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Forza series is home to one of the most impressive AI implementations in modern gaming. Drivatars are AI-controlled racers designed to drive like real people, learning from their behaviour and reproducing it in other peoples games. Allowing players all over the world to face off against their friends and other players across the Xbox Network, without ever actually playing the game together. It s on
Dev Blog: Raining NPCs feature - Maenhîr
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Adding NPCs to Dungeon Rooms, to give the player something to fight!