Can't wait to drive that Lotus!

2013 Lotus E21

Kimi Raikkonen won the 2013 season-opening race in Australia; immediately proving the worth of the latest Lotus chassis design. Throughout the course of the 2013 grand prix season, Raikkonen and teammate Romain Grosjean have been consistent podium finishers. Undoubtedly some of the credit for those accomplishments go to the drivers and the team, but give the James Allen-designed E21 its due. With driver and cameras the E21 weighs in at just over 1,400 pounds and it is powered by the Renault RS27 2.4 liter V8. The engine is mid-mounted and employs KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) for additional power for passing or defending. When the engine reaches its astronomical 18,000 RPM redline the scream is of deafening proportions. Throughout the E21, you will find carbon fiber; the chassis is composed of molded carbon fiber and aluminum honeycomb. Carbon fiber composes the double-wishbone suspension and extensive aerodynamic components. The E21 represents one of the most successful chassis designs of 2013 racing at the highest level of motorsport.

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1976 Ferrari #1 Scuderia Ferrari 312T2

Niki Lauda and Scuderia Ferrari won the Formula One Championship in 1975 and both were a dominant force in 1976. Newly implemented rules forced a near complete redesign of the Ferrari race car, the 312. An entirely new monocoque of tubular steel and aluminum body panels incorporating new ducting for cooling and induction was built, then coupled with suspension from the T1 model. The rear-mounted longitudinal flat 12 produced somewhere around 500 horsepower. Throughout the 1976 season Lauda battled McLaren driver James Hunt, as portrayed in Ron Howard’s 2013 smash hit film “RUSH.” Mid-season, Lauda had a horrendous fiery crash at the Nürburgring in which he was badly burned. Ferrari pulled out of the following two grand prix but, much to the surprise of Hunt and Formula One fans, Lauda returned for the race at Monza to win. Lauda pulled out of the final race of 1976 in Japan, but went on to win in 1977. A few laps in the 312T2 will showcase just how tough the drivers of this era were.

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1976 McLaren #11 Team McLaren M23

As one of the winningest Formula One cars of the 1970s, the M23 gave McLaren its first F1 Championship with driver James Hunt. The M23 and Hunt battled Niki Lauda and Scuderia Ferrari in an epic race season that is depicted in 2013’s major motion picture from Ron Howard, “RUSH.” Powered by the Cosworth DFV engine, and featuring new airbox and intakes to comply with 1976 rule changes, the M23 gave Hunt the weapon he needed to topple Scuderia Ferrari. Hunt and the M23 achieved two victories before Lauda’s near-fatal crash at the Nürburgring. While Lauda recovered, Hunt dominated and pushed to within three points of winning the championship entering the final race in Japan. Despite a soggy track and poor visibility, Hunt would vie for third place, good enough overcome Lauda who pulled out of the race due to safety concerns. The M23 contributed two driver championships, one constructor championship, and 16 victories overall. The M23 is not for the timid, but a chance to drive this legend is worth the risk.

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2013 KTM X-Bow R

A weapon for the track, but legal for the street, the X-Bow was developed by motorcycle manufacturer KTM to be a pure performance machine. The R version brings an additional 60 horsepower to bear; to accommodate the power increase, the torque arm was lowered. A beneficial side effect of doing so was a lowered center of gravity. Add to the package stiffer springs and friction-reducing Teflon washers and the X-Bow is in its own realm of cornering ability. Deadly accuracy in the turns combined with bullet-fast acceleration have made the X-Bow a choice car for the Race of Champions but, for any mere mortal driver, it has more ability than most will ever tap. This means it is a perfect car for pushing your driving limits. Powered by a 2.0 liter Audi four-cylinder and available solely as a six-speed manual, the X-Bow requires nothing more than a driver to begin hunting for incredible track times.

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1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302

The 1960 Boss 302 is a legend of Trans-Am racing, built by Ford to compete against the scourge of GM victories. It was driven by the likes of Parnelli Jones and temporarily turned the tables in Ford’s favor in the 1970 season. This free-breathing old school V8 was capable of much more than controlled terror in a corner; in fact, it was downright sporting. Car & Driver Magazine called it “the best handling Ford to ever come out of Dearborn.” It may have been rated at 290 horsepower, but everyone knew upon driving it there were much closer to 400 ponies under the hood. With less than 2,000 built in 1969, the Boss 302 is the perfect competitor in any race of American steel.

