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Forza Lamborghini Centenario Turn 10 Studios and Lamborghini have announced at the Geneva International Motor Show that the next Forza cover car will be the Lamborghini Centenario. The super-special and limited edition car created to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of the iconic marque and is already sold out in the limited-run of 20 of each Coupe and Roadster versions made available. As it is likely none of us reading this are one of those lucky buggers who have been able to grab one, then the next best thing is getting to see it on the road and failing that at least our games will allow us to somewhat experience the driving pleasure that this car provides. Thankfully it appears it's not an exclusive, as the words "First in Forza" are used, signifying the car will be seen in other games later on. Yay! More info about this 'next Forza' will come at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, however if we take a look at the typical Forza release schedule - and with Forza Motorsport 6 having released last year - the smart money would put it at being Forza Horizon 3. This being the case is strengthened even more if we look at how the cover for Forza Horizon 2 featured the Lamborghini Huracán. Unless we're going to get a third spin-off for the series in the way of a community-desired Forza Rally, but then having a hypercar fronting a rally-sim might just be a bit on the weird side. We’re excited to continue our long history of working with Lamborghini and to be part of their 100-year anniversary by celebrating the Centenario as the featured cover car of the next Forza game,” said Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. “It’s an honor to announce our partnership at one of the world’s biggest automotive shows, and we look forward to unveiling the game at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo.” “Working with Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios allows us to broadly share the limited-production Centenario with an unprecedented global audience and let them experience the emotion of driving the most powerful Lamborghini ever produced,” said Maurizio Reggiani, board member for research and development of Automobili Lamborghini. Source: ForzaMotorsport.net

New Hot Rod'ness Information has dropped about the latest Need for Speed update called 'Hot Rods', due March 3rd, which will introduce Hot Rods and Drag Racing, together with some of the most wanted player base requests. Hot Rods are one of the premier examples of car culture, taking an older-bodied car and cramming as much engine into it and then taking it to the drag strip (keep it legal folks!) and seeing how quickly you can run the distance produces some incredible examples of automotive madness. And NFS is giving you two, for FREE! A familiar name in this scene is Ford, and so it makes sense that one of these is a Ford 1932 Hot Rod with the other being a mean mother called the Aaron Beck ‘BeckKustoms F132′ - a Mad Max Steampunk-future looking derivative. The let's call it, 'standard' Hot Rod, has four unique Bodykits, enabling you to transform yours into a great new look: Soft Top, Coupe, Sedan and Pickup. Each of these then have a full set of customisation, including Hood, Lights, Grille, Exhausts, Bumpers and more. This is no everyone looking the same type deal, this is keeping in with the being able to make your car custom to your own (horrible) tastes that this NFS delivers so well. Of course with these new straight-line devils you ideally want to seek out some strip clubs... the Drag Racing variety and you'll be glad to know these are added as new events with the inspiration being taken from previous NFS games: Inspired by the Drag Events of previous NFS titles, these new events are the perfect place for you to get your speed fix. Unleash a burnout on the starting line to prime your wheels, align in the start box and time your revs perfectly. Think wisely about the use of nitrous, as it may just influence the outcome of the event. There will be five new Drag events for you to take part in; Neck to Neck, The Perfect Shifts, Drag the Town, Pedal to the Metal and Speed Tunnel. The developers, Ghost Games, have shown themselves to be really open to the suggestions and feedback from their community, and so along with the new specialised vehicles comes manual transmission (finally!), a new Warehouse - giving extra space to store another five cars (yay!), improvements to the Wrap Editor - including a new coordinate display menu to make the positioning of your items much easier, improved text writing with Text Decals 2.0 and selectable fonts, where you can now simply select what you want and then type your text into the prompt that appears, along with some animation and notification updates to make the identifying of what is currently being worked on more reliable. And it wouldn't be right to drop the new vehicles and events without showering players with some achievements and trophies, so there are 3 of these coming too. Full Patch Notes With this Living Game update there will be two new vehicles, a new game mode and Manual Transmission. We are bringing Hot Rods to Need for Speed! Firstly the Ford 1932 Hot Rod, secondly the Aaron Beck BeckKustoms F132. Along with the Hot Rods players will now be able to play a Drag Race and use Manual transmission On top of these big features the update also includes: A Virtual Warehouse where you can keep an additional 5 cars in your garage Improved Snapshot overview screen in the Need for Speed Network menu so you can find out more about your snapshots Improvements Snapshot Pro mode Improvements to the wrap editor 3 new Trophies and Achievements More campaigns for Rep / Cash and Discounts A variety of tweaks and improvements including game play, World and audio Multiple stability fixes Need for Speed (2015) is out now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and comes to PC March 17th. Source: Need for Speed Blog

Assetto Corsa Console Delay The wait for the console version of Assetto Corsa gets that bit longer as publisher 505 Games have announced that the title will now be out in June. Originally pencilled in for an April release, the new dates are now June 3rd for Europe and June 7th for North America. The publisher says the game has been delayed to give developers Kunos Simulazioni the extra time to get the Pledge (other polishes are available) out and "ensure the console release delivers the most polished experience for simulation racing fans". Not many will deny them that extra time if it means being able to fulfil the promise of the 60fps simulation-racer that they are craving, particularly when you consider they will be going up against PlayStation and Xbox stalwarts Forza and Gran Turismo, plus the new'ish kids looking to make a dent in the racing scene, Project CARS. Source: VideoGamer.com [yop_poll id=6]