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Driver Gear in FM7 (updated November 2018)



Driver Gear is the character customization feature in FM7. You can enter this menu from the Home tab or from pre-race options. You can switch gear as often as you like, and switch the gender for each suit. Your gear will be noticeable in lobbies and during races by other players. Suits are unlocked via random Milestone Reward option, as Rewards from Forza Drivers Cup career progress or special Rivals, Leagues, or Forzathon events, and from the Race Shop random sets since November 2018 (which replaced Prize Crates).
Notes:

• See the lower right corner of the screen to toggle male/female body styles for each suit.
  
• There are seven basic helmet styles, some with additional textures for themed costumes.
  
• There are no suits that show faces (as seen with FH3 character choices).
  
• Helmets and suits are a set; mixing isn't featured, and players can't paint them.
  
• 36 Country flag suits
  
• 28 Race Track suits (Brands Hatch, Daytona, Lime Rock, Sonoma are currently not listed)
  
• 48+ Car Manufacturer suits (less than the 90+ represented by car models; no explanation or addition date provided)
  
• 240+ other themes in Patterns, Team Colors, Pop Culture, and Forza Favorites
  
• As of March 2018 additions there are nearly 450 known suits, including over two dozen DLC code suits
  
• Loyalty Rewards at launch offered a Forza Motorsport/Horizon-themed suit for each Tier when you start but the revised Loyalty Rewards chart in November 2018 only lists Mod Cards.

See post #4 for images of Hoonigan, VIP, and Retailer pre-order bonus DLC suits, and NorCalNavyMike's pics for retailer and promo suits.

DLC & Gifts - added to menus with DLC or unlocked/gifted as special event rewards.
Alienware - DLC promo
Amazon - DLC preorder bonus
Be Mine - Leagues and Valentine's Day 2018^
Best Buy - DLC preorder bonus
(Carnival - see Sambadrome)
Champions Gift (Feb 2018)
Climbkhana - DLC Hoonigan Car Pack
Clown - Halloween Bash 2017 gift
Creeper - Minecraft promo
Diamond Armor - DLC Minecraft promo (Apr 2018)
Doritos - DLC every60seconds.com marketplace
Driven to Win - DLC) preorder bonus
Early Drive - DLC preorder bonus
EB Games - DLC preorder bonus
First to the Track - DLC preorder bonus
Forza RC - ForzaRC stream (March 2018)
Forza RC Seattle - ForzaRC stream (June 2018)
GAME - DLC preorder bonus
Gamestop - DLC preorder bonus
Gears of War 4 - DLC promo (Nov 2017)
Green Light Means Go Fast - DLC preorder bonus
Halo Race Suit - DLC promo (Dec 2017)
Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary - Gift (Dec 2018)
Hyundai Veloster - Rivals reward (March 2018)
Ice Break - DLC promo
JD - (Gears of War) Rivals reward
Kait - (Gears of War) Rivals reward
Master Chief - (Halo) Rivals reward^
Microsoft - DLC preorder bonus
Olympia Vale - (Halo) Rivals reward and Gifted (Jan 2018) ^
Party On - New Year's Eve Gift^ and Rivals Reward (Jan 2018)^
Race Marshal - Exclusive for Forza Race Marshal program
Ready to Go - DLC Xbox Live Virtual Key promo, Xbox Rewards
Road Show - DLC E3 2017, gamescom, The Game Awards stream 2017
Stay Frosty - snowman gift (Dec 2017)
Taco Bell - DLC promo
The Driver Abides - Gift (March 2018), Race Shop
The Stig's Digital Cousin - DLC Top Gear Car Pack
Totino's - DLC promo
Tropic Storm - DLC every60seconds.com promo (Mountain Dew)
Turn 10 Studios - Exclusive for developers only
(Valentines - see Be Mine)
VIP Black
VIP Blue
VIP Purple
VIP White
VIP Yellow
Viva Pinata - Gift (May 2018)
Year of the Dog - Gift (Feb 2018)

