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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LWRPosted:
This is pretty bad because Forza's aren't really a multiplayer game. I play lots more single player mode than online on Forza's
DMNDSPosted:
That kinda sucks because some people dont have internet and like this game. I dont see why they want this
PinsPosted:
That Is Actually Really Bad It Would Definately But You Off The Game If You Did Not Have Internet Connection!
KatsumiPosted:
Jakeston I'd really like to see the one-time connectivity implemented into more games.
I guess this wouldn't be too bad seeming that the Xbox One is more geared towards people who have an active internet connection. It would kind of suck for people who can't get it though
KatsumiPosted:
SCOJakeston I'd really like to see the one-time connectivity implemented into more games.
It's not good for the people who can't afford internet
Well most people that can afford to buy an Xbox One will be able to afford an internet connection. If worse comes to worse they can use a friends or relatives internet to do this
RuinsPosted:
Aruss94roekzorsAruss94 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.
YOU KIND OF PEOPLE ARE ANNOYING. re read what i said. the idea of always online is **** stupid. needed is past tense. get the **** in school bro
ahahaaa lol i agree what is the point
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