Forza Horizon 4, the less realistic but maybe more fun sibling of Turn 10 Studio’s Forza Motorsports, just announced a new addition to the fleet of vehicles you can drive: The Quadra Turbo-R V-TECH from Cyberpunk 2077. “What, that some sort’a Honda er sumpin"” you might ask.

Oh no, it’s much more than that. It’s a spectacularly well-timed tie-in with the Christmas Season’s “it” game, even though not everybody is happy with it at the moment.

Welcome to Night City

The gaming web has been going nuts with the release of Cyberpunk 2077, a game that’s like a cross between Blade Runner, a William Gibson novel, and an all-too-close nightmare future. Set in the open world of Night City, you take on the first-person perspective of a customizable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat.
That’s all a nice way of saying you get to run around and be a digital badass. You’re a gun for hire. You’re a man without a future trying to outrun your past. You know the usual tropes, plus all the fun stuff of violence, explosions, and driving way too fast.

Quadra Turbo-R V-TECH

This brings us to the Quadra Turbo-R V-TECH. According to the Cyberpunk fandom wiki (of course), the Quadra Turbo-R was introduced as America’s response to Japanese sports cars. It was designed and manufactured in Detroit (of course). With...