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Features WRC Evolved: the Rallies of WRC 4

It’s that time of year again. Milestone’s latest rally simulation WRC 4 has landed, and here at TeamVVV we’re blowing it wide open with our comprehensive coverage, looking at every rally location in meticulous detail before our final review. While many of the stages from WRC 3 have been carried over, WRC 4’s graphical overhaul […]

News McLaren makes Project CARS début in latest build update

Project CARS's crowd-sourced 'WMD' members are now able to try out the first ever McLarens in the still-in-development racing title, courtesy of Slightly Mad Studios' latest update build for the game. Following in the wake of Slightly Mad's recent confirmation it had secured the licence to feature McLaren road and racing cars in Project CARS, […]

News Full Ferrari roster unveiled for Need for Speed: Rivals after 7 year hiatus

For the first time in seven years, Ferrari is returning to Need for Speed. Last seen in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 in 2002, licensing issues have prevented EA from using any Ferrari cars (that's karma for you for hogging Porsche so many years), but this year's Need for Speed: Rivals will include six […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 Direct-Feed Gameplay – KTM X-Bow R at Sebring International Raceway

Turn 10's revealed yet another new direct-feed gameplay from Forza Motorsport 5, depicting the Sebring circuit in all of its next-gen splendour. The direct-feed footage isn't just noteworthy for the fact it's the first time we've seen the Sebring International Raceway in the game: the clip also displays the in-game debut of the KTM X-Bow […]

News No plans for Project Gotham Racing sequel says Microsoft

Rumours that a next generation Project Gotham Racing sequel is in the works for Xbox One have been rife for some time now. Speculation started as long ago as 2010, but intensified this year with the impending release of the next generation Xbox One console, as the PGR series has traditionally been Microsoft's flagship racing […]

News Indianapolis in development for rFactor 2 – first render

The ISI track team is busy building the next track scheduled for rFactor 2 as part of their upcoming American open-wheeled themed content: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ISI took to Twitter in a new account set up to showcase their construction progress, starting with an early render of the intricate Indianpolis podium: We'll of course be […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 ‘Showroom Update’ – Week 6

Hot on the heels of the Forza Motorsport 5 Car Pass announcement earlier this week, Turn 10 Studios has released the latest batch of in-game cars for its weekly 'Showroom Update' feature. And, perhaps for the first time so far, all of the motors depicted in the provided picture gallery are all new to the series: whether they're […]

News iRacing gets Greenlit on Steam

iRacing has shown significant growth lately as its passionate racing community continues to expand. If the recent announcement that the subscription-based sim had exceeded 800 million laps wasn't enough, iRacing has now been Greenlit on Steam following a successful voting campaign. It's a significant breakthrough for iRacing.com, which should surely broaden their audience considerably given the […]

News McLaren licencing secured for Project CARS

After what seems like an age since the last licencing agreement was signed, Slightly Mad Studios has secured the rights to feature McLaren Automotive's legendary supercars in Project CARS. As part of the new deal, Slightly Mad will eventually end up adding five McLarens to the game throughout its development phase, ranging from the legendary […]

News Spa Track Pack released for Grid 2; “will be joined by Bathurst” soon

Codemasters has released its first post-launch race circuit DLC for Grid 2. under the guise of the "Spa Track Pack". As the bundle's name suggests, this new piece of downloadable content brings the fabled Spa-Francorchamps circuit to the game, along with a pair of homologated GT racing cars – the Aston Martin V12 Zagato N24 […]

News F1 2013 Hot Lap – Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Whilst Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing have both won their respective championships, we've still three Formula One races to go 'till the season is over, with the next globe trot on the calender being to the United Arab Emirates for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As a result, Codemasters has released it's latest 'Hot […]

News F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition heading to Wii U with extra content

Codemasters' F1 Race Stars, a Mario Kart-style spin-off to their fabled F1 franchise featuring cartoon caricature race drivers with big heads about the size of Lewis Hamilton's ego, is about to get a new release on Wii U packed with extra content and console-specific features. Called F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition, the new release adds […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals ‘Ultimate Cars, Speed and Rivalry’ trailer released

As if we haven't seen enough gratuitous cop chase carnage from Need for Speed: Rivals as of late, EA's released an all-new trailer for the game that shows off yet more high-speed action that we can expect to experience ourselves in the game. Edited in such a way that the unanitiated might even mistake it […]

