Forza Motorsport Adds Yas Marina Circuit and Over 200 Fixes in Latest Update

Forza Motorsport will add Yas Marina Circuit and over 200 fixes in update #2, scheduled to arrive in mid-November. While the team continues to work on the update, they shared some details on what’s to come next month.

UPDATE: (11-14) Forza Motorsport update #2 is available today. Here’s the full patch notes.

UPDATE: (11-8) Forza Motorsport update #2 is scheduled to arrive on November 14. The team has released a more detailed list of patch notes in the official blog.

Stability

• Many fixes to improve overall game stability and reduce crashes across all platforms.

Livery Editor

• Fixed issue where players can view and unlock tunes and vinyls shared by other players.
• Fixed issue causing black paint shade to show up as grey instead of black.
• Fixed issue where only the inner barrel on factory rims is paintable.

PC

• Fixed issue requiring shaders to recompile every time Forza Motorsport is started on AMD chipsets.
• Fixed specific game crash that occurs if headphones are plugged into the front panel.

Note – PC players using AMD 7900 XTX who encounter a crash at the end of races should download the latest AMD graphics driver to resolve this issue.

Multiplayer

• Fixes to matchmaking as a group, party management, and invites and joins across multiplayer.
• Fixes to ensure custom liveries show up more consistently across multiplayer game modes.
• Fixes to address cases where Intermission/Launch Countdown would take much longer than expected before the start of multiplayer races.
• Fixes to automatic wet tire selection when entering an event, and fixes to fuel estimation logic.
• Fixes to title stability when resuming from a suspended state on console.

Gameplay

• Resolved an exploit related to changing car tune mid-race.
• Fixed issue where the game becomes stuck in the “new content update” loop when entering the main menu.
• Fixes to Replays in scenarios where Replays do not start playing, the cars do not move, or they float.
• Fixed issue with a forced camera change at the start of a race.

Cars

• Fixed issue with the 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS Sport Roll Cage visual upgrade option, which removes the roof of the car when viewed in first-person.

Wheels

• Fixed issue that prevented the Thrustmaster T248 LED screen from displaying race position information.