Game development is difficult. It's one of the fundamental truths of the universe, right next to seasons changing and everything going wrong exactly when it would be most annoying. The curse of inconvenience has targeted Forza Motorsport players this week as the newly released title faces glaring issues that have led to a loss of progress and crashes.
In the five days leading up to release, some fans had early access to Forza Motorsport by purchasing the game's premium edition or premium add-ons bundle. This isn't anything new; it seems most recent games let their most dedicated fans behind the curtain early so they can hone their skills before the rest of the world starts playing.
What's also unfortunately not new is the early access exposing some major issues ahead of the game's launch. In a post to the Xbox Series X subreddit, several players have shared their frustrations at losing progress for something as trivial as applying upgrades to their cars.
The comments and official Forza forums have seen many tales of terror coming just in time for the game's release around the Halloween season.
It seems no matter the platform, the curse of inconvenience comes for us all. The game's developers, Turn 10 Studios, will no doubt be hard at work on a patch. We don't have any news from them on when it can be expected, but the content updates announced for the coming months make it clear that they want you to stick around - let's just hope the bugs decrease in number by then.
