Update For All Forza Fans!
LONDON 20th April, 2007 - Microsoft Games Studios has spent the last few months highlighting the extremely deep customisation levels of the game. By using the upgrades garage and new-and-improved Livery editor, gamers will have more freedom than ever to create and customise their favourite rides to make them truly unique and stand out on the track. To see the new livery editor in action, check forzamotorsport.net for a new video, that contains all the action!
Additionally, what "Forza" update would be complete without revealing more cars? This week we're bringing you 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 forzamotorsport.net for the complete list.
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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 United States #81 Team LNT Panoz Esperante GTLM R3
2004 Porsche Germany #23 Alex Job Racing 911 GT3-RSR R3
2005 Porsche Germany #31 Peterson-White Lightning 911 GT3-RSR R3
2005 Porsche Germany #44 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSR R3
2005 Porsche Germany #5 XBOX 360 911 GT3-RSR R3
2004 Toyota Japan #35 Yellowhat YMS Supra R3
2005 Toyota Japan #36 OPEN INTERFACE TOM'S SUPRA R3
2005 Toyota Japan #6 EXXON Superflo Supra R3
2006 Toyota Japan #25 ECLIPSE ADVAN SUPRA R3
2002 Acura United States #42 Realtime Racing NSX R4
2002 Audi Germany #1 Champion S4 Competition R4
2003 Audi Germany #1 Champion RS 6 R4
2004 Cadillac United States #16 Team Cadillac CTS-V R4
2003 Chevrolet United States #73 3R-Racing Corvette Z06 R4
2005 Chevrolet United States #31 Whelen Engineering Corvette Z06 R4
2005 Chevrolet United States #99 Tiger Racing Corvette Z06 R4
2003 Dodge United States #23 Magellan Financial Viper Competition Coupe R4
2004 Dodge United States #22 3R-Racing Viper Competition Coupe R4
2004 Ford United States #10 Tiger Racing Mustang R4
2003 Nissan Japan #3 HASEMISPORT ENDLESS Z R4
2005 Nissan Japan #46 Dream Cube's ADVAN Z R4
2003 Porsche Germany #22 3R-Racing 911 GT3 Cup R4
2002 Porsche Germany #57 Larbre McDonalds 996 GT3 Cup R4
2005 Porsche Germany #55 Applied Materials 911 GT3 Cup R4
2005 Porsche Germany #66 AXA Racing 911 GT3 Cup R4
2005 Porsche Germany #3 Lechner Racing School Team 1 911 GT3 Cup R4
2005 Porsche Germany #7 PFG 911 GT3 Cup R4
2006 Porsche Germany #82 Red Bull 911 GT3 Cup R4
2006 Porsche Germany #81 Synergy Racing 911 GT3 Cup R4
2003 Subaru Japan #77 Cusco Advan Impreza R4
2004 Volvo Sweden #24 At-Speed S60 R R4
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