When Microsoft announced that the next game in its street-racing Forza Horizon series would take place in Australia, it did so with recognisable sights like the Great Ocean Road and sun-bleached picket fences. Now we're getting a look at some of the very Australian vehicles that will be tearing those landscapes up come September.

On Thursday morning Microsoft and the game's developers will announce a new batch of cars to drive in Horizon 3 (Update: find the announcement here). Fairfax Media can reveal these include a trio of iconic Holdens, chosen to provide "a true connection with the game's Down Under setting".

The 1951 Holden 50-2106 FX, as it will appear in Forza Horizon 3.

As any good Aussie could probably have guessed, that means utes. The 1951 Holden 50-2106 FX is Holden's original ute — the load-hauling version of General Motors' first Australian car — and will bring the full force of its 60 horsepower to bear on the beaches, roads and rainforests in the game.

Also included is what is likely to be Holden's final Australian-made ute, the 2016 GTS Maloo.