CJ Wilson Racing/CPSDIABLO on Xbox Live

CJ Wilson Racing/CPSDIABLO on Xbox Live

CJ Wilson Racing/CPSDIABLO on Xbox Live

CJ Wilson Racing/CPSDIABLO on Xbox Live

On Tuesday, we reported that Microsoft is porting Forza to Windows with Forza Motorsport 6 Apex. That wasn't the only big Forza news this week, though. Tuesday also saw the release of the long-awaited Porsche expansion pack. A $19.99/£15.99 add-on to the Xbox One game, the Porsche pack adds 21 new cars and a new track—Virginia International Raceway—to Forza 6. Lamborghini also got in on the action with the announcement that its Centenario hypercar will be the cover star of the next installment of the franchise. And to celebrate that, there's a new Lamborghini Super Trofeo eSports series underway.

The selection of new Porsches is pretty good, although it's not as rich as the 2012 addition to Forza Motorsport 4—that one featured 30 models. Sadly, we've been told not to expect any further Porsches appearing as DLC in the coming months, so bad luck if you were holding out hope for the 993 GT2 or 917.

The return of Porsche to the Forza franchise has been much-awaited by fans, although if Internet comments are anything to go by, many of them are of the opinion that the marque should have been included from the get-go. That wasn't possible, as Electronic Arts still has an exclusive license with the German car maker. We think that exclusive license expires at some point this year, although an enquiry with Porsche regarding the exact date hasn't been answered at the time of writing.

We do hope that exclusivity is over and done with though—not just so we can race the cars in Forza but also for racing in other franchises and platforms like Project CARS, Gran Turismo, Assetto Corsa, and the like. Hobbling oneself to a single game series, as Porsche has done with EA, might have made sense back in 2000 when the contracts were signed. Today, such a deal means that some of the world's best cars have been absent from most of the best racing games since. Further Reading Forza Motorsport 6: Getting dark and wet in a world-first hands-on

Our friends at CJ Wilson Racing have passed along some great images of a digital version of the team's new Cayman race car, courtesy of a rather talented livery designer who goes by the gamertag "CPSDIABLO." (You can download the livery by selecting the 2015 Cayman GTS and then searching for his gamertag in design options.)

The addition of Virginia International Raceway to the game is also most welcome. It's one of the country's most challenging race tracks, particularly the Grand Course West (where your author and some friends raced to a memorable 2nd place finish in a 24-hour race in 2012). Considering day, night, and wet variants, you now get a total of 21 new places to race.

We'll have to wait until E3 to find out exactly which new Forza game will feature the bonkers Lamborghini Centenario—Microsoft is being tight-lipped about that one for now, but given the release cycle over the previous few years, we'd expect it to be Forza Horizon 3. E3 is still some months away, but in the meantime you can feast your eyes on the real Centenario in our round-up of the Geneva International Motor Show.