Most of the locked suits in each menu are offered randomly via Driver Level Milestone Reward choices or from the Race Shop. Once Milestone Rewards cycle through the regular Driver Gear choices, the suit spot will be replaced by 5 random Mod Cards and the rest of locked suits will only be obtainable the Race Shop or timed event rewards. Suits that won't appear in the Race Shop include DLC code suits, the exclusive Race Marshal and Turn 10 Studios suits, ForzaRC suits, and M.Rossi. New locked suits are added occasionally with content updates for upcoming event rewards; Saint Nick and Ugly Sweater Party are examples of likely future rewards or holiday/seasonal gifts.

FORZA FAVORITES
Alienware - promotional DLC
Alpha Gear
Amazon - preorder DLC
Best Buy - preorder DLC
Breakout Championship & Elite
Climbkhana - Hoonigan DLC
Creeper - Minecraft promo
Diamond Armor - Minecraft promo DLC^
Domination Championship & Elite
Doritos - promotional DLC
Driven to Win - preorder DLC
Early Drive - preorder DLC
Endurance
Evolution Championship & Elite
First to the Track - preorder DLC
Forza Driver's Cup Champion & Elite
Forza Horizon/Motorsport suits are only available when you start the game based on Loyalty Rewards - there's no way to later unlock the ones you don't have from the start.
Forza Horizon 1 - Tier 7 Loyalty Reward
Forza Horizon 2 - Tier 5 Loyalty Reward
Forza Horizon 3 - Tier 3 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 1 - Tier 11 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 2 - Tier 10 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 3 - Tier 9 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 4 - Tier 8 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 5 - Tier 6 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 6 - Tier 4 Loyalty Reward
Forza Motorsport 7 - Tier 2 Loyalty Reward
Forza RC - ForzaRC livestream reward
Forza RC Seattle - ForzaRC stream (June 2018)^
Forza RC World Championship - ForzaRC livestream Oct 2018
GAME - preorder DLC
Gamestop - preorder DLC
Gears of War - promotional DLC
Genesis
Grand Touring
Grassroots
Gymkhana
Halo Race Suit - promotional DLC
Hot Wheels 1960 - Forzathon
Hot Wheels 1970 - Forzathon
Hot Wheels 1980 - Forzathon
Hot Wheels 1990 - Forzathon
Hot Wheels 2000 - Forzathon
Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary - gift
Ice Break - promotional DLC
JD - Rivals reward (Nov. 2017 - Gears of War)
Kait - Rivals reward (Nov. 2017 - Gears of War)
M. Rossi (locked, TBA)
Master Chief - Rivals reward (Dec. 2017 - Halo)
Masters Championship & Elite
Michael Muller
Microsoft - preorder DLC
Olympia - Rivals reward (Dec. 2017 - Halo)
Pit Crew
Race Marshal - Forza Race Marshals only
Ready to Go - promotional DLC
Road Show - promotional DLC
Seeker Championship & Elite
Taco Bell - promotional DLC
Tanner Foust
The Stig's Digital Cousin
Totino's - promo DLC
Tropic Storm - promo DLC
Turn 10 Studios - developers only
Ukyo Takagi
VIP colors - DLC

