Forza Motorsport 2

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Microsoft heeft officieel bekend gemaakt dat Forza Motorsport 2 op de Xbox360 in mei 2007 uit zal gaan komen. De game zal meer dan 300 auto's gaan bevatten. In de komende weken worden er steeds weer nieuwe auto's onthuld door de mensen achter de game.

Ferrari
2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
1999 Ferrari 360 Modena
2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello
1991 Ferrari 512 TR
1998 Ferrari F355 Challenge
1984 Ferrari GTO
2004 Ferrari F430
2003 Ferrari Challenge Stradale
1987 Ferrari F40
1995 Ferrari F50
2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari
1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
1964 Ferrari 250 GTO
1967 Ferrari 330 P4

Porsche
2003 Porsche Boxster S
1989 Porsche 944 Turbo
1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3
2006 Porsche Cayman S
2004 Porsche 911 GT3 (996)
2007 Porsche 911 Turbo (997)
1987 Porsche 959
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 (997)
1995 Porsche 911 GT2
2003 Porsche Carrera GT
1970 Porsche 914/6
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder

Lamborghini
2005 Lamborghini Gallardo
1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV
1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
2005 Lamborghini Murcielago
1999 Lamborghini Diablo GTR

Maserati
2006 Maserati GranSport
2004 Maserati MC12

Heeft Teccc weer iets om op af te trekken.

Hahaha, Teccc gaat alleen trekken zolang z'n Poenisegg in dat spel zit

nieuws van een week geleden..

Oh laat maar hij heeft al getrokken

ik lees het nu net pas nou ik ga nou goed los

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Kickstart Your Career in Forza Motorsport 2...
You've worked hard all week, so now it's time to kick back with a cold one and read all about the progress of Forza Motorsport 2, Xbox 360's complete racing simulator. Welcome to the latest edition of the Turn 10 Pitpass Report, where, each week, we give you a glimpse of life behind-the-scenes of life here at a game development studio. If you feel so inclined, we encourage you to get caught up on our previous weekly updates for some context into how stuff works (or breaks down) 'round these parts. Those of you who have been following the WPR (whoa, does that sound official or what) for a while will notice that we've now arrived at our 40th update since we announced Forza 2 at E3 2006 with a sweet CG teaser trailer. What that means, of course, is that development on Forza Motorsport 2 is in its final stretch and the team are flatout on the throttle now, working insane hours to fix those last bugs and polishing up gameplay to the design team's high bar.

And with the game nearing completion, we here at Turn 10 are also starting to enjoy in abundance the fruits of our labor. "It's funny because people think all you do when you're a game developer is to play games all day and that's not true at all," Dan Greenawalt told me earlier this week. "Most of the time, you're heads down in the trenches coding systems and staring at spreadsheets. Then at some point everything comes together and it's really magical to watch folks on the dev team actually 'play' the game for the first time."



Meet Bob Crocco, Forza Motorsport 2 Addict
Case in point, now that the single-player Career mode is more or less finished in terms of tuning (although Dan and his crew will probably be tweaking this and that right up to the hand-off to the rigorous Xbox 360 certification process) I've embarked on a new career in Forza 2 with a brand new profile. No cheating debug menus and unlimited amounts of credits and cars in your garage -- this is likely the career profile I'll chip away at until we get retail discs and may be forced to start anew on retail 360 kits.

I'm not the only one who has started new careers in Forza 2 with noticeable conviction either. All over the team, folks are playing Forza 2 and discovering cool little touches they may not have known about, being so focused on their own subsystem of the game and all. Take for instance, Bob Crocco, one of Turn 10's systems developers (he's a big part of the reason why Photo Mode rocks in Forza 2, by the way); Bob has been absolutely addicted to single-player, enjoying and getting deep into the open-ended career path in a way only Bob could have devised. That is to say, none of us did what Bob obsessed over for the past week, but after we heard his story and saw his crazy little car, we all wanted to try something equally as decadent.

Like me, Bob started his Forza 2 career in Europe. With his beginning stipend, he bought an unassuming and mostly harmless (at least in stock form) 2004 Peugeot 206 RC hatchback. At first, he felt no real attachment to his starter car -- afterall, aren't these the dispensible stepladders to much sexier and powerful cars? But the more time Bob spent with his trusty little 206, the more races he won with the car, the more upgrades he endowed on his ride, the more he began to be fond of his little hatch that could. At some point, Bob asked himself: "What would happen if I just took this car all the way to the top?" So began an obsessed journey to jack his 206 into the Car Class/Performance Index stratosphere.

