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Forza 3 Demo Roars onto Xbox Live

Perhaps the most anticipated game demo of the year is now available for download on Xbox Live. Forza 3 has only a short sprint to go before launching on Oct. 23 exclusively for the Xbox 360. To mark the occasion, Microsoft and Turn 10 today released a demo of the game so that fans can check out some of the many improvements before getting their teeth into the real thing later this month.

The new demo lets you get behind the wheel of five of the world's high-performance cars on the full circuit of the game's Camino Viejo track. The demo includes five playable cars (check out the full list of cars here):

• 2007 Porsche #80 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSR
• 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro
• 2009 Ferrari California
• 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR
• 2009 Mini John Cooper Works

It is a good mix of cars that shows off the handling of various weight and speed classes. You can drive all of the cars in the demo in full cockpit view as well as experience damage, rollover and try out the game's new rewind feature. The demo takes place on a beautiful Spanish mountain course inspired by the Montserrat region just outside of Barcelona, Spain. When logged into Xbox Live, the demo also supports official leaderboards for lap times, giving you a further taste of what players will experience in Forza Motorsport 3.

The Forza 3 demo contains a good mix of different cars to try out.