News New DriveClub gameplay videos reveal new locations and advanced AI

Evolution's first showing of the recently delayed DriveClub since its unceremonious delay left us with ample optimism. Compared to what we saw at Eurogamer with its bare-bones content and choppy frame rate, the progress shown in the latest build looks stunning, indicating that delaying the anticipated PS4 project was the right decision. Captured using the […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 ‘Car Pass’ announced

Turn 10 has announced the first details of the season pass for Forza Motorsport 5, highlighting how cost effective it is for the DLC-purchasing Xbox gamer. Appropriately dubbed the 'Car Pass', the main benefit of purchasing this optional item is to recieve all the DLC car packs at a discounted rate when compared with buying […]

News Reiza Studios’ Ayrton Senna game unaffected by GT6, still in development for PC

Following the surprise revelation that content relating to Ayrton Senna is on the horizon for Gran Turismo 6, a thought immediately popped into my head: what does this mean for the Ayrton Senna licensed game in development by Reiza Studios? Speaking to VirtualR, Reiza Studios confirmed that Senna's inclusion in GT6 will not affect their project: "We […]

News Blur Overdrive mobile racing game launches on Android Market

An unexpected "sequel" to 2010's underrated arcade racing game Blur has emerged on the Android Store, in the form of the free-to-play Blur Overdrive mobile title. Licenced by Activison and co-developed by Marmalade Play (the same firm that brought us the Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies mobile game), the new top-down perspective racing title […]

News Legendary cars and tracks added in RaceRoom Racing Experience’s Autumn Update

SimBin has added a pair of retro touring cars and racing circuits in the latest content update for the free-to-play PC sim RaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E). Those familar with SimBin Studios' previous racing games will have seen this new content before in their prior work: the automotive additions come in the form of the BMW […]

News New DriveClub gameplay video shows significant development progress

DriveClub's unceremonious delay may have been a huge blow to prospective PS4 owners, but we're confident that the extra development time will be worth the wait. After all, it would be a travesty for a title with such promise to be rushed for release to coincide with the PS4's in an unoptimised state that falls […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 Direct-Feed Gameplay – Thrashing a Ferrari F12 around Spa-Francorchamps

Turn 10 Studios has released the latest direct-feed gameplay video of Forza Motorsport 5, showcasing our first in-game look of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Beyond previewing our first next-gen peek at the fabled Belgian racing venue, the trailer also depicts a few of the viewpoint options (such as the bonnet cam and cockpit cam), along with […]

News F1 2013 Hot Lap – Buddh International Circuit (India GP)

F1 2013 may have been on store shelves for the past few weeks, but that hasn't stopped Codemasters from releasing Hot Lap videos before the remaining Formula One races this year. With the FIA's flagship racing series rolling up in India this weekend, the Codies gameplay clip in question gives a brief guide of the […]

News Ayrton Senna-related content in the pipelines for Gran Turismo 6

In a surprise announcement, it has been revealed the late great F1 driver Ayrton Senna will be associated in one form or another with Gran Turismo 6. Speaking during Sony's press conference at the Brazil Game Show, Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed that his studio and the Ayrton Senna Institute – the charity set […]

News Ken Block partners with Need for Speed as Racing Advisor

Perpetual powerslider Ken Block has been announced as EA's new Racing Advisor for Need for Speed. The multi-year partnership will see Mr. Block provide an "insight into what it takes to push the action and adrenaline of racing to new limits" when developing Need for Speed. The news also served as an announcement for Gymkhana […]

News Bathurst coming soon to iRacing in new build

Adding the Bathurst track seems to be an unwritten rule for new racing games this year. Both Forza Motorsport 5 and Gran Turismo 6 will finally feature the legendary Aussie racing circuit for the first time in each series. Soon after, iRacing also announced the inclusion of Bathurst, but no time frame was given for […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals Exclusive Gameplay: exploring the open world of Redview County

The final part of our exclusive Need for Speed: Rivals hands-on gameplay is a simple exploratory drive around the open world map of Redview County, as Alan takes in the sights and sounds while doing his best to avoid confrontation with fellow online Sunday drivers in order to explore the map without disruption. From our […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals Exclusive Rapid Response Hands-On Gameplay

Our hands-on gameplay video coverage of Need for Speed: Rivals continues in part 2, as Alan explores some of the events you can play as the in-game police. Except of course this is Need for Speed, so you won't be seeing Vauxhall Astra police cars patrolling Redview County. Alan's car of choice was the all-new […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 ‘Showroom Update’ – Week 5

