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2009 Lotus 2-Eleven

I finally downloaded the new AutoWeek Car Show Pack and it is outstanding. These additional packs that keep coming out are a great addition to the XBOX platform and Forza Motorsport 3 game. For us, the 2009 Audi R8 LMS (show car), 2009 Audi RS 6 and the 2010 Porsche Boxster S are the highlights for us. I already have 2 Audi R8 LMS built, but this one is factory spec! The 2009 Lotus 2-Eleven was a blast to show up with at the line while racing online. Big thanks to AutoWeek and Turn10 Studio!

How would you like to be able to drive the Aston Martin One-77 before virtually anyone else in the world? And then jump from that car into a Porsche Boxster S or a Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport?

You can do that, starting Jan. 12. That’s when the special-edition AutoWeek Car Show Pack becomes available for Forza Motorsport 3 on the Xbox 360. The car pack will cost you only 400 Microsoft points on Xbox Live about $5 for 10 of the hottest cars on the planet.

Here’s the full lineup of the car pack, courtesy of our friends at Turn 10:

• 2010 Aston Martin One-77
• 2009 Audi R8 LMS
• 2009 Audi RS 6
• 2010 BMW Motorsport M6 Coupe
• 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
• 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500
• 2010 Saleen S5S Raptor
• 2009 Lotus 2-Eleven
• 2010 Pagani Zonda R
• 2010 Porsche Boxster S

Editors Dutch Mandel, Roger Hart, Natalie Neff and Dale Jewett sat down in our Detroit office to discuss the virtual metal in our car pack–most which we have driven. There were plenty of opinions, which you can hear in podcasts.

The highest praise went to the Shelby Mustang GT500. The 500-plus-hp beast drew remarks ranging from “the complete package” to “the best-handling Mustang ever.”

As for the foreign marques, we can’t wait to jump in to the Audi R8 Le Mans car. And the Pagani Zonda R, every 15-year-old’s dream, has the potential to be the fastest car in the game.

Take a listen to the podcasts–there are so many cars, we broke it up into two segments–and find out what we think about the rest of the cars in the new pack.

Gamers, start your engines.

- AutoWeek

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