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Forza Pitpass Report: V8 Supercars
Australia’s V8 Supercars Debut in Forza Motorsport 3.
Turn 10 Staff, 9.2.2009
Mad Max was not the first Australian race enthusiast, although his Ford Falcon XB Interceptor would fit right in with the V8 Supercar crowd. Historically speaking, the Aussies have been putting pedal to metal in a touring car setting since 1960, and in 1997 the original Australian Touring Car Series became the V8 Supercars Australia Championship that’s exploding in popularity today. Over the past few years, the V8 Supercars series has expanded its audience via the airwaves worldwide as TV coverage has made the door-slamming race events wildly popular in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Now you can experience the wheel-to-wheel battle in Forza Motorsport 3.
Here’s a little background to shed light on why this race series has captured the hearts and minds of motorsport fanatics everywhere: The V8 Supercar Commodore and Falcon entities are arch-rivals; their on-track antics are akin an Outback version of the age-old Hatfields versus McCoys or Ford versus Chevy rivalries. In fact, if you get technical, it does break down to Ford versus Chevy as the Commodore is a Holden, which is a subsidiary of GM and the Falcon is a Ford product. In previous Australian touring car championships, Volvo, Mazda, BMW, Jaguar and Nissan have all won a total of 11 championships. But after Nissan won its last of three straight titles in 1992 with the Skyline GT-R, the governing body went strictly to V8 power. From that point on, Fords and Holdens have been banging heads and whipping up controversy ever since.
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Overall in the V8 Supercars series, Ford leads with 21 championships while Holden has racked up a respectable 15. The brand rivalry is intense and has been burning bright for five decades. Are you a Holden man? Red or blue, a reference to the Ford’s Blue Oval badge and Holden’s Red Lion badge, can start many-a-heated debate. Passions run high as the Ford versus Holden debate is a polarizing, cultural division point down under. It’s so intense books have been written about it.
To be sure, V8 Supercars are not NASCAR knockoffs by any stretch. Where NASCAR vehicles feature a custom tube frame chassis, V8 Supercars are built on production chassis and more truthfully resemble the cars Aussies can buy at the local dealership. Other differences include engine displacement; only 5.0 liters in V8 Supercar, while it’s 5.7 in NASCAR; V8 Supercar has a 7,500-rpm rev limit, whereas NASCAR can rev as high as the laws of physics and metallurgy will endure; and biggest of all V8 Supercars run modern electronic fuel injection while NASCAR is still fiddling with carburetor jets. The Red Lion camp has the Chevy Aurora V8 under their hood while the Blue Oval boys rely on a Windsor SVO plant to get them to Victory Lane.
To properly respect the passion and performance in the V8 Supercar series Forza Motorsport 3 is proudly offering eight 2009-spec V8 Supercar racers. In an effort to keep the warring factions at peace, at least with us, there are four racers from each brand to choose from.
Holden Red Lion Roster
- #2 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore VE
- #33 Garry Rogers Team Commodore VE
- #39 Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore VE
- #51 Sprint Gas Racing Commodore VE
Ford Blue Oval Roster
- #1 Team Vodafone FG Falcon
- #5 Ford Performance Racing FG Falcon
- #9 Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon
- #25 Fujitsu Racing FG Falcon
These superb selections encompass two car factions dicing it out for the driver’s championship, the #1 Team Vodafone FG Falcon of Jamie Whincup and the #2 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore VE of Garth Tander. Currently, the Vodafone Falcon leads the series and the Holden Racing Commodore is in third. With only 16 of the grueling 28-race campaign in the books the championship is still up for grabs. Also, five of the eight above cars are in the Top 10 in points. Of course, if you prefer your own livery on any of these race cars, Forza 3’s livery editor enables you to create your own custom V8 Supercar.
Online players who want to illustrate the purity of their driving skills with some intense spec racing need look no further than the V8 Supercars in Forza 3.