As we reach the "One Month To Go" milestone for Forza Motorsport 5, developer Turn 10 Studios has released the latest batch of in-game cars in this week's Showroom Update. As with almost every car that's been confirmed so far, a majority of the motors in this week's list will be familiar to players of […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals Hands-On Gameplay – Part 1 of 3

After our initial hands-on sessions with EA Ghost's Need for Speed: Rivals at past gaming conventions this year, we've been invited to try out a new build of the game. And, at last, we've been allowed to bring the video cameras! In the first of our three-part collection of direct-feed videos, Alan shows us his […]

Features DriveClub Interview part one: Connecting the community

As the current console generation enters its final lap, developers have frequently relied on social networking to invigorate the racing genre in the hope to make online multiplayer racing more compelling, rewarding and enduring. EA’s Autolog is a shining example of social networking done right in a racing game. Suddenly, racing online meant more than […]

News NASCAR ’14 confirmed by Eutechnyx for 2014 release

Eutechnyx has revealed the first initial feature of next year's officially licenced NASCAR game. Appropriately christened by the UK-based game developer as 'NASCAR '14', the new game of America's most popular spectator sport will feature all of the drivers, cars and tracks in next year's Sprint Cup championship, as well as allowing players to relive […]

News Classic ’90s content now available for F1 2013

Codemasters' decision to split F1 2013 in two different flavours wasn't very well received by its fanbase. Buying the standard version of F1 2013 granted you access to a handful of classic '80s cars, drivers and tracks, but if you wanted the complete set of '80s content and its matching '90s content, you had to […]

News Ferrari update released for Real Racing 3

No doubt a result of EA's recent reclaim of the Ferrari license for Need for Speed: Rivals, Real Racing 3 has been updated with a new Ferrari pack soon after the release of its Porsche pack. Three gleaming Ferraris have been added to Real Racing 3's roster: the fabulous FF, the flagship 458 Italia and their latest […]

News Need for Speed Rivals’ AllDrive feature showcased in latest gameplay trailer

One of the more interesting aspects of EA Ghost's Need for Speed Rivals game – the online-centric AllDrive feature – has been flaunted in the title's latest trailer. Dubbed by the developers to be a "revolutionary" new addition to the Need for Speed franchise, the AllDrive component claims to allow gamers on both the single-player […]

News Drive Angry: Angry Birds goes kart racing in free spin-off

It's a well known fact that at some stage every video game franchise ever gets turned into a cash-in kart racing game. Last year saw F1 Race Stars, LittleBigPlanet Karting, and Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing Transformed battle for supremacy in the revived genre, but we all know that die-hard kart racing fans (if […]

News Loch Drummond track released for rFactor 2

A new fictional track has been released for rFactor 2 free to download. Known as Loch Drummond situated on the basin of a Scottish valley, the challenging circuit includes two layouts of 1.2 and 1.97 miles. It was developed by Alex Sawczuk aka The Lonely, a renowned rFactor modder who is also known for his work […]

News Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 wheels aren’t compatible with the Xbox One

Microsoft has confirmed that all of the peripherals that were compatible with the Xbox 360 won't work on that console's imminent successor, the Xbox One. Revealed in a staged video interview with Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb and the Xbox division's Director of Strategic Alliance (the guy who deals with the third-party partnerships and tech) […]

News Top Gear Test Track shown off in latest Forza Motorsport 5 screenshots

We've known for a while that the Top Gear licence will be heavily integrated into Forza Motorsport 5, but we've yet to actually see the TV show's fabled test track in the game…until now! Turn 10 Studios claims that the improvised figure-of-eight test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome has been "meticulously recreated with unprecedented accuracy" in […]

News Sony confirms DriveClub delay

It pains me to say it, but the rumours were right: Sony have now officially announced that DriveClub has been delayed until early 2014, thus omitting it from the PS4's launch line-up next month. A post on the official PlayStation Blog by Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida confirmed the delay today, declaring it as […]

News Reports suggest DriveClub will launch in 2014

Following in the wake of Ubisoft's recent announcements that open-world racing game The Crew and next-gen darling WatchDogs would be delayed until 2014, recent reports are suggesting the PS4 launch title DriveClub will also follow in their footsteps. According to an article by gaming podcast website The Same Coin, an anonymous source "revealed" that the […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 Showroom Update – Week 4

Turn 10 Studios has revealed a new batch of cars that'll appear in its soon-to-be-released Xbox One launch title, Forza Motorsport 5. Leading the charge in the 24-strong car lineup are a quartet of highly-strung performance cars, representing some of the technological pinnacles of their respective eras. These range from the iconic Lamborghini Miura (looking […]

