Leak Seemingly Confirms Forza Motorsport 3

A Turn-10 partner posts (and quickly removes) what appears to be proof that Forza 3 is in development.

Forza Motorsport 3 is in development.

Forza Central, a fansite dedicated to Microsoft's and Turn-10's racing series, discovered an interesting bit of info regarding Forza Motorsport 3 late last month. It seems that Kaarbo Design, a company that worked with Turn-10 in the past on menu graphics in the original Forza, accidentally let slip on their website that they're again working with Turn-10 on Forza 3. This also, naturally, seems to have once and for all confirmed the existence of Forza 3.

All mention of Forza 3 has since been taken down from Kaarbo Design's website, but not before a user on Forza Central's forum took screen captures for proof (via EvilAvatar). As you can see in the picture to the right, it looks like Kaarbo created a number of sample posters for race events that would appear in Forza 3, with a clear "Forza 3" logo in the corners of each poster. Furthermore, Forza 3 was also temporarily included on Kaarbo's website in the list of games they've worked on (you can see that screen capture here.)

This isn't the first leak Forza 3 has been involved with. Way back in June, Forza 3 was part of the massive series of leaks from marketing and research company Intellisponse. The leak at that time indicated a number of potential features for Forza 3, including the possibility that the game would be released on two discs and would be packed with 100 tracks and 400 cars.

Really, the prospect of Turn-10 making a third Forza title was almost a foregone conclusion before any of these leaks occurred, so with this evidence, it seems all that's left is for Turn-10 to officially announce the game themselves. Whether it'll actually have 100 tracks and 400 cars, though, remains to be seen. Cross your fingers, gearheads.