Forza Motorsport 6‘s $26.95 VIP upgrade gave players exclusive cars, special online events and, best of all, double credit earnings for races. Forza 7‘s $29.95 VIP upgrade swaps the always-on double credit bonus for five limited-use “mod cards”. Boo.
While Microsoft has done away with its “daily check-in” requirement for the Xbox One, that’s not the end of strange new digital firsts for the system. Witness Forza 5, which even when you buy it on disc, needs to download more of the game online the first time you fire…
There are no adequate words in the English language to describe how bad I am at racing games. “Laughably untalented” comes close, but more often it’s phrased as a question, like, “What, you crashed so much that your car is on fire again?”