Turn 10 Studios releases Free DLC for Forza 5

Turn 10 studios announced that Forza 5 is the fastest selling Forza game EVER, thanks to all of the fans and community members of Forza Motorsport. The game has been embraced by Xbox One fans worldwide, with more than one-third of console owners purchasing the game since its release on 22 November 2013.

Since launch, the Forza Motorsport community has been busy and their lifelike ‘Drivatars’, have worked hard to participate in friend’s races and challenges. In total, ‘Drivatars’ have completed 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.

Players have amassed 653 million road miles, which is the equivalent to circling the Earth 49,223 times. Now, that is some achievement!

Players have also participated in more than 94 million races, putting in a combined 8 million hours of total gameplay. In addition, the livery editor tools have been adopted better than anticipated 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, comprising of more than 66 million individual design layers. You guys were busy!

So, to celebrate this amazing achievement, Turn 10 studios have decided to reward all their fans by announcing Road America, as the first add-on update for Forza Motorsport 5. If you have never heard of Road America it is one of the world’s premier tracks. It is FREE and it will allow the players to take a spin on the legendary high-speed straights and challenging turns on one of the oldest and most distinguished tracks in North America.

The track is being offered as a fully-integrated addition to the Forza 5 experience and will automatically be added into the Career events for the racing career. Players will be able to take part in races in both the main Career events as well as Career bonus events, which are available ater a Mini-Career series is complete.

To even better the celebrations, Road America will introduce 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.

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Also, releasing today is the Road America Booster Pack. This will feature 5 cars to collect, drive and customise in Forza 5. This car pack is a FREE bonus to Forza Motorsport 5 Car Pass owners and is in addition to the 6 monthly DLC packs that Car Pass owners will receive through May 2014.

The five cars on offer include: