Forza 3 'community choice classics' DLC adds 10 cars, hits Dec. 14

by Randy Nelson on Dec 10th 2010 3:29PM

With all the hype surrounding the likes of Gran Turismo 5 and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Forza Motorsport 3 dev Turn 10 Studios would like owners of its Xbox 360-exclusive racing sim to know that they're not forgotten. To that end, it's releasing the Community Choice Classics pack on December 14 for 400 Microsoft Points ($5), featuring 10 new cars voted into the game by fans.

For us, the highlight of the pack is the 1982 DeLorean DMC-12. (We probably shouldn't tell Turn 10 it could've just sold the car by itself for $5 and called it a day.) You'll find the full list of cars after the ~~brake~~ break, and remember: just like election day, you can't complain about the winners if you didn't vote. Well, you can, but you'll sound like a big jerk.

1957 Ferrari 250 California
1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 454
1971 AMC Javelin-AMX
1971 De Tomaso Pantera
1973 BMW Motorsport 2002 Turbo
1978 Saab 99 Turbo
1982 DeLorean DMC-12
1983 Volvo 242 Turbo Evolution
1987 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

Source: Microsoft

Tags: classic-cars-community-pack, DeLorean, dlc, forza, Forza-3, Forza-Motorsport-3, microsoft, Microsoft-Game-Studios, racing, release-date, turn-10, xbox

Reader Comments (54)

*insert required 88 MPH joke here*

@Gibbeynator

Does it come with a trunk full of coke?

@arkweld That'd be some serious shit!

@My Prerogative

Now if it was diet coke then it be even more seriouser shit!

@Marco le Polo

How about a Pepsi Free?

@SuperDave Pepsi is free now?

@KrazyCalvin

Unfortunately, no - if you want a Pepsi, you're going to have to pay for it.

Hmmm...that car looks like it has a unique power source. Is it nuclear?

I just unlocked a DeLorean on GT5 a few days ago....still havent driven it.....

glad to see F3 is still getting love tho....

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

The Delorean in GT5 is from GT4, so no cockpit unfortunately.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
drive it, give it some engine upgrades, paint it pink and thank me. love that car.

You could really mcFly around the track with that car.

YYEEEAAAHHH?

I still think Doc should have just built the Iranians their bomb. THEY HAD A DEAL!

@bre30127 They were Libyan terrorists, not Iranian.

You want to know some bullshit?

Now when they air the movies on TV, and the special edition DVD, they censored out the word "terrorists". When it gets to that part, Marty says "please" twice instead of terrorists, and when it shows his letter, they have removed the word.

@Drakkenfyre
Thats some bullshit.

Instead of inserting jokes I posted quotes from the first movie.

"Great Scott!"

"This is heavy."

"Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain."

"I've never seen purple underwear before!"

Do you have to use your hands to play this game? That's like a babies toy.

I think the real gem here is the el camino.

@bxgt

Quite cool for sure, but the Delorean is still one of my favorite cars of all time. Not a speed demon, but I love the industrial "futuristic" styling of the 80s and the Delorean captures that perfectly. It's just missing one of those mid-80s talking digtial dashboards. :P

@Chibi Chaingun Yes the delorean is a sexy beast but its been in a few games already. I have yet to take the el camino for a test drive.

@Chibi Chaingun
Have you seen a DeLorean in the wild? They look even better than what you see in the movies. The low profile, wedge shape, and matte stainless steel finish gives it an all-business look thats so utilitarian. Awesome car.

What did I tell you?! 88 miles per hour!!

With that Delorean, you're gonna need roads...

seems to me that including the delorean would break the game- besides the obvious advantage of time travel, it doesn't even need roads...

Also, don't think about going 88mph in a Delorean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjd2NTJU9g

@danomak

Bad crash test results from an early 80s car!? No way!

@Chibi Chaingun Way to kill the lulz.

@Chibi Chaingun has nothing to do with crash testing from the 80's it's just the way the car was built. Plain and simple. Fiber glass frame= bad.

@mmmfishtacos

They didn't have a fiberglass frame, they had a fiberglass underbody.

Anyways, my point was that most cars did terrible in crash tests in the 80s. Especially sports cars.

