"In the beginning of the game, the player will be racing against Drivatars that are contained on the disc and were trained by the [Turn 10 development] team," Greenawalt told
IGN recently. "While playing, the player will be asked to connect to Live in order to download a completely fresh set of player-created Drivatar opponents - it's not a lot of data, but the download contains enough Drivatars to cover all difficulty settings. Connecting will also download new content - but the vast majority of the launch content is contained on the disc.
"This download is simply additional cars and tracks. The gameplay is not blocked while downloading the additional content; it's done in the background just like disc install."
This contradicts what Greenawalt originally told IGN last week, where he likened Forza Motorsport 5 to a fridge, since "you have to fill it up with food the first time."
Greenawalt went on to clarify that "the player won't be blocked from playing the game" if they've never connected it to Xbox Live before. However, "deeper areas in the career mode were designed to utilize these additional cars and tracks," he continued, meaning that you will need to connect to the internet eventually if you want to get the most out of your game.
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