Forza Motorsport closes due to lack of support for Enhanced Barriers on Iris Xe graphics

[goldenx86]

Checklist [README]

• [X] Device is not undervolted nor overclocked
• [X] Device is using the latest drivers
• [X] Game is not cracked, modded and use the latest patch

Game [Required]

Forza Motorsport

Game Platform [Required]

• [X] Steam
• [ ] Microsoft Store
• [ ] GOG Galaxy
• [ ] Ubisoft Connect
• [ ] Battle.net
• [ ] Epic Games
• [ ] Rockstar Games Launcher
• [ ] EA app
• [ ] Amazon Games app
• [ ] Other (please specify)

Other game platform

No response

Processor / Processor Number [Required]

i5 1240P

Graphic Card [Required]

Iris Xe

GPU Driver Version [Required]

31.0.101.5382

Other GPU Driver version

No response

Rendering API [Required]

• [ ] Vulkan
• [ ] OpenGL
• [X] DirectX12
• [ ] DirectX11
• [ ] DirectX10
• [ ] DirectX9

Windows Build Number [Required]

• [X] Windows 11 23H2
• [ ] Windows 11 22H2
• [ ] Windows 11 21H2
• [ ] Windows 10 22H2
• [ ] Windows 10 21H2
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Other Windows build number

No response

Intel System Support Utility report

summary.txt

Description and steps to reproduce [Required]

Start the game. Can't confirm due to not having enough free space, but Forza Horizon 5 should suffer from the same issue.

Game graphic quality [Required]

• [X] Low
• [X] Medium
• [X] High
• [X] Ultra

Game resolution [Required]

1920x1080

Game VSync [Required]

On

Game display mode [Required]

• [X] Fullscreen
• [X] Windowed
• [X] Borderless Windowed

Detailed game settings [Required]

Any, the game can't create a D3D12 instance.

Device / Platform name

No response

Crash dumps [Required, if applicable]

No response

Save game

No response

[goldenx86]

Issue persists with driver 5522. Complete lack of enhanced barrier support.

[mujeeb-intel]

hey @goldenx86 which version of forza motorsport is this?

[mujeeb-intel]

I got it. I dont think this game will even run as the minimum config doesnt mention being capable of running on xe.

Check this out:

Ill go ahead and close this, let me know if you want to re-open it.

Thanks.

[goldenx86]

Being under the hardware features of a 7 years old Pascal GPU is quite "nice". Thanks, I learnt my lesson, it's better to avoid Intel hardware due to the lack of software support.