Circuit of the Americas is the next track to be added to iRacing, unveiled in a new behind the scenes video over on iRacing TV. The US circuit, best known for hosting the US Grand Prix, is tentatively scheduled to be released for iRacing sometime in Spring 2014. The video reveals the painstaking process of […]
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Image Space Incorporated has released their revamped version of Silverstone for rFactor 2. Now at V1.14, the update effectively transforms the circuit thanks to the previously announced enhanced surface model that accurately simulates the track’s bumps and elevation changes from real data. Furthermore, the International layout has been added, the GP Layout has been replaced with […]
NewsEutechnyx has officially confirmed the Bentley Speed 8 will be coming to Auto Club Revolution by next Wednesday (February 19th) at the very latest. Having had its eventual release in the browser-based racing game teased not so long ago, the inaugural Le Mans Prototype in Auto Club Revolution will be available for players to pre-order tomorrow […]
NewsSlightly Mad Studios has pulled the wraps off its latest racing game project: the free-to-play MMO title called 'World of Speed'. Contrasting heavily with Project CARS, Slightly Mad's much-anticipated rival to the Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport franchises, World of Speed is described in the official statement as a "free-to-compete AAA massively multiplayer online action-racing […]
NewsEutechnyx has provided the most tantalising evidence yet that the Bentley Speed 8 endurance prototype will be added to Auto Club Revolution. Whilst the racing game specialist has hinted previously that an immensely powerful, Le Mans-winning racing car from Britain will be added to the free-to-play racing game, the image seen here (posted on Auto Club Revolution's […]
NewsMilestone always pride themselves on achieving authenticity when it comes to their licensed motorsport games, and MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame is no exception. A number of factors contributed to this. Being the official game of the MXGP Motocross, all the licensed riders and tracks are featured, but a lot more substance lies beneath all […]
InterviewsDelivering on their promise, Milestone has released a new gameplay video for MXGP – The Official Motocross Videogame featuring Evgeny Bobryshev at Valkenswaard, which was showcased in the last batch of screenshots. The video acts as a demonstration of two key features: Track Soil Deformation and First-Person View. An optional feature, Track Soil Deformation will allow the surface to […]
NewsA recent Sumo Digital job vacancy listing has revealed the studio is working on a new entry for what's described as "one of the most succesful driving franchises of all time". The Sheffield-based game developer is looking for a Vehicle Handling and Performance Specialist, with (as stated in this listing)"a background of successful game design experience" […]
NewsiRacing has partnered with automobile fluids-manufacturer Peak to offer iRacers a chance to race in a real-life Stock Car. The unique opportunity comes courtesy of iRacing’s virtual PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series, a special 12 week online racing series open to new and current iRacing members which runs from 1/27/2014 through 4/21/2014. Here, the […]
NewsGT Academy Finalist Neil Williams returns for episode 3 of his series of iRacing videos chronicling his career in the subscription-based sim. Once again, Neil returns to Laguna Seca in the TeamVVV Mazda MX5 Cup Car where we see his skills continue to improve as he becomes more accustomed to the Mazda's nippy handling characteristics. Despite […]
NewsOne of the most intriguing games featured in our exhaustive 2014 racing games preview was The ’90s Arcade Racer, a colourful homage to the heyday of arcade racing games where compulsive titles such as Daytona USA, Indy 500 and and Ferrari F355 Challenge dominated arcade machines and devoured huge chunks of change from our pockets. […]
NewsTwisted Pixel's bizarre bike game Lococycle, in which you control a karate-kicking sentient bike named I.R.I.S. while her Spanish-speaking engineer Pablo literally gets dragged along for the ride hanging on for dear life, is finally being released onto Xbox 360 February 14th after it first launched on Xbox One in November, despite original plans to […]
NewsAfter months of silence, indie developer Refract Studios has released a new gameplay video of their Tron-inspired survival racer Distance, showcasing some of the new experimental developments that have been implemented into the game during the private alpha as a result of feedback from backers. Among the new features seen in the gameplay video include […]
NewsThis week's TeamVVV.com racing game news round-up was full of new things. First up we had the release of the Smoking Tyres Car Pack for Forza 5, adding ten new cars to Turn10's flagship Xbox One racer. Well we say 'new,' but many of these were already featured in Forza 4. But that would be […]
NewsSony has made the recently-released 'KAZ: Pushing The Virtual Divide' documentary film available to view for free on YouTube. Originally debuting on the Hulu video sharing network (and, as such, only available to view within the United States of America), KAZ: Pushing The Virtual Divide can now been given a worldwide release, via the official […]
NewsSimBin Studios has released the first preview images of its Sonoma Raceway rendering for RaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E). As revealed in a recent entry on a SimBin 'Developer Spotlight' blog post, not only is the Sonoma Raceway – formerly known as the Infineon Raceway – already at a 'work in progress' stage that's worth showing, […]
NewsMilestone has released a third batch of screenshots for MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame. As before, the purpose is to showcase a new track and star rider: in this case, the Dutch track of Valkenswaard and rider Evgeny Bobryshev, who begins his fifth season this year in the MXGP World Championship riding a Honda CRF450R. Despite suffering a […]
NewsReiza Studios has announced the latest racing car for Game Stock Car 2013: the MetalMoro MRX Prototype. A home-grown competitor in the Brazilian Sportscar Endurance Championship, the MetalMoro version featured in the provided photograph – which we assume will be the version that makes its way into Game Stock Car – is the MRX 4C […]
NewsSony has heavily reduced the prices for a number of the racing game currently listed on the PlayStation Store, courtesy of the online marketplace's comprehensive February sale. As part of the time-limited retail price reshiffling, a sizeable array of PS3, PS4 and PS Vita titles, several big racing games – such as Gran Turismo 6, F1 […]
NewsThe latest car pack for Forza Motorsport 5 – the 'Honda Legends Car Pack' has been released, available to all FM5 players for free. As the bundle's name implies, the Honda Legends pack features three of some of the more noteworthy cars to wear the instantly recognisable 'H' badge over the last thirty years: 1984 […]
NewsRaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E) developer SimBin Studios has outlined its initial plans regarding future updates and content for its free-to-play PC sim title. As detailed in the official announcements on the SimBin blog, the Swedish studio confirmed a small selection of the many "amazing things in the plan" for R3E's expansion, ranging from optimising and […]
NewsWe're all probably guilty of placing bets on there being another new Need for Speed game this November as a next generation sequel to Need for Speed: Rivals.- I even pondered on the possibility of a Need for Speed Underground sequel in my 2014 racing games preview, if not in name then in spirit. All bets […]
NewsGT Academy Finalist Neil Williams returns for the second episode chronicling his iRacing career in another race at the iconic Laguna Seca, with him honing his driving skills in the Mazda MX-5 Cup car. This was only Neil's fourth race in his career, and yet his faultless performance on the track left his rivals lagging […]
NewsThis week's racing news round-up was all about our extensive 2014 racing games preview, giving you the lowdown on every racing release that should be on your rader. From the PS4 exclusive socially-driven DriveClub to Ubisoft's ambitious open world racer The Crew to the final releases of the much-anticipated pair of PC sim racers Project […]
NewsUkranian developer Beatshapers has announced its latest project – the PS4-only arcade racing game 'Ready to Run'. Revealed to the world on a recent PlayStation Blog post, Ready to Race is described by Beatshapers CEO Alexey Menshikov as a "furious R/C car racing game" with a "unique retro-futuristic setting". Very little is known about Ready […]
NewsFull AI compatibility will all the cars and tracks in Assetto Corsa headlines the latest update patch for Kunos Simulazioni's Steam Early Access PC sim. Having been introduced for a limited range of events in the previous Assetto Corsa update, 'v0.6' now allows players to select AI competition on each of the twelve tracks in […]
