An announcement on the official support website clarifies that servers for the game will be closing sometime in Spring of 2022, and the recent January 10 update is the last of content updates that fans can expect from the game, which comes with a new car and 12 weeks of Spotlight++, faster recharge times, reduced prices on cars, and the like. With regards to the game closing down, the official statement reads:

“We’re proud and grateful for the community of players we were able to build with Forza Street, and we want to use what we learned on building new and exciting Forza products,” the developer writes. 

On the brighter side, the latest entry in the series, Forza Horizon 5, has been a smash hit- garnering over 15 million players since its release, and winning multiple Game of the Year awards. Developer Turn10 is currently hard at work on a soft reboot of the simulation series, Forza Motorsport, which is in the works for Xbox Series X/S and PC.

#12. FORZA STREET

An easy pick for the lowest spot in this list. Forza Motorsport has consistently offered excellent simulation mechanics, while Horizon is an incredible arcade series, but Forza Street is really neither here nor there. It doesn’t help that it’s a mobile-only title, which means that it’s lacking in the sort of mechanical perfection, polish, and visual fidelity the series has traditionally been known for. It’s an extremely simplified experience that doesn’t do much of anything you’d expect a Forza game to do. Thankfully, it’s not technically a mainline entry, so it’s rather easy to completely overlook.

#11. FORZA MOTORSPORT 5

As the first Forza game to release for the Xbox One, Forza Motorsport 5 was well-positioned to really leverage the new console to deliver an excellent experience, but the game turned out to be a bit of a letdown, especially coming off of the excellent Forza Motorsport 4. It looked great, the audio design was typically excellent, new features like Drivatars and Forzavista were introduced, and the cars felt really good to drive, but the game was crippled by a shockingly small roster of vehicles and a disappointing lack of track variety at launch.

#10. FORZA MOTORSPORT

The one that started it all. The first Forza Motorsport’s legacy is impossible to oversell, and for fans of racing sims, this was a landmark release. At a time when Gran Turismo ruled the roost, Forza Motorsport came along and defied all expectations by not only delivering an excellent racing sim, but one that was genuinely great enough to be able to go up against Gran Turismo and provide some meaningful competition. Being 16 years old and having been improved upon by numerous sequels, it’s a little hard to go back to now, but the game deserves massive props for setting down solid foundations for the franchise.

#9. FORZA MOTORSPORT 6

After the backlash that Forza Motorsport 5 received at launch for its issues, Turn 10 Studios knew they needed to come back strong with a proper statement- Forza Motorsport 6 wasn’t exactly a strong statement that could make people sit up and take notice, but it was an improvement. The selection of vehicles and tracks was much better, the visuals were beautiful, and the career mode and online were a blast. Mechanically, Forza Motorsport 6 wasn’t as polished in terms of its sim aspects as some other games in the series, which made it a bit of an inconsistent experience, but by and large, this was a really good game.

#8. FORZA HORIZON

Forza Horizon was an interesting and risky experiment for Microsoft’s racing series. After having made a name for itself with four excellent racing sims, with Forza Horizon, the series decided to do something different, delivering a more arcade style of racing in an open world environment. It’s fair to say that the experiment worked out, thanks to excellent driving mechanics and a world that was an absolute joy to simply drive around in. The first Forza Horizon has been improved upon by all of its successors, so by default it feels a little aged, but even so, it’s still a blast to play even today.

#7. FORZA MOTORSPORT 2

Forza Motorsport 2 had a lot of expectations to live up to, not only because it had to build on the success of its groundbreaking predecessor, but also because it was the series’ debut on the Xbox 360, and it succeeded very nearly in everything that it set out to do. It looked and sounded gorgeous, its tracks and cars were brimming with details, the roster of vehicles was vast and varied, and the mechanical polish and sheer range of customization options in the game were staggering, especially for its time.

#6. FORZA HORIZON 2

Forza Horizon 2 didn’t have the novelty factor of the first Horizon game, which meant it didn’t make nearly as big of a splash as its predecessor did, but it was more than a worthy successor, and an excellent evolution of the series’ open world arcade racing branch. The freedom and arcade-style racing that Horizon 1 established were taken to even greater heights in the sequel, while the open world featured here was also absolutely gorgeous and just a pleasure to drive around in. Sadly, the Xbox 360 version of the game as a bit of a mess, to the extent that it almost felt like a completely different game.

#5. FORZA MOTORSPORT 3

As great as the first two Forza games were, it was with Forza Motorsport 3 that the series really came into its own. Turn 10 established the formula that the series would continue to be built on for years to come, and it was with Forza Motorsport 3 that the franchise really solidified its identity and emerged as a true and proper contender to the racing sim throne. Excellent cars, tracks, driving mechanics, career mode, and more came together to deliver what was and still remains one of the best racing sims of its time.

#4. FORZA MOTORSPORT 7

Forza Motorsport hit a relative slump in its Xbox One era, but at least it ended strong. Forza Motorsport 7 wasn’t perfect, no – the microtransactions at launch, for instance, were a bit of nuisance – but in most ways that matter, this might just be one of the best renditions of the Forza formula. Visually spectacular, absolutely overflowing with a ridiculously large selection of vehicles, packed full of content that could keep you busy for dozens upon dozens of hours, Forza Motorsport 7 was a great return to form for the series. Driving mechanics were more polished and refined than ever before, the career mode was excellent, the progression system was genuinely engaging, and the introduction of dynamic weather was an exciting new addition.

