Forza 4 news - Video: your first glimpse of Forza 4 - 2010

Some of us computer game types in the Top Gear office are pretty old. We remember when Atari's Pole Position was a big deal. One car, one track which went on into infinity, an irritating buzzing drone for sound effects, and a city in the background made up of a beautifully rendered white square and a grim-looking grey rectangle. It was all we had, and we were happy.

Frankly, in retrospect we were rather easily pleased. Check out the two videos below: the first details of Xbox 360's Forza 4 were announced this weekend at the Spike Video Games Awards, and it's looking rather splendid.

Not many details for now, other than you may notice the presence of a familiar logo in the closing frame of the trailer...

We'll have more news in the coming months, but for now here's the announcement from the VGA show, featuring the guys from Top Gear USA: