Forza Horizon 3 Smoking Tire Car Pack & October Patch Available Now

The Smoking Tire Car Pack is the first monthly car pack to arrive in the Forza Horizon 3 Car Pass, which is available as a separate purchase or as part of the Ultimate version of Forza Horizon 3. $29.99, you can get access to all six of the DLC packs that will be arriving in the game from this October through March 2017. That’s 42 vehicles total, representing the kind of automotive variety and fun you expect from a Forza game. The Smoking Tire Car Pack is also available as a standalone purchase for $6.99 in the Xbox Store.

Below are the cars in the pack:

• 2016 Aston Martin Vulcan
• 2000 Lotus 340R
• 2016 Pagani Huayra BC
• 2010 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
• 2016 GTA Spano
• 2016 BMW M2 Coupé
• 1976 Jeep CJ5 Renegade

Forza Horizon 3 also received a new patch today, which includes the following fixes.

Windows 10

• Fixed a performance issue on Windows 10 that caused stuttering with high or unlocked framerates on certain hardware configurations
• Improved stability on Windows 10
• Disable mouse move detection while driving
• The Windows 10 video options screen will no longer ask users to save when no changes have been made
• Additional options have been added to the Windows 10 Advanced Controller Menu. These include:
  • Steering wheel sensitivity
  • Invert Force Feedback
  • Centre spring scale
  • Damping scale
• Fixed a problem where pre-order cars and the Halo Warthog were not appearing in the Windows 10 version of the game for some players

Wheel Improvements

• Logitech G27 is now registered correctly on Windows 10, so the correct default mapping will be applied
• All wheels with enough buttons have had the horn added to their default mappings on Windows 10
• Fix to dead zones for acceleration and braking axes on wheels
• Default mappings for all TX Racing Wheel variants
• Fixed a bug where custom input mappings would not save successfully

General Improvements

• The Social and Rivals tabs will now unlock for players with Xbox Live Silver accounts
• Fixed a bug where the racing line would sometimes disappear
• Controller hot swapping is now available. Players can switch between controllers/their keyboard whenever they choose (including the wheel)
• Various content fixes for cars

In addition to the fixes above arriving with today’s update, the teams at Playground and Turn 10 are working on addressing further known issues in Forza Horizon 3 including force feedback and wheel support, general stability and performance, and more. Look for more details on these improvements in the future.