Like all upgrade games, it started under the hood, and soon ballooned to ridiculous horsepower multiplying improvements like powertrain swaps (which essentially changes all of your engine upgrade options as well). By the time the haze cleared, Bob's Peugeot 206 RC was no longer the 180 hp, 2,425 lbs FWD hatchback -- what emerged was a stealthy AWD beast that clocked in at 690 hp with 443 lb-ft torque, and sporting a slender weight-reduced chassis of 1,941 lbs. The in-game dyno benchmarked the car's 0-60 mph time to be 2.263 seconds (0-100 mph in 4.463 seconds), with a top speed of 213.9 mph. In other words, Bob's Peugeot was completely ridiculous, but utterly cool at the same time. And it was a blast to drive -- in a straight line, that is.

My Forza Motorsport 2 Career - Week 1
Bob's story illustrates precisely why Forza 2's Career mode is so compelling as the game holds very little back from you once it kicks off in earnest. Like Bob, I began a fresh career this week in Europe (although you have the option later on to relocate your base of operations -- for a price). But instead of investing huge amounts of money into my starter car (an '02 Saab 9-3 Aero, respectable but boring), I sold it off the first chance I got when I was rewarded a vintage 1970 Porsche 914/6 after finishing first in one of the first sets of races in the "Proving Grounds" sector that eases you into the flow of Career.

To be honest, I had never really taken much notice of Porsche's six-cylinder, mid-engine roadster. Sure, I had seen 914's on the road before in real life, and like any vintage car, I always had to temper its sexiness with all the headaches of having to maintain such a fickle (and potentially expensive) mistress. When I crossed paths with the 914/6 in Forza 2 this week, something clicked with me. I began to appreciate its unique, flat, wide-body design, and its sleek sloping lines. I don't know, maybe it's because the car was staring me in the face in my garage and on the UI, but I felt myself drawn to the Porsche 914/6.

With the credits from the sale of the Saab burning a proverbial hole in my Forza 2 bank account, I began upgrading my new baby. Rather than take the path of Bob, I wanted to elevate the 914 in a manner befitting of the car's characteristics -- that is, really take advantage of its flyweight persona and mid-engine RWD virtues. A big part of that upgrade philosophy was realizing that a car like this could probably excel in one of the lower car classes, as long as it was chillin' at the very top of that category. So my goal was to get my 914 to the pinnacle of C Class, focusing more on performance and weight reduction than pure gas guzzling muscle.



Those of you spent time in the original Forza Motorsport's single-player career know the balancing act here of trying to get your car optimized for a class, particularly one that's lower on the rung. With a car like the 914, it's easy to go overboard with no-brainer purchases like top of the line K&N intake systems or race spec AWE Tuning exhausts. Or if money wasn't a consideration, I could have gone straight for the 911/83 Porsche engine or the slightly excessive M64/60R powertrain.

Nope. Moderation was the key. I picked up sport intake and exhaust, gave the engine block a sport upgrade (balanced the crank, rods, and pistons), dropped in Porsche Motorsport sport cams and valves, a Motec race fuel system, some new tires, and I quickly found myself sitting pretty in the middle of Class B. To bring me back down to earth, I began adding penalties such as 115 lbs of downforce, reverting back to stock intake and exhaust, scaling back on my brakes and driveline, and finally, giving myself silly 195 rims all around (this made the tires look super-low profiled).That seemed to do the trick. I was just under the Class B threshold with a performance index of C496. Sure, comparatively, the car wasn't packing that much power, but 179 naturally-aspirated horses with 175 lb-ft torque pushing a curb weight of 1,876 lbs isn't anything to scoff at either. The dyno clocked my 0-to-60 mph time to 5.511 seconds with a top speed of 143 mph. Most importantly, the car felt awesome on the pavement. Armed with this Porsche 914/6, I set out to win races.

I tend to do things in linear fashion, so naturally, I wanted to finish all the events in the "Proving Grounds" area before moving on. The important thing to note here is that you really don't have to be such a completist in that regard. After a few races in the beginner arena, you're free to wander and complete the game's huge matrix of events in any order you like. So it was on one of the test track events where I was first introduced to the concept of Career AI racers.