News The Crew delayed until at least mid 2014

Ubisoft's ambitious next gen open world racer The Crew has been delayed until at least Spring 2014. Originally slated for release during Ubisoft's 2013 – 2014 fiscal year, this means the earliest we will possibly be playing The Crew is now April 1st 2014. Update: Joystiq has since reported that Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot has stated […]

News Smash Hit mobile game Monster Truck Destruction ported to PC and Mac

When i was a mere mortal, I had an unhealthy fixation with monster trucks. Their tank-like ability to crush scrap cars into mangled metal-flavoured pancakes left me in awe as a puny child. One year, all I wanted for Christmas was a Hot Wheels BigFoot Crunch Arena playset which had my parents rushing round every […]

News WRC 4 car list revealed

As WRC 4 gears up for its release in under two weeks time, Milestone have confirmed the car list and available liveries that will feature in its latest rally sim. All the official cars from the 2013 season are present and correct, making a total of 15 different car models, 65 Drivers and Co-Drivers and 55 […]

News Thrustmaster TX Xbox One wheel features detachable rim

Thrustmaster's TX Racing Wheel Ferrari F458 Italia Edition for Xbox One is starting to look increasingly promising as new features are announced. The latest development comes with the announcement that the TX will sport a detachable wheel rim, allowing players to swap over wheels easily with Thrustmaster's Quick Release system – a feature that is […]

News WRC 4 demo sliding onto PSN and XBLA next week, new screenshots released

Just 13 days remain at the time of writing before Milestone release WRC 4, and while you've no doubt been keeping tabs and making judgments on our extensive preview coverage, you'll soon be able to get your own hands-on in an upcoming playable demo to make up your own minds. Releasing on PSN for both […]

News WRC 4 Vita gameplay – Australia and Portugal

Time now for another look at WRC 4 on the PlayStation Vita as our preview coverage on Milestone's latest rally sim presses on. This time we take a brief look at the new Australian stage (which was sadly cut short) before taking a spin on the dustry trails of Portugal, which, along with being retextured, […]

News Brands Hatch added to Auto Club Revolution

Eutechnyx has announced the latest track addition to its free-to-play web browser racing game, Auto Club Revolution: the iconic British racing venue that is Brands Hatch. What makes Brands Hatch's introduction to ACR so unique is not due to the circuit's status as one of the finest race tracks in the UK: for the first […]

Reviews F1 2013 Review

F1 2013. It’s likely you’ve all seen the trailers, read about all the details; perhaps even completed a huge chunk of the game by now. Long story short, it perhaps needs no real introduction. What it does need to do, though, is to impress: not only does Codemasters have to redeem itself after the relative […]

News First look at WRC 4 hands-on preview video

Our much-anticipated WRC 4 preview coverage starts here. Last year, we blew the doors wide open in WRC 3 in the run-up to its release. And now we've about to do it all over again with this year's sequel in our comprehensive preview coverage, delving into every possible aspect to find out if Milestone have […]

News 800 million laps raced in iRacing

It's been a long journey for the subscription-based PC sim iRacing. Since launching in 2008, it's built up a reputation as the definitive racing simulation for PC enthusiasts. Such is its popularity, the developers have now announced that the community have raced a staggering 800 million virtual laps worldwide at some point in October. The […]

Features Experience Mario Kart 8 with F1-style Motorsport commentary

It probably comes as no surprise to learn that Mario’s marriage with Nintendo is still going strong, as Mario Kart 8 prepares to launch off the line on Wii U. It’s a marriage that’s stood the test of time since the series first started some nineteen years ago now, but one that has become stale, […]

News “Beat The Stig’s Digital Cousin” in Forza Motorsport 5

With Forza Motorsport 5 looming on the horizon, and seemingly being the only racing game this year to feature officially endorsed Top Gear content, a new trailer featuring the two popular brands has popped up on the official Top Gear YouTube channel. Prominently showcasing the Holden VF Commodore that'll be competing in this year's Bathurst […]

News Codemasters reveals iOS-exclusive ‘F1 Challenge’ mobile app game

After last year's fairly bizzarre take on the licence that was F1 Race Stars, Codemasters has gone down the mobile app route with the newly-announced F1 Challenge game. Currently available only on iPads, IPod Touches and iPhones that can run on iOS 7 software, F1 Challenge features all the cars, drivers and tracks from last […]

