Top Gear's The Stig is coming to Forza 5

Some say that the red ring of death is what he calls his belly button, and that in a past life, he was the dog from Duck Hunt. All we know is, he's not The Stig, but he is the Stig's digital cousin, and for the first time ever, you'll be able to race him.

That's right, as part of Forza Motorsport's tie-up with Top Gear, which began in Forza Motorsport 4 with Jeremy Clarkson's voiceovers, gamers will actually be able to race Digital Stig in the latest installment of the franchise. Top Gear's commercial director, Duncan Gray, had this to say about FM5's newest features, "Trying to beat The Stig on track has long been the petrol-fuelled dreams of Top Gear fans everywhere and whilst Jeremy and the team did not want to frustrate or embarrass gamers by putting forward the real Stig, they did help us track down a potentially more fallible relative of their tame racing driver."

In addition to Digital Stig, gamers will have access to the Top Gear Test Track, and will be treated to voiceovers throughout the game by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. To promote the Digital Stig's inclusion in Forza Motorsport 5, Turn 10 Studios put together a little driving vid, the tame racing driver behind the wheel of the XBox One V8 Supercar, ahead of its race at this weekend's Bathurst 1000, in Australia. Forza Motorsport 5 will be in stores on November 22, and will only be available on the XBox One Take a look below for the full video.