Update 13 for Forza Motorsport celebrates the first anniversary of the title with the 3 previously mentioned new Mustangs, which are completely free to all players.
Alongside a number of brand-new American muscle cars, the new Drift Mode and the long-awaited return of Sunset Peninsula after 13 years hit Forza Motorsport with the deployment of Update 13. Check out the full patch notes here.
Mustang Month has hit in Forza Motorsport, and during the next four weeks of the season, you will get to drift, race and compete through the history, variety and uniqueness that the iconic American muscle icon, the Ford Mustang, has brought to the world of competitive motorsport and car culture.
This issue renders the Drift Rivals mode currently being unplayable. The game crashes when the car crosses the start line, so no matter how you try to enjoy the mode, you will be kicked out and back to the menus. This issue spans the range of Xbox titles and the PC version.
Forza support has publically addressed the issue as seen above on X, however, there is yet to be a solution as of October 15. This update adds a lot of new and interesting content, but unfortunately, there are still plenty of bugs and issues that overshadow them to a point.
Despite these issues, what do you think about Forza Motorsport's Update 13? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our Forza Motorsport forum!
Alongside a number of brand-new American muscle cars, the new Drift Mode and the long-awaited return of Sunset Peninsula after 13 years hit Forza Motorsport with the deployment of Update 13. Check out the full patch notes here.
Mustang Month has hit in Forza Motorsport, and during the next four weeks of the season, you will get to drift, race and compete through the history, variety and uniqueness that the iconic American muscle icon, the Ford Mustang, has brought to the world of competitive motorsport and car culture.
Game Content, Features and Events [All Platforms]
New Mode: Drift
- This includes a new Best Drift scoring option for the highest single continuous drift score (even across multiple laps) in addition to Best Lap and Total Score. Any segment of any track can be drifted for a score. Keep it going: Crossing the finish line will automatically bank your lap score and restart scoring for a new lap. Players earn Drift Score based on speed, angle, and duration of each drift, and this must be successfully "banked" to count.
- A new Drift Zone tab has been added to Rivals, where you can compete for the highest Drift lap score leaderboards in several new events featuring great car and track pairings. Feel free to upgrade and tune for the best drift setup but rear wheel drive only for these events.
- Drift scoring has also been added to Meetup Game Type options for private Drift Meetups. We are planning to add public Drift Meetups in a future update.
- The Gameplay & HUD Settings menu includes an option to turn on Drift scoring HUD in other modes, however it will remain off in Featured Multiplayer races. The Drift Camera setting now applies to in-car and follow cameras when enabled.
Practice & Qualifying in Private Multiplayer
- Find this new option in the Event Setup menu under Event Format along with options for Practice time limit, number of Qualifying laps, and Intermission Period.
- You may choose to be a spectator for the race that follows practice by selecting Spectate Race from the Pre-race or Pause menu at any time during the practice session.
Forza Race Regulations (FRR) Penalty System
- Forza Race Regulations now displays the severity of a collision in UI notifications, replacing the ‘Avoidable contact’ messaging.
- Individual FRR infractions now have maximum penalty times depending on collision severity, reducing cases where players were over penalized before.
- Off-Track notifications now display FRR ruling: Small Time Gain, Large Time Gain, or Max Time Gain. Note that the penalty time incurred is a scaling multiplier on time gained, so penalty amounts vary for each. If no time was gained, there is no penalty.
- Update 13 also includes general accuracy improvements based on the updated data capture system introduced in Update 12.
Track Addition
Sunset Peninsula
Sunset Peninsula track layouts are available in Career, Featured Multiplayer Series, Free Play, Private Multiplayer, Featured Rivals and Time Attack.
- Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit
- Sunset Peninsula – Club Circuit
- Sunset Peninsula – Oval Circuit
- Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit Reverse
- Sunset Peninsula – Club Circuit Reverse
Free Mustang Cars
These cars will be gifted to all players starting Wednesday, October 16 at 5:00 PM PT (Thursday, October 17 at 12:00 AM UTC). A reward notification will be displayed in the game menu once the cars have been added to your garage. They can be also acquired from the Showroom using in-game credits.
