Should you buy Forza Motorsport in India now it won't get updates?

Turn 10 Studios, the maker of Forza Motorsport, said in December 2025 that it will not add anything new to the game. If you are in India wondering whether to buy it now, do not pay full price on Steam. Try it on Xbox Game Pass first, because the game itself has stopped growing, while its two closest rivals, Gran Turismo 7 and Assetto Corsa EVO, have not.

What Turn 10 actually said

In a blog post dated 16 December 2025, Turn 10 wrote plainly that as its team shifts focus toward Forza Horizon 6 in 2026, "we do not plan to introduce new cars, tracks, features, or regular bug fixes for Forza Motorsport." Online servers stay on, and special events and competitions continue, but the car list, the track list and the physics model are frozen where they stand. Nothing since that post, as of this writing, has reversed it.

For a buyer, that one fact changes the calculation. A racing game that keeps adding cars and circuits earns its price over years. One that has stopped adding content is worth exactly what it offers today, and no more.

The buy it or rent it question in India

On Steam, Forza Motorsport's Standard Edition costs ₹4,999 in India, and it needs at least an Nvidia GTX 1060, AMD RX 5500 XT or Intel A380 to run. That is a one time payment for a game whose content is now fixed.

The cheaper route is Xbox Game Pass. Xbox's own store page lists Forza Motorsport as included with the Premium, PC and Ultimate subscriptions, not the entry level Essential tier.

Essential costs ₹499 a month in India and will not get you Forza Motorsport at all. Premium at ₹699 a month is the cheapest tier that does, PC Game Pass is ₹879, and Ultimate, which adds cloud play and console games together, is ₹1,089. Since the game will not change, a single month of Premium is enough to learn its force feedback tuning, its car list and its multiplayer before deciding whether to commit ₹4,999 to own it outright.

The cheaper alternatives, and their own catches

Gran Turismo 7 is the obvious comparison, and it is still being fed new content. It lists at ₹4,999 for the PS5 and PS4 edition on the PlayStation Store in India, the same as Forza Motorsport on Steam. Its Spec IV update is arriving in two parts, Sony's own Gran Turismo news site says. Part one landed in October 2026 with the Sportsland SUGO circuit and six cars, and part two is due in December 2026 with the Autumn Ring circuit and six more cars, plus new modes. The catch is you need a PS5 or PS4, which Forza Motorsport's audience on PC or Xbox does not have.

If budget is the real constraint, Assetto Corsa EVO on Steam is ₹1,989 in early access, at version 0.9. Its own store page states this is a special price ahead of the official release, and the studio aims for a full 1.0 launch within less than a year of starting early access. That means missing features and bugs you accept as the price of entry, in exchange for a much smaller outlay.

What this means for your wallet

For most Indian buyers choosing between these three, the sequence is simple. Rent Forza Motorsport for one month on Game Pass Premium to decide if its finished state suits you. Spend on Gran Turismo 7 only if you already own, or plan to buy, a PS5 or PS4, since it is the one of the three still growing. And treat Assetto Corsa EVO's ₹1,989 as a bet on where it will be once it leaves early access, not on where it is today.

Sources

• 2025 Forza Year in Review
• Forza Motorsport on Steam
• Assetto Corsa EVO on Steam
• Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access 0.9 Out Now
• Xbox Game Pass in India: Every Price, the Right Tier and the Cloud Gaming Truth
• Buy Forza Motorsport (Xbox Game Pass tiers)
• Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation Store India
• Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV update announcement