Forza Motorsport Update 11: Road Atlanta, Multi-Class Racing, and More

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Turn 10 has begun rolling out Update 11 for all Forza Motorsport players on Xbox consoles and PC. Known as "Road to Race", the newest update explores the connections between high-performance street cars and their racing counterparts.

Coming in at 11.6GB on PC, 11.04GB on Xbox Series S, and 13.85GB on Series X, there are hefty additions of new content, optimizations and fixes. There are a lot of changes with this update, so let's explore what's on offer.

Forza Motorsport Update 11: Road Atlanta

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The pattern of odd-numbered updates continues to bring circuits to the roster, with Road Atlanta being the latest to return to the Forza Motorsport series.

Highly regarded as one of America's best road courses, Road Atlanta combines challenging corners with steep elevation changes. The crown jewel event for this track is the 10-hour long "Petit Le Mans" which plays host as the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Road Atlanta has two variants to drive:

• Full Circuit
• Club Circuit

You'll be able to drive the track in all the available game modes and in multiplayer.

Turn 10 has also confirmed the next track will be released with Update 13 sometime in October.

Forza Motorsport Update 11: Spotlight/VIP Cars

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During Update 11, four sets of cars highlighting the connections between Road and Race will be made available over the coming weeks. Each can be purchased for a 30% discount using in-game credits and will be an integral part of the new Featured Tour. Players with VIP can also get their hands on some select cars with a 15% discount during the update.

Spotlight Cars

• Chevrolet Corvette Z06 '15, Chevrolet C7.R #3 Corvette Racing '14 – August 14-21
• Ferrari 458 Italia '09, Ferrari 458 Italia GTC #62 Risi Competizione '11 – August 21-28
• Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 '14, Lamborghini Huracan LP620-2 ST #63 Squadra Corse '15 – August 28-September 4
• Porsche 911 GT3 RS '19, Porsche 911 GT3 R #73 Park Place Motorsports '18, Porsche 911 RSR #91 Porsche Team Manthey '15, Porsche 911 RSR '17 #92 Porsche GT Team – September 4-11

VIP Discount Cars

• KTM X-Bow GT4 '18 – August 14–September 11
• Hyundai Veloster N #98 Bryan Herta Autosport '20 – August 14-21
• Dodge Viper GTS-R SRT Motorsports '14 – August 21-28
• Ferrari 488 Challenge #25 Corse Clienti '17 – August 28–September 4
• Ford GT Le Mans #66 Ford Racing '16 – September 4-11

The 2011 Ferrari 458 GTC is the only significant addition to the Spotlight cars. Conforming to GT2 specs at the time, this particular 458 was campaigned by Risi Competizione during the American Le Mans Series. The 458 has gone on to become one of Maranello's most successful GT cars, scoring over 100 race wins across the world.

Forza Motorsport Update 11: New Events

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For this month, the Road to Race Tour puts you behind the wheel of the recently mentioned Spotlight cars as you explore the similarities and the differences between street cars and race cars.

Road To Race Tour

• Chevrolet – Chevrolet Corvette Z06 '15, Chevrolet #C7.R 3 Corvette Racing '14
• Ferrari – Ferrari 458 Italia '09, Ferrari 458 Italia GTC #62 Risi Competizione '11
• Lamborghini – Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 '14, Lamborghini Huracán LP620-2 Super Trofeo #63 Squadra Corse '15
• Porsche – Porsche 911 GT3 RS '19, Porsche 911 GT3 R #73 Park Place Motorsports '18

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Each series will first put you in a road car from Chevrolet, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche, before moving on to its racing equivalent.

Finish each four-race series and you'll be rewarded with a 2018 Aston Martin Vantage GTE to use in the final showcase.

The Road to Race Tour is scheduled to kick off on August 14 with the Chevrolet Corvette, and will finish on September 25, giving you plenty of time to run all the races.

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Open Class Tour

The Open Tour will keep you busy as you build your favorite cars to tackle each series from D Class up to R Class.

Once you finish this tour, your prize will be a 1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R that won the GT500 class of the All-Japan Grand Touring Championship in the era before it rebranded as Super GT. You'll need to keep a tighter schedule for the Open Tour as it is scheduled to end on September 11.

Forza Motorsport Update 11: Multiplayer Events

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There's some significant changes for Featured Multiplayer. A new Featured tab will list all the active, time-limited multiplayer series from Update 11 onwards.