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Below are the remaining titans of the automotive industry that are ready to throw down on the tracks of Forza Motorsport 5. Together with the previous weeks reveals this makes for 200 cars included on disk with a regular cadence of car packs slated for the future.

2013 Toyota GT86

2013 Dallara #9 Target Ganassi Dallara DW12

2012 Dallara #28 Andretti Autosport DW12

2009 BMW #92 Rahal Letterman Racing M3 GT2

2011 Holden #1 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore VE

1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

2006 Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9

2011 Ford #5 Ford Performance Racing FG Falcon

2000 Nissan Silvia Spec-R

1971 Plymouth Cuda 426 Hemi

1998 Toyota Supra RZ

2012 BMW M5

1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

1982 Lancia 037 Stradale

2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari

2011 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione F458 Italia

1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS-454

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

1992 Honda NSX-R

1993 Ford SVT Cobra R

2013 Subaru BRZ

2011 Citroen DS3 Racing

1986 Lancia Delta S4

2012 Lotus Exige S

2013 Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG

1981 BMW M1

1994 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta

1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe

was hoping for ~300 cars when it was clear that they will remodel every car, now it is "only" 200 but there was possibly not much more possible even with the huge team turn 10 has and as long as they won't just throw forza 4 or horizon models in the game.

Yeah kinda disappointed at the total number of cars also was hoping for at least 250+. Will probably try to get the limited edition since it comes with 10 more cars hoping its still available at the regular price by the time I get a X1. Also disappointed that the are no Saab's, Fiat's, Opel's or Volvo's and only one Maserati and Saalen. The DeLorian DMC-12 should have been in the game also since it was a super premium car in FM4 with autovista mode included.

dang, only 200 cars, that even less than Forza 4. and it seems to have a lot less features than previous fora games.
this definitely seems rush for launch. oh well.

"even less than forza 4" forza is the franchise with the second most realistic cars in a racing game and forza 4 had more than 500 at release. they simply decided against using models of previous versions for forza 5. they could do it like polyphony did with gt5 but just to have as many cars as possible even if you have premium and standard cars is simply not their philosophy. both companies simply löok different at it.

their philosophy is that all cars have to be the same quality. and if 300+ employees needed that long for 200 cars, what would be the alternative? releasing the game end of 2013 with 300 cars or in 2015 just to have 600 or more cars all with the same quality? i don't think that this is what forza fans want. i would also like to have many more cars in the same quality but not more if they would have a lower quality or if i would have to wait some more years just to get a huge amount of cars.

Well the 200 cars they revealed are the ones that are on the disc they have said previously that there would be free day one DLC (cars and tracks) so hopefully we will get at least a few more free cars via that day one patch.

I was kinda hoping that they would have a whole lot more cars in the last update to bring the total up to around 300ish, but oh well. I'm pretty happy with the cars they have, and hopefully the day one update will add some more. Usually I don't go for car packs, but it looks like I'll probably shell out for them here. I'll definitely want that La Ferrari pack cus....you know.....that thing is supersex

well i wasnt going to bring gran turismo into this, but even with their 1200 car roster being made up of "premium" and "standard" they still have about 350-400 premium cars.

Forza's car models are already good. i just would have hoped for more than 200 cars. but more than just cars forza 5 seems to be lacking in other content compared to its previous iterations, and especially when comparred to its main competition. like i said, its been rushed for launch, which is understandable, but still dissapointing nonetheless.

I don't think many feautres that where in FM4 will be missing in FM5 it will have more then enough content via the Forza rewards page I already know that it will have one of my favorite features from FM4 badges and titles and since one of the rewards that is tied to it is to play it for 1000 days I'm sure it will have more then enough races and other feautres.  So by the time I'm finished with it I'm sure I will played it and FM4 a lot more then GT5.  Also once GT5 goes completly offline it will have less feautres then GT4 kinda like it did when it launched and didn't have any seasonal online events.