Forza Motorsport 5 Requires One-Time Internet Connection
In an interview with IGN, Dan Greenawalt, the studio head at Forza developer Turn 10 Studios, clarified how their day-one racing game will work if your Xbox One isn’t connected to Xbox Live.
“So when you first boot up the game, we’re going to ask you to log in,” he explained. “And when you log in you’re going to get the Drivatars and you’re also going to get a whole bunch of content: tracks and cars. Our production schedule is such that we are putting them in as late as possible and that means making them free as downloadable content on Day One.“
We’re not making a launch game. We’re making Forza 5, at launch.
“[But] that is required content to play the game. We basically have designed the game to work with all that content no matter how late is coming in, in order to make the biggest game possible.”
In other words, because games have to be submitted to Microsoft testing, certified, and then pressed onto discs and shipped, Forza 5 has to be done much, much sooner than November. By requiring part of the game as a download on launch day, it gives Turn 10 extra time to finish everything. And so what you get on the disc you buy at the store won’t be the entire game. You’ll need to download the rest of it from Xbox Live (which should be possible to occur as you play, Greenawalt clarified).
After that, Greenawalt said, Forza 5 is like your refrigerator. “You have to fill it up with food the first time,” he explained. “And from then on, you connect whenever you want when you want to update your food. The Drivatars are as fresh as they are. It’s not like they’re going to degrade, but when you’re looking for new stuff – fresh stuff…it’s going to keep evolving. That’s the nature of this Drivatar system.”
When you first boot up the game, we’re going to ask you to log in.
Drivatar is Forza 5’s attempt at next-generation AI in that there is no pre-programmed artificial intelligence. Instead, a ghost version of yourself races on your behalf, using your repeated behavior and tendencies to mimic how you’d race if you were actually playing. Drivatars of random gamers all over the world are what you race against in your single-player campaign.
To that end, Greenawalt told us, “You do have to connect the game in order to get the latest Drivatars, because we need as many people training them as possible. And so rather than having just a launch-day set that was created by us, every day that people race is going to make the Drivatar set that much more accurate, that much more diverse, that much more interesting.
“All of the cloud and online features make the game far, far better,” Greenawalt summed up. “In fact I’d even say revolutionary. The things we’re doing with opponents and Drivatar are not something that anyone can envision unless you’ve played it. But we’re trying to get as much of that into the unconnected, offline mode as well.
“We’re not making a launch game. We’re making Forza 5, at launch.”
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RuinsPosted:
imgurGmlukens This isnt a big deal. If you are reading this right now then you are fine.
That's exactly my point, the game isn't extremely dependent on internet, just requires some. If you have a stable connection, this game will be fine for you.
lol that is a good point
imgurPosted:
Gmlukens This isnt a big deal. If you are reading this right now then you are fine.
That's exactly my point, the game isn't extremely dependent on internet, just requires some. If you have a stable connection, this game will be fine for you.
SCOPosted:
VibeEditz Things are evolving and you guys need to except that.
Who the hell buys a 500 dollar xbox, but can't afford internet, shut the hell up, dayum.
Lol i know... you can get really cheap internet for like 10GBP a month
VibeEditzPosted:
Things are evolving and you guys need to except that.
Who the hell buys a 500 dollar xbox, but can't afford internet, shut the hell up, dayum.
Who the hell buys a 500 dollar xbox, but can't afford internet, shut the hell up, dayum.
IlIuminatiPosted:
2014xIVIcMuFFiiNxroekzorsAruss94 what the **** is the point of all thine internet stuff? like how the xbox one needed to have internet on 24/7... why? imho its **** pointless
You kind of people are annoying. You are on the internet right now. It is an Update. PS4 will need an update. And, if you follow Xbox one even an ounce you would find out that it no longer needs 24/7 Internet connection.
I know that 24/7 online capabilities is no longer an issue on the Xbox but what you don't understand about why that idea was stupid is that yeah we're connected to the internet right now but what about the parents that will sometimes go on road trips and stay somewhere that doesn't have free wifi, their kids will most likely bring the xbox so they could play whatever they want but they wouldn't be able to because of the 24/7 always online. That is what really pissed me off about that idea.
Who would be getting a new Xbox anywhere except at home? Also, "parents taking road trips that don't have wifi" really I never knew I could hook my Xbox up while driving down the road. What Hotel/Cabin does not have internet these days? Before you say some places in the country don't have internet I would like for you to pull your iPhone/Android out and go to the store and look up "Internet Map".
2014 = interwebs for all
Its just a one time internet connection omg
2014Posted:
xIVIcMuFFiiNxroekzorsAruss94 what the **** is the point of all thine internet stuff? like how the xbox one needed to have internet on 24/7... why? imho its **** pointless
You kind of people are annoying. You are on the internet right now. It is an Update. PS4 will need an update. And, if you follow Xbox one even an ounce you would find out that it no longer needs 24/7 Internet connection.
I know that 24/7 online capabilities is no longer an issue on the Xbox but what you don't understand about why that idea was stupid is that yeah we're connected to the internet right now but what about the parents that will sometimes go on road trips and stay somewhere that doesn't have free wifi, their kids will most likely bring the xbox so they could play whatever they want but they wouldn't be able to because of the 24/7 always online. That is what really pissed me off about that idea.
Who would be getting a new Xbox anywhere except at home? Also, "parents taking road trips that don't have wifi" really I never knew I could hook my Xbox up while driving down the road. What Hotel/Cabin does not have internet these days? Before you say some places in the country don't have internet I would like for you to pull your iPhone/Android out and go to the store and look up "Internet Map".
2014 = interwebs for all
ExoticWolfsPosted:
Gossip Feel sorry to the people that dont have internet.
Well, it shouldn't be a problem for anyone on here. And I am sure people can get connected to the internet in some way, if that is going to a friends house or stealing your neighbors internet. :)
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