NewsThe much-anticipated Mario Kart 8 will be released sometime during May this year, Nintendo has confirmed. As revealed during the Wall Street Journal's live-blogging coverage of Nintendo's recent strategy briefing meeting, Nintendo's flasghip first-party racing game will debut as a Nintendo WiiU exclusive sometime in May 2014. No specific dates were mentioned in the briefing. […]
NewsAn alleged games industry insider has claimed Forza Horizon will "probably" be re-released on the Xbox One sometime in September 2014. Speaking on the NeoGAF forums, the user under the pseudonym of 'ntkrnl' announced that Playground Games' Forza spin-off title will be remastered for an exclusive release on Microsoft's latest games console, bringing co-op gameplay, […]
NewsNext Car Game is proving to be one of the biggest success stories for the indie crowd-funding scene, especially for a racing game, thanks to its innovative soft body damage modelling gaining widespread attention. Its initial Steam Early Access release, whereby Steam keys were sent out to anyone who pre-ordered Next Car Game, resulted in […]
NewsThe third major post-launch DLC pack for Forza Motorsport 5 – the 'The Smoking Tire Car Pack – has been announced by Microsoft Studios, ahead of its release next week on February 4th. Named after the popular web-based automotive video series, the The Smoking Tire Car pack will end up adding ten cars to the […]
NewsLooking back, 2013 was a seminal year for racing games. We had the return of several much-loved series such as Codemasters’ GRiD 2 and Milestone’s MotoGP ‘13, before the year culminated with an epic head-to-head duel between the two racing game titans: i.e. Gran Turismo 6 vs. Forza Motorsport 5. But now it’s time to map […]
FeaturesEutechnyx has unveiled the latest licenced track for Auto Club Revolution – the world-renowned Watkins Glen International. Released today on the free-to-play browser-based racing game, the fabled home of the Six Hours of Glen endurance race and former host of the United States Formula One Grand Prix now joins the likes of the Hockenheimring and […]
NewsThe Super Late Stock Car and the Ruf Rt 12R AWD road car are now available in iRacing, courtesy of a new update build for the popular PC racing simulation title. Whilst the automotive duo headline the latest build of the susbscription racing game, the update itself adds a host of new features and fixes […]
NewsThe first patch for WRC4 has just been released across all of its compatible platforms, adding an array of tweaks and bug fixes to Milestone's latest licenced rally game. As stated in the official changelog as provided by Milestone, the inaugural patch for WRC4 mainly addresses some of the more prominent known glitches in the […]
NewsThe latest batch of in-game 'Red Bull X Challenge' events headlines a fairly substantial 'V1.04' update to Gran Turismo 6. Carrying on from the initial two X Challenge trials which were added to the game in December's V1.02 patch, the final duo of events focus on two all-new cars to Gran Turismo 6 – the […]
NewsCodemasters Racing has assured the McLaren Racing Pack will be added to the recently-released Grid 2 Reloaded racing game "as soon as possible". As was briefly mentioned in Team VVV's original report on Grid 2 Reloaded – a game that claims to come with all of the DLC that has been released for the standard […]
NewsIt's that time of year again: Top Gear, the most popular TV show on the planet, is returning to our screens in a shower of tyre smoke, with a newglittering series filled with testosterone-pumping power tests, comedy car challenges and grumpy middle aged men falling over a lot. Business as usual, then. Indeed, Series 21 […]
NewsOff-road Trophy Truck racing is surprisingly underrepresented in racing games. Codemasters' DiRT dabbled with it in recent entries, but we've yet to see a dedicated Trophy Truck racing game. Enter D Series Offroad Racing, a new PC driving simulation by indie developer Kevin Westendorf of devotid.com that brings Trophy Truck racing to the forefront, along with Trophy […]
NewsLast year, a major track to rFactor 2's roster: Silverstone. At the time, it was purposely released to coincide with the British Grand Prix. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite finished, and the result was a track in an unoptimised state as the developers were still awaiting surface data to give it that authentic feel. Image Space […]
