{"id":1546,"date":"2022-05-21T06:41:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itparadise.net\/2020\/12\/21\/forza-motorsport-7-will-be-driving-into-the-sunset-in-september\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T04:25:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T04:25:55","slug":"forza-motorsport-7-will-be-driving-into-the-sunset-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Forza Motorsport 7 will be driving into the sunset in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forza Motorsport 7 <\/em>will no longer be available to purchase from the Microsoft Store or play on Xbox Game Pass after September 15th, 2021, as it\u2019s reaching \u201cend of life\u201d status. The game won\u2019t be completely going away \u2014 if you own it you\u2019ll still be able to download and play it, and the multiplayer will still be accessible, but anyone without the game won\u2019t be able to buy the digital version. According to the Forza <\/em>Twitter account, this is happening because the game\u2019s licenses to use real-world cars and tracks are starting to expire.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a long-time Forza <\/em>fan, you may have seen this happen before. Games in the series have historically been delisted around four years after their release. Horizon 3 <\/em>was delisted in September 2020 after being launched in September 2016, and Motorsport 6<\/em> was removed from Microsoft\u2019s online store in September 2019, following its launch in September 2015.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Game Pass adds some complication to Motorsport 7<\/em>\u2019s delisting<\/q><\/aside>\n

With Motorsport 7<\/em>, there\u2019s the complication of Xbox Game Pass. The game will no longer be available on the service after September 15th, which leads to an interesting question: what about the people who didn\u2019t buy the game, but bought DLC for it to play with the Game Pass version? Forza says that anyone in this situation will receive a \u201ctoken\u201d that will let them keep playing the game. The token will be sent to players by August 2nd, and will have to be redeemed before September 15th, 2023.<\/p>\n

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Not dumb at all! Forza games have to go unlisted after several years because the third party licenses that we use to feature real-world cars, tracks and other elements will begin to expire.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Forza Motorsport (@ForzaMotorsport) July 29, 2021\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When the Forza twitter account tweeted that the games are being delisted because of licenses expiring, fans were quick to point out that some other racing games don\u2019t seem to have this issue. For example, Need For Speed Rivals<\/em>, which features real cars, <\/em>was launched in 2013 and is currently on sale in the Microsoft Store. The Verge <\/em>reached out to EA to get an idea about how it licenses cars for the games, but didn\u2019t immediately receive a response. <\/p>\n

It becomes difficult to check out older Forza titles, even if they\u2019re well worth playing<\/q><\/aside>\n

The Forza model does seem curious: the games clearly have a lot of work put into them, and they\u2019re often held up as a standard for how good racing games can look. Then, after about four years, they become much harder to buy. One of my colleagues mourned the loss of the aforementioned Horizon 3<\/em>, which he considers to be the best game in the series. I\u2019ve never played it, and would love to know what makes it so good \u2014 but I can\u2019t get the game (used physical copies are available, but seemingly not for PC, and I don\u2019t own an Xbox).<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t necessarily to point fingers at or shame the Forza team. As EA Sports and the NCAA have shown, digitizing the real world into a playable form can be messy when there\u2019s people or brands involved. What\u2019s more, the makers of hyper and super-cars, like the ones featured in Forza, can be especially protective of their brand. Famously, Ferrari reportedly sent musician Deadmau5 a cease and desist letter for customizing his car. It\u2019s just odd that, for whatever reason, this is how Forza does the licensing.<\/p>\n

While it may be unfortunate that Forza Motorsport 7<\/em> is being taken off Microsoft\u2019s virtual shelves, there is a silver lining: if you want to get it before it\u2019s gone, the game\u2019s Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate editions are all 75 percent off, selling for $9.99, $14.99, and $19.99 respectively. According to Forza\u2019s support article, they\u2019ll be on sale until September 15th, and the game will still be playable after it\u2019s no longer available to purchase. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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