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Forza Motorsport 5 does not require an (initial) internet connection to play

You won’t need a constant internet connection to play Forza 5, but you will need to connect at least once in order to complete the game’s campaign, Turn 10 Studios head Dan Greenawalt confirmed with IGN.

Greenwalt told IGN that connecting to Xbox Live before playing would not be required, but “you just need to connect online eventually in order to complete the career mode.”

In the beginning of the game, the player will be racing against Drivatars that are contained on the disc and were trained by the [Turn 10 development] team. While playing, the player will be asked to connect to Live in order to download a completely fresh set of player-created Drivatar opponents – it’s not a lot of data, but the download contains enough Drivatars to cover all difficulty settings. Connecting will also download new content – but the vast majority of the launch content is contained on the disc.

This download is simply additional cars and tracks. The gameplay is not blocked while downloading the additional content; it’s done in the background just like disc install.

It was widely reported that Forza 5 would indeed require an Internet connection prior to playing, which has no been denied. As Greenwalt says though, the entire game won’t be available on disc and to access all of the content a connection will be eventually required.

“The player won’t be blocked from playing the game” without an Internet connection Greenwalt said, “But deeper areas in the career mode were designed to utilize these additional cars and tracks.”

Forza 5 will be available exclusively for Xbox One during the launch window.


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