Well you don't hire someone with that past experience (nor do I think they would take the job) if it was for basic replay, car shots and other minor stuff, since FM7 (and older games) had those and they didn't previously have a cinematic director. In his roles on the project he lists himself as being part of a "narrative leadership team" something previous Forza Motorsports haven't had either. The Vimeo video in the OP also shows the same mocap stage as the car scene, having actors playing out a scene. Whether it will be something like F1's story campaign or something more, who knows? Replays, podium shots, montages, trailers etc are already done by Turn 10 on past games where it was outsourced and with there only being one "cinematic lead" at Turn 10 who handled it for a number of the past games, they also wouldn't be working for 2+ years on basic stuff like that or that early on in the project. I don't know why this would be that surprising, a number of sports games this generation like FIFA and NBA haves this (even other car games like F1.)