This Year's New Forza Motorsport Game May Be the Last One

A new Forza Motorsport game is scheduled to land later this year, and it sounds like it may be the last game in Xbox's racing sim franchise. Speaking at a post-Xbox Showcase briefing earlier this week as reported by Engadget, series general manager Dan Greenawalt said, "Basically, we're not planning a distinct sequel at all."

Despite what it sounds like, developers are not abandoning or giving up on Forza. Instead, the series is seemingly going the route of a continually updating "service game" to align with Microsoft's Game Pass subscription model. Essentially, the company intends gamers to play a constantly updating Forza Motorsport indefinitely via their Game Pass subscription rather than fork over $70 every couple of years for a new game. This would also explain the absence of a numbered title. This ain't Forza Motorsport 8, it's just Forza Motorsport.