Good news, racing fans! Rockstar Games recently sent out word that the website for Midnight Club: Los Angeles (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) has gone live. Find out what the website has in store for gamers after the jump!

Fans of Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 2 for the Xbox 360 will want to look out for new downloadable content scheduled for release this weekend. The first DLC is for a 2007 SEAT Leon Cupra. This pack will be free of charge, much like the download pack you guys received last August.

The second download pack will add 10 new cars to your garage, at an expected cost of 400 MS Points. Here are the new vehicles you can expect to get in this upcoming Forza 2 pack:

• 2006 Audi R10 (#8 Audi Sport Team Joest) Prototype
• 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi
• 2006 Dodge Challenger Concept
• 2006 Honda Civic Si Coupe
• 2007 Honda Civic Type-R
• 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400
• 2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept
• 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)
• 2007 Saturn Sky Red Line
• 2007 SEAT Leon Supercup
  

Just log on to Xbox Live Marketplace come the appointed day, and these new packages should be up for grabs. That's all for the moment. We advise guys to keep alert for any related updates.

Parking its red, shiny trunk into the Xbox Live Marketplace is a new pack of cars for Test Drive Unlimited. Gearing in at 350 Microsoft Points, Volume 4 is now available for Atari's racing title and the downloadable content holds a total of six new cars. Get your keys, it's time for a run-down:

• Ferrari Challenge Stradale
• Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster
• Cadillac Cien
• Dino 246 GT
• RUF RK Spyder
• VR T440R

As always, once the download is done, the cars will be available for purchase at their respective in-game dealerships. For those looking for a bonus, the Saturn Curve is also free for download. This latest addition has now brought the Test Drive Unlimited car library to have over 30 "expansion cars" on top of those available in the game itself.

It's official, Forza Motorsport 2 will be released in Europe on May 2007, on the same date as its North American release. The 35 cars from Ferrari Lamborghini, Maserati, and Porsche are fully customizable in the game. This means that you can pretty much pimp your ride from its engine all the way to its paint job and yes, there are full body kits. Interestingly enough, after lovingly modifying your ride, the car crashes and pile-ups are wonderfully detailed.

So the long wait is coming to an end, put on your racing helmets and strap in, because Forza Motorsport 2 is coming very soon.

You can click on "Full Article" to see the complete list of Porsche, Maserati, Lamborghini, and Ferrari cars available for Forza Motorsport 2.

Non-gamers are used to collecting points, say for example web dollars or e-coupons, that they can later trade in for something. Nobody was more surprised than Microsoft entity Aaron Greenberg when their amazing brainstorm, the Gamerscore - the achievement points system that allows players to collect points and trade them in for absolutely nothing, turned out to be such a phenomenon.

GameDaily has a feature on several gaming celebrities and gaming analysts' take on Gamerscores. Well skip over the opinions of most of the analysts, and we'll relay to you folks the take of someone  that we feel you guys  could relate a bit more to.

Here's Cliffy B and his take on the obsession with the Gamerscore:

It's nerd cred, man! ...It's so clever, I mean, it's just a score. You may say it can't be used for anything, but gamers use them for pride. They're pride points! You can compare it to the feeling you get when you pull up to a restaurant in a Lamborghini. People go, 'Oooo, he must be somebody.' In the virtual world of gaming, points create that same sense of rank and envy, and that's why gamers have latched onto them. I read that people are picking up the Burger King Xbox games just so they can score additional points. If that doesn't prove how well this program is working, nothing does.

Yeah, it's all about pride and showing off your gamer-wang. That and the feeling that whatever it is you're doing in the game, matters - to yourself, and more importantly to a large gaming community.

Here's another something to watch out for over at the Xbox Live Marketplace. Test Drive Unlimited downloadable content will soon be available for download, allowing you to have a peak at what lies ahead for you in the island of Oahu. Feel free to cruise through over 1600 km of road in your sweet ride.

With six brand new cars to choose from, I can't imagine how that should be a problem. How sweet are the rides? Well, the Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari 250 GTO, and Noble one M400 among others, should be more than enough for you to gain multiple visits from the tooth fairy.

The announcement came from Atari itself, and while no specific date has been set, the assurance is that it will be coming very soon. So just hang in tight there. Also, the price for this content is still a question, but it's pretty safe to surmise that it won't send you flying through the roofs given that the game itself is cheap. Test Drive Unlimited is the first MMOR racing game that allows you to compete with others both on and offline. Ain't life good?

Forza Motorsport 2 is the follow up to 2005's Forza Motorsport on the original Xbox from Microsoft Game Studios, which has seen a lot of coverage lately with TGS last week. The new game is going to have over 300 cars to customize and race with in over 60 tracks. Overall, the game features 18 environments including 13 real-world licensed circuits such as Road America, Silverstone, Tsukuba, and Laguna Seca that are broken up to the 60 plus courses.

The cars in the game come from over 50 of the world’s leading manufacturers including Ferrari, Porsche, Nissan, VW, GM, and Lamborghini. We'll have to wait until the late holiday season to see Forza Motorsport 2 ship, but until then go ahead and check out the new screenshots by clicking on the thumbnails below.

 

The first batch of official images for Forza Motorsport 2 are finally here! Forza is the second sequel to the sim racing game of the Forza Motorsport franchise which is developed by Microsoft Game Studios. This award-winning, fully customizable driving simulator is one of the much-awaited game titles for the Xbox 360 as it provides players with "authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, photo-realistic graphics and licensed tuning and customization options." 

