Forza Motorsport reveals plans for anniversary update

Important takeaways

Forza Motorsport Update 13 will be released on October 16
It will add Drift Mode, new practice and qualifying options in private multiplayer races, upgrades for Forza Race Regulations and the Sunset Peninsula track.
Three new Mustang cars will be freely available to all players, with a fourth car available to owners of specific editions.

Forza Motorsport was released on October 10, 2023, and developer Turn 10 Studios has released information on how it plans to celebrate the game's one-year anniversary. Specifically, Turn 10 has revealed that it will use the anniversary as an opportunity to release Forza Motorsport's Update 13, which will be “themed around Mustang Month” and to give players a batch of free cars.

Update 13 will add Drift Mode to Forza Motorsport. In this mode, players will compete to have the highest Drift Score, which will be determined by the “speed, angle and duration” of their drift. Additionally, Update 13 will add new opportunities for practice and qualifying in private multiplayer races, and it will add new upgrades for Forza Race Regulations. Full details of these additions have yet to be revealed, though players won't have to wait long for more information, as the update's release notes will be made available on Monday, October 14th.

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Update 13 will also mark the debut of Sunset Peninsula, a song not seen since 2011 Forza Motorsport 4. The developer has further confirmed that fans can race on five layouts of Sunset Peninsula, and the club course and the 2.78-mile course are among those layouts. Forza Motorsport players can also look forward to racing on the returning Bathurst track, although it won't be added to the game until the December 15 update.

Forza Motorsport Update 13 Release Date and Time

Update 13 will be released on Wednesday, October 16 at 4 p.m. PDT, although Tur 10 has indicated that it will “begin rolling out the update for download” when the release notes are made available on October 14. Especially the release of this one Forza Motorsport the update also marks the start of “Mustang Month,” which ties in with another aspect of the game's one-year anniversary: free new cars.

Indeed, all players will have the opportunity to freely claim three new Mustang cars Forza Motorsport as soon as Update 13 is live (and Mustang month has officially begun). These cars are the 2024 Ford #25 Mustang RTR, 2024 Ford #88 Mustang RTR, and 2024 Ford #130 Mustang RTR, and players will find them in the showroom as soon as they are available. In addition, players who own Forza Motorsport Car Pass, Deluxe Edition, Premium Edition or Premium Add-Ons Bundle will have access to a fourth free car: the 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

Turn 10 doesn't just use Forza Motorsports anniversary as an opportunity to look towards the future of the game, as the developer has also released some statistics from the past year. These statistics reveal that Kyalami – Grand Prix Circuit is the most played circuit (at 5,764,014 races played) and that 2020 Honda #73 LA Honda World Racing Civic is the most driven car (at 3,380,075 races played). It is further indicated that a total of 162,544,532 races have been played since the game's launch, and fans of racing sims will no doubt drive many more miles in the coming year.