Forza Motorsport Rumored to Launch on October 10th

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Forza Motorsport fans have been waiting a long time for the next game in Turn 10's racing simulation franchise. The previous installment, Forza Motorsport 7, was released nearly six years ago, whereas the usual wait between new Forza games used to be just two years.

According to a new rumor published by Exputer and backed by Rand al'Thor from the Xbox Two podcast, fans can expect the game to finally launch exactly four months from today, on Tuesday, October 10th. This aligns with a rumor shared last month by Xbox insider MrMattyPlays, who also said Turn 10 was targeting a launch that month. October seems to be a favorite for Forza Motorsport launches, anyway, with the seventh, third, and fourth entries also released during that month.

This year, it's also an incredibly stacked month for game releases. The calendar has just filled up with the following high-profile releases: Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Mirage on October 12th, CI Games' Lords of the Fallen on October 13th, Remedy's Alan Wake II on October 17th, Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on October 20th, THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark on October 25th, and SEGA's Total War: Pharaoh on a TBA date in October. Of course, Forza Motorsport is different from all those games, and it's also going to be on Game Pass from day one like all first-party games published by Microsoft.

Turn 10 has described their new game as the most technically advanced racing title ever made. A couple of years ago, creative director Chris Esaki explained that the physics improvements from the previous game to the new one were as significant as those between Forza Motorsport 4 and Forza Motorsport 7, pointing to a huge leap in simulation fidelity.

For instance, the new tire collision model has eight