"It takes an incredibly special car to be as dominant in its career as the Audi R8. In seven years of competition, the R8 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans a total of five times (and the car’s engine, housed in corporate partner Bentley’s Speed 8 LMP car, won an additional time), a track record that has helped Audi become the second most-winning Le Mans constructor of all time. What makes the R8 so special? To start, there’s the immensely powerful 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 amidships, providing more than 620 horsepower in a chassis that weighs far less than a ton. The other key to the R8’s success was the foresighted engineering that went into its construction. In the heat of an endurance race, parts will fail, and on the R8 they were designed to be quickly accessed and replaced, a trait that would benefit the R8 over its career. In this livery, the #2 R8 saw success in ALMS racing in 2006, after it had retired from LMS racing in favor of the diesel-powered R10."—Official description[1]
The 2006 Audi #2 Audi Sport North America R8 - also known as the "Audi #2 FSI Champion Racing R8" - is an LMP900/LMP1 sports prototype by Audi.
It appears in Forza Motorsport 2 and all subsequent Motorsport series titles until Forza Motorsport 6, with its apperance in Forza Motorsport 5 being as part of the Road America Booster Pack.
Synopsis[]
The R8, one of the most dominant endurance racers ever, is a redevelopment of the R8R that Audi competed at the 1999 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. A co-development between Audi Motorsport, Joest Racing, and Dallara, the R8 features a similar open cockpit design and the same 3.6L twin-turbocharged V8 from its predecessor, putting out 610 hp (455 kW) and 516 ft·lb (700 N·m). The car would make its debut at the 2000 12 Hours of Sebring, but would then go back to Europe for more testing in preparation for Le Mans, leaving the R8R to compete in its place. The car would compete in both the LMP900 and LMP1 classes until 2005 across a variety of endurance series, winning at least one series every single year it competed. It would then serve a similar role to the R8R during 2006, where it stood in for its successor, the R10 TDI, while that car prepped for Le Mans.[2]
The #2 was the stand-in car for the Le Mans prepping R10s during the 2006 ALMS season. Driven by Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello, the car would win in class in all 3 races it competed in, but would be beaten to overall victory in its penultimate race at Mid-Ohio by two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evos. The R10s would return for the Miller Motorsports Park round and would go on to win the teams' championship for Audi for the 7th straight year, thanks in part to the R8's fill-in wins.[3]
Variants[]
The R8 appears in six livery variants:
- 2001-2002 Audi #1 Infineon R8 (Forza Motorsport (2005) and Forza Motorsport 2)
- 2006 Audi #2 Audi Sport North America/FSI Champion Racing R8 (Forza Motorsport 2 to Forza Motorsport 6)
- 2001 Audi #4 Johansson Motorsport R8 (Forza Motorsport (2005) to Forza Motorsport 3)
- 2004 Audi #5 Audi Sport Japan Team Goh R8 (Forza Motorsport 2, Forza Motorsport 3, and Forza Motorsport 6)
- 2001 Audi #38 Champion R8 (Forza Motorsport (2005) only)
- 2004 Audi #88 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx R8 (Forza Motorsport 2 only)
Statistics[]
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Speed 6.6 Acceleration 8.6
Braking 9.9
Handling 9.7
Base Rarity 10.0
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R1 |
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Unlock Requirements
North America:
missing data
Rarity: ?
Europe:
missing data
Rarity: ?
Asia:
missing data
Rarity: ? | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: Prototype
Value: ? CR
Speed:
Top Speed: missing data
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): missing data
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): missing data
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): missing data 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): missing data
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): missing data
120 mph (193 km/h): missing data | ||
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Speed 7.3 Handling 8.8
Acceleration 9.0
Launch 8.0
Braking 8.8
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R1 938 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 1,200,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: Prototype 1
Value: 1,200,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: missing data
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): missing data
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): missing data
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): missing data 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): missing data
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): missing data
120 mph (193 km/h): missing data | ||
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Speed 8.9 Handling 9.9
Acceleration 9.8
Launch 8.6
Braking 9.8
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R1 981 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 2,200,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: Prototype 1
Value: 2,200,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 207.4 mph (333.7 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 2.800 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 5.484 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 85.0 ft (25.9 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 204.1 ft (62.2 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.42 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 2.00 g | ||
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Speed 7.8 Handling 8.2
Acceleration 9.6
Launch 9.1
Braking 9.1
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P 987 |
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Required DLC:
Requires the Road America Booster Pack | ||
Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 1,220,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Family
Body Family: Prototype1 Racing
Value: 1,220,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 207.6 mph (334 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 2.785 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 5.483 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 74.2 ft (22.6 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 176.4 ft (53.8 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.67 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 2.33 g | ||
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Speed 7.7 Handling 8.8
Acceleration 9.6
Braking 8.7
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P 983 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 1,200,000 CR | ||
Performance & Division
Division: Endurance Prototypes
Value: 1,200,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 208.6 mph (335.6 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 2.800 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 5.500 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 79.6 ft (24.3 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 185.4 ft (56.5 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.70 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 2.37 g | ||
Conversions[]
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References[]
- ↑ "Forza Motorsport 4 - Cars" . forzamotorsport.net . Retrieved 14-01-2019.
- ↑ "Audi R8 (LMP)" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 04-29-2025.
- ↑ "2006 American Le Mans Series" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 04-29-2025.