Forza Motorsport Won't Support Splitscreen at Launch, Adds Featured Multiplayer - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 August 2023 / 8,770 Views
Developer Turn 10 Studios in the Forza Monthly stream on Twitch has revealed some new features in Forza Motorsport, as well as some features that will be missing at launch.
The missing features at launch includes splitscreen, according to Creative Director Chris Esaki as the studio has focused on "pushing new graphical features" and completing overhauling the game's rendering engine. It isn't known when splitscreen will be added.
Turn 10 in a blog post has detailed the new Featured Multiplayer mode. It is a "real-world time-based mode of pre-defined live events" that is "designed to have the feel of a real-world race weekend, with races scheduled to begin at specific real-world times. This new online racing mode consolidates the Hoppers and Leagues modes from previous games."
This new mode will have "events for different car divisions like GT cars, LMP1 cars and Touring cars, open class and spotlight events, as well as a qualifier series for new players. Each event has an entry cut-off and official start time , running live on our servers, and before entering , you will see the track layout, number of laps, time-of-day, weather, and temperature."
The game also won't support a spectator mode as Turn 10 believes having players take player slots in the Featured Multiplayer events to only spectate races isn't what they envisioned. Players also won't be able to race against AI opponents in Featured Multiplayer.
Forza Motorsport will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass on October 10. The Standard Edition is priced at $69.99, the Deluxe Edition for $89.99, and the Premium Edition for $89.99.
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Didnt even know spilt screen was still an option for these games.
Watch series s cop all the blame..
Man what's with Xbox nowadays?
They be hating on split screen?
First they take it off halo which is suppose to be a day one thing,
Alienating their fan base even further don't sound like a great direction from Xbox...
Split screen is not needed. There can't be that many people that uses split screen now days
4 player Split Screen was huge in the day but my kids have grown up and now when we play a MP game we use our own TV. The last time we really did Split Screen is during Diablo 3. I hate to say the feature is becoming less and less important for most AAA games because as all the other graphical resources continue to rise, its the first feature to get nix.
I have enjoyed a lot of split-screen games. But the most recent time was on the Xbox 360. So unfortunately it truly is a dying feature, even for people like me who had a history of using it.
It definitely is less important nowadays. But, the issue is when devs say it will happen and then it doesn't, gamers are rightly disappointed. In the case of Halo, 343 made a big deal out of promising it in the next game after people got upset about H5 not having split screen. Then they dropped it for Infinite, and people were rightly pissed off as 343 broke their explicit promise.
I don't know if it was promised for Forza or not. But, it must have been mentioned at some point, otherwise they wouldn't be telling us ahead of time that it won't be there.
I don't think it was promised for Forza Motorsport, but it was a staple in past Forza Motorsport games which is why its absence in this one is notable.
I have the Series S and love it, but I think it didn't get quite enough RAM. Should have been 12 GB instead of 10 GB, IMO. Too late now. And it's far from the only game console to have a bottleneck (the SNES' CPU was underpowered, as one example of many) so c'est la vie.
My best guess is that Microsoft will launch a new Xbox architecture in 2026, something that outperforms the anticipated PS5 Pro that we might see in 2024.
At that point I suspect Microsoft will remove the requirement that developers support the Series S, and that'll be 6 years since the Series S launch so I think most consumers will accept that.
It'll be interesting to see if Microsoft launches two new SKUs on the new architecture, or keeps the Series X around as the new entry level. My best guess is two new SKUs, as by then they'll be able to beat Series X performance with a unit they can manufacture more cheaply.
My best guess is the new architecture will be RDNA 4-based for the GPU (your guess is as good as mine if it'll be Xen 3 or Xen 4 for the CPU). RDNA 4 has been suggested to come only in a mid-range configuration, which makes little sense when it comes to PCs, but makes total sense if it was targeted for game consoles.
Apart from Mario kart most switch multiplayer is without split screen. Chances are your friends will have a switch or an Xbox or ps5 or both . Or even last gen consoles. Play games like Minecraft, super smash, or even 1-2 switch or Wario world or even Mario party games..U don't need split screen for those lol
I disagree, one of the biggest selling points of the Switch is the fact that everyone around you can pick up and play... It's even been shown in many adverts.
