Roy Cats' 2003 Lamborghini Murcielago

Harnessing the Power of a Raging Bull

By: Che Chou

07.27.06 // 19:15

Although it may not be the very first aspect of the game to grip your senses, audio is a crucial part of Forza Motorsport 2's simulation equation. The audio characteristics of each car in the game remains a fine point of detail you pick up after hours, days, weeks spent on the edge of grip in the world of Forza Motorsport. For the development of Forza Motorsport 2, we go through pains to record hundreds of cars to get that aspect of the game just right. In an effort to share with you some insight into how all of this game development voodoo works, we're pulling together a recurring series of features called the Turn 10 Dyno Spotlight that looks at a sampling of the most interesting cars we've gotten to record over the past year of Forza Motorsport 2 development.

As the third installment in our dyno profile series, we turn to the more exotic side of car lust and feature one of the latest (and quite possibly greatest) additions to the Forza Motorsport franchise. Sure, games like Project Gotham Racing 3 have an extensive collection of exotics, including Lamborghinis, but in Forza Motorsport 2, you'll be able to completely customize your Murcielago or Gallardo, outfitting it with body kits, engine mods, and a complete livery makeover. To help us digitally capture what it really feels like to ride a Murcielago, we tapped into the impressive collection of Seattle, WA resident Roy Cats, a true lover of exotic autos, and more specifically, Lamborghinis. At the end of this article, our dyno session audio quiz returns — this time we throw you for a loop with four different exotic engine sounds — can you pick out which power pull is Roy Cats' 2003 Lamborghini Murcielago? Read on...

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