In Forza 2's single-player mode, you go through career events competing against a decent group of international racers, each with a unique name, driving style, favorite color, and career record. So as you advance through the ranks, chalk up wins (or losses), so do the AI racers. So in effect, you end up going wheel-to-wheel with these guys over many many hard-fought battles.

Soon enough, I found my nemesis and his name was M. Rossi from Italy. Rossi was good, and even while I could often dust the rest of the pack in my nimble 914, I would often find Rossi right on my six after a bad corner, even going as far sometimes to overtake me on the outside. I should also mention that Rossi likes to drive red cars. In the photo above (taken during a replay viewing), you can see how close some of our races have been.

What's even more interesting is the fact that you can also hire drivers (whose cumulative stats also change as they win or lose races) to hit the road for you if you feel like sitting out and watching from the sidelines. The better the driver, the more they'll take from your winnings. A good strategy I've discovered is to basically give your mediocre driver an overpowered car to ensure that you'll get some money if he wins. Of course, it isn't a guarantee, and I've seen the AI do some pretty dastardly things to me and each other.

We're all going to keep playing single-player here at Turn 10. As for me, I'll be giving updates on my career in Forza 2 each week, highlighting some of the advances and stories as I experience them.

In the meantime, may you all dream of the Forza Motorsport 2 demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. See you next week.

Bron: Forzamotorsport.net

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Forza 2 Car Showcase: Aftermarkets
They aren't stock but they sure are fast.

April 3, 2007 - If you've ever wondered what an unlimited budget could do for production car design and performance, the aftermarket scene is where you would begin looking. These are the cars that were once merely fast and have now become streaks of lightning. The base models may be familiar, but the results are far from it. Today we have a first look at two of them -- a championship drift car and a car made for the timed lap. Enjoy the profiles and take a gander at the new screenshots below.

2000 Nissan Top Secret Silvia
Engine: 2.14L Turbocharged Inline-4
Power: 540hp (403kw) @ 8000 rpm
Torque: 455ft-lbs (617Nm) @ 4000 rpm
Curb Weight: 2557lbs (1160kg)
0-60mph: 3.8 seconds
Top Speed: 158mph (254kph) Gear limited



Using the wildly popular Silvia S15 chassis as a starting point, Top Secret turned this car into a championship winning drift car. The modification list is nearly endless, but some highlights include: Top Secret intake/exhaust systems, Top Secret drift dampers, HKS GT30 Pro turbo, HKS 5-speed transmission, Cusco differential, Volk rims and Brembo brakes. Piloted by Ryuji Miki, the Top Secret Silvia collected a record 110pts and won the 2004 D1GP Championship. Don't let the drift pedigree fool you, this Silvia has lapped the Tsukuba circuit in a very respectable 1 minute flat.



2006 Mitsubishi HKS CT230R Evolution
Engine: 2.3L Turbocharged Inline-4
Power: 592hp (441kw) @ 7000 rpm
Torque: 506ft-lbs (686Nm) @ 5000 rpm
Curb Weight: 2403lbs (1090kg)
0-60mph: 2.7 seconds
Top Speed: 175mph (282kph)



This car was developed to be the ultimate time attack machine, and HKS definitely hit the mark. With Nobutero Taniguchi behind the wheel, recent Tsukuba lap times have hit the mid 53 second range. Built with an unlimited budget, this car has some truly amazing features: full carbon fiber body work, a strengthened chassis, AP Racing brakes, Bride carbon fiber seat, HKS fuel cell, and the driver position is moved inline with the B-pillar to optimize weight distribution. However the highlight of this car is the amazing engine, a 2.3L Inline-4 4G63 built with custom HKS internals which virtually eliminate turbo lag. All this coupled with the Lancer Evolution's legendary AWD system makes this one of the fastest production-based cars in the world.



Check back soon for the last of our car reveals when we showcase a couple of the highly desirable race cars.

Bron: ign.com

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Cars. You love 'em, we've got 'em. Hot on the heels of our newest screenshots this week comes the second wave of our official car list reveals. A couple weeks ago we brought you the exotic car list featuring Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Maseratis. Then we revealed the rest of our European production car list packed with marquee manufacturers like Audi, Bentley, Aston Martin, McLaren, Koenigsegg, Lotus, and TVR. American production cars were next, followed by our Japanese production car list (okay, with Hyundai in the mix, it's actually the Asian car list). Now we can finally reveal the aftermarket tuner cars you'll be able to cram into your virtual garage in Forza Motorsport 2.

