Forza Motorsport 20th Anniversary Update Now Live, Includes Free New Track

Below, you’ll find the patch notes for Forza Motorsport Update 20. It’s a massive update, so we’re only going to focus on the main highlights – but you can find a list of absolutely everything on the official Forza website.

New Features, Content and Events [All Platforms]

Track Addition

• Fujimi Kaido
  • Full Circuit (16.5 kilometers | 10.24 miles)
  • Full Circuit Reverse (16.5 kilometers | 10.24 miles)

Public Meetups

Join other players on-track without the pressure of competition, car restrictions or race rules in Meetups. Drive, tune, upgrade your car, enjoy the dynamic time of day and weather, and vote to change the track at any time for the current Meetup event!

• Fujimi Kaido Drift Meetup – Go sideways on massive stretches of serpentine Japanese mountain roads in this 24/7 Meetup at Fujimi Kaido with Drift Scoring enabled.
• Cycled Track Drift Meetup – All 73 track layouts are available in this Drift Meetup where you can vote for your favorite drift track.
• Nürburgring Nordschleife Track Day Meetup – Tackle the ‘Green Hell’ in this 24/7 Meetup at the Nordschleife – the perfect track to test any car build and put it through its paces.
• Cycled Track Day Meetup – All 73 track layouts are available in this Meetup where you’re encouraged to set your best lap time on any track, in any car.

To switch cars while in a Meetup, you need to go back to the pre-race menu. Pause the game and select ‘Exit -> Leave Race’ to return to the Pre-Race menu.

Downloadable Content

• Forza Motorsport: Racing Heroes Car Pack (5 cars)
  • 2024 Ford Mustang GT3
  • 2008 Mazda Furai
  • 2001 Formula Drift #215 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
  • 1997 Toyota Mark II Tourer V JZX100
  • 1984 De Tomaso Pantera GT5
• Available for USD $4.99|EUR €4.99|GBP £3.99 on the Microsoft Store and Steam.
• Not included with the Premium Edition, Premium Add-Ons Bundle, or Car Pass.

Drivatar AI Improvements

We’ve introduced a major update to our AI system focusing on cleaner and safer racing. This means significant improvements to collision avoidance and side-by-side behavior, especially during those tricky race starts. Go to Forza.net to learn more about these AI changes.

Steering Wheel (Plug and Play) Updates

This update adds new wheel features to Forza Motorsport, including steering wheel calibration and authentic car specific turns lock-to-lock. This will be most noticeable for race cars, which typically have fewer degrees of steering lock-to-lock. 

Prior to this release, the default steering behavior was to use the full range of your steering wheel for all cars – which could be tuned globally in the Settings menu or per-car through the Tuning Setup menu.

With this release, now that we are accurately simulating steering sensitivity for each car, we needed to reset the user’s “Steering Lock Range” in the Tune Setup menu as well as the “Steering Sensitivity” in the Settings menu.

The default force feedback settings have been adjusted for most wheels as well. If you have already tuned your steering wheel settings, the new default settings will not overwrite your configuration.  Check out the Advanced Wheel settings to calibrate your wheel for the best experience.

Soundtrack

A selection of music from Forza Motorsport 3, 4, 5 and 6 has also been added to the game’s music playlist, alongside 3 new sequences of music from Forza Motorsport 3-5 composer, Lance Hayes.

