbox console generation.

Is Forza Motorsport gone for good? In October, Xbox gaming brag Phil Spencer offered this remark to Famitsu connected the franchise's status, which seems to suggest that portion not afloat scrapped, it's astatine slightest presently parked with the motor off.

"As for Forza Motorsport, we sometimes person to displacement our absorption to games that volition beryllium released earlier," Spencer said. "And I besides recognize that galore radical reacted erstwhile the standard of Turn 10 Studios was reduced. As acold arsenic we are concerned, determination are galore games that we would similar to enactment carefully, and sometimes we springiness the improvement squad a small much clip truthful that they bash not proceed to beryllium successful a authorities of tension."

"Forza Motorsport is brimming with caller features crossed the board, from its muscular caller multiplayer to its much-improved handling, but its caller RPG-inspired upgrade strategy feels similar a measurement down," IGN wrote successful our Forza Motorsport review, handing the crippled an 8/10.

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