Now there's only one last car list revelation in the coming weeks as we continue to use this space as the official car roster space. The list you see below will be finalized in two weeks. And we're just over a month out from Forza Motorsport 2 hitting retail!

Also be sure to check out the latest screenshots in our Media section!


Forza Motorsport 2: The Official Car List (So Far)


2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
1999 Ferrari 360 Modena
2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello
1991 Ferrari 512 TR
1998 Ferrari F355 Challenge
1984 Ferrari GTO
2004 Ferrari F430
2003 Ferrari Challenge Stradale
1987 Ferrari F40
1995 Ferrari F50
2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari
1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
1964 Ferrari 250 GTO
1967 Ferrari 330 P4
2005 Lamborghini Gallardo
1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV
1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
2005 Lamborghini Murcielago
1999 Lamborghini Diablo GTR
2006 Maserati GranSport
2004 Maserati MC12
2003 Porsche Boxster S
1989 Porsche 944 Turbo
1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3
2006 Porsche Cayman S
2004 Porsche 911 GT3 (996)
2007 Porsche 911 Turbo (997)
1987 Porsche 959
2007 Porsche 911 GT3 (997)
1995 Porsche 911 GT2
2003 Porsche Carrera GT
1970 Porsche 914/6
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder
2001 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
2005 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe
2004 Audi TT Coupe 3.2 quattro
2000 Audi S4
2004 Audi S4
2003 Audi RS 6
2006 Audi RS 4
2004 Bentley Continental GT
1997 BMW Motorsport M3 E36
2005 BMW Motorsport M3 E46 Coupe
2002 BMW Motorsport M3-GTR
2007 Jaguar XK Coupe
1993 Jaguar XJ220
1961 Jaguar E-type S1
2002 Koenigsegg CC8S
1992 Lancia Delta Integrale EVO
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
2003 Lotus Elise 135R
2005 Lotus Elise 111S
2005 Lotus Exige
2005 Lotus Exige Espionage
1989 Lotus Carlton
2005 Lotus Exige Cup 240
2002 Lotus Esprit V8
1972 Lotus Elan Sprint
1997 McLaren F1 GT
2003 Mercedes CLK55 AMG Coupe
2004 Mercedes C32 AMG
2005 Mercedes SLR
1998 Mercedes AMG Mercedes CLK GTR
1954 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe
2003 MINI Cooper-S
2004 Opel Speedster Turbo
1999 Pagani Zonda C12
2007 Peugeot 207 RC
2004 Peugeot 206 RC
2007 Peugeot 207 Super 2000
2003 Renault Sport Clio V6 RS
2002 Saab 9-3 Aero
2003 SEAT Leon Cupra R
2005 SEAT Cupra GT Prototype
2001 TVR Tuscan S
2001 TVR Tuscan R
2005 TVR Sagaris
1998 TVR Cerbera Speed 12
2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR
2004 Vauxhall VX220 Turbo
2005 Vauxhall Monaro VXR
2004 Volkswagen Beetle
1995 Volkswagen Corrado VR6
1992 Volkswagen Golf GTi 16v Mk2
2003 Volkswagen Bora VR6
2006 Volkswagen Golf GTi
2003 Volkswagen Golf R32
2004 Volvo S60 R
2002 Acura RSX Type-S
2001 Acura Integra Type-R
2006 Acura RL A-Spec
2005 Acura NSX
1997 Acura NSX
1987 Buick Regal GNX
2004 Cadillac CTS-V
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Coupe
2002 Chevrolet Camaro 35th Anniversary SS
2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS
1996 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS-454
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427
1970 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT
1998 Chrysler Eagle Talon TSi Turbo
2006 Chrysler Crossfire SRT6
2005 Chrysler ME Four-Twelve Concept
1968 Chrysler Plymouth Barracuda Formula-S
2003 Dodge SRT4
1996 Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo
2006 Dodge Charger SRT8
1999 Dodge Viper GTS ACR
2003 Dodge Viper SRT10
2003 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
1969 Dodge Charger R/T-SE
2003 Ford Focus SVT
2006 Ford Focus ST
2005 Ford Mustang GT
2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R
2005 Ford Ford GT