#3. FORZA HORIZON 3

Like Forza Motorsport, Forza Horizon really hit its stride with its third instalment. The first two Horizon games are spectacular open world racers though, so that should tell you something about how good the third one was. Australia was an excellent open world setting, not just in terms of size, but also in terms of variety, while the driving mechanics were also better and smoother than ever. It was with Forza Horizon 3 that many started wondering whether the spinoff Forza series had surpassed the mainline games, and it’s easy to see why- this is easily one of the best racing games ever made.

#2. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4

The absolute pinnacle of the Forza Motorsport line of games. Turn 10 kept on consistently improving on the formula with each progressive game in the series’ earlier years, and with Forza Motorsport 4, ended up crafting a veritable masterpiece. Excellent variety in tracks and cars, a ridiculous level of detail that exhibited a true love for the craft, the most polished driving mechanics the series had ever had up until that point- for all of these reasons and more, Forza Motorsport 4 is not only the best Motorsport game, it might even arguably be the best racing sim ever made. It’s that good.

#1. FORZA HORIZON 4

When Forza Horizon spun off from the mainline series, no one could have expected that it would go on to surpass the Motorsport line of games. By the time Horizon 3 came out, the subseries did start hinting at that level of quality- and with Horizon 4, it just blew everyone out of the water. Open world Britain is beautiful, massive, full of varied sights and sounds, and densely packed with a vast variety of consistently enjoyable activities, from excellent racing events to buying houses to competing against Drivatars to just aimlessly driving around the open world. Add to that the ingenious seasons mechanic, which completely changes the world in fundamental ways, and you also get an insane amount of dynamism in the experience. Forza Horizon 4 is easily one of the best racing games ever made, if not the best, and we’d be lucky to see Horizon 5 coming anywhere close to that level.

PROJECT CARS 3

We’ve known for nearly a couple of years that Slightly Mad Studios are are working on Project CARS 3, and while we haven’t actually seen anything of the game, we’re quite optimistic that it’ll turn out great. Both previous games in the series were solid racing sims, while it’d also be foolish to doubt the chops of Slightly Mad Studios. There are never any guarantees with any game, of course, but Project CARS 3 is a game all racing enthusiasts are probably gonna want to keep an eye on.

Microsoft and Nintendo recently formalized their ever-growing friendship when the excellent sidescrolling shoot em up Cuphead was released for the Switch. But of course, if rumours over the past couple of months are anything to go by, this is far from the only Microsoft title we’ll be seeing on Nintendo’s platform. From the likes of Ori and the Blind Forest to other major titles like Halo and Forza, all have been rumoured to be coming out on the Switch eventually in some form or another.

Now it seems like that rumoured Forza release for the Switch might be closer- though it’s not any of the mainline Motorsport or Horizon titles. Instead, the rumour pegs the recently released free-to-play title Forza Street for a Switch launch. As AR12 Gaming have discovered, the source code of the racer make several mentions of a Nintendo Switch version of the game- you can take a look at the image below.

Given recent trends and the strengthening relationship between Microsoft and Nintendo, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to assume that a free-to-play spinoff of the Forza franchise might just end up coming to the Switch- and the proof below definitely seems solid enough. Till such time we receive a confirmation from any of the parties involved though, it’s best to take all this with a grain of salt.

For now, Forza Street is available on PC, while iOS and Android releases are also in the pipeline.

Out of the blue, a new Forza title has become available for PC. The previously leaked Forza Street is a free-to-play spin-off which is also coming to mobile devices, though it doesn’t seem to be on Xbox One. You can check out the release trailer for yourself below.

Forza Street is, as the name implies, focused on urban street racing. Though information wasn’t provided on the monetization systems or microtransactions, you can see some currencies in the trailer. The focus of the game is collecting cars, from sports cars to supercars, and you can engage in either quick races or an endless story mode with “multiple paths to victory”, as per the official Xbox page.

Many of the trailer’s comments are calling out the title for being a reskin of Miami Street, which was developed by Electric Square and focused on more streamlined racing. That title released in 2018 for Windows 10 PC and didn’t have too much hype behind it. Regardless, we’ll see how the perception surrounding Forza Street develops over the next few months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpNB7rS0wdo

It sucks for developers when games are leaked ahead of their announcements, because those announcements are something the developers themselves and the publisher have been working toward and looking forward to for so long- but when a developer leaks its own game by mistake, the situation calls for at least a tiny bit of confusion (at the very least).

That’s exactly what seems to have happened here. In their weekly update, Forza Motorsport Week In Review, Turn 10 Studios might have inadvertently confirmed the existence of a mobile-only Forza title (via Game Informer). While talking about a Forza community member and their recent win in an esports event, the developer mistakenly linked to a page containing information about Forza Street, a game in the racing sim franchise scheduled for launch on mobile platforms.

“Developed in partnership with UK-based studio, Electric Square, Forza Street is built from the ground up to support a wide range of Windows 10, iOS, and Android devices,” read the description. That link, of course, has since been removed, and this wasn’t an official announcement- but we can probably expect one in the coming days and weeks.

In related news, recent rumours have indicated that Forza – along with other Microsoft franchises – might indeed be making its way to other platforms- more specifically, the Nintendo Switch. Read more on that through here.