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Race Regulations
You’ve wanted it, we’ve wanted it, and now it’s on its way. Yesterday we announced our upcoming race regulations system (colloquially known around the community as a “player penalty system”).

The new system – which is still in development and will be rolled out in several stages – is being designed not just as a tool to deal with griefers but also as a method of teaching players of all skill levels what is and what is not allowed online in a Forza race. It’s one of the reasons I’m so excited for this feature to come into the game – we want to make all Forza Motorsport players better racers.

The system starts with our new and improved track limits system. The team has gone through every track and ribbon in Forza Motorsport 7 and rebuilt track limits by hand. Our goal is to bring consistency and predictability to track limits across the board. We’re also giving players more visibility into those track limits, with a new option that illuminates track edges and will give players a color-coded warning when they’re getting close to the edge.

Admittedly we didn’t have a lot of time to explain the details of the race regulations system in yesterday’s show segment. I know that the community is hotly anticipating more details on the race regulation system and rest assured we’ll have more to share in the future. It’s a common refrain you hear from me but it fits here: stay tuned for more as we have lots to share.

Track limits coming first.. Everyone has to learn the new track boundaries. Race Regulations will come shortly behind, that will handle penalties and what not. More info coming in the future.

I also see the word "penalty" in the top left corner, which could prove interesting. I don't race online more than to complete a weekly league race, so it doesn't make much difference for me, but I believe that is something people have been asking for to address the rammers for quite some time. Glad to see it.

I also see the word "penalty" in the top left corner, which could prove interesting. I don't race online more than to complete a weekly league race, so it doesn't make much difference for me, but I believe that is something people have been asking for to address the rammers for quite some time. Glad to see it.

Am I missing something here?

Also, visual indicators denoting collisions between cars briefly appeared on screen. I think that may have been a debug screen for a more thorough Race Reg system in the style of GT Sport's and iRacing penalty systems, that we may see implemented in the following months (and may become a "standard feature" of FM in the years to come). Hopefully we will get more info soon?

There is also hope that the implementation of hand-drawn track limits and a penalty system may finally lead to a FM7 free of sticky grass and needlessly dangerous tire walls.

I also see the word "penalty" in the top left corner, which could prove interesting. I don't race online more than to complete a weekly league race, so it doesn't make much difference for me, but I believe that is something people have been asking for to address the rammers for quite some time. Glad to see it.

The penalty is effectively a dirty lap or they could program it for a time penalty..

As long as this is optional for single player, it's ok. I dont want to see esports changing the way single player is handled.

Previewed in the third episode of #InsideXbox: "...our Race Regulations system, which will be part of the game, sort of rolling out over the next few months."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja1ROswKEuQ

• The first stage is Track Limits: "We've completely rewritten the limits of every track, hand drawn those limits."
  
• Track limits feature illuminates the boundaries (and is shown changing color) to teach drivers what is on and what is off.
  
• Info in the upper right of the screen shows accumulated time penalty, and points.
  
• "You can toggle this on and off."

Beyond track limits:

I've added the replay video in the first post. You can see "time credit" accumulating time penalty, and also an increase in penalty points.

As long as this is optional for single player, it's ok. I dont want to see esports changing the way single player is handled.

Not at all excited by this.