@Chibi Chaingun The frame would be the under body your talking about, yes, frame, Uni-body, under body,what ever they happen to call the part. Is made of fiberglass. Wouldn't use Wikipedia next time :)

@mmmfishtacos

Maybe you SHOULD use it since you used the term frame and chassis interchangeably down below in another comment and the chassis is not fiberglass. It's steel. :)

If the wheels started emitting flames when you go above 88 MPH I'd buy this game and the DLC in a heartbeat.

And I don't even own a 360.

@Hank Hill Didn't they have problems with the 360 wheel doing just that? You could have your wish. lol.

The DeLorean was the worst built car in the history of automobiles. Heavy stainless steal on the outside and a weak fiber glass chassis. Mr.DeLorean was so high on coke he thought it would be a good idea, only to get busted with a large amount shortly after production started. If either on of the games did this car right, on side hit would split the car in two.

@mmmfishtacos Even Doc Brown knew it:

[Flying above Biff in 1955]
Marty McFly: There he is, Doc! Let's land on him, we'll cripple his car.
Doc: Marty, he's in a '46 Ford; we're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tin foil.

@mmmfishtacos

Dude, the Delorean didn't have a fiberglass chassis. It used almost an identical chassis as the Lotus Esprit. It had a fiberglass underbody.

@Chibi Chaingun Dude, your barking up the wrong tree here. I've been in auto body for over a decade now. Just let it go. learn more about car's then come back and have a conversation with me. The fiber glass chassis/under body was used as weight savings for the heavy stainless steal body panels.

@mmmfishtacos

Chassis was steel. You said fiberglass.

Here's a quote from you: "weak fiber glass chassis"

@Chibi Chaingun No, The thing about car's is much of the time things like chassis frame under body means all the same thing and are interchangeable. Doesn't matter how i say it, it's the same. Sorry to confuse you. In the case of the delorean, The "frame" is in fact made of metal, and glued directly to the metal is where the "underbody" is bolted/glued then the stainless steal is glued to that. See you underbody is the chassie/frame. There so little metal used the may as well not included it at all, it dosn't help the car become any safer. At the end of the day, the car's supporting base. is made of fiber glass. Does that make you feel better?

@mmmfishtacos

I didn't feel bad in the first place. I was just correcting you that the "chassis" is steel, not fiberglass. I'm not talking about the stainless steel panels either or the fiberglass body, I'm talking about the chassis, which you mentioned in your post was fiberglass.

Seems you have no knowledge of history.

The DeLorean Motor Company was in financial trouble, one of John DeLorean's friends asked him to take part in some deal. He had no idea the deal involved drugs. He had no idea the deal was a sting operation. After he invested into the "deal" his friend mentioned, he was busted.

He was later found innocent on all charges. He was NOT busted with a bunch of coke.

@Drakkenfyre If i had no knowledge of the history then I wouldn't have know the biases of it. He did know about the coke and he agreed to it and put the money up to buy it. He knew what he was doing, but got off because they agreed that if it wasn't a set up from the start. He would have dealt the coke if it wasn't a set up and would have been busted in the end any way. It was also well know that he used. sorry I didn't give a text book style explanation of the events that took place.

Ferris Bueller's Ferrari! Well, close. Nice list of geek-friendly cars.

So, this is actually the JALOPNIK Community Choice pack, I'm not sure why they dropped Jalopnik from the title. It's in the article, though.

All I give a hell about is the 99 Turbo, the 242 Turbo Evolution, and the El Camino...and I suppose the 2002, maybe.

Though I will be buying the DeLorean as hard as I possibly can.

I'd imagine most have moved on from Forza long ago.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

I actually decided to go get Forza 3 based on GT5's reviews. I ended up skipping Forza last year and just figured I'd get GT5 when it came out, but I think I'm going to let GT5 mature with some updates before I dig in. I waited a year for Forza 3, I can wait for GT5. Besides, I only have a racing wheel for the 360 right now. I gotta wait till everyone is selling their G27s for cheap sometime next year to play GT5 the right way. :)

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell
You must trade in every game you 'finish' don't you?

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

No. No, they haven't. It's really got a niche on Xbox 360, it's not like the million and one FPS games.

Turn10 have done a decent job keeping it supported. The Storefront was also a genius idea. If you get tired racing, there's the decals to design, tune ups to tweak.

I reached level 50 a while back but I'm far from 'finished' with it. Forza's not that type of game.

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