Forza Motorsport 6’s career, tracks, features and cars announced

Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios unveiled Forza Motorsport 6 gameplay yesterday with a stunning reveal during the Microsoft E3 2015 Media Briefing featuring the 2017 Ford GT being brought onto the stage. The reveal was presented by Turn 10 Creative Director Dan Greenawalt and Henry Ford III from Ford Motor Company. The gameplay trailer confirmed that the game will feature over 450 cars, 26 world-famous locations and would run in 1080p in a blistering 60fps.

Forza Motorsport 6 will feature over 450 ForzaVista cars. ForzaVista isn’t going anywhere and with Forza Motorsport 6, you’ll see painstakingly recreated cars, built from the ground up to be exact replicas of their real-life counterparts. ForzaVista means fully modeled interiors and exteriors, working gauges and headlights, full damage for every car in the game, working doors; all the things you’d expect to see in a car appearing in a racing game on this generation.

Cars feature from all kind of cultures, including race, sports, off-roaders, compacts, classics, hyper-cars, super-cars, LMP models and more. At the end of my article, I include a list of over 100 of the cars featuring in Forza Motorsport 6.

The 26 world-famous locations will introduce over 100 ribbons in Forza Motorsport 6. Every track from Forza Motorsport 5 will feature in Forza Motorsport 6 with some new touches. For example, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was recaptured and has been rebuilt after extensive track renovations in 2014. Five of the new tracks for Forza Motorsport 6 include Rio de Janeiro, Daytona International Speedway, Watkins Glen, and Brands Hatch. The other five will be revealed throughout the Summer. Turn 10 Studios say all of these tracks have been built with “the utmost precision and beauty.” Featuring advanced lighting and physically based materials, the tracks will “feel alive and incredibly real.”

Wet weather and night racing is also coming to Forza Motorsport 6. That includes realistic 3D puddles which even getting a single wheel in, could affect your car. Rumble strips are sticky in dry weather but are slick and dangerous when wet. Each of Forza Motorsport 6’s 148 individual surfaces include these dry and wet values and Turn 10 claim its “result is a kind of wet weather racing unseen in any racing game before it.” Racing at night-time will feature cooler tarmac, therefore reducing the overall car grip, thus requiring a different skillset than racing in the day. And everything will run in a blistering 1080p/60fps.

Split-screen racing is making its return to Forza Motorsport 6, but it gets even more exciting than that. Whether you’re playing online or offline, Forza Motorsport 6 will feature 24 cars on the track. Drivatars are also being improved, using Microsoft’s Machine Learning on Azure, your data for Drivatars from Forza Motorsport 5 and Forza Horizon 2 has already given you your Drivatar for Forza Motorsport 6. Again, with the Microsoft Cloud, Forza Motorsport 6 Drivatars will bring even more nuanced aspects of driving – late-braking, locking up a single tire, and so on. It all adds up to opponents that look even more human than ever before. Players will also be able to adjust their Drivatar data on the Cloud, if they don’t want theirs to be a dirty driver, they can change that.

The Career mode for Forza Motorsport 6 has been completely re-built with a focus on the ‘Stories of Motorsport’ and will feature more than 70 hours of gameplay and will stoke “fans imagination” whether you’re a huge automotive enthusiast or a car novice. Stories are told in multiple volumes, with each volume being a comprehensive career experience that lets the player travel the world and celebrate the past and present of automotive history. Volumes are further subdivided into series where players can choose precisely the types of cars they want to drive.

Career progression will unlock new Showcase events which are short vignettes that let the player experience unique race modes such as Autocross and endurance racing – across a huge variety of cars. They also let players experience what it’s like to be a professional race car driver or re-live some of the greatest moments of motorsport history.

Forza Motorsport 6 will continue with the franchises highly-popular idea of choice. Core racers can play with harder, more realistic settings while casual players can play using assists. Expert racers can try out some of the new simulation improvements such as new tire compounds and improved suspension architecture modelling.

Finally, Forza Motorsport 6 will be the most competitive entry to the series. Forza Racing Leagues will be a big feature in Forza Motorsport 6 and you’ll hear more about that later in the Summer. There’s also much more to be told as we approach the games September 15th launch (September 18th in Europe/UK). The game also features three unique digital bundles, one of which allows early access to the game and you can learn more about each of those here.

As promised, here’s the list of some of the many cars and tracks you’ll find in Forza Motorsport 6.

