Race Stirling Moss on Xbox Live

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 June, 2007

Apparently he likes a bit of Forza.

We don't normally write these up, because if you're the sort of person who wants to play Barbie Horse Adventure with Marilyn Manson then it's probably best you do go off somewhere else to find that information, but even we were intrigued when Microsoft told us that Sir Stirling Moss - him of 74 Formula One Grand Prix races fame - will be competing against Xbox Live players in Forza Motorsport 2 on Thursday 28th June as part of its "Game With Fame" campaign.

And with Forza riding high in the UK charts, it's a safe bet some of you will be interested, providing you can tear yourself away from adorning your Pontiac with giant willies. If that's the case, then you should email your name, age, nationality and gamertag to stirling@gamewithfame.net. The man himself will be online from 12.00 to 14.00 GMT, and if you're selected to play, you'll receive all the required information in response.

Meanwhile, the rest of you can enjoy yourself on our Forza Motorsport 2 gamepage, where nearly 200 people claim to have bought it since it came out. Have you added it to your Game Collection on Eurogamers yet? And have we written enough to file the copy and get back to the exciting task of playing Harry Potter and the Endless Running Around of Hogwarts? Yes.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • TwistidChimp #1 5 years ago

    I once went to watch the Vanessa show being recorded, for a laugh you understand. We were hoping for some Jerry-esque chair throwing action. Instead she introduced her first guest. Stirling Moss. At that instant they decided to zoom in on me and my friend's faces in the audience looking incredibley dissapointed and confused.

    True story.

    That said i'm sure he's a lovely chap.
    Edited by 1 at 27/06/07 @ 18:20

  • Gruff #2 5 years ago

    Translation

    Apparently he likes (to be paid to like) a bit of Forza

  • konniehuqfan #3 5 years ago

    @TwistidChimp

    do you live on a council estate and have 10 different kids by 11 different men?

  • JayPee #4 5 years ago

    Stirling Moss - OK

    Lewis Hamilton - Teh r3al nXt gen!

  • dsmx #5 5 years ago

    Unfortunately for Microsoft it doesn't matter what games they put out or who hey get to play them, I will not buy the xbox 360 until they fix the reliability of the console. You may respond by saying yours hasn't broken yet but it will break due to the design flaw with the heatsink on the GPU.

  • gamerbunny #6 5 years ago

    With money, and a bit of "teaching" and you have Stirling Moss playing Forza.


    ...


    That's Horrible :(

  • SomaticSense #7 5 years ago

    What's the betting it'll be in an SLR on Silverstone?

  • DaM #8 5 years ago

    I once went to watch the Vanessa show being recorded, for a laugh you understand. We were hoping for some Jerry-esque chair throwing action. Instead she introduced her first guest. Stirling Moss. At that instant they decided to zoom in on me and my friend's faces in the audience looking incredibley dissapointed and confused.

    Had he shagged his sister or something?

  • TwistidChimp #9 5 years ago

    @konniehuqfan. No fraid not, i'm a bloke for a start :) And this was when I was about 18 and in College. My friend managed to get 2 tickets and presented them as a joke. To this day I have absolutley no idea why Stirling Moss was on the show.

  • aldo_14 #10 5 years ago

    To this day I have absolutley no idea why Stirling Moss was on the show.

    Them roundabouts are tricky beasts.

  • drunkymonkey #11 5 years ago

    I wonder if he'll get beaten...

    If he does, I've no doubt that the winner of said race will get delusions of racing brilliance because they beat the legendary (but perhaps not Xbox360) literate Stirling Moss.

  • Muddtallica #12 5 years ago

    LOL @ TwistidChimp and DaM. :D

    This is all well and good, but with Nicole Kidman spearheading Nintendo's European marketing campaign at the minute, all I'm interested in is getting her Mario Kart Friend Code, so I can red-shell her Tom Cruise-loving Aussie ass. That, or visiting fellow DS owner 50 Cent's Animal Crossing village and trampling all of his flowers.

  • urban #13 5 years ago

    shameless.

  • GitSomE_UK #14 5 years ago

    Poor fella, he's 74 he just wants to sit down and watch the sunset.

    Instead Microsoft will have some idiot marketing muppet gushing about Forza and how life like it is etc. etc. Marketing drone fails to realise that he raced YEARS ago and that his arthritis is playing havoc with his hands due to all the vibration he's absorbed over the years.

    Then when he inevitably gets beaten by some dysfunctional tard on Live he'll never hear the end of it.

    You don't need to do this Stirling tell MS to keep their dirty money, if you need a cup of tea or something I'll sort you out.

  • FlamingCarrot #15 5 years ago

    After seeing him at the Festival of Speed, he can still drive his old grand prix Mercedes quite happily. But on Forza 2?? Modern fangled gadgets and a grand prix great from yesteryear do not a happy combo make. Plus the pedals on the 360 wheel set up won't help him much. What a design afterthought......

  • Floppy #16 5 years ago

    Shyeahright. Stirling playing Forza online?... I don't think so. He may be the voice on a Live headset, but someone else will be at te controls.

  • captainrentboy #17 5 years ago

    I was going to say that, damn you Floppy!