Early this year,Turn 10 promised to improveForza Motorsportin three key areas, one of which was its controversial car progression system. Less than a month later,the car progression revamp was outlined, but the studio also noted that it wouldn’t be released until Update 6 hits.
In the interim, we just receivedForza Motorsport‘s Update 5, and though it has introduced the long-anticipated Nürburgring Nordschleife track, the simple fact that there’s no car progression revamp makes this release feel somewhat deflating. Generally speaking however,the community responseto Update 5 is broadly positive, thanks to the new track and some performance improvements.
Can Forza Motorsport’s Update 5 tide players over to Update 6?
As is usually the case withForza Motorsport‘s major monthly content updates, we’re gettingan assortment of (temporary) new eventsand cars to keep things interesting, with Nürburgring Nordschleife being the obvious headlining feature. The track is coming into the game in two separate layouts: Nordschleife proper and Nordschleife combined with the GP raceway. As Nürburgring is a fairly prestigious historical track, it is a very important addition to the game and should keep players interested for some time.
All Car Pass owners have four more all-new vehicles to look forward to over the course of the season:
And, naturally, there’s a new assortment of Spotlight Vehicles to choose from:
It’s a reasonably exciting assortment of vehicles from many different categories, and it should make for an interesting racing season across both solo and multiplayer events, most of which are now themed after the German automotive industry.
Sadly, the shadow of Update 6 does hover over these goodies in a way. Update 6 will make it so thatForza Motorsport‘s car progression system is almost entirely optional, allowing players to not only choose any given car upgrade from level 1, but also to purchase the upgrade currency using earnable Credits. This change should, in theory, makeForza Motorsportmuch more of a pick-up-and-play sort of racing experience, as players won’t need to grind levels for every vehicle they want to race in.
If Nürburgring Nordschleife itself and the assortment of new cars aren’t enough to keep you entertained inForza Motorsportuntil Update 6 hits, we’d recommend looking intothe game’s fascinating car colour community. If nothing else, it should make tweaking your car’s looks a bit more interesting.
