Tonight the debut of Forza Motorsports 2 Showdown will be airing on SPEED TV at 11:00PM EST. Six amateur drivers with different racing backgrounds compete head to head in the race of their lives. The first one across the finish line wins $100,000. They have to get there in a street car they've never driven, manned by a crew they've never met. Based on the incredible Xbox 360 racing simulator, Forza Motorsport 2, this is Forza Motorsport Showdown.
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Feb 15, 2007

Forza Motorsport 2 hits Europe this May - New Screens

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Microsoft Game Studios today announced that "Forza Motorsport 2" is set to hit European retail stores in May. With more than 300 car models from upwards of 50 of the world's leading manufacturers, "Forza Motorsport 2" allows automotive enthusiasts to collect the cars they want and customize them to reflect their racing passion. Own the cars that own the competition.
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Feb 15, 2007

New screens, car lists for Forza Motorsport 2

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With a release date that has hopped around the calendar more times than your resolution to take down the Christmas tree (dude, it's a fire hazard), Forza Motorsport 2 has not been giving much love to the masses. Maybe it's the season, maybe they're just feeling generous, but the folks over at Microsoft Game Studios have decided to throw us all a bone. It's not a big bone, and there's not much meat on it, but when the cupboard is bare, we'll take what we can get. Four shiny new screens, which ... » Read More

Jan 29, 2007

Summer launch for Forza 2 in the UK

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Xbox 360 racer Forza Motorsport 2 is roaring off the UK start grid this summer, Microsoft has informed CVG this morning.

They queried the publisher on a release date for these shores after getting confirmation that the game will be out in North America in May. Microsoft told CVG that currently summer is the only date it has.
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Jan 26, 2007

New details on Forza Motorsport 2

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Microsoft confirmed today the after being delayed late last year, Forza Motorsport 2 will be released to North American retailers in May 2007.
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Nov 13, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 Reaches 60 FPS Milestone

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The latest Turn 10 update has revealed that the Forza 2 development team has managed to achieve a 60 frames per second frame rate in the latest build of the game.

The achievement is the result of hours of code tuning that started soon after X06. Che Chou, Forza community manager, said:

As a result of a Herculean team effort, this past week, Turn 10's systems architect Chris Tector checked into the latest build some magic code that now renders the game at 60 frames-per-second with most of the post-processing special effects and car HUD turned on. Because Forza 2 is pushing so many polygons and next-gen effects, the team has had a heck of a time pushing the engine to run the game at a locked, butter-smooth, 60 fps.
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Nov 1, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 Live Action TV Series Announced

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The SPEED cable TV network has announced that it will broadcast Forza Motorsport Showdown, a four episode live action series in February 2007 that is loosely based on Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 racing sim game Forza Motorsport 2. Here is a snip:

Each episode follows a diverse group of racers through a rigorous roster of competitive motor sports disciplines Â¿ drifting, road racing, autocross and drag racing Â¿ in a $100,000 winner-take-all format. Forza Motorsport Showdown, inspired by the realism of the on-line, multi-player vehicle customization and tuning features within the game, puts contestants to the ultimate test of high-performance driving and mechanical skills.
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Sep 22, 2006

Forza 2 Is Officially Delayed

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The Forza Motorsport 2 demonstraton at this years Tokyo Game Show has officially confirmed that the game won't hit shelves until sometime next year.
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Sep 7, 2006

Forza 2 skids into 2007

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Forza Motorsport 2, Microsoft's realism-heavy racing game sequel for Xbox 360, will not be released this holiday as planned. The launch date has now been pushed back into 2007 and Forza 2 is "far from finished," according to a forum post by Che Chou, community manager for the game. "A new date will be given at X06," he adds in another post, referring to Microsoft's annual showcase happening at the end of this month. "Gotta do what you gotta do to get things right, y'know?" Referring to some ... » Read More

Sep 5, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 Delayed

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Forza Community VIP known as Chespace in the official Forza 2 forums said today that Forza 2 is no longer Holiday 2006, and a new release date will be announced at X06.
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Aug 31, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 trailer

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Microsoft just released this trailer of Forza Motorsport 2, showing some more of the damage system in the game. Who knows, maybe we'll get to see the game running in less than a month at X06?
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Aug 21, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 - The Turn 10 Weekly Pitpass Report

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Take a look at Forzas latest Pitpass Report by reading the full story...
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Aug 14, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 - The Turn 10 Weekly Pitpass Report

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Forza 2 Screenshots are now being released to the magazines.
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Jul 26, 2006

Stripped gears

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We just got a new video for Forza Motorsport 2 that flashes some hot car customization action all over the screen. While it smacks of target video (not actually in-game footage, but slapped together computer generated mock-up video), it still sets the bar pretty high for the upcoming rubber-layer. Judging by the amount of optional equipment featured in the video, it looks like a huge variety of parts will be interchangeable from brake packages to custom exhaust manifolds to aerodynamic body ... » Read More

Jul 23, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 trailer

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Microsoft today released a new trailer for Forza Motorsport 2, showing some more of all the customizations you can do. It all looks impressive of course, and I can't wait for the first gameplay footage.
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Jun 30, 2006

The Forza 2 showroom

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We got the latest go faster shots of Forza Motorsport 2, Microsoft's big fall release for Xbox 360. The sequel is built from scratch rather than being a scrubbed up version of the original Xbox game and will run at 60 FPS, as will the reflection mapping. The cutting-edge visuals will be used to show the fully licensed vehicles in the best light possible, and there are more than 300 of them from over 50 of the world's leading manufacturers. In the screen below and on the Images tab above you ... » Read More

Jun 29, 2006

Forza Motorsport 2 Wallpapers

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The official Forza Motorsport 2 website today posted a few new wallpapers for Forza 2. Forza Motorsport 2 will be available on the Xbox 360 console this holiday season.
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Jun 26, 2006

Forza 2 trailer dissected

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Microsoft has released a special annotated version of the E3 trailer of intensely deep racing simulator Forza Motorsport 2. You can watch the original version here, free of the talking developer heads, but the new version points out lots of little bits you may have missed the first time around. Art Director John Wendl and Game Director Dan Greenwalt lead a guided tour through the trailer as they pick it apart, pointing out how the trailer illustrates the features of Forza 2 itself. For the ... » Read More

Jun 5, 2006

Forza E3 demo in-game

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Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 2 development team is gearing up for the game's Christmas release on Xbox 360 - and the game's website reveals that much of what we saw at E3, contrary to public perception, was in fact using in-game assets.

Speaking in a community update, MGS' John Wendl says the E3 trailer used "actual 'in-game' assets and combined them with visual effects, such as motion blur, global illumination and high dynamic range lighting, that are either already working in the build or are very close to completion."

"We're really taking full advantage of the immense graphics horsepower of the Xbox 360 to do some incredible things visually. Of course we're 60fps at 720p, as you mention, but we're also adding effects and features such as 4X anti-aliasing (no jaggies!), motion blur, high dynamic range lighting, global illumination and per-pixel car reflections updated at full frame rate," he added.
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