POP CULTURE
After Dinner - spotted in pre-release videos
Alley Cat - Leagues (Jul 2018)
Astronaut Classic - Rivals, Forzathon
Astronaut Modern - Forzathon, ForzaRC stream (Apr)^
Autocrat - Rivals
Band Leader Blue
Band Leader Green
Band Leader Orange
Band Leader Pink
Bandit - ForzaRC stream reward (Apr)^
Baseball Away Jersey
Baseball Catcher
Baseball Home Jersey
Be Mine - Leagues and Gift (Feb)
Biker
Black Ninja
Blue Robot - Leagues
Boo!
Brooklands - Rivals
Business Suit
Cheerleader
Chef
Clown
Construction Worker
Cop - ForzaRC stream^
Crash Dummy - Leagues
Crashed, Dummy - Leagues
Crook
Cyber
Dancer
Day of the Dead
Disco - Tanner Foust Challenge^
Diver - ForzaRC stream^
Doctor
Farmer - Leagues (Nov 2018)
Fill 'Er Up - Forzathon
Finish First - Forzathon
Firefighter Black - Leagues
Firefighter Brown
Firefighter Tan - Rivals
First of Firsts
Fleek - Rivals
Football Away Jersey - Leagues (Oct 2018)
Football Home Jersey - Leagues (Nov 2018)
Football Referee
Gen Pop
Gingerbread Man - Leagues
Golfer - Leagues
Good Knight
Grease Monkey - Leagues, Forzathon
Greaser
Gridiron Glory
Gutter Ball
Happy Trails - Forzathon
High Flyer - Leagues
Hip Hop
Home on the Range
Jack Rabbit (locked, TBA)
Jockey - Leagues
Just Drive
Karateka
Kiss the Cook - Forzathon
Knight of the Round Circuit - ForzaRC stream (June)
Letterman
Life of Leisure - spotted in pre-release videos
Lucha Libre - Leagues[
Lucky - Gift (March 2018)
Mechanic - Forzathon
Midnight - ForzaRC stream (August)^, Leagues (Sep 2018)
Mime - Rivals
Modern Pilot - Leagues
Motion Capture - Forzathon, Rivals
Moto
Motorcycle Cop - Leagues
Mummy
Nurse
Paintball
Party On! - Rivals
Pleat
Push it to the Limit (locked, TBA)
Real McCoy
Rebel Red
Red Ninja
Referee - Rivals
Revenge
Riveting - Leagues
Roosted
Rose
Saint Nick - (locked, TBA)
Samurai - Leagues
Skeleton
Skulluflage - Forzathon
Snake - Forzathon
Soda Jerk - Forzathon
Spa Day - ForzaRC stream (June)^
Spectre
Sprocket Squid
Stay Frosty - Gift (Dec)
Surely You Joust - Forzathon, Leagues
Swirl - Leagues
The Driver Abides - Gift (March 2018)
Think Pink - Forzathon
Tracksuit
True Blue - Forzathon
Tuxedo - Forza Drivers Cup completion
Tuxedo Blue
Tuxedo Orange
Ugly Sweater Party - (locked, TBA)
Unnatural Pairings - Rivals
Vicious - ForzaRC stream (June)^, Leagues
Victory Bandit
Viva Pinata - Gift for Cinco de Mayo^ (added April 19)
Welder
White Ninja
Wolf Pack - Leagues
Young Urban Professional - Rivals
Your Majesty - Leagues

TEAM COLORS
(each comes in Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Light Blue, Lime, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Tan, Teal, White, Yellow)
Finish First
Pro Driver
Prorata
Team Forza

PATTERN GENERAL
Baller - (added March 6, TBA)
Before Dawn
Blue Steel
Brown Leopard
Champions - Gift (Feb)
Day-Glo Jungle
Earth First - (added March 6)
Freezer Burn - Forzathon (Jan)
Giraffe
Houndstooth (multiple color variants)
Jungle
Kiss the Cook - Forzathon
Liberty - Gift (July 2018)^
Land, Sea, Sky
Movable Feast
Night Driver
Plaid
Rad
Safe and Sane - (locked, TBA)^
Southwest Sunset
Tetrapod
Three Six Zero
Triangles
Tubular
Vintage Racing (multiple color variants)
Year of the Dog - Gift (Feb. - Chinese New Year)

PATTERN CAMO
Desert Blend
Flurries
Fresh Air
Naturally
Same As Sand
Snowstorm
Swirl
Tech Camouflage (multiple color variants)
Triangle
Winter Visage
...For the Trees

