After announcing the details of Season 1 last week, Turn 10 launches the Forza Racing Championship today. This week focuses on the 2015 Mustang GT, with Elite Series players heading to Monza in search of the fastest single lap time, while Open Series drivers will take to a variety of tracks in the Leagues event.
The fastest 128 racers in the Elite Series will qualify for the knockout-style, 1-on-1 tournament to be held on Saturday. The remaining top 16 from that day will go on to a Twitch-broadcasted final race the following day, where the top four will win prizes and qualify for the Grand Finale next month, where the winner will receive a set of keys to a real-world Focus RS.
Every single FM6 player that posts a time in the current Rivals event will receive a 1973 Ford Escort RS1600 in their digital garage.
The big news is in the Open Series, where players will be able to snap up multiple DLC collections. For the first week, the Car Pass is up for grabs for all players that finish in the top half of the League standings. As a refresher, that’s the following 42 cars:
- 2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine
- 2013 Caparo T1
- 1967 Honda RA300
- 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154
- 1994 Nissan #75 Cunningham Racing 300ZX
- 2014 Toyota #12 Rebellion Racing R-One
- 1967 Volvo 123GT
- 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster
- 1977 Holden Torana A9X
- 1980 Lancia #31 Lancia Corse Beta Montecarlo Turbo
- 2014 Maserati #35 M.Calamia Swiss Team MC Trofeo
- 2014 Mazda #70 SpeedSource Lola B12/80
- 1988 McLaren #12 Honda McLaren MP4/4
- 2000 Plymouth Prowler
- 1990 Chevrolet #30 Douglas Shierson Racing Lola T90/00
- 1963 Ferrari 250LM
- 1988 Holden VL Commodore Group A SV
- 2015 Koenigsegg One:1
- 1991 Mazda #62 Mazda Motorsport RX-7
- 2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupé
- 1958 Plymouth Fury
- 1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350
- 2015 Mazda Formula Mazda
- 1973 Nissan Skyline GT-R
- 2015 Nissan #1 NISMO MOTUL AUTECH GT-R
- 1979 Opel Kadett C GT/E
- 2014 Toyota #8 Toyota Racing TS040 HYBRID
- 2016 W Motors Lykan HyperSport
- 1992 Alfa Romeo Milano Quadrifoglio Verde
- 2015 Ford #2 Chip Ganassi Racing Rily Mk XXVI Daytona Prototype
- 1990 Mercury #15 Whistler Radar Cougar XR-7
- 2005 Pontiac Aztek
- 1996 Subaru SVX
- 1967 Sunbeam Tiger
- 1974 Toyota Corolla SR5
- 1934 Alfa Romeo P3
- 2015 Chevrolet #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype
- 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB
- 1969 Fiat Dino 2.4 Coupe
- 1988 Jaguar #60 Castrol Jaguar Racing XJR-9
- 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
- 1968 Opel GT
In addition, every player that participates in the League — regardless of finishing position — will receive a 1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III in their FM6 garage.
To be eligible for the knockout tournament or Car Pass, players will need to sign up at ESL’s Forza Racing Championship page.
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Thanks Jason. I did the Monza Rivals TT a few days ago….and no Escort has turned up yet. Also to get access to the Leagues I need to be a XBL Gold member so that means I have to justify paying 6 quid for one car! If the Escort is only obtainable via the League then I suppose that would make it more worth it. I know they will both be in FH3, but I’d like to try them on FM6’s tracks as well.
PS. Please don’t mention all the other ‘Wonderful’ benefits I’ll get as well for going Gold, because I just don’t want any of them.
Bit confused here…What exactly do I have to do to get the Escort and the Falcon?
To get the Falcon you need to finish at least 1 league race and I think you just need to set a time in the rivals event to get the Escort.
That’s pretty cool.