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October 18th, 2011, 19:51 GMT · By

Forza Motorsport 4 Players Mistakenly Banned from Xbox Live

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The developer of Forza Motorsport 4, Turn 10 Studios, has confirmed that it's investigating special cases where players of its recent racing title were banned, by mistake allegedly, from the Xbox Live online service.

Forza Motorsport 4 was released last week and it's already being hailed as one of the best racing games of this generation, convincing millions of Xbox 360 owners to experience it and reaching impressive sales.

Now, just as the community is starting to grow accustomed to the title and create new content in the form of skins and customizations for their cars, it seems that some players were banned from the Xbox Live online service by mistake.

Turn 10 Studios, the developer of Forza 4, has taken a harsh stance on those who exploit glitches or modify their save games, banning people that obtain unfair advantages over regular players. Now, it seems that quite a few mistakes were made.

"We are investigating claims from a select group of Forza 4 players who believe they have been unfairly banned from Xbox Live," a Turn 10 representative wrote on the game's official forums, via CVG. "We take piracy issues very seriously and will be investigating this matter case by case. If we find accounts that have been banned in error, we will reinstate them."

Quite a few exploits have surfaced since the release of Forza 4, including a credits glitch that allows players to gain more in-game currency, while other issues appeared after Forza 4 owners modified their save games to increase their stats or money.

Anyone who is caught gaining advantages from these exploits will be banned from Xbox Live, so it's probably not worth risking your access to the online service just so you can gain more money or have better cars than others in Forza 4.

The game is now available, exclusively on the Xbox 360, around the world. 

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Comment #1 by: charlie on 22 Oct 2011, 00:32 UTC reply to this comment

this bannding is going over board i got bannd for reasons i still dont know. I can understanding any kind of glich. ( but a canser sticker)

Comment #1.1 by: hassannassef on 29 Oct 2011, 11:20 GMT

exl,as


Comment #2 by: NeilH on 31 Oct 2011, 20:10 UTC reply to this comment

I have tried 3 different forza 4 discs over the last week all purchase from the same shop. None will run properly, game freezes, part of track disappears. I have tried in stalling but out of 50 attempts the most I get is 16% before it shuts down. Does anyone have any suggestions. All my other games run fine


Comment #3 by: woza on 05 Dec 2011, 15:19 UTC reply to this comment

just been banned for no reason ive got nothing bad on there as i got banned on forza3 so i know not to make any mistakes what a joke turn ten and if you get banned for selling cars with designs on then people sud not sell them unlocked

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