In my opinion I don't like how it is now segregated and isolated. I did not find it broken at all when everyone was under one roof. It was also easier and better keeping up both games. It had much more traffic, drama, action, and life before. Now this place and Forza Planet is not lively anymore.
Jordan wanted a separate Forza site, that stands on its own feet instead of being an extension of an already successful GT site
. It may have been slightly easier to browse both games at once before, but all that's changed now is an extra click on the favourites tab in Chrome for me
My guess is that it's to cut down the drama and work from the moderators? Or having the GTPlanet name wasn't acceptable for Forza players? GTP could not handle the bandwidth?
I don't have the figures handy, but I'd be willing to bet all the Forza traffic here at GTP is just a drop in the bucket compared to even an average, no-big-GT-news day. I don't think many Forza players cared about the name of the site, either. Oddly enough, it has cut down on the moderation teams work, at least somewhat. There's much less of the FM vs GT bickering at the new site, and it's presence has seemingly made those sorts of arguments less often and heated here. Though the unfortunate side-effect is that expressing positive comments on Forza, especially when paired with criticisms of GT, can lead to "Forza Planet's that way" comments.
I like what they have done with the new place but I would bring it back here in a heartbeat.
Why not have both? Be the start of something new... plus, we've had support from T10 already in the form of early DLC codes 👍
FP may feel like a ghost town, at least compared to the GT section of GTP, but it's growing very, very quickly, no doubt helped by the focus on quick, reliable page loading and an easy to read layout. It's no slower than this particular section was before the new site went live, at any rate