21 of the 26 announced tracks for Forza Motorsport 6:

• Bernese Alps
• Circuit de Catalunya
• Circuit de Spa Francorchamps
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Circuit des 24 Heures Du Mans (Le Mans)
• Long Beach
• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
• Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit (Bathurst)
• Nürburgring
• Circuit de Prague
• Road America
• Road Atlanta
• Sebring International Raceway
• Silverstone
• Test Track Airfield
• Top Gear
• Yas Marina Circuit
• Brands Hatch
• Watkins Glen
• Rio de Janeiro
• Daytona International Speedway

Over 100 of the 450 cars you’ll be driving in Forza Motorsport 6. The cars at the top of the list have certain requirements, such as pre-order bonuses or DLC which I’ve included:

• 2016 Team Forza Mazda MX-5 Digital Pre-Order Bonus
• 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Shelby FH2 Game Reward Car
• 2011 Koenigsegg Agera FH2 VIP Reward Car
• 2009 Ford Focus RS FM4 Game Reward Car
• 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 FM5 Game Reward Car
• 2013 Ferrari LaFerrari FM5 VIP Reward Car
• 2015 Dodge Team Forza Challenger SRT Hellcat Retailer Pre-Order Car
• 2015 Subaru Team Forza WRX STI Retailer Pre-Order Car
• 2015 Audi Team Forza TTS Coupé Retailer Pre-Order Car
• 2015 BMW Team Forza M4 Coupe Retailer Pre-Order Car
• 2015 Ford Team Forza Mustang GT Retailer Pre-Order Car
• 2013 Audi Team Forza R8 Coupé V10 plus 5.2 FSI quattro Ten Year Car Pack
• 2013 SRT Team Forza Viper GTS Ten Year Car Pack
• 2008 Aston Martin Team Forza DBS Ten Year Car Pack
• 2003 Nissan Team Forza Fairlady Z Ten Year Car Pack
• 2014 Lamborghini Team Forza Huracán LP 610-4 Ten Year Car Pack
• 2009 Ferrari Team Forza 458 Italia Ten Year Car Pack
• 2012 BMW Team Forza M5 Ten Year Car Pack
• 2005 Honda NSX-R Ten-Year Car Pack
• 2013 Audi Team Forza RS 7 Sportback Ten-Year Car Pack
• 2013 McLaren Team Forza P1 Ten-Year Car Pack
• 2014 BMW M235i Tier Reward Car (Tier 2)
• 2012 Nissan GT-R Black Edition Tier Reward Car (Tier 3)
• 2015 Jaguar F-Type R Coupe Tier Reward Car (Tier 4)
• 2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Tier Reward Car (Tier 5)
• 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Tier Reward Car (Tier 6)
• 2014 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione 458 Italia GTLM Tier Reward Car (Tier 7)
• 2014 Audi #2 Audi Team Joest R18 e-tron quattro Tier Reward Car (Tier 8)
• 2013 Lamborghini Veneno VIP Car Pack
• 2013 Ferrari 458 Speciale VIP Car Pack
• 1997 McLaren F1 GT VIP Pack Car
• 2012 Aston Martin V12 Zagato VIP Pack Car
• 2016 Ford Shelby GT350R VIP Pack Car
• 1953 Ferrari 500 Mondial
• 2016 Mazda MX-5
• 1954 Jaguar XK120 SE
• 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé
• 1956 Jaguar D-Type
• 1956 Lotus Eleven
• 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
• 1957 Maserati 300 S
• 1961 Jaguar E-type S1
• 1961 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage
• 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso
• 1964 Aston Martin DB5
• 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2
• 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR
• 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR
• 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
• 2007 Civic Type-R
• 2009 Honda S2000 CR
• 2010 Maserati Gran Turismo S
• 2010 Volkswagen Golf R
• 2011 Audi RS 3 Sportback
• 2011 Ferrari FF
• 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera
• 2011 Mazda RX-8 R3
• 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
• 2011 Subaru WRX STI
• 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish
• 2012 MINI John Cooper Works GP
• 2013 Ford Focus ST
• 2013 Renault Clio RS 200
• 2013 Subaru BRZ
• 2014 Ford Fiesta ST
• 1958 Aston Martin DBR1
• 2005 Ford Ford GT
• 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
• 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
• 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
• 2010 Ferrari 599 GTO
• 2010 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SV
• 2010 Nissan 370Z
• 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R
• 2012 Ferrari F12berlinetta
• 2012 Infiniti IPL G Coupe
• 2012 Vauxhall Astra VXR
• 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track
• 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
• 2013 Ford Formula Ford EcoBoost 200
• 2014 BMW #56 BMW Team RLL Z4 GTE
• 2017 Ford GT
• 1939 Maserati 8CTF
• 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
• 1967 Brabham BT24
• 1967 Lotus Type 49
• 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1
• 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R
• 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II
• 2006 Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
• 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
• 2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
• 2009 Peugeot #9 Peugeot Sport Total 908
• 2012 Audi #1 Audi Sport Team Joest R18 e-tron quattro
• 2013 Caterham Superlight R500
• 2012 Hennessey Venom GT
• 2012 Pagani Huayra
• 2013 Ariel Atom 500 V8
• 2013 KTM X-Bow R
• 2014 Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge
• 2015 Tesla Model S P85D
• 2014 Volvo #1 Volvo Polestar Racing S60 STCC
• 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
• 2015 Audi TTS Coupé
• 2014 BMW M4 Coupe
• 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
• 2015 Ford Mustang GT
• 2013 Audi R8 Coupé V10 plus 5.2 FSI quattro
• 2013 SRT Viper GTS
• 2014 Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4
• 2012 BMW M5
• 2013 Audi RS 7 Sportback
• 2008 Aston Martin DBS
• 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
• 2013 McLaren P1
• 2005 Honda NSX-R
• 2015 Subaru WRX STI

^Alan ()@BeetleComet)