As the road to its October 3 release marches on, the drip-feed of details surrounding the next installment of Xbox's flagship racing franchise, Forza Motorsport 7, continues with it. This week, developer Turn 10 has announced 77 examples of Japanese metal players will be able to race and explore.
Headlining the announcement making their Motorsport debut are the new, hybrid 2017 Acura NSX and the 2016 Honda Civic Type R (not the new-new one, but the FK2 from back when Type Rs were still forbidden in America). Joining them are a healthily sugoi roster of Miatas, WRXs, Skylines, and Evos, bringing your Best Motoring—or Gran Turismo, more appropriately—dreams to your PlayStation-less living room.
From the deceptively humble Datsun 510 to the aforementioned server-farm-on-wheels 2017 NSX, to the racing video game ubiquitous veteran Evo X (seriously, show me a racing game made after 2008 that didn't have this), Forza Motorsport 7 has something for every kind of enthusiast from the east.
Acura/Honda
- 2001 Acura Integra Type-R
- 2002 Acura RSX Type-S
- 2017 Acura NSX
- 1970 Honda S800
- 1984 Honda Civic CRX Mugen
- 1986 Honda Civic Si
- 1991 Honda CR-X SiR
- 1992 Honda NSX-R
- 1994 Honda Prelude Si
- 1997 Honda Civic Type R
- 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH
- 2004 Honda Civic Type-R
- 2005 Honda NSX-R
- 2007 Honda Civic Type-R
- 2009 Honda S2000 CR
- 2014 Honda Civic Si
- 2016 Honda Civic Type R
Nissan/Infiniti
- 2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe
- 2012 Infiniti IPL G Coupe
- 2014 Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge
- 2015 Infiniti Q60 Concept
- 1970 Datsun 510
- 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R
- 1973 Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R
- 1987 Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31)
- 1992 Nissan Silvia CLUB K's
- 1993 Nissan 240SX SE
- 1993 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
- 1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo
- 1994 Nissan Silvia K's
- 1995 Nissan NISMO GT-R LM
- 1997 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
- 1998 Nissan R390
- 1998 Nissan Silvia K's Aero
- 2000 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
- 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II
- 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
- 2010 Nissan 370Z
- 2012 Nissan GT-R Black Edition
- 2014 Nissan Juke Nismo RS
- 2015 Nissan IDx NISMO
- 2016 Nissan Titan Warrior Concept
- 2017 Nissan GT-R
Mazda
- 1972 Mazda Cosmo 110S Series II
- 1973 Mazda RX-3
- 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE
- 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata
- 1990 Mazda Savanna RX-7
- 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata
- 1997 Mazda RX-7
- 2005 Mazda Mazdaspeed MX-5
- 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed3
- 2010 Mazda MX-5 Super20
- 2011 Mazda RX-8 R3
- 2013 Mazda MX-5
- 2013 Mazda MX-5 Cup
- 2016 Mazda MX-5
Mitsubishi
- 1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R
- 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
- 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
- 1997 Mitsubishi GTO
- 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR
- 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR
- 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR
- 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR
Toyota
- 2007 Toyota Hilux Arctic Trucks AT38
Subaru
- 1980 Subaru Brat GL
- 1990 Subaru Legacy RS
- 1996 Subaru SVX
- 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi
- 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
- 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
- 2005 Subaru Legacy B4 2.0 GT
- 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
- 2011 Subaru WRX STI
- 2013 Subaru BRZ
- 2015 Subaru WRX STI
To be clear, this is by no means an exhaustive list of JDM heroes that'll be present in the next Forza game (note the absence of any and all Toyotas other than that Top Gear-arctic Hilux).
Forza Motorsport 7 hits shelves October 3 for Xbox One.