It’s a good time to improve your storage from a tough drive as a result of solid-state reminiscence costs are completely plummeting proper now. And that goes double for PC players as a result of new titles are beginning to require the efficiency increase that comes with an SSD. Microsoft has launched the really helpful specs for Forza Motorsport (2023), and the underside tier calls for an SSD with 130 gigabytes of free house for the sport to run in any respect.

This is the second high-profile PC sport to require an SSD, following the upcoming Starfield (additionally revealed by Microsoft). Forza requires a GTX 1060 or RX 5500 XT graphics card on the lowest settings, which is pretty beefy for a driving sport. You’ll want an RTX 4080/RX 7900 XT and a reasonably current CPU to hit the “Ultra Settings” stage, making the most of tech like DLSS 2 or FSR 2.2 upscaling.

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You could be questioning why any sport wants ultra-fast storage, versus a high-end GPU or speedy RAM. After all, you may all the time simply cope with longer load occasions, proper? Not anymore, sadly. The demand for SSDs in additional PC video games could be laid on the toes of Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology, which allows ultra-fast communication between the CPU and NVMe SSDs. Notably, the identical tech is included within the newest Xbox Series X, the place Forza Motorsport 2023 may also be a serious launch. It’s price noting that, even with out the DirectStorage requirement, multiplayer video games like racers would possibly simply need all gamers to have quick loading to maintain on-line matches flowing properly.

But hey, should you’re nonetheless rocking a tough drive, it may cost a little you lower than the worth of Forza itself to get that long-overdue improve. Here’s a 1TB Gen 4 M.2 drive for under fifty bucks on the time of writing. And you will have loads of time to put in it earlier than Forza Motorsport (and even Starfield) truly arrives in your system.