CARS
Not all manufacturers are included. There hasn't been any info about why or if they might be added. DLC cars like Lincoln and MG have also not been added.
Abarth
Acura
Alfa Romeo
Alumi Craft
AMC
Aston Martin
Audi
BAC
Bentley
BMW (added Nov. 2018, locked, TBA)
Bowler
Brabham
Bugatti
Buick
Cadillac
Caterham
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Dodge
Donkervoort
GMC
Hennessey
Holden
Honda
HSV
Hummer
Hyundai
Infiniti
Jeep
Koenigsegg
KTM
Lamborghini
Local Motors
Maserati
Mazda
McLaren
Mercedes-Benz
Meyers
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Noble
Pagani
Polaris
Pontiac
Porsche
RAM
SRT
Subaru
Ultima

RACE TRACKS
Barcelona-Catalunya
Bathurst, Mount Panorama
Bernese Alps
Brands Hatch - MISSING
Circuit of the Americas
Daytona is not included. No info available.
Dubai
Hockenheimring
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Indy
Le Mans de la Sarthe
Lime Rock is not included. No info available.
Long Beach
Maple Valley
Mazda Laguna Seca
Monza
Mugello Autodromo Internazionale
Nurburgring
Prague
Rio de Janeiro
Road America
Road Atlanta
Sebring
Silverstone
Sonoma is not included. No info available.
Spa
Suzuka
Test Track Airfield
Top Gear
Virginia International Raceway
Watkins Glen International
Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

COUNTRY FLAGS
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The Czech Republic
The Netherlands
The United Kingdom
The United States
Turkey


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FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 FIRST LOOK: THE SERIES REFOCUSES ON ITS DRIVERS
How Turn 10 is trying to make more than just a prettier sequel
by Sean O'Kane@sokane1 Jun 11, 2017, 5:11pm EDT
https://www.theverge.com/games/2017/6/11/15770948/e3-2017-forza-motorsport-7-scorpio-play-story

Edited by user Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:07:30 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

VIDEO

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Driver Gear menu from September (before game launch):



E3 PROMO PICS

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E3 Media images^








HELMET STYLES

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Edited by user Sunday, March 11, 2018 11:10:44 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

This has been one thing I have enjoyed about Ride 2 and to see it make its way to Forza is awesome! Hopefully we get real driver helmets and suits like Ride 2 has.

PRE-ORDER DLC

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CLIMBKHANA (HOONIGAN CAR PACK WITH DIGITAL PREORDERS)


VIP (BLACK, BLUE, PURPLE, WHITE, YELLOW)







RETAILER BONUSES - credit to NorCalNavyMike for garage pics

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AMAZON



AMAZON? ("Early Drive")


BEST BUY (U.S.)



EBGAMES and blue/green suit ("First to the Track")




EBGAMES and green suit


GAME (U.K.) and orange suit ("Green Light Means Go Fast")




GAMESTOP



MICROSOFT (digital)


SHOPTO Yellow and Red ("Driven to Win")

Edited by user Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:58:53 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

It'd be cool if you could "assign" different characters to different cars, or in other words, have a modern-looking racer when driving a modern car, and one of the vintage-looking racers when driving a vintage race car.

I never really cared for this, but I have always seen people requesting this, so this will please a lot.
I guess it will be nice to be able to choose between Forza and Alpinestars gloves though.

Do we have an option to choose gender?

Yes

Finally, no more photos ruined by historically out of place outfits and helmets. Woo hoo

In-between painstakingly modelling scuffs on visors and the like, have they found time to improve the underlying game or is it just Forza 6 with weather, a few new cars and tracks and character modelling which most people won't care less about as you can't see yourself while driving?

Looking forward to changing the gloves a lot actually...

Wonder if/when we'll be able to design the race suits/helmets... FM8?

Ive seen you complaining in a lot of threads recently and Id like to ask you....What the hell is your problem? We'll get dynamic weather, driver costumization, actual pitstops (pretty likely) and 4K resolution. What do you want???

Edited by user Monday, June 12, 2017 9:12:44 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

This^^^ be happy were getting new stuff and we barely know anything about the game yet!

Only under 20% player using cockpit view. but it doesn't mean to cockpit view is unnecessary.
and some player who using first person view are even don't care about how car looks like. All details are no meaning to this people.
Are you one of them?

