The team behind Forza Horizon 2 have been keeping their game fresh with big updates of tracks and cars every month. This month’s offering carries the name Rockstar Energy Car Pack, and it brings a few wild rally machines to play. The headlining car of this new pack is Tanner Foust’s Volkswagen Global Rallycross Beetle race car.
The pack is available today for the low, low price of FREE if you own the Season Pass. It will cost you $5 if you don’t. Along with the VW rally car, the pack comes with the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI, 2015 Jaguar XFR-S, 1996 BMW 850CSi, and the 2001 Acura Integra Type-R. As an extra bonus, Turn 10 and Playground Studios have also included a classic Beetle Rally car with the 1970 Volkswagen #1107 Desert Dingo Racing Stock Bug that raced in the Baja 1000.
If you own a copy of Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox One, get that thing fired up and start your download. With the recent rally focused expansion of Storm Island, you should be able to find plenty of use for these new cars.
Keep reading for the full press release info on each of the new cars, as well as a promo video for the new content.
2014 Volkswagen Beetle GRC
Volkswagen says it’s way hotter than “Herbie,” and we would be hard-pressed to argue. Tanner Foust’s Red Bull Global Rallycross Beetle has been built from the ground up as a thoroughbred racecar. Foust, who was sponsored by Xbox and Forza during the 2014 GRC season, debuted the Beetle GRC at the Los Angeles leg of the 2014 Global Rallycross season and drove it the rest of the year to develop it to compete in 2015. With 540 turbocharged horsepower coming from the 1.6-liter motor and all-wheel-drive to get things moving, this is a Beetle like no other. In a straight line, this Beetle will see 0-60 in just over two seconds. In the corners, it drifts and cuts a turn with precision on any surface. It’s a Forza first, and Forza Horizon 2 is the perfect environment to give it a good thrashing.
2015 Subaru WRX STI
The WRX is a car for all occasions. You can drive it daily, you can take it road racing and it launches like a rocketship at the dragstrip. And rallying? It’s what it the WRX was designed for. Out of the box, the STi is fast and has intuitive, incredible handling. It also takes to modification wonderfully and can quickly become a go-to car for just about any event. The heart of the 2015 WRX STi is still the faithful EJ motor. The sound it makes, the way it the turbo spools up and sets you back in your seat, and the steady stream of power are proof enough there is no reason to fix what isn’t broken. Sure, the WRX STi is all boy-racer, but if you are going to talk the talk, it’s cool to walk the walk.
1996 BMW 850CSi
The closest thing to an M8 BMW ever developed will not only drop your jaw at almost any speed, it will do so with the style and refinement that only a BMW provides. In its day, this was BMW’s ultimate driving machine. It came with a 5.6-liter V12, included sleek reshaped bumpers and an improved suspension with newly-developed technological electronic enhancements such as stability control. The car’s V12 doled out more than 400 foot-pounds of torque and 372 hp. While some may argue the car was too luxurious and carried to much weight as a result, the pillarless hardtop design is stunning. And, really, is there really any such thing as “too luxurious?” We think not.
2015 Jaguar XFR-S
The notion of the four-door sports sedan just got a shot in the arm in the form of the Jaguar XFR-S. No matter what company you keep, this feline is dressed to impress and courtesy of a 550-horsepower V8, ready to pounce on command. Those are supercharged horses under the hood, so there is the added benefit of the lovely whine of the machinery. If you don’t feel like smoking the tires all day, which this Jag can surely do, there is an active differential system that modulates power to the wheels to maximize grip. Jaguar is the originator of the super saloon, and in the modern era of supercar luxury models, they continue to show the automotive world who the top dog… or cat… is.
1970 Volkswagen #1107 Desert Dingo Racing Stock Bug
Desert Dingo Racing is one of the few teams crazy enough to try and take on the legendary Baja 1000 off-road race in a class eleven Volkswagen Beetle. Class eleven means stock so, plainly put, the Dingos race a stock air-cooled VW bug in the longest continuous off-road race in the world. No, it’s not easy; in fact, it is near impossible, despite the VW Bug’s legendary durability, adaptability, and gumption. We are talking about silt beds that will swallow a Beetle whole, rocks that are bigger than the wheels, and hidden jumps placed on the course by locals who watch in excitement as unwary racers catch huge air. The terrain of the Baja 1000 is well suited to 1,000 horsepower trophy trucks with two-feet of suspension travel. For a stock Beetle, that is already more than 40 years old, it’s sheer torture on both man and machine. The Dingo’s have yet to win the race, in fact they have yet to finish, but the #1107 is ready to show you what it’s got and win your heart.
This month’s free car for Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox One is a JDM gem that is anxiously awaiting to be tuned and cruised.
2001 Acura Integra Type-R
The Type-R name has become legendary for a good reason: there have been few front-wheel drive cars so rewarding to drive as the Acura Integra Type-R. Then there’s the sound of the highly-developed 1.8-liter four — when the VTEC kicks in on the motor’s way up to a stratospheric 8,600 RPM redline, it’s clear this coupe means business. A whole generation of car enthusiasts grew up with the Integra Type-R being their ideal sports coupe — a blank slate for modification already pretty hot right out of the box. Hot, but subtle — you might miss the taller rear wing and model-specific lightweight wheels if you’re not looking for them. Of course, there’s nothing subtle about its performance, and there are few brand-new front-drivers that can keep up when the going gets twisty.
The Rockstar Energy Car Pack for Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox One is now available for $5.
