MC:LA Gets South Central DLC; New Achievements Too! [Update]

For those that have played Midnight Club: Los Angeles, you know the game is fairly big already.  Well, Rockstar Games is set to expand that even more.  The upcoming set of DLC that was previously announced will be expanding the game size by about one third, or another 4 neighborhoods.  The free portion of the DLC is pretty much set up just to expand the size of the map.  To get new cars, new challenges and races, new upgrades for the cars, you will need to get the 800 Microsoft Point version. Here is what each version offers.

The South Central Map Expansion features:

• Map expansion by one third
• Four new neighborhoods
• Price: FREE for both Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3

South Central Premium Upgrade features:

• Nine new vehicles:
• Luxury: 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG “Black”
• SUV: 2008 Range Rover Supercharged, 2008 Range Rover Sport Super Charged
• Lowrider: 1955 Chevy Bel Air, 1963 Buick Riviera, 1964 Chevy Impala, 1965 Chevy Malibu
• Muscle: 1970 Chevy Chevelle, 1966 Pontiac GTO
• 26 new races
• 12 new battle maps
• 10 new delivery missions
• 100+ new red light races
• New rims
• New body kits for each new car
• New vinyl pre-sets
• Hydraulics/Airbags unlocked on all new cars
• New music
• Price: $9.99 for PLAYSTATION 3 and 800 MS points for Xbox 360

Unfortunately, there is no word about whether or not there will be new achievements tied to the expansion packs; we’ve emailed Rockstar’s PR representative about this. Rockstar’s PR rep said that there will be new achievements but would not specify what they were or how much they will be worth.  These two packs for Midnight Club: Los Angeles will be released on March 12th.  Anyone interested in expanding their MCLA experience?

Update 1: We got a reply. Updated accordingly.