Forza Motorsport (MS Store version question)

[Dave3000]

Does the MS Store version of Forza Motorsport require redownloading the whole game if it was installed on a dedicated games drive (D: drive in my case) if Windows 11 is reinstalled including a reformat of the Windows drive? I'm trying to decide if I should get it through Steam or the MS Store. Games I purchased through the MS Store in the past required a redowload of the whole game whenever I reinstall Windows as it wouldn't recognized the game files on the SSD even if the games were installed on a different drive than Windows and I wonder if this is still the case with recent MS Store games?

 

[quikah]

Someone replied to this reddit thread that he was able to move his game to a new PC, which would be the same as reinstalling windows. Copied reply here for convenience ( I know a lot of people dislike reddit...):

Yes. What I did was transfer games to external hard drive via Xbox app. Then on new pc, opened Xbox app. And set my game folder download to the same one on external. Then "download" the game on new pc, and it sort of just verifies the game. Just make sure you don't click on a different version with extra dlc or texture pack or something unless that is the one you had before. Or there will be an error..

I haven't done this personally, so I cannot verify. Windows Store games were a mess a couple of years ago, but they have done a lot of improvements in the past couple of years.