Forza Motorsport 2

Turn10 released the March Downloadable Content pack for Forza Motorsport 2 this week, unleashing 13 new cars for a price of 400 points. Thanks to the XCN, we now have an interview with the famous Che Chou and Dan Greenawalt of Turn10 covering the community, Gran Turismo, the DLC and more.

Microsoft and Turn 10 released these images detailing the cars of the latest DLC Pack of Forza Motorsport 2.

The new track for Forza Motorsport 2 was released yesterday, with a reduced price of 400p. While I have yet to try it myself, people seem to agree on that it's a great track. Che and the Turn10 guys has of course released an extensive track guide of the new map, Twin Ring Motegi, which can be read on the official website. And inside you'll find a video showing some of the track, with more videos available in their track guide.

Microsoft Game Studios is offering ten new cars to their Forza Motorsport 2 fans out there with a new downloadable pack on the Xbox Live Marketplace. For 400 Microsoft Points, hop aboard the nostalgic Dodge Challenger 1970 or the young and explosive Honda Civic Type-R. More details inside, with images and a little surprise for those of you that do not want to shell out some bucks this weekend.

Another big racing Q&A today, this time with turn10 and the Lead Designer on Forza Motorsport 2, Dan Greenawalt himself. Inside you'll find surprisingly much talk about Gran Turismo, plus the hype, cockpit view, upcoming Forza games and much more.

I think Forza Motorsport 2 is the worst example of a game that you either like or hate with a passion, ever since it was unveiled last year up to now every thread about this game was trolled to death. So even if I didn't like this game a lot (and I do), I'd be happy to finally see it released so we can finally move on. Thankfully, after playing the preview build quite a bit and seeing that the final one was pretty much the same I'm now in Forza 2 lovers camp, even if the game definitely won't win prizes for its graphics. There is an incredible joy when playing this game with a fast car, especially using the Force Feedback wheel. Grinning for ears to ears while playing a racing simulation is definitely a first for me, so I'm the first surprised by how much I enjoy this game.
Anyway, the first 10 minutes video is encoded at 60 frames per seconds, so the 720p version requires a monster computer to run smoothly. You've been warned :)

While waiting for the first 10 minutes later this evening, here is already something for the Forza 2 worshipers and even the skeptics out there. How not to be impressed after having seen this 60 frames per second video?

Turn10 has put online this week's pitpass report, with a new video showing a race between a BMW and a Mercedes. In that Pitpass report, you'll also find a good coverage of the awesome Famitsu review score - 9/9/9/9.

After a pretty exciting week in the gaming world, the pitpass returns with some new images and more importantly some new footage of the long awaited Ring: you'll have the chance to appreciate the phenomenal sense of speed you get in the fastest cars. We're also offered a short interview of Che where the differences between the demo version and the retail version are revealed - so, as expected, pretty much nothing as the final game will be very similar in terms of graphics and sound. There's also some info about the demo content such as the AI level and Che adds that in the final game it will also be possible to tune the wheel completely. Also note that a hotlap contest will open on May 15th. More details in the pitpass.

The demo of Forza 2 is available since a few hours now and of course I had to do at least one video to show what you guys missed due to the video interdiction with the preview build. Imagine the same thing, but in a Porsche 962 on the Nürburgring... Anyway, the 720p version runs at 59.94 fps and requires quite a beast of PC to play correctly, or a 360 connected via an ethernet cable.