I agree with this. From Microsoft’s point of view, it doesn’t make sense to introduce dirt racing to Motorsport when they’ve already got Horizon. Motorsport can stay focused on road racing, and MS can sell a second game to fans of dirt racing.
Well, series is little bit stale, rally could be good way to add some hype. Horizon would sell well anyway.
Rally cross would be a sensible compromise. There will never be stage rallying in Motorsport but Rally Cross would be easy enough to wedge in, most of the real circuits in FM7 have some form of rally cross layout. Just whether it would be worth their time doing it, especially when rally cross was the weakest part of pCars 2 for example which did the same thing.
It’s that staleness, and not just the pandemic, that led Turn 10 to completely overhaul the game. They’re not even calling it FM8 because it’s going to be such a huge advancement over 1 through 7. Or at least that’s the promise. Diverting resources to creating rally tracks/cars/races makes no financial sense when Horizon already has that covered. Let the next Motorsport be 100% Motorsport instead of 75% Motorsport/25% Horizon.
They don't call it FM8 because its last game in series. There is no plans for FM9, because no one needs FM every 2 or 3 years. Same game with bunch new features for hardcore crowd, more content and questionable design choices? Its not suprise that sells are nonexistent for FM7 and they want to go full GAAS with it.
Dirt Rally was local success, I could see some interest in this for MS. Horizon isn't even rally simcade, its arcadish off-road model isn't all that far from Crew or NFS.
TBH I hope this is the case. Forza Motorsport really doesn't need an entire new game every two years anymore and at this point in my life I don't want to spend the time doing chores to unlock the same cars I've unlocked in previous games every few years. That gaming paradigm is antiquated. I'd much prefer they release a single title that they update over time with new features and continually release new track and car packs for.
For casual audience that already have FM5/6/7 it could be a reason to buy another game. Because this time it has something really new. Out of 3 previous games FM5 had most sales, yet both FM6/7 are waaay better and were released with much bigger instalbase.
Don't forget FH2's Fast And Furious pack that added the F&F cars from FM6.
Yep! Cross-game car packs are not unfamiliar to Forza!
Consider all the offroad cars they added for FM7
There is some speculation that they might have wanted rally in FM at some point because the FM7 version of the Top Gear test track has some props in place where the Series 23 Top Gear Rally-Cross track route would have been.
And there was one leak showing GRC Honda Civic in FM7, wasn't there?
That’s what DiRT is for 😃
Or were at least in diapers or short pants when he died. Anyone under the age of 20 probably had no meaningful contact with CMR content while he was alive. Which is a lot of people, especially in the gaming space.
