Originally Posted by: Alan J T 
Originally Posted by: V6PBS UK 
I wonder what effect it will have and imported tunes from previous editions....? Could be "interesting"
Interesting I dont think so down right annoying yes as any tune I import will be usless as I have a Habbit of going max Tyre size as well as race shocks, sway bars and all them nice things that make for a nice handeling car. with decent Power but not over the top power. This could very well make a lot of tunes worthles so to all thoes Elite tuners out there looks like you will all be starting from scratch while the Painters get a free ride once again with 4 games to import from.
Perhaps all design and tune imports should be disabled so all start equal as those of us with tunes to import may find we end up with none that will be usable.
Every game in Forza has made changes to the tuning class or the PI classes. Also Forza Horizon has a much different FFB feel to it than the Forza Motorsport series in much more laid back and forgiving. I would not want a good Horizon Ford GT tune and have to use it in FM7. Tunes are hardly ever plug and play.
Take a FM6 Ford Mustang tune and port it to Forza Horizon and it will not run as good as it did in the Motorsport series and will need some adjusting on it.
Take a Forza Horizon 2 tune and port it to FM6 and it will not run as good as the Horizon series and will have yo be adjusted.
FM7 has improvements to the FFB that many have been asking for. Anytime you change something in FFB and Physics you will probably have yo adjust the settings/ tunes that were made specifically for that FFB/Physics.
I don't think the New balancing system is what made old tunes worse but rather a smaller window that they fit into. What made the old tunes worse is the changes we all asked for in the FFB/ Physics area. There are many tunes that can port over and that will still work and handle fine but have improvements that can be made on them to make them even better in FM7. This does not mean that the tunes ported over won't work well it just means they may be able to be even better.
The painters had issues to overcome on sons of the ports in the games as well. They had thier fair share of bugs to work with there.
I am not a painter and have not made many tunes so it really does not impact me here but wanted to let you know both parties have had to make changes but agree the painters have had it a bit easier but still had issues.