This isn’t the first time we come across Forza screenshots that look so good you could easily believe they’re real, but since the star of the show is the Austin Mini Cooper S, the cool factor is ...

But it did not. This is just the digital color scheme that feels eerily close to what the German aftermarket company likes best for its BMW projects, and it is for a particularly good digital reason.

Launched in 1959 and first exported stateside in 1960, the Mini—initially badged Austin Seven or Morris Mini Minor—miraculously combined the nimble handling of an MG or Austin-Healey with the ...