2024 Ford #25 Mustang RTR
- 2024 Ford #88 Mustang RTR
- 2024 Ford #130 Mustang RTR
New Car Pass Car
The following bonus car will be gifted to all Forza Motorsport Car Pass holders starting on Wednesday, October 16 at 4:00 PM PT (Thursday, October 17 at 12:00 AM UTC):
This special, new-to-Motorsport car is available to players who have the Forza Motorsport Car Pass, Deluxe Edition, Premium Edition or Premium Add-Ons Bundle.
- 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Formula Drift Cars
- 2020 Formula Drift #151 Toyota GR Supra
- 2015 Formula Drift #13 Ford Mustang
- 2006 Formula Drift #43 Dodge Viper SRT10
- 1997 Formula Drift #777 Nissan 240SX
Career Events
Featured Tour: Mustang Tour (Available from Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 27 4pm PT | Nov. 28 12am UTC)
- Last of the Pony Cars (Starts Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC)
- Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit (5 laps)
- Sebring International Raceway – Full Circuit (3 laps)
- Maple Valley – Full Circuit (5 laps)
- Watkins Glen – Full Circuit (4 laps)
- Colt Classics (Starts Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Eaglerock Speedway – Club Circuit (11 laps)
- Lime Rock Park – South Chicane Circuit (7 laps)
- Laguna Seca – Short Circuit (6 laps)
- Sunset Peninsula – Club Circuit (6 laps)
- Street Stallions (Starts Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- Sebring International Raceway – Short Circuit (6 laps)
- Road America – East Circuit (6 laps)
- Grand Oak – National Circuit Reverse (5 laps)
- Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Short Circuit (6 laps)
- Wild Horses (Starts Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Daytona – Sports Car Circuit (4 laps)
- Laguna Seca – Full Circuit (5 laps)
- Indianapolis – Grand Prix Circuit (5 laps)
- Viriginia International Raceway – Grand West Circuit (3 laps)
- Reward Showcase (Complete all Mustang Tour series)
- Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit (5 laps)
- Open Class Tour (Available from Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- D Class Series
- Catalunya – National Alt Circuit
- Grand Oak – Club Circuit
- Maple Valley – Short Circuit
- C Class Series
- Sebring International Raceway – Short Circuit
- Laguna Seca – Short Circuit
- Eaglerock Speedway – Club Circuit Reverse
- B Class Series
- Homestead-Miami Speedway – Road Circuit
- Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Short Circuit
- Road America – East Circuit
- A Class Series
- Watkins Glen – Full Circuit
- Hakone – Grand Prix Circuit
- Brands Hatch – Grand Prix Circuit
- S Class Series
- Sebring International Raceway – Full Circuit
- Kyalami – Grand Prix Circuit
- Hockenheim – Full Circuit
- R Class Series
- Silverstone – Grand Prix Circuit
- Homestead-Miami Speedway – Road Circuit
- Indianapolis – Grand Prix Circuit
- Reward Showcase (Complete all Open Tour series)
- Sunset Peninsula - Full Circuit Reverse (5 laps)
Reward Cars
- Mustang Tour: 2018 Saleen S302 Black Label
- Open Class Tour: 1970 Ford #15 Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am
Spotlight Cars
Mustang Month introduces two new-to-Motorsport Spotlight cars to the Showroom, the 2024 Ford Mustang GT and the 1967 Shelby GT 500.
- 2024 Ford Mustang GT (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- 1967 Shelby GT 500 (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 (Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC – Nov. 13 5pm PT | Nov. 14 12am UTC)
VIP Discount Cars
2006 Formula Drift #43 Dodge Viper SRT10 (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- 2018 Ford Mustang GT (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- 1965 Ford Mustang GT Coupe (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
Multiplayer Events
Experience the evolution of an automotive icon by jumping behind the wheel of your favorite Mustang era in the decade-spanning Ford Mustang Challenge Series. There is also a new 2017 Mazda MX-5 Cup Spec Series, Ideal for both beginners and veterans alike.
Experience more classes every week in the Cycled Class Series. This series rotates events between P, D, X, C, and E Classes daily and will remain available after Mustang Month. Dedicated B, A, S, and R Class Series will continue to cycle weekly.
Update 13 also sees the first Community Choice selections in the Featured Multiplayer event rotation: GTX Sportscar Series, Forza Proto-H, and GTP/C Series.
Note: With Update 13, there will no longer be a Spotlight Series. This change will help improve concurrency across all other available Featured Multiplayer Series. We will continue to showcase Spotlight cars in Career, Rivals, and the Challenge Hub.
Note 2: Following the release of Update 12, we made the decision to remove Forza GT4 from active Featured Multiplayer events due to the lack of cars and competitiveness within the series. In its place, the Forza Touring Car Spec Series remains available. In the future, we intend to explore alternatives to bring back Forza GT4 racing into Featured Multiplayer, for example, through a GT Multi-Class variation. We will also revisit the standalone Forza GT4 Series once we have a larger car roster to accommodate this Spec Division.
Featured Series
- Ford Mustang Challenge Series (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- GTX Sportscar Series (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Shelby GT500 Spec Series (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Forza Proto-H (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- MX-5 Cup Spec Series (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- GTP/C Series (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Formula Mazda Spec Series (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
Spec Series
- Endurance Series + Forza GT2 Spec Series + Forza Touring Car Spec Series (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Endurance Series + Forza GT3 Spec Series + Forza Touring Car Spec Series (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- Endurance Series + Forza GT2 Spec Series + Forza Touring Car Spec Series (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
Open Series
- Multi-Class Series (ABCS) + Cycled Class Series (P, D, X, C, E) + A Class Series (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Multi-Class Series (ABCS) + Cycled Class Series (P, D, X, C, E) + S Class Series (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- Multi-Class Series (ABCS) + Cycled Class Series (P, D, X, C, E) + R Class Series (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
Rivals Events
Update 13 introduces the first Drift Rivals – Drift 101, 102, and 103 events will always be available, however future updates will also bring their own limited-time Drift Rivals – with A Class Drift and Mediterranean Drift available throughout Mustang Month.
- Featured Track: Sunset Peninsula – 1982 Ford #6 Zakspeed Roush Mustang IMSA GT – Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- VIP: Peninsula Prowess – 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Forza Edition – Sunset Peninsula – Club Reverse Circuit (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Haunted Hellcat – 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – Maple Valley – Full Circuit (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Race Mobil 1 Pro Driver: Juan Pablo Montoya –1974 Toyota Celica GT – Maple Valley – Reverse Circuit (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Welcome to Drift 101 – RWD + Tuning and Upgrades Allowed + No STM / TCS + ABS On/Off + Normal or Simulation Steering – Grand Oak – Club Circuit
- Welcome to Drift 102 – RWD + Tuning and Upgrades Allowed + No STM / TCS + ABS On/Off + Normal or Simulation Steering – Suzuka – East Circuit
- Welcome to Drift 103 – RWD + Tuning and Upgrades Allowed + No STM / TCS + ABS On/Off + Normal or Simulation Steering – Silverstone – National Circuit
- Open Class Drift – A Class + RWD + Tuning and Upgrades Allowed + No STM / TCS + ABS On/Off + Normal or Simulation Steering – Lime Rock Park – Full Circuit
- Mediterranean Drift – Formula Drift + RWD + Stock Upgrades + Tuning Allowed + No STM / TCS + ABS On/Off + Normal or Simulation Steering – Catalunya – National Circuit (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Spotlight: Ford Mustang – 2024 Ford Mustang GT – Indianapolis – Grand Prix Circuit (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC)
- Spotlight: Shelby GT500 – 1967 Shelby GT 500 – Lime Rock Park – Full Alt Circuit (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC)
- Spotlight: Ford Cobra R – 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R – Grand Oak – Club Circuit (Oct. 30 5pm PT | Oct. 31 12am UTC – Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Spotlight: Ford Mustang – 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 – Watkins Glen – Short Circuit (Nov. 6 5pm PT | Nov. 7 12am UTC – Nov. 13 5pm PT | Nov. 14 12am UTC)
Featured Challenges
- Mustang Challenge (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 27 4pm PT | Nov. 28 12am UTC)
- Complete all series in the Mustang Tour OR Complete 10 races in the Ford Mustang Challenge Series in Featured Multiplayer
- Reward: 2018 Saleen S302 Black Label
- Open Class Challenge (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete all series in the Open Class Tour OR Complete 10 races in the Multi-Class Series Featured Multiplayer
- Reward: 1970 Ford #15 Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am
- Sunset Peninsula Challenge (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete 25 clean laps on Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit
- Reward: 50,000 Credits
- Drift Connoisseur (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete 5 Drift Races OR Get a Drift score of 20,000 or higher in a single lap in the 'Mediterranean Drift' Rivals event
- Reward: 2015 Formula Drift #13 Ford Mustang
- Mustang Mania (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete 10 races in any Mustang OR Complete the ‘Last of the Pony Cars’ Series in the Mustang Tour in Career
- Reward: GT Stallion Race Suit
- Spooky Season (Oct. 16 5pm PT | Oct. 17 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete 25 laps at Night OR Beat 15 Rivals in the 'Haunted Hellcat' Rivals event
- Reward: Los Muertos Race Suit
- Race Mobil 1 Pro Driver – Juan Pablo Montoya (Oct. 23 5pm PT | Oct. 24 12am UTC – Nov. 6 4pm PT / Nov. 7 12am UTC)
- Complete a lap in the ‘Race Mobil 1 Pro Driver – Juan Pablo Montoya’ Rivals event
- Reward: 50,000 Credits
Weekly Challenges
Oct. 16 5:00 PM PT – Oct. 23 5:00 PM PT | Oct. 17 12:00 AM UTC – Oct. 24 12:00 AM UTC
Oct. 23 5:00 PM PT – Oct. 30 5:00 PM PT | Oct. 24 12:00 AM UTC – Oct. 31 12:00 AM UTC
- Spotlight Challenge
- Reach Car Level 5 in the 2024 Ford Mustang GT
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Skills Challenge
- Get a Segment Score of 8 or higher at Sunset Peninsula – Full Circuit
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Safety Challenge
- Complete 5 races without receiving an FRR Penalty in Featured Multiplayer
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Rivals Challenge
- Complete 10 clean laps in any Rivals Event
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Track Challenge
- Pass 10 opponents in a single race at Sunset Peninsula
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
Oct. 30 5:00 PM PT – Nov. 6 4:00 PM PT | Oct. 31 12:00 AM UTC – Nov. 7 12:00 AM UTC
- Spotlight Challenge
- Complete 5 clean laps in this week’s Spotlight Rivals Event
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Skills Challenge
- Qualify in Pole Position in any Featured Multiplayer race
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Safety Challenge
- Complete 5 races without receiving an FRR Penalty in Featured Multiplayer
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Rivals Challenge
- Beat 5 Rivals
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Track Challenge
- Get a Segment Score of 8 or higher on ‘The Corkscrew’ at Laguna Seca
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Spotlight Challenge
- Get on the podium in the 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R in a race with at least 5 opponents
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Skills Challenge
- Complete a race 5 positions ahead of where you started on the grid
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Safety Challenge
- Complete 5 races without receiving an FRR Penalty in Featured Multiplayer
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
- Weekly Rivals Challenge
- Get a Drift Score of 5,000 in any Drift Rivals event
- Reward: 10,000 Credits
- Weekly Track Challenge
- Complete 5 races at Sunset Peninsula
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
Post-release Issues
It is not all good news, however. Post update there have been several issues reported that the team at Turn10 Studios are aware of and are actively fixing and patching. The main issue with he update so far is that the new Drift Rivals mode is broken.This issue renders the Drift Rivals mode currently being unplayable. The game crashes when the car crosses the start line, so no matter how you try to enjoy the mode, you will be kicked out and back to the menus. This issue spans the range of Xbox titles and the PC version.
Forza support has publically addressed the issue as seen above on X, however, there is yet to be a solution as of October 15. This update adds a lot of new and interesting content, but unfortunately, there are still plenty of bugs and issues that overshadow them to a point.
Despite these issues, what do you think about Forza Motorsport's Update 13? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our Forza Motorsport forum!
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