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429
1966 Ford GT40 MkII
2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe
2003 Lexus IS300
2002 Lexus SC430
2006 Lexus IS350
2005 Panoz Esperante GTLM
2006 Pontiac Solstice
2004 Pontiac GTO
1968 Pontiac GTO Hardtop
2000 Saleen S281
2006 Saleen S281 E
2004 Saleen S7
2006 Saturn ION Red Line
2005 Scion tC
2007 Shelby GT500
1999 Shelby Series 1
1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR
1965 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
1994 Honda Civic 1.5 VTi
1995 Honda CR-X Del Sol SiR
1999 Honda Civic Si Coupe
2000 Honda Prelude SiR
1991 Honda CR-X SiR
2000 Honda Integra Type-R
2004 Honda Civic Type-R
2002 Honda Integra Type-R
2003 Honda S2000
1992 Honda NSX-R
2005 Honda NSX-R
2005 Honda NSX-R GT
2003 Hyundai Tuscani Elisa
2005 Mazda Axela Sport 23S
2001 Mazda Mazdaspeed Familia
2001 Mazda Mazdaspeed Roadster
1990 Mazda Savanna RX-7
2004 Mazda RX-8 Mazdaspeed
1997 Mazda RX-7
2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type-A
2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS
1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
1998 Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R
1997 Mitsubishi GTO
1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR
2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII GSR
2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR
2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI TME
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GT
1996 Nissan Silvia K's
1992 Nissan Silvia CLUB K's
2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II Nür
2003 Nissan Skyline Coupe 350GT
2000 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II
1993 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo
1998 Nissan R390
1969 Nissan Fairlady Z 432
1969 Nissan Fairlady Z 432R
2006 Proto Motors Spirra
2005 Subaru Legacy B4 2.0 GT
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi
2006 Subaru Impreza S204
1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex
2002 Toyota MR-S
1992 Toyota Supra 2.0 GT Twin Turbo
2004 Toyota Altezza RS200
2003 Toyota Celica SS-I
2002 Toyota Soarer 430SCV
1995 Toyota MR2 GT
1998 Toyota Supra RZ
1969 Toyota 2000GT
2000 Acura VIS Racing Integra Type-R
2000 Audi AWE Tuning SilverBullet S4
2003 Chevrolet Corvette Guldstrand Edition
2002 Chevrolet Lingenfelter 427 Corvette
2000 Dodge Hennessey Viper 800TT
2003 Ford FocusSport SVT Focus
2004 Honda Wings West Civic Si
2000 Honda Aerogear Integra Type-R
2004 Honda Mugen Civic Type-R
2002 Honda Mugen Integra Type-R
2003 Honda Mugen S2000
1994 Honda Do-Luck NSX
2003 Lexus Foose Design IS430 Project Car
1995 Mazda AB Flug RX-7
1995 Mazda INGS RX-7
1995 Mazda RE-Amemiya RX-7
1999 Mitsubishi MINE'S CP9A Lancer Evolution VI
2003 Mitsubishi Sparco Lancer Evolution VIII
2006 Mitsubishi HKS Time Attack Evolution
2002 Nissan Tommy Kaira Skyline GT-R R34
2003 Nissan Fairlady Z Custom Edition
2000 Nissan Top Secret D1-Spec S15
2002 Nissan MINE'S R34 Skyline GT-R
1993 Nissan MINE'S R32 Skyline GT-R
1998 Subaru Tommy Kaira Impreza M20b
2002 Toyota Tom's W123 MR-S
1995 Toyota Border MR2 Turbo T-bar
1995 Toyota VIS Racing MR2 Turbo T-bar
2003 Toyota APR Performance Celica GTS
1995 Toyota Tom's T020 MR2
2002 Toyota Tom's Z382 Soarer
1992 Toyota Do-Luck Supra
1998 Toyota VeilSide Supra Fortune 03
1998 Toyota AB Flug S900 Supra Turbo
1998 Toyota VeilSide Supra Fortune 99
1998 Toyota Top Secret 0-300 Supra



Cars Not Yet Revealed:

Race Class Cars (April 19)

Bron: Forzamotorsport.net

Die stickers op die auto zien er best wel crappy uit, low-texture shit.. Had er wel meer van verwacht..

DC Stigma schreef:

Die stickers op die auto zien er best wel crappy uit, low-texture shit.. Had er wel meer van verwacht..

valt niet op als je 800 kilometer per uur gaat.

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