Today, Turn 10 Studios announced “Forza Motorsport 5” is the fastest selling Forza Motorsport game ever. “Forza Motorsport 5” has been embraced by Xbox One fans worldwide, with more than one-third of console owners purchasing the game since its 22 November launch.
Since launch, the Forza Motorsport community has been busy and their lifelike Drivatars have worked tirelessly to populate friend’s races and challenges. In total, Drivatars have competed in more than one billion races since launch, showcasing that Forza Motorsport and Xbox are home to the most passionate fans of racing video games. In tandem, players have amassed 653 million road miles; which is equivalent to circling the Earth 49,223 times. Players have also participated in more than 94 million races, putting in a combined eight million hours of total gameplay.
The livery editor tools have been embraced by the Forza Motorsport community, from both content creators to fans that simply want to customise the cars in their garage. Community members have created hundreds of thousands of liveried cars, comprised of more than 66 million individual design layers.
Turn 10 Studios also announced Road America, one of the world’s premier tracks will arrive as the first track add-on update for “Forza Motorsport 5”. Available for free, Forza Motorsport fans can take a spin on the legendary high-speed straights and challenging turns on one of the oldest and most distinguished of all the tracks in North America, brought to life in spectacular detail and functionality on Xbox One.
Road America is being offered as a fully-integrated addition into the “Forza Motorsport 5” experience and will be automatically added into the Career events for the racing career. Players will be able to take part in races on the circuit in both the main Career events as well as Career bonus events which are available after a Mini-Career series is complete.
In addition, for the first time in Forza Motorsport, Road America will also feature four alternate ribbons that will test the limits of each player’s skill. Players will also now find new Road America-themed events in Rivals Mode and in the multiplayer lobbies.
Also releasing today is the Road America Booster Pack, featuring five cars to collect, drive and customise in “Forza Motorsport 5.” This five-car pack is a free bonus to “Forza Motorsport 5” Car Pass owners, and is in addition to the six monthly DLC packs that Car Pass owners will receive through May 2014. The five cars include the 2006 #2 Audi Sport North America R8, 1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, 1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4, 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1, and the 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series.
