Forza Horizon gets first expansion in December

Microsoft, Playground Games, and Turn 10 Studios have announced the upcoming release of the Rally Expansion Pack for Forza Horizon.

Launching December 18, the pack will offer Horizon players an updated off-road racing experience with deeper ruts, higher jumps, and new surface types to explore. The Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack will include new events, new cars, and new achievements and will cost 1,600 MS Points as a standalone purchase.

Full details on the DLC Season Pass have also now been released. In addition to monthly DLC car packs and exclusive bonus cars, the Season Pass includes automatic access to the Rally Expansion pack at no additional cost.

Beginning in November, players will see a steady stream of monthly DLC with six cars - individual DLC car packs will cost 400 MS Points but Season Pass owners will have access to the first six monthly DLC packs, from November 2012 through April 2013, at no additional cost.

The Season Pass will cost 4000 MS Points and represents savings of more than 15 percent over buying the individual content packs.

Forza Horizon is set to launch next week on October 23, 2012 in North America, exclusively on Xbox 360.