Previews WRC 4 Preview Event

With WRC 4 now less than a month away from skidding onto consoles and PC, Alan jetted off to Milan to attend a preview event at Milestone for a more in-depth look at their latest rally sim. After getting more than a little distracted by the city stunning scenery, we get to learn more details […]

News Forza Motorsport 5 Showroom Update – Weeks 2 & 3

Forza Motorsport 5's official car roster has been given a thorough going over, following Turn 10 Studios's latest update for its upcoming Xbox One-excusive racing game. Headling the batch are perhaps two of the finest performance cars of the last five years: the Ferrari 599 GTO, with its high-end computer-controlled technology and its direct descendency […]

News WRC 4 Vita first look gameplay video – Italy

Our extensive WRC 4 preview coverage kicks off with a first look at the Vita version, as Milestone continue to support Sony's struggling platform which is still sadly in short supply of quality driving games. Unlike last year's WRC Vita iteration, WRC 4 is, much like Milestone's port of MotoGP '13, the full fat game: […]

News First iRacing render of NASCAR Ford Mustang released

iRacing.com has revealed the first in-game look at its upcoming automotive addition – the Ford Mustang NASCAR stock car. Whilst the livery itself is the work of fiction, the rendering is a reproduction of the same stock car that's used by three of the twenty teams in the Nationwide Series, the semi-professional racing series in […]

Interviews Alan interviews F1 commentator David Croft

While promoting F1 2013, Codemasters enlisted renowned SKY Sports F1 Commentator David Croft to ferry Alan around the UK capital in a decidedly inconspicuous form of transportation: an F1 2013- branded London cab. He was also nice enough to take part in an extended interview with us in which he discusses his foray into his […]

News Classic Lotus 100T and F1 2013 roll up at HMV Oxford Street

To mark today's launch of Codemasters Racing's F1 2013 game, HMV is hosting a Formula1-themed celebratory event at its flagship branch down Oxford Street in London. Alongside the classic Lotus 100T Formula One car (driven by Nelson Piquet in the 1988 Formula One season, and one of the classic racers available in F1 2013) – […]

Interviews Need for Speed: Rivals interview: mapping the road ahead

It's no secret that Need for Speed is a series with a serious identity crisis. Having been swapped between developers over the years, the series has been steered in a myriad of directions, from its inception as a serious simulation, to arcade racer, to cops v.s. racers, to track racer, to the open world Autolog-driven […]

News Codemasters releases F1 2013 Korea Hot Lap trailer

With only a sleep to go before F1 2013 officially goes on sale in the UK, Codemasters has released the final pre-release gameplay footage of the title in action. Tying in with this weekend's Formula One Korean Grand Prix, the trailer showcases one of the franchise's staple features: Anthony Davidson's hot lap commentary, this time […]

News Bathurst confirmed for Gran Turismo 6

Polyphony Digital has confirmed the legendary Mount Panorama Circuit – more commonly known as 'Bathurst' – will feature in Gran Turismo 6. Following in the wake of similar Forza Motorsport 5 and iRacing announcements, Polyphony claims that GT6's version of Bathurst will be the most accurate and realistic version we've seen to date on the […]

News WRC 4 gameplay trailer reprises Australia

Continuing Milestone's series of WRC 4 gameplay videos as the game nears its release at the end of this month, this latest gameplay glimpse takes us back to Australia – a location last seen in 2011's WRC 2, since it was substituted for New Zealand in the 2012 WRC calendar for WRC 3. The gameplay […]

News Need for Speed Rivals “Progression & Pursuit Tech” trailer released

EA has released a new trailer for Need for Speed: Rivals, shedding some more light on the gameplay mechanics of the upcoming arcade racer. Though mostly focusing on cinematic shots of slidey-slidey action and OTT collision effects a la Michael Bay style, the trailer does showcase at moments what appears to be bonafide gameplay. There […]

News MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame announced by Milestone

Milestone's WRC 4 may be sliding round the last corner of its development, but that hasn't stopped them from announcing their next motorsport game. This time we're back on two wheels in MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame which hails Milestones' comeback in motocross, just as the well-received MotoGP '13 hailed their comeback for circuit bike racing. […]

News Need for Speed film trailer pulls up – move over Fast and Furious?