Like its sibling Tour, the Road to Race Series will feature a different pairing of road and race cars each week, with those under VIP discounts taking center stage.

The Open Events tab also sees the addition of multi-class series, with three different car classes on track rotated every week. The Endurance Series also returns with multi-class support, adding a new depth of strategy to the races.

Over in the Spec Series, Forza GT4 makes its first appearance. This latest sub-division of Forza GT will rotate every week with the GT3 and GT2 series. Those who fancy Touring Car action can also take on Forza TC over varying race distances over the next few weeks. Finally the fan-favorite Formula Mazda series returns to the calendar.

• Formula Mazda – August 14-September 11
• Forza TC (Long), Forza GT4, Road to Race (Hyundai Veloster) – August 14-21
• Forza TC (Short), Forza GT3, Road to Race (Dodge Viper) – August 21-28
• Forza TC (Medium), Forza GT2, Road to Race (Ferrari 488) – August 28-September 4
• Forza TC (Short), Forza GT4, Road to Race (Ford GT) – September 4-11

Forza Motorsport Update 11: Rivals

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The newest Rivals update is jam-packed full of events for you to set the best leaderboard times. The Spotlight cars will each get their own events that will each be available for seven days. Road Atlanta gets a month-long event as the featured track, where your weapon of choice is the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

Players with VIP can wrestle with the 2016 Mercedes-AMG C63 Forza Edition around Hockenheimring in their own Rivals event.

Another trio of special events also feature in Rivals for this month, starting off with the second qualifier for the Logitech G Challenge. Here, you'll be tackling Laguna Seca in a McLaren 720S.

The eRacing Association is also hosting an event for its Alpha Cup, with cash prizes up for grabs. Your combination for this event features the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 at Spa Francorchamps. The top 20 fastest qualifiers will also progress to the main final on September 4.

Mobil 1 is bringing back its Pro Driver challenge for this month. This time the driver in question is Jamie Chadwick, one of the fastest-rising women in racing. Her target time to beat is a 1:54.859 in a 1970 Chevrolet Corvette around Maple Valley.

The Rivals list for Update 11 is below

• Featured Track – Road Atlanta – Porsche 911 GT2 RS 2018 – Road Atlanta – Full Circuit (Aug. 14-Sep. 11)
• VIP – Hockenheim Hustle – Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe FE – Hockenheimring – Full Circuit (Aug. 14-Sep. 11)
• Logitech G Challenge Qualifier #2 – McLaren 720S Coupe 2018 – Laguna Seca – Full Circuit (Aug. 14-28)
• eSports Association Alpha Cup – Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2023 – Spa Francorchamps – Full Circuit (Aug. 14-28)
• Race Mobil 1's Pro Driver – Jamie Chadwick – Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 1970 – Maple Valley – Full Circuit (Aug. 28-Sep. 11)
• Spotlight – Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2015 – Daytona – Sports Car Circuit (Aug. 14-21)
• Spotlight – Ferrari 458 Italia – Mugello – Full Circuit (Aug. 21-28)
• Spotlight – Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 2014 – Yas Marina – Full Circuit (Aug. 28-Sep. 4)
• Spotlight – Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2019 – Nurburgring – GP Circuit (Sep. 4-11)

Forza Motorsport Update 11: Other Changes

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Wheel support has been updated to include support for Logitech's "Trueforce". This will be a major benefit to owners of current Logitech wheels such as the G923 and the direct drive G Pro.

Further improvements to replays now also include dynamic position changes and race data. A lap counter and driver information panel have also been added. Turn 10 confirmed that new replay camera types and live spectating for multiplayer will be added in the future.

More stability issues that caused some game crashes in multiplayer have been addressed. PC optimization includes improvements to the shader recompiling process upon startup.

Several fixes have been deployed for race telemetry and pit stop estimates, while cars including the Abarth 124 Spider, Ferrari 458, and Mazda RX-7 have had modelling issues corrected.

The Livery Editor gets some fixes to improve load times as well as correcting issues with grouping decals and liveries appearing in a matte finish.

Update 11 will run over the course of the next four weeks before Update 12 arrives sometime in September. With the current pattern, players can expect a further focus on gameplay improvements in Update 12.

You can read the full patch notes list here.