It is loaded with more than 300 of the hottest cars from more than 50 of the world's leading manufacturers such as Ferrari, Porsche, Nissan, GM and Lamborghini, to name a few. The cover art alone features a NISMO tuned Nissan 350Z.

The official website also enjoins players to try the online multiplayer mode of the game on the Xbox 360 "for some intense online wheel-to-wheel racing." though the availability of the said mode is yet to be confirmed.

And as we have promised, feast your eyes with these first official images of Forza Motorsport 2 which is slated for release by November 1 of this year.

 

In an endeavor that aims to reach out further to car and gaming enthusiasts, Atari will be showcasing its very own Test Drive Unlimited to UK's biggest and loudest modified car and track event of the year, TRAX 2006.

Crowd favorite TRAX is widely considered to be the ultimate finale to the car show season. This year more are expected to attend as it will be held at the world-acclaimed Silverstone Circuit this weekend. Lee Kirton, Head of UK PR for Atari views this as the perfect exposure venue for their race video game. "We’re very happy to attend Trax at Silverstone this weekend. We are doing our very best to get the game played by as many people as possible."

Aside from appearing at main sponsor Redline Pit, TDU will be putting its own with a Lamborghini Murcielago display. UK glamour model Holly Newbury will also be at hand, giving autographs and photo opportunities. Possibly the thing to watch out the most for is the planned giving away of game copies as well as Xbox 360 consoles as well.

Test Drive Unlimited, with the world's most luxurious vehicles and more than a thousand miles of Hawaiian open road, finally appears in stores next week, September 8.

Test Drive Unlimited will be racing to the 360 early next month (September 5th) and the team over at Achieve360Points has posted the achievement list for the game. The game has 46 achievements that add up to the usual retail amount of 1000 gamer points. The achievements range from beating different missions and collecting cars to trying to drive 5000 miles. When the game ships it's only going to cost 39.99 which will be a treat for you racing fans; but until then go ahead and check out the full achievement list as follows:

• (20) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 1 - Win the Gold cup in 5 Single Player challenges.
• (20) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 2 - Win the Gold cup in 10 Single Player challenges.
• (20) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 3 - Win the Gold cup in 20 Single Player challenges.
• (30) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 4 - Win the Gold cup in 40 Single Player challenges.
• (40) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 5 - Win the Gold cup in 60 Single Player challenges.
• (60) SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 6 - Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player challenges.
• (15) SINGLE PLAYER TIME CHALLENGES - Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player TIME challenges.
• (20) SINGLE PLAYER RACE CHALLENGES - Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player RACES challenges.
• (10) SINGLE PLAYER SPEED CHALLENGES - Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player SPEED challenges.
• (30) ISLAND TOUR - Win the Gold cup in the "Island Tour" challenge.
• (10) MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 1 - Take 3 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted.
• (20) MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 2 - Take 15 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted.
• (30) MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 3 - Take 30 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted.
• (15) SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 1 - Successfully complete 3 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier).
• (25) SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 2 - Successfully complete 15 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier).
• (35) SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 3 - Successfully complete 40 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier).
• (60) SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 4 - Successfully complete ALL the missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier).
• (10) INSTANT CHALLENGE VICTORIES - Take 5 victories in Instant Challenges.
• (10) SHARING CUSTOM CHALLENGES - Share 3 custom challenges in the Drive-Ins.
• (10) CUSTOM CHALLENGE VICTORIES - Take 2 victories in the custom challenges of the Drive-Ins.
• (10) CLUB MEMBER - Create a Club or become a member of an existing Club.
• (10) CLUB RACE VICTORIES - Take 3 victories in Inter-Club races.
• (10) TRADE - Buy or sell a vehicle from/to another member on TRADE.
• (20) FERRARI COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different FERRARI.
• (20) LAMBORGHINI COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different LAMBORGHINI.
• (15) MERCEDES-BENZ COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different MERCEDES-BENZes.
• (10) CHEVROLET COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different CHEVROLET.
• (15) ASTON MARTIN COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different ASTON MARTIN.
• (10) FORD COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different FORD.
• (10) BIKE COLLECTOR - Own at least 3 different bikes.
• (10) BEN SHERMAN COLLECTOR - Own at least 10 BEN SHERMAN items.
• (10) *ecko unltd. COLLECTOR - Own at least 10 *ecko unltd. items.
• (10) TUNER - Buy a performance pack for one of your vehicles in a Tuning Shop.
• (40) EXPLORER - Discover all the roads on the island.
• (10) EASYGOING TOURIST - Cover 30 miles (48 km).
• (25) STEADFAST TOURIST - Cover 200 miles (320 km).
• (30) TRAVELLER - Cover 400 miles (640 km).
• (35) SEASONED TRAVELLER - Cover 1,000 miles (1,600 km).
• (40) EAGLE-EYED DRIVER - Cover 5,000 miles (8,000 km).
• (20) OWNER - Own at least 2 houses.
• (30) REAL-ESTATE TYCOON - Own at least 15 houses.
• (15) SMALL COLLECTOR - Own at least 2 different cars.
• (20) AMATEUR COLLECTOR - Own at least 4 different cars.
• (25) CONFIRMED COLLECTOR - Own at least 10 different cars.
• (30) MOST VARIED COLLECTOR - Own at least 20 different cars.
• (30) EXTREME COLLECTOR - Own at least 50 different models of cars.