Forza Focus

The Stig reveals a unique Forza Motorsport livery for the 2016 Focus RS

By Steve Turner
Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company

Thanks to a posting of a beta version of Fordâ€™s Focus configurator that has since been removed, we now know that the 2016 Focus RS should start around $35,000,Â and top out at about $42,000 if you choose all the options. The pricing is about what we expected for Fordâ€™s hottest hatch. However, if the realÂ RS is not in your budget just yet, you might enjoy driving a virtual RS in Forza Motosport 6 for the Xbox gaming platform.

The livery on the Focus RS revealed in advance of Gamescom in Germany is the winning design from a contest hosted by gaming website IGN on Forza Horizon 2, an open-world racing game.

We already knew that the Ford GT is the cover star of Forza Motorport 6, but there are several other Ford Performance vehicles on the gameâ€™s roster. To drive that point home, Ford had The Stig from Top Gear reveal a Focus RS with gamer-customized livery at the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany, today.

To make a splash at the gaming show, Ford had the mysterious Stig, from the BBC television series Top Gear, introduce the Focus RS with the custom gamer livery.

â€œIn Forza Motorsport 6, racing and gaming enthusiasts all over the world will be the first to experience Fordâ€™s new ultra-high-performance supercar, the Ford GT,â€ Dan Greenawalt, creative director at Turn 10 Studios in Redmond, Washington, said. â€œIn Cologne weâ€™re excited to showcase the real all-new Focus RS clad in a special paint scheme created by the Forza community. During Gamescom, gamers will also get to see the Forza Motorsport 6 cover-car Ford GT in person.â€

Here’s a sample of what the gameplay looks like when you are racing in the rain…

Forza Motorsport 6 is scheduled for release on September 15 and we expect the real Focus RS to bow early next year. So, you can get a headstart by virtually driving the car in the game.

You can watch the reveal right here…