NewsIn episode ten of the TeamVVV weekly racing news round-up, we revealed the not so surprising news that yet another Forza game is on the horizon this year. Quite literally, in fact, as rumours are pointing to Playground Games developing a next-gen sequel to the open world spin-off Forza Horizon. Playground Games did a sterling […]
NewsWith Alan's new triple screen PC gaming rig now fully set up, we thought we'd turn our attentions to one of the PC's most renowned racing simulations: iRacing. With Neil William's iRacing career video series and Alan's test sessions, it's safe to say we're back in the driving seat with iRacing for the foreseeable future. […]
NewsPoor PS4 players have been patiently waiting for DriveClub following its delay until early 2014, but a titbit from the Italian Official PlayStation magazine has hinted that the wait could be even longer than we were originally led to believe. According to a recent FaceBook update on their page, DriveClub could now be due in […]
NewsCodemasters Racing has released a digital-only special edition version of its Grid 2 racing title, under the guise of "Grid 2 Reloaded". As was the case when its legendary predecessor – Race Driver: GRiD – was given the "Reloaded" treatment, Grid 2 Reloaded is essentially the exact same as the standard Grid 2 game we reviewed last year, […]
NewsA Euthechnyx employee has suggested there'll be "lots of exciting developments" coming to Auto Club Revolution. Dave Thompson, the Development Director at Eutechnyx, took to Twitter to hint at the possibility of interesting new additions inbound for the studio's free-to-play browser-based racing game. Tiring first day, lots of exciting developments to catch up on […]
NewsThe all-wheel drive (AWD) version of the Ruf Rt 12R has appeared in the latest promo reel published by iRacing.com. Previewed in the trailer that also showcases the three other Rufs in the popular PC racing simulator – the rear-wheel drive (RWD) road car, the GT3-style C-Spec Race Car and the apprpriately named Ruf Track […]
NewsYou've requested it, and we've heard you: iRacing is returning to Team VVV in a big way. And it starts here. We've enlisted the talented UK GT Academy finalist Neil Williams to introduce you to the world of iRacing, chronicling his on-going career in the subscription-based sim in a series of video blogs as […]
NewsIt's been a long time in coming, but at long last VVV has finally joined the PC racing scene thanks to Alan's new gargantuan gaming PC enabling us to bring you coverage on all the sims that are dominating the PC simulation genre, plus a chance to play a few existing titles how they were […]
NewsUPDATED: Milestone's Playtesting oppurtunities are currently available only to Italian residents. It is unknown at this moment in time when this feature is opened up to those of other nationalities The Italian racing game studio Milestone has revealed it'll be eventually allowing play testers to help fine tune their upcoming titles. Unveiled alongside the recently-redesigned […]
NewsReady for some more photogenic Project CARS eye candy? Slightly Mad Studios has just revealed the 78th Project CARS community gallery, and once again it's a stunning showcase of the staggering visual prowess possible on high spec PCs and next-generation consoles. Tucked away in the smattering of sultry screenshots showing off many of Project CARS' […]
NewsWe suspected that we would be seeing a next-gen follow-up to Forza Horizon this year based on hints dropped by Playground Games and Microsoft's plans to make Forza an annual series, with Turn 10 and Playground alternating developer duties each year in the same vein as Infinity Ward and Trayark do with Call of Duty. […]
NewsSony Computer Entertainment has confirmed the "KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide" biopic will be launching on January 22nd through the popular video viewing service Hulu. Directed by Tamir Moscovici and filmed across twelve locations around the world, "KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide" is a documentary film centred on the Gran Turismo franchise and the creator […]
NewsiRacing.com has unveiled the first preview renders of the two racing cars it's currently developing for the popular subscription-based PC sim – the BMW Z4 GT3 and the Dallara DW12 single-seater used in IndyCar races. Whilst iRacing won't go any further than say they're both "currently in development", it's speculated the Z4 GT3 will be […]
