Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3

Filed under: Audi , Toys , Lifestyle Forza Motorsport 3 - Click above for new high-res image gallery Autoblog visited the official unveiling of Forza Motorsport 3, Microsoft’s latest racing title for the XBox, at the E3 expo. With graphics playing on numerous flat screens that, to borrow the phrase, moved the game on, and with the backing of an Audi partnership and a gleaming red R8 V10 on a plinth among the crowd, everyone involved was bullish enough on FM3 to make an actual bull think “Better watch out for those guys…” In fact, said Dan Greenwalt, the lead developer at Microsoft’s Turn 10 Studios, said “We already made the best racing game the last time, with Forza Motorsport 2.” Forza Motorsport 3, he said, signaled that “We were out to make the best game.” Follow the jump for the story. Gallery: Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 Continue reading Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:57:00 EST.

i reports 4,000 scrap car trades in UK, reveals some surprises

Filed under: Time Warp , Government/Legal , Green , Hyundai , Lifestyle , UK Governments all over the world have introduced Cash-For-Clunkers-style programs that are nothing if not controversial.

1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo featured Detroit’s first V8

Filed under: Time Warp , Motorcycles Detroit steel means V8. It’s inescapable. That the eight-cylinder engine is falling out of popularity only makes us more nostalgic for the daddy of American muscle.

And they’re off! Gumballers head out of Los Angeles on first leg of rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Gumball 3000 start in Santa Monica, CA Entrants of the 11th running of the Gumball 3000 started their cross-country rally Friday afternoon, cheered on by hundreds of fans as the cars began their journey at the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles. The rally will also stop in Las Vegas, Sante Fe, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Orlando before finishing in Miami. Judging from the selection of vehicles, supercars were most definitely the rides of choice this year.

Gumball 3000 set for 11th running with Los Angeles to Miami rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle 2009 Gumball 3000 - Click above for a high-res image gallery The infamous Gumball Rally is scheduled to start this weekend, and participants have started to gather in the Los Angeles area for the start of the race tomorrow. We caught up with several of the cars in Santa Monica this afternoon, already prepped with their unique liveries and vinyl wraps. The rally will officially start at 1:00pm on Saturday at the Santa Monica pier, so if you are in the Southern California area you can head down to check out all the cars and celebrities

Audi centennial timepiece celebrates 100 years on four wheels with four hands

Filed under: Gadgets , Audi , Lifestyle Audi teamed up with Munich-based watchmaker Chronoswiss to create the Tachoscope, celebrating 100 years of Audi. The mechanical timepiece has a chronograph and tachometer function (to measure velocity) inspired by the Auto Unions that helped define the Audi adventure: the second hand’s numerals are derived from the tach in the Auto Union Type C Grand Prix racer. Also novel is the fact that the hour hand resides in the upper inset dial — the large hands are the second hand and chronograph

Advantage, Michelin: Tennis shoes wear car rubber

Filed under: Etc. , Lifestyle Click above for a gallery of the Babolat Propulse 2 with Michelin rubber Michelin, the tire company, has a division called Michelin Lifestyle Limited that focuses solely on extending the company’s “Better Mobility Concept” to other arenas, the lastet one being center court

BMW DesignWorksUSA designs ultimate gaming rig

Filed under: Tech , BMW , Lifestyle Click above to enlarge About a decade ago, pretty much every computer in the world was housed in a boring beige box, and the biggest design question was whether that container would sit vertically or horizontally. That’s all changed now, partly due to the influence of Apple and custom PC manufacturers like Thermaltake, a Taiwanese company that specializes in PC cases and cooling devices. Recently, Thermaltake contracted BMW DesignWorksUSA , a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German automaker, to help create a new concept in high-end computing, and the result is wholly different from what’s common to the market today.

More Lambo shoes: Reventon sneakers!

Filed under: Etc. , Lamborghini , Lifestyle Tim Cooper came up with a hideous set of pumps inspired by the Lamborghini Gallardo .

Shakeup: Fast & Furious to be first major movie release with D-Box

Filed under: Etc. , Tech , Lifestyle D-Box aims to put viewers into the movies they’ve paid to go see by moving the chairs they sit in. It works by translating the onscreen action into motion code, which is then used to control chairs equipped with actuators that can pinch, roll, heave, and vibrate the seat in sync with whatever’s being watched.

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