Forza Motorsport will include driving assistance for blind people

28 Apr. (Portaltic/EP) –

Forza Motorsport will arrive this year and will incorporate new accessibility featuresincluding a suite of audio-based features so players who are blind or have low vision can participate in the races.

Turn 10 Studios has announced that the racing video game Forza Motorsport will be the most accessible of its titles when it hits the market this year, and that’s because of the new features it will have, which will allow “more people to play.”

The study highlights the driving assistance for blind peoplewhich will provide informative in-game audio so blind and low vision players can drive around the tracks, improve their lap times and complete races.

Specifically, it will offer audible feedback about your position and orientation on the track, approach and progress through turns, as well as information about the car, such as how much deceleration is needed, when to shift (if playing with a manual transmission), and more.

This support includes a set of functions that the studio has developed over the past two years in “close collaboration” with the accessibility team, as explained in the xbox blog.

He has also presented driving with a touchin which gamers have the option to choose their own combination of braking, steering and accelerating aids in order to reduce the number of simultaneous actions required.

the screen narrator, for its part, will offer user interface information to help navigate through the menus. There will also be options for players to customize the narration system.

In addition, the video game will include functions such as dynamic audio descriptioncolor blindness modes for the user interface, controller button remapping and text scaling, among other functions.

Forza Motorsport is coming this year to Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S consoles, Windows PC and Steam, and Cloud Gaming (Beta).