NewsKunos Simulazioni's latest 'Content Update' patch for Assetto Corsa has been released, most notably adding AI drivers to the still-in-development PC racing sim. At this stage, it's only possible to race against computer-controlled drivers on certain tracks in specific game modes in Assetto Corsa, though it's almost certain that Kunos Simulazioni will be adding AI […]
NewsNext Car Game was already released on Steam Early Access via Steam Keys sent out before Christmas to anyone who preordered the game from BugBear's website, but now it's been made publicly available to order directly through Steam. It arrives on Steam as a result of BugBear's highly successful Greenlight campaign, where Next Car Game […]
NewsSlightly Mad Studios has confirmed the British racing driver and Project CARS handling consultant Oli Webb will be lending his vocals to the racing game's dialogue audio sequences. As part of his role as Slightly Mad's unofficial dialogue consultant for Project CARS, Oli Webb's voice will be featured in the game's pit-to-car audio during races. […]
NewsRumours that DriveClub was going to be released as launch title for the PS4 in Japan on February 22nd got our hopes up that it wouldn't be too long until we can get our hands on the PS4's premier racer. Turns out this was indeed a rumour, as it's now been confirmed that DriveClub has […]
NewsThe UK poster for the forthcoming Need for Speed movie adaptation has been revealed by Yahoo Movies, and it makes its intentions very clear indeed: forget Aaron Paul – the cars are the real stars here. Several of the film's central cars take pride and place on the poster, such as the Bugatti Veyron and […]
NewsTrying to decipher exactly what Codemasters is up to was the main talking point of this week's podcasts, as the release of their free-to-play mobile racing game Drive: USA bewilders everyone while speculation on DiRT 4 continues to mount with hints that Codemasters could have multiple rally games in development. Elsewhere, episode 9 was dominated […]
NewsMillions of racing fans around the world found their fascination for racing cars through video games. No game has had a bigger impact in this way than the Gran Turismo series. At this year’s Autosport International racing car show, I saw a car that I have always loved in GT, but never expected to see […]
InterviewsRegardless of whether you were smitten with or despised Gran Turismo 5, it’s quite hard to argue against the claim that it was an inconsistent game. There were plenty of great, jaw-dropping moments in GT5: it was just a shame that almost everything else between was disappointingly mediocre. That same criticism can also – sadly […]
ReviewsSeveral updates for Project CARS have been released recently containing all manner of bug fixes and new features, but most notable is the addition of a new car: the Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster. The ultra-rare roadster (only five were made, as the name implies) is showcased in the latest community gallery, with over 40 sumpteous […]
NewsKunos Simulazioni's licencing manager has provided the most in-depth pre-releaselook yet of Assetto Corsa's LaFerrari car model Released on the Facebook page of Kunos's Licencing Project Manager, Marco Massarutto, the pair of off-screen photographs provide out first look at the studio's LaFerrari model, as it'll appear in Assetto Corsa. Kunos officially announced the LaFerrari licencing […]
NewsUPDATE: The endurance race bug has now been fixed in a recently-released micro update. The issue regarding the end race standings still remains, but the game now classifies you in the actual position you finished the race in, and rewards you with the applicable Stars and Credits payout. The latest update patch for Gran Turismo […]
NewsETX Racing – the newly-created racing game sub-brand at Eutechnyx – has confirmed the official release date for the upcoming NASCAR '14 game. According to ETX Racing, this year's officially licenced NASCAR racing game will be released on February 18th later this year in the United States, and (according to a Tweet by NASCAR '14 […]
NewsiRacing.com has released the first preview image of the latest new car that'll eventually be added to the popular PC racing sim: the Super Late Model stock car. Very little information on the Super Late Model (based off the same stock car that competes in the Pro All-Stars Series events held across the year in […]
NewsMontreal's fabled Formula One venue, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, will be one of the star new additions to Game Stock Car 2013 in the upcoming 'V1.15' update. GSC developer Reiza Studios has also confirmed the inclusion of Autodromo Floripa – a fictional track that's featured in previous Reiza racing sims such as Game Stock Car […]