It's why the Switch basically comes with two controllers/Joycons to enable this.
There is a reason why Mario Kart 8, Super Smash, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Party (Collectively almost 150~ million units sold just for those 4 games.) have done so well.
Halo 3 was great because I could have people who were at my home, pick up a controller, have a beer and have a romp over Xbox Live!
Split screen is a legitimate selling point.
Now what are my options? Tell someone else to go in another room or go home?
Super Mario party is not split screen. Slot of multiplayer games apart from Mario party doesn't have split screens. I have majority of them. Most used one screen and multiple joy cons.
Back then it was a hit but nowdays it's dying. Everyone can just play via online and it's easy to do then having to do splitscreen. Animal.crossing doesn't have split screen. Played 200 hours of it. Also super smash bros. doesn't have split lol. On your list it's only Mario kart 8. Well most people have more then 1 switch or has switch and Xbox . Most switch multiplayer games can be done without split screen so it's fine. People need to get with the times .
Super Mario party gets everyone involved. That's my point. - Split screen or not.
Animal crossing allows 4 people to play at once. - Split screen or not.
It's still getting people involved. It's still a Co-Op experience.
Even StarCraft: Brood Wars... A PC game from 1998 would allow you to have two people control a "player".
We haven't just lost split screen, but we have lost the ability to play with friends AND family in our own homes.
Split screen vs. Mario Party-style multiplayer is not semantics, it's an important difference for purposes of this discussion. Split-screen multiplayer is typically far more taxing on a system than non-split-screen multiplayer.
Your other points are well taken, though. I had a hell of a lot of fun with a roommate and an Atari Jaguar game called HoverStrike, which lets one player drive while the other player shoots, all without a split-screen.
You are comparing a board game to a full fledged racing simulator?. That's not like for like. You can't do racing two players without splitscreen . You can be immersive. Just have two TVs and two Xbox or one Xbox and one PC in the house and play online.
With animal crossing U have the follow the leader of the island. U cant just explore anywhere. Also it's not like for like comparison.
The whole point of the discussion is that splitscreen is still important which isnt cause the examples provided don't have splitscreen .
We haven't lost the ability to play with friends in one house. All U need is a PC, mobile phone, laptop and a console with gamepass. How hard is that ?
This isn't just an Xbox issue. Split-screen has become less and less common since last gen. With the push for greater graphics, comes sacrifices in other areas.
The stupid thing is that split-screen actually worked on Halo: Infinite on Xbox Series consoles (including the Series S, from what I understand). We know that because there's a trick that can let you unlock it. Digital Foundry did it and said it was actually a hell of a lot of fun too, tragically.
It seems like the problem they had was syncing the time of day cycle between different players. And fixing that isn't trivial as they had contracted that feature out, and the contract ended without the feature being fully ready. So someone else solving it would have to either start from scratch, or to learn and complete someone else's code, both of which are expensive (for a feature that's not as popular as it used to be).
So the mistake was 343i contracting that feature out, if you ask me.
Can you name that plenty of splitscreen games you are playing on any other platform?
Xbox fans are fine, thanks tho. The majority of us do not care about splitscreen and we do not feel "alienated" by Microsoft not adding split screen to a game... I mean 99% of the games out there have NO splitscreen, why would you think people will be upset at not having it in another one?
How many Sony first party games support split screen this gen?. Even last?. Like Smroadkill15 said. Split screen has been dying since we entered the HD era with pretty much only Nintendo supporting it. Its a sad fact but its true. I love split screen, playing split screen games with my kids today is every bit as much a joy as it was when i was playing split screen with my friends when i was younger. I just wish Ms and sony and every PC dev coould see this just like nintendo can.
GT7 has split screen. Just saying...
I think it's fair to say Forza Motorsport is a bit more of a graphically demanding game than GT7. Not knocking GT7 quality overall, but one is a cross-gen game and the other is not. If Turn 10 decided to make the new Forza cross-gen, it would see a dip in graphical fidelity and likely be able to have split-screen running at launch. At least they are working on adding it in at a later date.
Gt7 needs constant internet just to have the full game! And the results of splitscreen wasn't great from memory
This new Forza also requires an internet connection to play.
Xbox Series Potato strikes again...
You don't know that. You might be right, but you don't know that.
