Forza has been part of the Microsoft ecosystem ever since the original Forza Motorsport released for the original Xbox in 2005. The racing simulation franchise sees great success on Xbox and PC. However, the series also attempted to branch out with the Android and iOS spinoff Forza Street.

Unfortunately, it appears that the Forza Street experiment has not been as successful as Microsoft hoped. Developer Electric Square released the game’s final patch on Monday, and the servers will be shutting down later this year.

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Since Forza Street depends on its central servers to function, the game will be definitively dead once those servers go offline sometime this Spring. As such, the final patch serves to begin the process of taking the mobile game offline. The patch disables all in-game microtransactions, with Microsoft refunding any purchases made in the last 30 days. It also significantly discounts all purchases using in-game currency. Players will also find energy storage and recharge rates greatly increased while the patch significantly reduces Car Show wait times.

Forza Street gameplay

In addition, the patch adds in a new unreleased car, allowing players to complete their collection before the game goes offline. To help with that, Forza Street is having a 12-week Spotlight featuring Rare and Epic Cars. The Spotlight begins on January 17 and will likely be players last chance to fill their virtual garage. Microsoft hasn’t announced the exact date and time Forza Street’s servers shut down. However, it’s likely to occur soon after the Spotlight ends on April 11.

Forza Street wasn’t necessarily a bad game, but it definitely had its detractors, and it is easy to see why. Originally released under the title Miami Street, the game is very limited compared to its PC and console cousins. Forza Street revolves around short, quick races instead of the multi-lap affairs in the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon games. This was likely to help the game run on lower-end mobile devices. The controls are also much more limited, with steering handled automatically. Player interaction is limited to acceleration, braking, and delivering a nitrous speed boost.

The above differences alone may have been enough to turn some Forza fans off from the mobile title. However, Forza Street also received criticism for having predatory microtransactions, which are an endemic problem with mobile games in general. It is also worth mentioning the flack Forza Street took for its use of a limited energy pool, which severely handicapped the game’s flow. These factors and the overall hostile reception from Forza fans might be part of the reason Forza Street wasn’t the hit it needed to be.

Forza Street is available on PC, Android, and iOS until Spring 2022.

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Source: Forza Support, Windows Central