“Where is the S14?” While that particular refrain will no doubt echo on in the face of this month’s FM6 DLC, the Meguiar’s Car Pack does at least address one of the most-requested vehicles, with Ferrari’s turbocharged, 661bhp 488 GTB finding its way into the game. The berlinetta is arguably overshadowed by other additions, as this pack drills into the history books to present cars that are making their racing game debuts.
That’s not the case with the XJR-9. No, racing game fans need little introduction to this Group C beast. Interestingly, Turn 10 chose to include the lesser-known #60 Castrol car, which won its maiden race at the 1988 running of the Daytona 24 Hours. We don’t anticipate a long wait for the inevitable Silk Cut liveries to start populating the game, though!
Sticking to the track-bred category, the Ford Daytona Prototype that was introduced in the last monthly DLC pack now has company, in the form of the ever-popular Corvette DP. The #10 car had a handful of wins to its name in 2015, and that nat-asp V8 should prove a responsive foil to the turbocharged shove of the Ford.
Now for something completely different: the Alfa Romeo P3. The oldest car in the game – and the entire franchise – the P3 was driven by legendary Alfa pilot Tazio Nuvolari. A twin-supercharged straight-8 puts power on a much higher priority than grip. The driver practically sits on the rear axle, the front wheels seemingly miles away. This will undoubtedly offer a unique driving experience for those used to modern machinery!
The pack is wrapped up with a trio of 60’s sportsters: two from Germany, and an Italian. The ’67 280 SL plugs a gap in the Mercedes-Benz lineup in the game, with the 35 years between the Gullwing and 190E finally seeing some metal. The Opel GT expands the German automaker’s lineup, with the 1968 model joining the Kadett C that also arrived in the last pack. Lastly, Fiat’s gorgeous, Bertone-penned Dino coupé rounds out the pack, sharing both the model year and engine with the Dino 246GT already in the base game.
The Meguiar’s Car Pack should be available later today. It marks the sixth and final pack for Car Pass holders, and should retail for the usual $6.99 for those looking to pick it up on its own. Each individual car will also be available for purchase solo.
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A really nice selection of cars. It won’t tempt me away from Project Cars or fairly soon Assetto Corsa as I don’t have an Xbox and those games drive so brilliantly.
However once it is released on PC I’ll finally get a Forza of my own and enjoy it for what it is.
What a fantastic selection of cars. Can’t say I’m fussed by the 488 but obviously they have to keep the kids happy ;)
If only PD thought about what the rest of the world might want instead of just copying and pasting MX-5s to get the car count up.
The Covette DP is surprisingly fun, perfect timing for this weekend.
I would give every post in here 100 likes if I could. Forza may be lacking in some areas but it absolutely nails car selection better than any game in the history of sim racing. Hands down.
Where Forza crushes it is with the car classes. They have five or six cars per class.
Unlike PCars who in some classes have only one or two (V8 Super Cars, Group B)
Boring and takes away a level of realism.
Grand Turismo has the cars, they just chose to leave all the classes undefined.
Ever try to setup and LMGT room? Trial and error finding eligible cars.
GT leans more toward sport/street cars than true racing cars.
I will most likely never own Forza. I am a PS/PC gamer. Forza may not have the number of cars that GT sports. But the Forza library is far and away more interesting and diverse.
GT is a collections of Nissans.
Ah, you say that you’re a PC gamer, but remember Forza is coming to PC – all future installments will be released on PC, and the first steps towards that will be happening soon with the release of the FM6 Apex demo/F2P thing fairly soon…
A Group C car, a Daytona prototype, a pre-WW2 grand prix car and a semi-rare lightweight car that can be AWESOME with some more power
FORZA nails it. I do not have the game but certain stuff from them is 10/10. I do not need a huge carlist, I just need a few models that I can face against each other (a bit like what Race Driver 3 did or GRiD Autosport tried to do). Select like 70 classes (racing and streetlegal) and just give me 4-5 cars per class and I am SOLD 150%. Here is a few of those classes:
· Late 80s Group C (Lancia, Porsche, Jaguar, Nissan, Toyota)
· Mid-90s GT1 (McLaren, Mercedes, BMW, Panoz, Ferrari)
· New millenium LMP cars (Audi, Panoz, Bentley, Cadillac, Dome)
· Current LMP1 factory cars (Audi, Porsche, Toyota plus non-H Audi & Peugeot)
· New millenium GT1/GT2 (Dodge, Chevy, Porsche…)
· Current GT2/GTE cars (Aston, Chevy, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, maybe Dodge)
· GT3 (just pick 5, I do not care)
· S2000 touring cars (Chevy, BMW, SEAT, Honda)
· Supertouring cars (pick 4, there were like 10 manufacturers)
· Couple of DTM eras (maybe ITC and Merc-Audi-Opel era)
· Mid 00s GT500
· And so on…
I do not need a car with 5 different engines or 4 different packages. I rather have only 200-300 cars but feel every car has rivals I can beat
I’d happily take any of these cars over a crummy S14. That’s what NFS is for.
With Silk Cut being a tobacco brand, I don’t think T10 had to think too hard about putting the Castrol version in the game – otherwise they’re stuck with the non-branded purple car.
I can’t wait to get home from work, download the Silk Cut livery that’ll surely be available in then, and take this baby for a spin.
The Corvette DP will be fun to pair with the Ganassi DP for some Sebring action as well.
I WANT.
I really wish I had a XBOX One.
Now I’m wishing that too – the Alfa Romeo P3? A revised version of that car was the one with which which one year later, in 1935, Nuvolari took the Impossible Victory on the Nurburgring.
Driving that on the Nordshleife would be pure bliss.
Where is it?! I need it right this moment.