Xbox One Racing Team to race in the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and immortalises the Bathurst track in its latest racing game release\u201cForza Motorsport 5\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
SYDNEY, Australia. \u2013 September 5, 2013 \u2013 Xbox Australia with Triple Eight Race Engineering today announced that they are launching the Xbox One Racing Team<\/i> in the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. <\/strong>To celebrate, Xbox Australia and Turn 10 Studios, the makers of the Forza Motorsport series, have also announced the Bathurst track, Mount Panorama, will be included in the highly-anticipated racing game, \u201cForza Motorsport 5\u201d set to launch exclusively with the new Xbox One console on November 22, 2013.<\/p>\n With international champion race car drivers, Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m behind the wheel, the Xbox One Racing Team<\/i> will be boosted by the support of long time Xbox ambassador and Team mentor, Mark Skaife and Triple Eight Race Engineering Team Owner, Roland Dane.<\/p>\n Alan Bowman, Regional Vice President, Microsoft, Greater Asia Region said, \u201cXbox has had a strong association with the sport of V8 Supercars over the last decade and for years Australians have been asking us to include the Bathurst track into the Forza Motorsport games. We have taken notice and to celebrate the inclusion of the Bathurst track and two V8 supercars in \u2018Forza Motorsport 5\u2019, we will launch a truly international and competitive racing team.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is unprecedented in Australia. After months of working in secret to create a piece of racing and gaming history, we are excited to finally reveal that the wildcard entrant and 29th<\/sup> car making its mark at Mount Panorama this year will be the stunning Xbox One Car,\u201d concluded Alan.<\/p>\n The Xbox One Racing car is the latest Holden VF Commodore and comes equipped with a 5.0 litre naturally aspirated V8 Holden which has an estimated output of 640bhp and a top speed of almost 300kph.<\/p>\n Six-Time Bathurst Champion, Mark Skaife said, \u201cThis is a milestone not only in racing, but gaming history and I\u2019m proud to continue working with Xbox as we turn Aussie gamers\u2019 dreams into a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bathurst 1000 is watched in 137 countries around the world and now, with the inclusion of the famous Bathurst track at Mount Panorama in Forza Motorsport 5, Australia\u2019s place in the global racing circuit will be cemented in one of the highest rated racing game franchise in history,\u201d said Mark.<\/p>\n Triple Eight Race Engineering Team Owner, Roland Dane said, \u201cThere is no surprise that we love a challenge. When we heard this unique proposition from Xbox to turn everyone\u2019s most-loved racing game into a reality on-track, we knew it was too good an opportunity to pass on.<\/p>\n \u201cAndy and Mattias are two of the best Touring Car racing drivers in the world today and I can promise Bathurst and V8 fans that this will be one team to watch come race day in October,\u201d concluded Roland.<\/p>\n Developed by Turn 10 Studios, \u201cForza Motorsport 5\u201d is a cinematic automotive journey designed exclusively for the Xbox One. Innovation is at the heart of \u201cForza Motorsport 5\u201d with ground-breaking features that are only possible on Xbox One, including a worldwide network of always-evolving \u201cDrivatar\u201d opponents powered by the cloud and a new graphics engine that delivers stunningly realistic visuals.\u00a0 Built from the ground up to take advantage of Xbox One and starring the world\u2019s greatest cars and tracks, no game better delivers the wide-eyed thrill of racing.<\/p>\n Dan Greenawalt, Creative Director at Turn 10 Studios said, \u201cFew circuits have been requested more by the worldwide Forza fanbase than Bathurst, and for good reason. It holds a special place in motorsports history as one of the most demanding and challenging circuits in the world. In addition, the timing couldn\u2019t be better to finally bring Bathurst to the Forza series; with \u2018Forza Motorsport 5\u2019, we\u2019re able to bring the circuit to life in a way that nobody else can.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough the use of cutting-edge technology like laser-scanning and our new materials-based graphics engine, we can now precisely reproduce the characteristics of every corner, straight and detail to sub-centimeter accuracy; from the narrow twists and turns of the Esses, to the thrilling rollercoaster sprint down the Conrod Straight. This is the Bathurst that racing fans have been asking for years and we\u2019re proud to bring it to them in \u2018Forza Motorsport 5.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n For more information and assets about the Xbox One Racing Team<\/i>, the Xbox One or Forza 5 Motorsport, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xbox One Racing Team to race in the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and immortalises the Bathurst track in its latest racing game release\u201cForza Motorsport 5\u201d\u00a0 SYDNEY, Australia. \u2013 September 5, 2013 \u2013 Xbox Australia with Triple Eight Race Engineering today announced that they are launching the Xbox One Racing Team in the 2013 Supercheap<\/p>\n