Forza Motorsport’s new Update 17 has a bunch of cool daily drivers, but there’s a kicker

Forza Motorsport has more-or-less managed to pull itself from the shoddy, half-broken mediocrity that plagued it on launch day. Update 17 thus continues a successful streak of fun, reasonably chunky content patches with a batch of daily driver Hyundai cars. Thing is, there's a problem cooking along the way. Now, please make no mistake: I adore daily drivers in car games. Hot hatches, in particular, are something I enjoy driving both in the real world and in video games. Seeing Hyundai's N lineup of hot hatches, specifically in Forza Motorsport, is an absolute joy if you ask me, though I'd love to see some Kia thrown in for good measure, too. However, Forza Motorsport's new Update 17 comes with a huge caveat: new cars and bugfixes are basically all we'll be getting in the game for the foreseeable future, and that's a big bummer. Screenshot by Destructoid Forza Motorsport's Update 17 is the template for the next couple of content updates Before getting into the nitty-gritty of the awesome new-to-Motorsport daily drivers, I've got to tackle the aforementioned caveat: Updates 17 through 20 will be rather content-limited in the grand scheme of things. As per Turn 10's message to the Motorsport community from January, "Our work on some of the features we previously announced for early 2025 may be re-evaluated as we complete our new plans. Until then over the next three months our updates will be new content only. That was a very difficult decision, however we are excited to continue to bring new content and experiences to you." The slightly confusing wording is the reason I didn't write about this statement earlier. I wanted to see how Update 17 would pan out in practice, as it is effectively the template of what we'll be getting in the coming months. The overall takeaway is that it's downright excellent if you're only interested in new cars, but everything else is being de-emphasized until May at least. This does mean no new tracks until then, which is the biggest problem with this setup. Of the new content that is present in Update 17, the new daily driver cars are the only truly noteworthy addition: Toyota Yaris GR (2021) - Daily Racers Tour reward Hyundai Ioniq 5N (2023) - Open Class Tour reward Toyota Camry (2023) - Showroom purchase Hyundai i20N (2021) - Showroom purchase Toyota GR86 (2022) - Showroom purchase Hyundai Elantra TCR #98 (2021) - Showroom purchase Hyundai i30N (2020) - Showroom Spotlight purchase Mazda MX-5 RF (2022) - Showroom Spotlight purchase Hyundai Elantra N (2022) - Showroom Spotlight purchase Great cars all around, absolutely, and I definitely am hoping to see more daily driver-tier vehicles in Forza Motorsport in the future. With that in mind, I can't help but be slightly concerned for the future of this game if Turn 10 is already de-emphasizing key content releases, even if it is allegedly only a temporary solution. Forza Horizon 5 is effectively winding down as well, and I genuinely am hoping to see at least a few years' worth of comprehensive content support of that caliber from Turn 10 as well. Up until now, I was absolutely certain that's what would happen, but now I'm no longer entirely sure. With Update 17's Daily Racers car roster now out, we can look forward to Velocity (Update 18) and Porsche Motorsport (Update 19) releases in the coming months. Everything else is currently up in the air, as it were. The post Forza Motorsport’s new Update 17 has a bunch of cool daily drivers, but there’s a kicker appeared first on Destructoid.

Feb 12, 2025 - 14:03

Forza Motorsport’s new Update 17 has a bunch of cool daily drivers, but there’s a kicker

Forza Motorsport has more-or-less managed to pull itself from the shoddy, half-broken mediocrity that plagued it on launch day. Update 17 thus continues a successful streak of fun, reasonably chunky content patches with a batch of daily driver Hyundai cars. Thing is, there's a problem cooking along the way.

Now, please make no mistake: I adore daily drivers in car games. Hot hatches, in particular, are something I enjoy driving both in the real world and in video games. Seeing Hyundai's N lineup of hot hatches, specifically in Forza Motorsport, is an absolute joy if you ask me, though I'd love to see some Kia thrown in for good measure, too. However, Forza Motorsport's new Update 17 comes with a huge caveat: new cars and bugfixes are basically all we'll be getting in the game for the foreseeable future, and that's a big bummer.

A screenshot of a race-rebuilt S2000 in Forza Motorsport. — Screenshot by Destructoid

Forza Motorsport's Update 17 is the template for the next couple of content updates

Before getting into the nitty-gritty of the awesome new-to-Motorsport daily drivers, I've got to tackle the aforementioned caveat: Updates 17 through 20 will be rather content-limited in the grand scheme of things. As per Turn 10's message to the Motorsport community from January, "Our work on some of the features we previously announced for early 2025 may be re-evaluated as we complete our new plans. Until then over the next three months our updates will be new content only. That was a very difficult decision, however we are excited to continue to bring new content and experiences to you."

The slightly confusing wording is the reason I didn't write about this statement earlier. I wanted to see how Update 17 would pan out in practice, as it is effectively the template of what we'll be getting in the coming months. The overall takeaway is that it's downright excellent if you're only interested in new cars, but everything else is being de-emphasized until May at least. This does mean no new tracks until then, which is the biggest problem with this setup.

Of the new content that is present in Update 17, the new daily driver cars are the only truly noteworthy addition:

Toyota Yaris GR (2021) - Daily Racers Tour reward

Hyundai Ioniq 5N (2023) - Open Class Tour reward

Toyota Camry (2023) - Showroom purchase

Hyundai i20N (2021) - Showroom purchase

Toyota GR86 (2022) - Showroom purchase

Hyundai Elantra TCR #98 (2021) - Showroom purchase

Hyundai i30N (2020) - Showroom Spotlight purchase

Mazda MX-5 RF (2022) - Showroom Spotlight purchase

Hyundai Elantra N (2022) - Showroom Spotlight purchase

Great cars all around, absolutely, and I definitely am hoping to see more daily driver-tier vehicles in Forza Motorsport in the future. With that in mind, I can't help but be slightly concerned for the future of this game if Turn 10 is already de-emphasizing key content releases, even if it is allegedly only a temporary solution.

Forza Horizon 5 is effectively winding down as well, and I genuinely am hoping to see at least a few years' worth of comprehensive content support of that caliber from Turn 10 as well. Up until now, I was absolutely certain that's what would happen, but now I'm no longer entirely sure.

With Update 17's Daily Racers car roster now out, we can look forward to Velocity (Update 18) and Porsche Motorsport (Update 19) releases in the coming months. Everything else is currently up in the air, as it were.

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