It seems like just when everyone is starting to get fed up with waiting for a U.S. release date Sony goes ahead and shuts us up with a brand new trailer for us to drool over.  This newest trailer is called “Nights” and in addition to featuring some more NASCAR action, they also show clips of some Super GT and Touring Car racing.  Hopefully the next trailer they release will have a date at the end of it!

I just found out today that the Mazda Furai will be a part of a new jalopnik.com DLC pack that will be available on the 9th.  There is another way to get the Furai if you follow the instructions HERE.  I would love to drive the Furai as soon as its available but unfortunately I am going to be late to the party since my Xbox 360 recently red-ringed!  Bogus!!

It has just been announced that the world famous Nurburgring Grand Prix Circuit AKA “The Green Hell” is coming to Forza Motorsport 3 as DLC on the 9th of this month for a scant 400 Microsoft points!  Anyone down for a 24 hour race on Xbox live??

Last night RJ and I were invited out to the ID Agency in LA to check out the new Forza Motorsport 3 “Hot Holiday DLC Car Pack“.  There are some pretty fresh cars included in Forza’s latest DLC including the Team Jost Audi R15 TDI (finally!).  I was rocking that on Road America and you can’t touch it in the straights!  I’m so sick of people on Xbox Live picking that damn Peugeot 908!!  But I digress…  We also got to semi-try out the Playseats limited edition Forza Motorsport 3 Racing Seat.  I say “semi” because the $500 Porsche replica Xbox steering wheel at the event was broken in shipping so we all used the controller.  The seat was still pretty comfortable though! 

Anyway the full DLC car pack list is: 2009 #2 Audi Sport R15 TDI,  2010 Nissan GT-R Spec V,  2010 Ferrari 599XX,  2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo,  2009 Aston Martin Racing #007 Lola,  2010 Jaguar XFR,  2010 Lamborghini 670-4 SV,  2010 Mercedes Benz SLR Stirling Moss,  2010 Ferrari 458 Italia,  and 2010 Audi S4

Check out the official trailer and some pics from the event below.

By the time you read this Forza Motorsport 3 would have been available to the public for about 8 or 9 hours.  Which officially means you have no excuse for not having it by now!  However since I’m a reasonable man I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt anyway and tell you that if you have the extra cash you should probably try to pick up the gamestop exclusive limited edition.  For an extra 20 bucks over the $60 price tag you get a limited edition case, a 2GB Forza USB flash drive, VIP Community membership, and some cool DLC like hand picked and tuned cars from the Forza Motorsport 3 staff.  It’s all awesome stuff and worth the extra dub spot.  Stay tuned to our official review of the game.  Yeah, we got it like a week ago…how?…juice baby…juice..

Do you watch G4?  Well, if you don’t you should!  They got a few pretty cool shows, among which is X-Play which is pretty much the Anderson 360 for gamers.  This week they released their review of Forza Motorsport 3.  What did they think?  Check out the vid below.

When Sony’s creative team wanted a pair of drivers to use for their unique Gran Turismo PSP commercial they figured they would take 2/3rds of the infamous “FF3 team” and hire Tanner Foust and Rhys Millen.  Check out the video below to get behind the scenes of the commercial and watch Rhys annoy Tanner by turning unessasarily hard on purpose…

Tell your loved ones to get ready to clean brain matter off your walls because I am about to BLOW YOUR MIND.  Seriously there is so much blinding awesome in this post that it might burn your corneas..  I follow @Turn10Studios on twitter and they just revealed the greatest thing to happen to racing games since the invention of the steering wheel peripheral!  Amazon.com has put together a  Forza 3 pre-order bundle that includes a racing seat rig, Forza Motorsport 3 (Of course), and the official Xbox 360 licensed wireless steering wheel.  The awesome part is that if you order the three items together they take 50% off the price of the steering wheel.  Oh and the racing seat rig is only $350 bucks!!  I’ve seen similar rigs go for twice as much! 

CORRECTION!: Ok so the first time I wrote this post I thought that when you buy all three you get 50% off the wheel and that would bring the total to about $450 bucks.  However after reading it again I realize that they give you the game FREE when you buy the seat!  So if you already have a wheel for instance just order the seat for $350 and get Forza Motorsport 3 for free!! Or when you order all three, factoring in the discount on the wheel you pay about $392 total before taxes and shipping.  Sorry for the confusion!  That’s what happens when you have a nerd-gasim and read things too fast! 

$392 is still a lot cheaper than some racing seat rigs alone!  I think I just showed you the top of your “non-denominational religiously based holiday” list boys and girls!

I saw this on Xbox live last night and just as I suspected it was already on the interwebs!  This is a freshly released video from Turn 10 Studios showcasing the return of the infamous Fujimi Kaido touge course in Forza Motorsport 3.  Fujimi Kaido was a huge hit in Forza Motorsport 2 so its geat to see it coming back with even more detail than before.  This is an awesome way to spend a few minutes! Check it out below.  Also don’t for get to hit up Xbox Live like NOW-ish because the official Forza Motorsport Demo has just launched!

Microsoft and Turn 10 just released a new video with our very own RJ De Vera spilling the beans on some of the customization options that will be available in Forza Motorsport 3when it drops.  The part that really got my attention is the fact that in Forza 3 players start off with an Audi R8 V10!  No more starting off in random hatchbacks with sub 100HP!