I love to use cockpit view. It's one way of really experiencing each car individually as opposed to their outside body styles which can be very similar. You get the feel of actually being in the car and that goes a long way towards immersion for me at least. It's not the main selling point, driver customizing, but I'd be lying if I said I'd never use it.

-k

What do I want? None of those things - they're icing on a rotten cake. FM6 has serious problems which many people have pointed out again and again, and it falls on deaf ears.

What I want is for the underlying failings to be fixed at last. If nobody complains, they never will be.

I got fooled into buying FM6, I won't make that mistake with 7. I have paid a lot of money on Forza and have every right to voice my criticisms so long as I'm not breaking any forum rules.

What underlying failings would those be, exactly?

What a great question. Hes talking about those failures but doesnt explain what they are. So please, enlighten us.

Edited by user Monday, June 12, 2017 12:12:21 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

You are willing to pay $60 + another $60 or so for DLC, so total $120 for dynamic weather "already in Horizon 3, and base weather already in Forza 6" driver customization "DOES NOT EFFECT GAMEPLAY" and pit stops "again has no impact on gameplay"? Give me your email, I have some oil to sell you. Right from the fangs of a viper, it will cure all your ailments, you can get it for the low price of 159.99 plus tax and shipping!

Seriously I hope you realize no other company gets away with this type of hardcore asset and coding recycling. It is funny stepping back as someone who is completely unbiased and watch people buy the same game every year with dlc's for the same cars just to be disappointed. If you want experience Forza 7 just go into Forza 6's first person view and pretend you're wearing a teletubby outfit and that the rain isn't leaving because it's an extra stormy D Y N A M I C day.

What do you want? Are you kidding me... How can that be a serious question? How about: Rally, dirt tracks, drag tracks, actual drag modes with a light tree and burnouts, drifting, drifting tracks, drifting modifications, trucks, baja racing, auto cross tracks, tire decals, window decals, light edcals, light tinting, track width, tire brands, tire width, more tuning options, more camera options, fov sliders, color sliders, new vinyl system that allows matte and metallic colors, point to point tracks, mountain tracks, road racing tracks, city tracks, umm customization?, and an actual story... you know, AN ACTUAL NEW GAME.



^Dear excellent moderators that curate these forums and keep the nonsense away, above is not a wishlist and does not need to be moved, it is a reply to a question that should not be taken out of context. And I mean everything I said genuinely and lightheartedly to cue friendly debate. Thanks.

It is right to suggest that the physics and modeling had better be pretty darn near perfect, for them to be going out on a limb to do certain other detail things like driver customization.

Those who approach FM7 with some degree of skepticism are to be taken example from. Don't be tricked by shiny things; do as they do, and demand that the underpinnings be as finely finished as the fluff. Don't bash the guy for being appropriately concerned that maybe they have put too much attention in some potentially wasteful direction.

That said, hey, cool, drive customization, and more than what one of the previous Gran Turismo titles had. Sweet. Proper old-school driving gear for my proper old-school racing machines.

"Seriously I hope you realize no other company gets away with this type of hardcore asset and coding recycling"

What about ea with their sports games and CoD just to name a few examples? Get your facts together, pleb

All I can say is FINALLY! This is a feature that has been a long time coming, as in Forza 6 you had a basic avatar, in Horizon 3 you could choose pre-set characters. They develop these things very slowly but I'm glad it has finally arrived. This will make the game more alive and more interesting to be honest. Forza has needed something like this desperately. A really good step in the right direction in my opinion.

I guess we'll have to see when more details come out, but I believe this is what they are talking about when they say "loadout screen" before races.

Name calling? Ignoring the point of my post? It's just my opinion. If you think CoD recycles coding and assets then you're a blindness hater. Look at CoD WW2, and Infinite Warfare and show me one reused thing. I could make a list of over 5000 reused things from the Forza franchise. As for EA sports games i've never played them so i won't judge them however it was a rhetorical statement.