News

April 20, 2007

Forza 2 Motorsport Updates

Forza 2 Livery Video, Race Cars Revealed, Fuel Your Fantasy Sweepstakes, and Revised Launch Date

Microsoft has announced some news and updates from the “Forza Motorsport 2” universe. They’ve spent the last few months touting the extremely deep customization levels of the game. With the upgrades garage and new-and-improved Livery editor, gamers will have more freedom than ever to create and customize their favorite rides to make them truly unique and stand out on the track. Be sure to check out www.forzamotorsport.net for a new video showcasing the Livery editor in action!

Additionally, what “Forza” update would be complete without more car reveals? This week they’ve announced the final wave of our 300+ models list by revealing the race cars you’ll find in “Forza Motorsport 2,” including the Gulf Team McLaren F1 GTR and, of course, the “Forza Motorsport” sponsored Risi Competizione #62 Ferrari F430GT– would you expect anything less from the next-generation racing simulator? Speed over to www.forzamotorsport.net for the new assets and see below for the complete list.

For those of you with dreams of getting behind the wheel of your very own race car, head over to www.gamestop.com/forza2 to enter the “Forza Motorsport 2” Fuel Your Fantasy Sweepstakes and enter for a chance to win a custom Nissan 350Z. Full details and contest rules can be found on the site.

Finally, we wanted to confirm the game’s revised launch date of May 29. The team is using the extra time to further play test and polish the game to ensure it crosses the finish line at retail as the best racing simulator ever made.

List of Race Cars

 

Year

Manufacturer

Country

Car/Race Team

Race Class

2001

Audi

Germany

#4 Johansson Motorsport R8

R1

2002

Audi

Germany

#1 Infineon Audi R8

R1

2004

Audi

Germany

#88 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx R8

R1

2004

Audi

Germany

#5 Audi Sport Japan Team Goh R8

R1

2006

Audi

Germany

#2 FSI Champion Racing R8

R1

2003

Bentley

United Kingdom

#7 Team Bentley Speed 8

R1

1999

BMW Motorsport

Germany

#15 BMW Motorsport V12 LMR

R1

2002

Cadillac

United States

#6 Team Cadillac Northstar LMP-02

R1

1998

Ferrari

Italy

#12 Risi Competizione F333 SP

R1

2003

Panoz

United States

#11 JML Team Panoz LMP-01

R1

1993

Peugeot

France

#3 Peugeot Talbot Sport 905 EVO 1C

R1

1987

Porsche

Germany

#17 Racing Porsche AG 962c

R1

1999

Toyota

Japan

#3 Toyota Motorsports GT-ONE TS020

R1

2004

Chevrolet

United States

#3 Corvette Racing C5.R

R2

2006

Chevrolet

United States

#4 Corvette Racing C6.R

R2

2003

Ferrari

Italy

#88 Veloqx / Prodrive Racing 550 Maranello

R2

2003

Ferrari

Italy

#72 Team Alphand Aventures 550 Maranello GTS

R2

2005

Ferrari

Italy

#11 Larbre Competition 550 Maranello GTS

R2

2005

Maserati

Italy

#15 JMB Racing MC12

R2

2005

Maserati

Italy

#35 Risi Competizione MC12

R2

2005

Maserati

Italy

#9 Vitaphone Racing Team MC12

R2

1997

McLaren

United Kingdom

#41 Gulf Team McLaren F1 GTR

R2

1997

McLaren

United Kingdom

#43 Team BMW Motorsport McLaren F1 GTR

R2

1998

Nissan

Japan

#32 NISSAN R390 GT1

R2

2003

Pagani

Italy

#17 Carsport America Zonda GR

R2

1998

Porsche

Germany

#26 Porsche AG 911 GT1-98

R2

2003

Saleen

United States

#2 Konrad Motorsports S7R

R2

2001

Saleen

United States

#26 Konrad Motorsports S7R

R2

2002

Saleen

United States

#11 Graham Nash Motorsport S7R

R2

2004

Audi

Germany

#8 Audi ABT TT-R

R3

2005

BMW Motorsport

Germany

#2 BMW Motorsport M3-GTR

R3

2002

Dodge

United States

#1 Team Zakspeed Viper GTS-R

R3

2000

Dodge

United States

#57 Carsport Holland Viper GTS-R

R3

2001

Dodge

United States

#58 Larbre Compétition Viper GTS-R

R3

2003

Dodge

United States

#126 Team Zakspeed Viper GTS-R

R3

2005

Dodge

United States

#77 Team Zakspeed Viper ACR

R3

2006

Ferrari

Italy

#62 Risi Competizione F430GT

R3

2003

Honda

Japan

#16 G'ZOX NSX

R3

2005

Honda

Japan

#18 TAKATA DOME NSX

R3

2005

Honda

Japan

#8 ARTA NSX

R3

2003

Nissan

Japan

#23 XANAVI NISMO GT-R

R3

2003

Nissan

Japan

#12 CALSONIC SKYLINE

R3

2003

Opel

Germany

#5 OPC TEAM PHOENIX Astra V8

R3

2005

Panoz

United States

#51 JML Team Panoz Esperante GTLM

R3

2006

Panoz