I started playing Forza 5 through the Xbox game pass. I had previously played Forza 4 I never really had any issues. The gameplay was a little funky as far as racing was concerned but there were no bands no problems with people everything was fine. When I was playing Forza 4 I never had a huge amount of success with making car art and then having other people like what I made but I did make one or two things they got a few likes. In this game I was doing the same thing and my name was David O kush. I thought it was at least somewhat respectable but apparently not because now that I'm in Forza 5 on 11 12 of 2021 I got a seven-day ban which I thought was harsh, because all they had to tell me was change your gamertag it's breaking a rules. But now I got a ban and here I am just making marijuana leaves and putting them on my car that's all I did and had last name that had a pot reference (I'm in Washington state where it's legal by the way).
so I thought to myself that's not really cool but OK I guess I will roll with it and then go change my gamertag and see about taking down the artwork. While in the game while you have a ban, I I can't go delete or unshare any artwork or anything about the game so I'm kind of stuck there but I did try. So, then I went to go write a ticket. And in this ticket, I explained to them that that was kind of harsh is there anything that I can do to get it lowered because I've never had a ban before. I have since got no response, and the ticket was auto closed. I have since mad 3 other tickets, all with the same result. So I went into the game thinking maybe I'll just do a couple of single player races, and I went to go check on the band to make sure it was still taken down and lo and behold I now have a 30 day ban!!! and folks I haven't even opened the game other than to look at the message . I think I've raised one or two races I haven't done anything and here I am with the stacking bans.
so if anyone's bothered to read this let this be a warning to you not to break their rules because apparently, they are judge jury and executioner and have no prejudice towards cutting anyone down. This has left such a sour taste in my mouth I'm not sure if I will ever play a Forza game again. The process for their band system is completely disrespectful, granted I realize some people probably deserve a band or two but not everyone is are freaking moron and is meaning to break rules, but they don't discriminate they shoot on sight. The game is better than the previous one just be careful with your artistic expression. In the end I can't really recommend the game if this is how they treat their customers, happy racing