It’s time to get your Gran Turismo HD fix of the day. We bring you four car models from the upcoming PS3 game.

People who likes Test Drive Unlimited (I don’t) will now probably like it even more. For 250 points at Xbox Live Marketplace you can now download the Pure Power 2 set which features seven supercars.

The new cars are:

• RUF RGT
• Koenigsegg CCR
• Noble M400
• Corvette C6 Convertible
• Ferrari 250 GTO 1962
• Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary edition
• Corvette C1 1957 Hardtop (this one is free)

TrackMania United is on its way. The original game was released in 2003 and quickly became sort of an underground hit. TrackMania Nations which was released for free was downloaded over 20 million times.

TrackMania United will have a single player campaign with three game modes and nearly 200 new circuits with jumps, loops, ramps, turbo power and hairpin turns. All seven environments from the previous games are now beign brought together for the first time with each environment having its own cars and driving technique. Any of the pre-existing player-made circuits can now be used, which makes the available circuit count add up to more than 100,000!

The new McRae rally title from Codemasters will come to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2007 and is the first game based on Codies’ new game engine Neon.

Neon is a multi-platform continuous technical development that’s already been in production for over 18 months with over 30 tech experts on the team. Neon is being used to build Colin McRae: DIRT from the ground up with technology developed exclusively for next-generation formats; there’s no adaptation of previous McRae tech in DIRT.

DIRT will feature 40 official licenced vehicles with 12 car categories.

Italian distributor Black Bean have aquired the official licence of the Superbike World Championship and together with the developer Milestone bring SBK ‘07 Superbike World Championship to video game consoles near us in 2007.

Milestone has plenty of racing game experience with apart from previous Superbike games they are also the team behind games such as Screamer, Racing Evoluzione (Apex in North America) and Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo.

Below are some screenshots from the PlayStation 2 version:

There are way too many X’s in the title but hopefully the lame title Xpand Rally Xtreme hides a good rally game. Slipstreaming are bigger fans of circuit racing than rally but nevertheless there’s something special to go out against the clock on roads that are too narrow for comfort.

The polish developer Techland really showed in the first Xpand Rally that you don’t need big names and licenses for some good old fashioned fun. The game was a pleasant surprise and kept me busy for a while so there sure is bound to be some promise in the Xtreme version.

Coming to your PC in… erm…. I have no idea. Soon, perhaps.

The website is located here:
http://xpandrally.com/xrx/indexuk.html
And here are some screenshots:

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