We're still a couple of months away from the release of the Forza Motorsport 6, and the folks at Turn 10 Studios have been seriously enjoying teasing us by releasing the names of cars in the game->ke2888 a handful at a time. This latest announcement named a few cars, but then dropped the bombshell that the game would include the entire grid of an FIA open-wheel racing->ke447 series. Of course, that series is Formula E,->ke4660 so it's just 10 cars.

This is still pretty impressive though. Big-name racing games are often reluctant to use open-wheel racers, and certainly tend not to bring an entire series into a game like this. And then there's the fact that the cars are electric->ke1030 to make it that last extra bit of weird. In fairness, some Formula E cars were available as downloadable content for FM5, but here they will be available from the start, and it will be the entire grid. Formula E is quite different from other racing (drivers swap whole cars during pit stops as a way around the problem of long charging times, for example) so it will be interesting to see how that's handled.

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Why it matters

Formula E is not without its fans, but viewership numbers have not been excellent. It started off well below the viewership figures of F1,->ke190 but then fell off considerably, and one can't help but wonder whether this tie-in will be all that appealing to anyone. After all, we're talking about cars that sound like vacuum cleaners (not that F1 cars have been sounding a lot better recently) and top out at 140mph. And so we put the question to you: Are Formula E car interesting enough when FM6 gives you options like the 2017 Ford GT, the 1962-1964 Ferrari 250 GTO, the 2011 Pagani Huayra and the 1971 Plymouth->ke1483 GTX 426 Hemi?

Forza Motorsport 6

You can check out Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 6 announcement here.