Forza Motorsport (2023) Accessibility Review - Access-Ability

Forza Motorsport proves that technical racing sims don't have to be inacessible.
Edited by Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale.
Music: “Back to Earth” by Bedroom Programmer.

[@grizzly3793]

It's notable that the accessibility options of shift-up and shift-down notes are also things that real-life formula 1 drivers use, so they can keep their eyes on the track at all times.

[@DivebombMovies]

it's missing a pretty core camera feature that most sim racing games actually usually do have, to help people who get motion sickness easily, which is locking camera to horizon. here the camera (internal cockpit and bonnet cameras) are locked to the car and suspensions, so there's no way to remove all the camera shaking resulting in that.

[@ronaldvanrhijn6652]

No reaction from the videomaker!? And that with only 10 comments. Typical for TH-cam, it looks like videomakers only care about placing videos and never look back. But again, if you have tens of thousands of reactions, its somewhat understandable... but with only 10, its not i think. Or my question is extremely stupid. Succes with the channel.

[@graysonpeddie]

My passion for accessibility in video games is the reason why I decided to become a Patreon member. Thank you so much for doing what you are doing. I have not bought Forza Motorsport yet and I do not want to buy it early before it launches, but maybe in the future I will try out this game. I saw three editions (Standard, Deluxe, and Premium) for Forza Motorsport and I have not looked at the differences yet, but I'm not going to spend even $69 even after the game launches October 10th. I currently do have a job, but not a high-paying job. Maybe one day so that even $99 for the Premium Edition won't be too much to pay for this game.

[@beauthompson5338]

Hi Laura
Do you have you have any tips for somone with limited hand movement to help with steering ?

[@ronaldvanrhijn6652]

Hi Laura. Thanks for the review. I bought the Premium version and am able to play it a few days sooner. My problem is I can hardly hear which way the directional sound queues point me to. Or dont turning sound queues play to the left or right speakers? I have turned all other audio to 50 percent to hear the directional queues clear, but still dont hear it very well. My hearing should be fine and my tv speakers are a Sony OLED tv with best of its sort on the market. Is the female voice the only indication which way the next turn will be perhaps? Thx.

[@ronaldvanrhijn6652]

Or is it absolutely necessary to wear headphones for this game?

[@Pengu1n111]

Love your deep dives Laura, keep it up!!!!

[@MrSiddharta33]

Hi, as a totally blind player, how can I turn on the internal screen reader when I will run the game on my pc, for the very first time? Thanks for help

[@ckmondaviable]

Seems like Microsoft is quite a bit better about accessibility than Sony. I wonder if that’s a cultural thing as more American developers add these features in their games while Japanese games seem to have none if any accessibility options.

[@bigtittygothgf]

engaygement, please ignore