Microsoft's long-reported insistence on contract hires took its toll on the rebooted racing sim's development, according to one artist.
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Is the AI as bad as horizon? Do all the reverts jump out in front with impossible acceleration and tire grip just so you have people to pass throughout the race instead of making the ai racers behave the similar to real players?

I didn’t even give Forza Motorsport a shot after horizon was ruined for me when I realized the AI cars weren’t bound by physics and were basically just artificial obstacles on what was basically a solo time trial every race.

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I don’t like how they talk about the 18/6 rule. It’s a well known rule in the contracting world. It’s not a Microsoft rule, it’s a law I believe. You can contact for 18 months at a company like Microsoft and then you have to move on.

The article makes it seem like Microsoft is being a terrible company, which they are, but not because of the rule. The rule is a law because it’s supposed to cut down on companies abusing contractors and keeping them long term, rather than just making them full time employees. That was done by many companies to avoid paying benefits instead claiming the age old “hey they’re just contractors”.

So Microsoft isn’t bad for obeying th law. They’re bad for not listening to the spirit of the law, which is that “if a contactor has been good for as long as 18 months, just hire them”. Instead Microsoft does the dick move of “hey great work, amazing even, but sorry nothing we can do apply again in 6 months”.

They turned it into a revolving door

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Microsoft did the same shit with 343 and it was a big reason infinite came out a total mess. They clearly have learned nothing.

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What sectors is this a law in?

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I believe the rules for temporary workers are laid out in the FLSA.

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Shame the game is still terrible as a racing sim. Wheel controls are worse than Horizon 5s.

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lol woah really? That bad?

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The overall sentiment from the community is quite negative. Not because all of it is bad, but the overall package crumbles compared to the competition. I have not played Forza Motorsport myself.

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Nor I, because of all the negative things I’ve heard about the game overall, and I quite enjoy racing games.

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