Project
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FORZA MOTORSPORT
Year
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2024 - 2025
Roles
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UI Artist II
Synopsis
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Compete in over 500 cars on 30 world-famous tracks – now featuring the legendary Fujimi Kaido! Play the new 20th Anniversary Tour and obtain special rewards.
Role
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UI ARTIST II
In 2024 I joined the UI team at Turn 10 to help create content for Forza Motorsport's live updates. Working with the Art and UI Directors I helped to uphold the flagship quality bar of Forza Motorsport's brand.
In over a year of development I helped create over 100 assets for the game's live release content, including posters, banners, buttons and load screens.
The workflow for much of this work was remixing existing assets and a combination of using in-engine proprietary tools for capturing cars plus Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator for creating design elements. Previous experience with in-engine capture and an understanding of photography was helpful in this workflow. Below are a few of my favorite examples.
The team at Turn 10 was highly skilled, collaborative and helpful. Big shout out to the entire team and the excellent work they've done.
Production
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LOADSCREENS
Forza Motorsport's bespoke loadscreens add a nice technical feel to the game during load times. I was happy to help optimize the workflow to get these out the door in 1/3 the time they had taken in the past. My contribution was automating the image's post processing so we could simply drop the 3D render in, do a few manual edits, and get it out the door. Here are some of my favorites:
Production
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MENU ITEMS, BADGES, BANNERS
Forza Motorsports events - tours and series have custom posters, banners and buttons reminiscent of the poster associated with them. Here are a few examples of those assets, along with some additional menu items that stood out to me:
Forza Motorsport 20th Anniversary Launched May 5, 2025. 🏁
Credits
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Special Thanks
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To Tyler Finney & Stephen Whetstine for the superb direction, feedback, and growth opportunities. To Chancellor Gardiner, Neri Diomedi, Michelle Liu, Neha Chintala, Liz Peters, Bar Ben-zvi, Brynna Miller and Samuel Marrero for making the work days great.
All above artwork © 2025 Turn 10 Studios. All Rights Reserved
Selected Works
Copyright
© Mike Ackerman 2025
Contact
mikeackermanart@gmail . com