Forza Motorsport 5 Gets Its First Track Add-on with Road America

Xbox One gamers who really like the racing game Forza Motorsport 5 have something to be excited about this week. The game has received its very first track add-on. That means that the game has a brand new race track for you to play on.

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The new track is a good one too. Located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Road America is a is one of the best race tracks in the U.S., with lots of great elevation changes, challenging blind spots, and some good long straightaways.

The track is integrated into the Career mode of the game. Players can also play the new track in rivals mode and multiplayer events. The track promises spectacular details from the real track with long straights for high speeds and challenging corners. The track is available at no cost to download right now.

Forza Motorsport 5 Paddock Edition Will Have Limited 3,000 Copy Run

Forza Motorsport 5 Paddock Edition Will Have Limited 3,000 Copy RunHave you ever attended any of the Formula 1 races that are held in different cities across the world each year? The excitement of it all, and the insane noise from the engines as they blare, are all part of the experience. Of course, the sport has become somewhat boring these days, just like it was in the Schumacher era when Michael kept on winning, as Sebastian Vettel cranks out victory after victory. Surely you would also love driving games, and we have word that you might have to be quick out of the docks when it comes to the Forza Motorsport 5 Paddock Edition as there will only be 3,000 copies released.

This seems to be a special limited edition from Microsoft, especially when you consider that it is only available to ship to Canada and the US. Just what will the Forza Motorsport 5 Paddock Edition feature? For starters, it will arrive with a hoodie, stainless steel water bottle, set of four stem caps, a keychain, a pair of branded Spy Optics sunglasses – all of that in addition to the game of course, a special packaging that ought to make you drool over, and a bunch of additional DLC. The Forza Motorsport 5 Paddock Edition can be pre-ordered for $120 a pop.

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    Xbox One cloud servers offer equivalent to 600 percent AI processing boost, claims Forza 5 team

    Xbox One cloud servers offer equivalent to 600 percent AI processing boost, claims Forza 5 team

    Microsoft already talked up how the cloud component of its Xbox One console will work, but now we’re hearing of the benefits from the dev’s side. The verdict is certainly positive so far, with Dan Greenawalt, creative director for Forza 5, extolling its virtues, citing it as a “tremendous opportunity” in a recent interview with OXM. His team has been using it to take care of a lot of the AI elements in the game — such as its Drivatar system — which he claims would usually take up about 10 – 20 percent of the console’s processing power. By letting the cloud deal with it, however, it can spill out into much greater complexity, with Greenawalt claiming a boost equivalent to “600 percent” of the actual Xbox’s brains. This, in turn, freeing up the 10 – 20 percent it would have used for something else. Bold statement, of course, but with the early signals looking good, this is one feature we’re glad still made the cut.

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    Microsoft Xbox One gaming roundup (hands-on)

    It’s a black set-top box. It’s a media streamer. It’s dependent on an internet connection. It’s a living room hub. It wants to be your everything. But really, the Xbox One (or any new, next-gen console for that matter) is nothing without launch games. To get a real sense of that lean-in experience on the Xbox One, we spent some time in Microsoft’s (very green) E3 booth playing the various available demos. So join us then, as we deliver some brief impressions of what to expect when you boot up that Day One edition console later this year.

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    Forza Motorsport 5 coming to Xbox One at launch (update: video)

    Forza Motorsport 5 coming to Xbox One at launch (update: video)

    Phil Spencer just hopped on stage at Microsoft’s Xbox Reveal event and has just unveiled Forza Motorsport 5 for the Xbox One. While there’s no firm launch date for the console just yet, the next-gen racing title will arrive on launch day when Redmond’s next gaming box arrives later this year. Microsoft hasn’t published the eye candy-filled trailer it just played up on stage, but you can be sure we’ll update here when it does.

    Update: Our fine friends over at Joystiq have gotten ahold of the trailer, which we’ve slotted in past the break.

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