Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack Announced

Microsoft has revealed new details about Forza Horizon downloadable content, including the Rally Expansion Pack. The Rally expansion will offer “an outstanding off-road racing experience with deeper ruts, higher jumps, and new surface types to explore” along with rally-tuned cars and co-driver calls. The pack is set to arrive on December 18th for 1,600 Microsoft Points, or for free to players who purchase a Season Pass.

Microsoft also detailed the content that will be included in the Forza Horizon Season Pass. As Microsoft previously announced, the Season Pass will be available for 4,000 Microsoft Points and will offer access to six monthly packs each including six cars, and Microsoft has now detailed the first pack, set to arrive on October 23rd.

The Month One Car Pack will include:

• 2012 Ferrari 599XX Evoluzione
• 2012 Lamborghini Aventador J
• 2012 Gumpert Apollo Enraged
• 2012 Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
• 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302
• 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

The Month One Car Pack will be free to Season Pass holders or 400 Microsoft Points to everyone else. Microsoft promises that all future packs will include six cars each and will arrive between November 2012 and April 2013, also free to Season Pass holders or 400 Microsoft Points individually.

Season Pass holders will also receive a free bonus car on the third Tuesday of every month from November 2012 through March 2013, starting with November’s bonus car, the 2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept. According to Microsoft, “fans will be able to use their DLC cars in a variety of monthly DLC-focused community events, contests, and challenges, including photo contests, Rivals events, and more.”

Forza Horizon hits stores on October 23rd exclusively for Xbox 360. Curious whether or not you should pick it up? Read our Forza Horizon review.

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Is Forza 5 Already in the Works?

A new job listing suggests that production could be gearing up for Forza 5. A listing for a software development engineer on Microsoft’s site contains the text “We are Turn 10 Studios and we need you for the next version of Forza Motorsport.”

The listing is specifically looking for “a strong senior software engineer to own the testing of our multiplayer networking system” and was posted in late July. The listing also mentions a “scalable multiplayer system” -- could this mean the game would communicate between current-generation and next-gen consoles?

For now, no details on the next Forza have been revealed, but we do know that Forza Horizon is coming on October 23rd with an expansion to follow in December.

We’ve reached out to Microsoft about the listing and will update with any info we receive. Until then, read our hands-on impressions of Forza Horizon for more on what you can expect.

Thanks to VG247 for the heads up.

Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following him on Twitter or IGN.

Source : ign[dot]com