We knew it was coming, but Dreamworks have now lifted the bonnet on the forthcoming film adaption for Need for Speed. And judging from its action-packed debut trailer featuring lots of expensive exotica, street racing and obligatory slo-mo cop crashes, it looks as if it has a little known film franchise called Fast and Furious […]

News Bathurst revealed in latest iRacing preview

iRacing.com has revealed the first in-game look at the latest track to the subsciption PC sim: the legendary Bathurst track. Following in the wake of Turn 10 Studios confirming the same Australian motorsports venue in Forza Motorsport 5, the solitary teaser shot showcases the Start/Finish line for the Bathurst track, along with some detail of […]

News Turn 10 starts weekly Forza Motorsport 5 car reveal; to commence until November

Turn 10 Studios has announced it'll start revealing all the cars that'll appear in Forza Motorsport 5 on a weekly basis, starting today (28th September) and culminating on a currently undisclosed date in November. Much in the same way the cars in Forza Horizon were confirmed last year, Turn 10 will publish a list every […]

News Kunos Simulazioni clarifies Assetto Corsa pre-order delay

Kunos Simulazioni has clarified the issues surrounding the Assetto Corsa pre-order postponement, stating native e-commerce laws as the prime contributor to the delay. According to Kunos in an official statement, the studio has been working on getting the pre-order phase ready, and was allegedly only "a couple of days" away from this stage being completed […]

News Codemasters ‘talking to teams about sharing physics data’; 60fps expected for F1 2014

Even though Codemasters's final seventh-gen-only Formula One game F1 2013 is yet to be released,Andy Gray – Codemasters's Communicaton Manager – has already been discussing some new features and possibilities for next year's title. Speaking to Sportra, Gray revealed his studio has been "talking to a couple of teams about sharing their kind of physics […]

News NASCAR The Game paint DLC packs released on Steam

Eutechnyx has revealed the first details on its new downloadable content packs for its PC-only title, NASCAR The Game. The DLC for this year's licenced game of America's most popular motorsport series focuses entirely on paint skins, sourced from the real life liveries sported by the Sprint Cup competitors in the current season so far. […]

News Fresh new F1 2013 team screenshots cover all bases

With just 10 days left before F1 2013 reaches the chequeredflag on October 4th, Codemasters have unleashed a fresh batch of shiny screenshots, each representing a specific team. We get a comprehensive selection too, as the screenshots cover everything from external shots of the F1 cars in all their gleaming glory to cockpit close-ups and […]

News iRacing launches on Linux

After recently announcing a Mac version, iRacing have now launched their reputable online racing simulation for Linux. Of course, this will no doubt broaden its appeal and boost its already impressive figures including 793,735,000 racing laps run, 50,000 members worldwide and some 350 private leagues – especially since iRacing is now the only racing sim […]

News Watch a fleet of Mercedes AMGs battle it out in latest DriveClub trailer

If you want to see fast cuts of fast cars driving fast, then this is the trailer is for you. This latest look at DriveClub focuses on the game's immacuately rendered collection of Mercedes AMGs, as they get thrashed along a series of rural roads. Visually, it's looking lavish and lovely as ever, but then […]

News Riding the waves in Kinect Sports Rivals jet ski racing – a belated Wave Race 64 remake?

Time for something different: when was the last time you saw a decent water-based racing game released? Many of you will probably point to the Wave Race on N64, an acclaimed jet ski racing game from way back in 1996 that was later released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. I on the other hand […]

News LocoCycle Gamescom gameplay is insane

With heavy hitters such as Forza Motorsport 5 and DriveClub dominating our coverage as of late, it's easy to miss some of the genre's under-looked games. One of those happens to be the psychotic bike beat 'em up LocoCycle, Twisted Pixel Games' latest creation featuring a three-wheeled female robotic machine gun-wielding motorcycle with a hapless Spanish […]

News Assetto Corsa pre-order release postponed

Assetto Corsa's pre-order phase has been delayed, as confirmed by developer Kunos Sumulazioni's maestro Stefano Casillo. Responding to a fan's query on Twitter regarding the sim being available to pre-order, Casillo revealed he and his team "might miss" the 'end of September 2013' deadline that was referenced earlier this month. Casillo went on to say […]

News High speed flipbook created for Forza Motorsport 5 in FilmSpeed video

Now this is how you advertise a driving game everyone. We're all familiar with flipbooks, where you painstakingly draw a series of sketches on successive pages and then flick through them to create a crude animation that sort of resembles a car travelling at high speed. Well, some supremely talented folk from McLaren and Forza […]

News Gran Turismo documentary film focuses on series creator Kazunori Yamauchi

Gran Turismo is certainly enjoying a lot of mainstream media attention at the moment. First there was the surprising announcement of a Gran Turismo film adaptation in the works. Now comes news that a documentary is being produced on the series to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Titled "KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide," the film will […]