Career Events

• Featured Tour: 20th Anniversary Tour (Permanent)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport (Starts May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC)
    • Fujimi Kaido – Full Circuit (1 lap)
    • Maple Valley – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • Sunset Peninsula Raceway – Full Circuit (5 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 2 (Starts May 14 5pm PT | May 15 12am UTC)
    • Mugello Circuit – Club Circuit (7 laps)
    • Sebring International Raceway – Short Circuit (6 laps)
    • Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Short Course (7 laps)
    • Suzuka Circuit – Full Circuit (3 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 3 (Starts May 21 5pm PT | May 22 12am UTC)
    • Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Silverstone Racing Circuit – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Road America – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Le Mans – Circuit International de la Sarthe – Full Circuit (2 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 4 (Starts May 28 5pm PT | May 29 12am UTC)
    • Hockenheim – Full Circuit (5 laps)
    • Sunset Peninsula Raceway – Full Circuit Reverse (5 laps)
    • Sebring International Raceway – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Grand Prix Circuit (5 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 5 (Starts June 4 5pm PT | June 5 12am UTC)
    • Mount Panorama Circuit – Bathurst Circuit (4 laps)
    • Yas Marina Circuit – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Silverstone Racing Circuit – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)
    • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Full Circuit (3 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 6 (Starts June 11 5pm PT | June 12 12am UTC)
    • Lime Rock Park – Full Circuit (9 laps)
    • Virginia International Raceway – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Brands Hatch – Grand Prix Circuit (5 laps)
    • Daytona Intl Speedway – Sports Car Circuit (4 laps)
  • Spirit of Forza Motorsport 7 (Starts June 18 5pm PT | June 19 12am UTC)
    • Homestead-Miami Speedway – Road Circuit (6 laps)
    • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Full Circuit (3 laps)
    • Mugello Circuit – Full Circuit (4 laps)
    • Nürburgring – Nordschleife (1 lap)
  • Reward Showcase (Complete all 20th Anniversary Tour series)
    • Fujimi Kaido – Full Circuit (1 lap)

• Open Class Tour (Available from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC – June 18 5pm PT | June 19 12am PT)
  • D Class Series
  • C Class Series
  • B Class Series
  • A Class Series
  • S Class Series
  • R Class Series
  • Reward Showcase (Complete all Open Class Tour series)
    • Hakone – Grand Prix Circuit (6 laps)

Reward Cars

20th Anniversary Tour

2022 Acura NSX Type S

Open Class Tour

2024 Nissan Z NISMO

Showroom Cars

The following cars have been added to the Showroom for all Forza Motorsport players:

• 1984 Toyota #25 Horsepower Techs Starlet Time Attack
• 1995 Formula Drift #34 Toyota Supra MkIV
• 2005 #1 Sierra Enterprises Lancer Evolution Time Attack

The 1984 Toyota #25 Horsepower Techs Starlet Time Attack and 1995 Formula Drift #34 Toyota Supra MkIV can be earned for free from their respective Featured Rivals and Drift Rivals events.

Car Updates

We’ve added a Mugen bodykit for the 2005 Honda NSX-R. In addition, all players will receive an optional 20th Anniversary livery that can be applied to the car.

In addition, these previous Forza Motorsport cover cars featured in the 20th Anniversary Tour have received updated audio to coincide with their new events:

• 2005 Honda NSX-R
• 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
• 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
• 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
• 2013 McLaren P1
• 2017 Ford GT
• 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS

Racing Suits

The following driver suits can be unlocked from the Challenge Hub for 20th Anniversary:

• 20th Anniversary Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Gifted to all players from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC.
• Forza Motorsport Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 2 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 2’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 3 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 3’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 4 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 4’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 5 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 5’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 6 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 6’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.
• Forza Motorsport 7 Racing Suit
  • Unlock Prerequisite: Complete the ‘Spirit of Forza Motorsport 7’ series in the 20th Anniversary Featured Tour.

New Featured Multiplayer Series

• 20th Anniversary Series (Available from May 7 5pm PT | May 8 12am UTC – June 25 5pm PT | June 26 12am UTC)
  • Experience the evolution of Forza Motorsport in an epic series that celebrates iconic cover cars and tracks from our past games! Join the 20th Anniversary Series in Featured Multiplayer and check back every week over the next seven weeks for updated car restrictions and tracks.
• The Challenge Series (Available from May 14 5pm PT | May 15 12am UTC – May 21 5pm PT | May 22 12am UTC)
  • Compete for the podium in the 2017 Ferrari #25 Corse Clienti 488 Challenge in an epic one-make series that is a common stepping stone to higher levels of competitive racing.
• Lamborghini Series (Available from May 28 5pm PT | May 29 12am UTC – June 4 5pm PT | June 5 12am UTC)
  • The Lamborghini Super Trofeo sees drivers of all backgrounds compete annually across three continents in the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo to crown the Lamborghini World Champion.