FM6 General Discussion

Absolutey right Stan. Videogames aren't art, they're commerical products - they're made by businesses, and those businesses have to make a profit. If they don't, they go bust and all the hundreds of people they employ lose their jobs. That's the reality of Forza Motorsport, Project CARS, DiRT Rally or any other game. Feedback from community members helps the developers produce a better game, with higher review scores, they sell more copies and make more money (or lose less is many cases). That's why Turn 10, Codemasters and SMS engage their community, they need to understand what it is their customers want from the game - I've spoken to many people in the industry over the last 8 years and provided input and feedback on whats working and what isn't. If any small part of those suggestions get taken on board, then it's beneficial to the wider community and worth doing.

Feedback from the community helped fix the multiplayer bug in Forza 4 which was crashing lobbies for the first 3 months; pressure from the community to add saving of multiplayer replays in Forza 5 saw that feature get added after launch. And without the 20,000 community investors in Project CARS, that game would never had been made in the first place. Developers want constructive, useful feedback that helps them produce a more commerically viable game, not negativity and accusations of 'rolling in cash', that kind of feedback is of no use and they won't waste their time engaging with people with that mentality. These are real people, with real jobs, real constraints, real budgets and they're trying to make a successful product for us to enjoy - they don't always get it right but to suggest they're not interested or even care is very wide of the mark.

Turn 10 has taken on board criticisms of Forza 5 - the lack of gap indicators, the inability to spectate a lobby - the latter severely hampered the games success as an online e-sports platform for sites such as TORA, and feedback from online leagues has influenced design choices for Forza 6 - which is a win-win for both us playing the game, and for Turn 10 in terms of it's commercial success. Forza games reportedly cost in the region of $40m to make, the developers and publishers have to ensure the game appeals to a wide audience just to cover the development and marketing costs, if input from the community helps them do that and in return we get a game that we enjoy, then we all benefit. Or we can just sit here moaning, complaining and stamping our feet in entitlement, I know which I'd rather do!

very well said Magic!!

Whole bunch of screenshots have been posted on NeoGAF and Forza Central:

Main Menu:




Career - top left pic, the background looks like some kind of city track



Divisions:




Showcases




Stores of Motorsport - does that show the new Mercedes V8 Supercar (2nd from right):



Grand Touring track select?




Mods - modifiers you can get an credits boost?

"Stores of Motorsport - does that show the new Mercedes V8 Supercar (2nd from right):"

Check the middle strip on the second image. Definitely a Mercedes V8 Supercar leading a Holden V8 Supercar.

Excellent! Is that #33 Volvo in the Endurance pic the V8 Supercar Volvo too?

Dan Greenawalt said in an interview with OutsideXbox that there are BTCC and WTCC cars coming too as part of their 'Touring Car League' (in the career I presume he means) - I'm wondering if one will be the AMD Ford Focus NGTC based on this tweet from January:

https://twitter.com/AmDessex/status/556048319576018944

Well the menus are pretty, let's hope the gameplay is just as polished. LOL

Not quite sure why there is a pickup (new F150 Raptor?) where it says Track Day on the Showcases page though
Certainly wouldn't be my first choice of a Ford product for a Track Day unless it was some sort of dirt/baja style track.

Mark - the volvo has been confirmed on the FM.net page, see my OP

i wanna see in the leagues menu!

Standaman94 wrote:Mark - the volvo has been confirmed on the FM.net page, see my OP

It should be noted that says 2014 Volvo #1 Volvo Polestar Racing S60 STCC. That is the Swedish Touring Car Championship. I don't know how the specs might differ, but it's worth noting.

The STCC Volvo and V8 Supercar Volvo are not the same. The one in the menu pic is the V8.

Yeah, two different cars - the 2014 STCC is this one:



Whereas the other pic is the #33 V8 Supercar (and is also on the Endurance pic which wouldn't be applicable to STCC?)




So possibly both in the game - could we really have BTCC, WTCC, STCC and V8 Supercars, that would be pretty cool!

Think the leagues menus are more like iRacing. Which could end the need for community leagues like this.

Pending what works and is available..

Looking forward to it tho

@ Stan and Mako, the STCC and V8SC Volvos are totally different.

TORA V8 Supercar? I´m in. The Volvo is mine

Here is what I found out about Forza 6 Car/track list so far.

track list

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

And GT3/GT2/GT1/GTE/GTLM

Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione 458 Italia GTLM
Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
SRT Team Forza Viper GTS
BMW #56 BMW Team RLL Z4 GTE
Mclaren mp4-12c gt3
lamborghini Gallardo gt3
New Ford GTE 2015
And LMP1/LMP2/LMP3

Audi #2 Audi Team  R18 (2014)
Audi #1 Audi Sport Team R18 (2012)
Peugeot #9 Peugeot Sport Total 908 (2009)

Formula E

2015 Formula E #55 Amlin Aguri Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #11 ABT FE 01
2015 Formula E #10 Trulli Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #99 NEXTEV TCR FE01
2015 Formula E #27 Andretti Formula E Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #23 Venturi 1
2015 Formula E #21 Mahindra M2Electro
2015 Formula E #9 e.dams-Renault Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #6 Dragon Racing Spark SRT_01E
2015 Formula E #2 Virgin Racing VIR 01E
 
If I miss any let me know  

That'll teach me to skim read text

@ The British 1st...

That car list is the first 100 of the 450+ cars in the game. I'm sure there will be more of everything as more info comes out.

Forza 6 will have mods Customizable difficulty... so not the mods we all know and wanted.

http://www.gamezone.com/news/forza-motorsport-6-introduces-mod-system-3420532

From what iv seen a read I like..if it turns out as well as there hyping it up to be I'll have to get used to the wheel on foza lol...

Awsum stuff has anyone seen how many you can have in a online lobby 24 that should make it abit more interesting in the lobby's now..

jonnotheone wrote:Awsum stuff has anyone seen how many you can have in a online lobby 24 that should make it abit more interesting in the lobby's now..

More interesting racing or more interesting trying to get 24 people in a lobby?

BG Cowboy wrote:

jonnotheone wrote:Awsum stuff has anyone seen how many you can have in a online lobby 24 that should make it abit more interesting in the lobby's now..

More interesting racing or more interesting trying to get 24 people in a lobby?

lol yeh the later one I'm sure there will be issues with 24 trying to get in lol...

One wish:

That they include enough different makes/models of each genre as to avoid everything becoming a Spec Cup. If you include a 1990s Trans Am car, include four different models. If you include a 1970s F1 car, you need at least two or three of them.

Does anyone know if there bringing back unlocked decal sharing...???

Saw on Twitter that the Nordshleife is going to be available in the wet...