NewsNews on the Road Rash-inspired Road Redemption, an indie bike combat title developed by DarkSea Games following a successful Kickstarter campaign, hasn’t been forthcoming lately, but a new gameplay video showcases how the game has progressed since the Kickstarter campaign. Again, the gameplay shown is from an early pre-alpha build of the game which will […]
NewsGran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital has confirmed the third major update patch for Gran Turismo 6 will be released on January 14th. Very little is known about what exactly will be added to GT6 in the 'V1.03' update patch, but Polyphony Digital has confirmed the fully-modelled interior for the BMW M4 Coupe – which was […]
NewsSony Computer Entertainment has confirmed the latest Toyota concept car – the FT-1 coupe – will be coming to Gran Turismo 6 on January 14th. Unveiled earlier today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and created in collaboration with Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital at Toyota's Calty Design Research facilities in California, […]
NewsCodemasters Racing has soft-launched its all-new mobile driving game, 'Drive USA', on the Singapore iTunes Store, for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad decices. Whilst Codemasters is no stranger to making small titles that are compatible with smartphones and tablet devices – the studio ported Colin McRae: Rally to iOS devices in June last year – […]
NewsFollowing on from our earlier look at the latest Project CARS build, we've returned to the realms of Assetto Corsa for another quick hands-on, hot lap session. Still using his trusty Formula Abarth single-seater racing car, Alan's this time around swapped the flat-out sweepers of Monza for the more technical cambers and corners of the […]
NewsIt's obvious that Evolution is still keeping many details on DriveClub carefully under wraps. Considering the PS4's flagship racer is potentially only six weeks away, there's been little in the way of car or track announcements, or even some further insight into the game modes and social dynamics. While PS4 players are becoming impatient […]
NewsRemember the free-to-play, Tron-inspired Nitronic Rush from indie developer Refract Studios? Bet you didn’t know it’s getting a spiritual successor under the name of Distance In truth, we’ve known about Distance for quite some time – it was originally meant to be out last year, but the release keeps slipping, sadly. Shame, because Nitronic Rush’s […]
NewsOur last news on MXGP confirmed that we can expect Milestone's latest venture into the bike racing game world to land in March, but now we have an official date: MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame will be wheeling onto PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS Vita March 28th. If last year's MotoGP '13 is anything to […]
NewsIt's been quite some time since we last looked at Project CARS (over a year, in fact – last time we had access to Project CARS was at the end of 2012), but now we're finally able to get back in the driving seat thanks to Alan's new PC set up. Our first video takes […]
NewsWith Alan's all-singing, all-dancing gaming PC finally set up, we're finally able to delve into the mindfield that is the PC racing simulation market. As such, you can expect the Team VVV YouTube channel and website to be flooded with PC racing game content over the next few weeks. These first run of gameplay videos […]
NewsPolyphony Digital has confirmed the final two events in Gran Turismo 6's 'Red Bull X Challenge' series "will be available at the end of January" Responding to user confusion over the now-incorrect 'these events will be available on January 1st 2014' placeholder, the GT developer has now the final two events in the special in-game […]
News2014 is here, in what promises to be an exciting year for racing games as we start to see the leading developers utilise the horsepower of the next generation consoles while the PC racing simulation continues to strive and evolve with the final releases of Assetto Corsa and Project CARS. Plenty for us to cover […]
NewsAnother titan of the contemporary performance car world – the monstrous McLaren P1 – will eventually be incuded in Assetto Corsa, a Kunos Simulazioni employee has revealed. As announced by AC developer Kunos Sumulazioni's Licencing Project Manager, Marco Massarutto, the petrol-electric hybrid halo model for McLaren Automotive will be eventually added to Assetto Corsa's slowly […]
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