Forza Motorsport’s Update 5 is cool, but Update 6 should be the real deal

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Early this year, Turn 10 promised to improve Forza Motorsport in three key areas, one of which was its controversial car progression system. Less than a month later, the car progression revamp was outlined, but the studio also noted that it wouldn’t be released until Update 6 hits.

In the interim, we just received Forza Motorsport‘s Update 5, and though it has introduced the long-anticipated Nürburgring Nordschleife track, the simple fact that there’s no car progression revamp makes this release feel somewhat deflating. Generally speaking however, the community response to Update 5 is broadly positive, thanks to the new track and some performance improvements.

As is usually the case with Forza Motorsport‘s major monthly content updates, we’re getting an assortment of (temporary) new events and cars to keep things interesting, with Nürburgring Nordschleife being the obvious headlining feature. The track is coming into the game in two separate layouts: Nordschleife proper and Nordschleife combined with the GP raceway. As Nürburgring is a fairly prestigious historical track, it is a very important addition to the game and should keep players interested for some time.

All Car Pass owners have four more all-new vehicles to look forward to over the course of the season:

And, naturally, there’s a new assortment of Spotlight Vehicles to choose from:

It’s a reasonably exciting assortment of vehicles from many different categories, and it should make for an interesting racing season across both solo and multiplayer events, most of which are now themed after the German automotive industry.

Sadly, the shadow of Update 6 does hover over these goodies in a way. Update 6 will make it so that Forza Motorsport‘s car progression system is almost entirely optional, allowing players to not only choose any given car upgrade from level 1, but also to purchase the upgrade currency using earnable Credits. This change should, in theory, make Forza Motorsport much more of a pick-up-and-play