Shin'en Multimedia have just announced that their Wii U futuristic racer FAST Racing Neo will release exclusively through the Nintendo Wii U eShop on December 10 for just £10.99/ €14.99 / $14.99. Looking at the game will no doubt give rise to comparisons with the likes of F-Zero and Wipeout, however FAST Racing Neo does a […]
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DiRT Rally could well be coming to the Playstation 4 and Xbox One consoles sooner than you think, thanks to a Japanese ratings board for DiRT Rally which has been dug up recently. The Taiwanese rating board entry, found by Twitter user “lifelower” who acts as a watchdog searching for all the upcoming releases, displays […]
NewsWe try our hands at the recently released “Classic Team Lotus” expansion pack for Project CARS. We take to the classic Silverstone track, one of four tracks available in the new DLC, and get behind the wheel of the Lotus 49C Formula car which was driven by Maurice Phillippe and Colin Chapman for the 1967 […]
NewsRocket League has been one of the most popular automotive titles to release this year, so popular in fact that it just passed the eight million players milestone. The incredible achievement was announced by developer Psyonix yesterday on their official Twitter page. The game's success will only no doubt continue too when it eventually releases […]
NewsThe latest piece of DLC content for Rocket League is coming tomorrow and consists of several new and free garage items which are inspired by Valve's popular puzzle-based title Portal. The new garage items, for both PC and Playstation 4 versions, are unlocked one by one through the usual method of completing a number of […]
NewsThere's good news and bad news for Rocket League fans. The good news is that the free ice hockey themed map will be arriving on December 14 and is known as the “Snow Day Mutator”, the bad news is that it will replace the current “Mutator Mashup” playlist aww. The new Snow Day mutator covers […]
NewsTechland Games have announced that their speedway sim FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 will release for PC on December 1 for £19.99/$24.99/ €21.99. Australian fans can expect a release later in December, as soon as the age rating is approved locally. The licensed speedway sim's release date comes as a surprise as very little gameplay footage […]
NewsWe recently met up with Territory Studio, who have applied their special effects expertise in movies into the videogame world, most recently working on behemoth titles such as Forza Motorsport 6 and this year's Need for Speed reboot. We chat with Creative Director and founder David Sheldon-Hicks and Art Director Marti Romances from Territory Studios […]
NewsCodemasters have recently shut down their small development team based in Malta who recently released the card battle game Battle Decks. The Malta based team will now join the UK based Codemasters team to “double down on racing to develop future titles” which will enable Codemasters to “demonstrate absolute commitment to the category”. A spokesperson […]
NewsSebastien Loeb Rally Evo developer Milestone have been sharing lots of new screenshots for their upcoming rally racer, their latest batch shows us some of the hillclimb monsters. Coming under the banner of “Class Hillclimb” the latest screens show us three such cars in the form of the Peugoet 205 T16 Pikes Peak, Audi Quattro […]
NewsThe very latest v1.3.5 update for Assetto Corsa has been released. The new update brings with it the usual array of improvements and fixes but also sees the inclusion of the Audi R8 V10 Plus as a free bonus car. Fixes to several cars have been included in the v1.3.5 update which include tyre texture and […]
NewsFollowing on from our recent look at Motorhead and Super Monaco GP2, we now turn our focus to Virtua Racing on the Sega Megadrive (or Genesis depending on where you live) in our latest look at some retro racing goodness. It may be hard to imagine now, but when Virtua Racing on the Megadrive first […]
NewsAstragon Entertainment have released Truck Simulation 16 for Android and iOS devices. In Truck Simulation 16 you'll get behind the wheel of seven different fully licensed real-world trucks, including several examples from German manufacturers MAN. You'll have access to great expanses of road (310 in-game miles) as you travel across Western and Central Europe. Starting […]
NewsWe take a look at The Crew's new graphics and audio versus the old in our very latest latest comparison video which is running on the Playstation 4 console. This comparison is done from the in-car viewpoint and is the first of three graphics and audio comparisons which all feature different cars, viewpoints and time […]
NewsElectronic Arts (EA) have shared more details on their upcoming update for Need for Speed will release on November 25. One of the new updates, revealed today, are the “Community Events”. These are split into three different categories, Bonus cash events will give players an increase in money, Discount events will offer discounts on “various […]
NewsWe check out one of the newly added game modes from the "Mutator Mashup" playlist in Rocket League. Time Warp is much like the standard version of Rocket League except, as the name suggests, time slows as players get very close to the ball. Some may find it easier, we found it more difficult personally […]
NewsThe pre-order bonuses for Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo have been revealed. Those opting to pre-order Milestone's rally racer will receive the bonkers Peugeot 405 T16 Pikes Peak and even more insane Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak cars on day 1 for free. They'll also obtain an additional 3 career events. Both Pikes Peak cars will be […]
NewsWe check out a night stage in Finland in our latest WRC 5 gameplay video. We opt for the chase cam this time around and we are driving the Citroen DS3 WRC car. The first thing you'll probably notice is just how dark it actually gets which really amps up the challenge. Couple these very dark […]
NewsWe decide to share with you guys our cruise in the Nissan GT-R as we head to the newly added Summit for The Crew's Wild Run expansion. The cruise gives us a great chance to view the various graphical improvements such as the new wet weather conditions and improved lighting which were released for free […]
NewsCriterion Games have confirmed that they have no plans for adding their 2006 re-released and critically acclaimed Burnout Revenge title to Microsoft's ever expanding list of backwards compatible titles. Responding to a fan on Twitter who asked “is Burnout Revenge coming to Xone backwards compatibility?” Criterion replied “No plans for that right now”. You can […]
NewsGood news for Xbox One owners of Project CARS as the 6.0 update now heads to Microsoft's consoles slightly earlier than expected. The 6.0 update which was recently released for the PC and Playstation 4 versions, now brings not only many fixes, but new features too to the Xbox One version of Project CARS. There's […]
NewsPolyphony have released an updated version of their Track Path Editor app for Gran Turismo 6. The 1.02 version of the Track Path Editor contains a few fairly major fixes for both the iOS and Android versions along with an undisclosed number of minor bug fixes. The Track Path Editor is an iOS and Android […]
NewsWe put The Crew: Wild Run and Need for Speed together in our latest comparison video. The comparison video highlights just how far The Crew's visuals have come thanks to the recently released graphical update. While it still falls short of the beauty of Need for Speed it certainly doesn't embarrass itself. We compare night […]
NewsUbisoft have released The Crew's Wild Run expansion today which brings a plethora of new content to the huge open-world racer. Chief among the new content is “The Summit” which is basically a monthly competition between players “that lasts a limited amount of time” according to Ivory Tower. Here you'll find various missions, PVP events, […]
NewsSlightly Mad Studios have recently released another batch of DLC teaser screenshots for Project CARS which confirms the addition of the classic Silverstone track. Also confirmed for Project CARS is the Lotus 40 and the Lotus Type 49c which look breathtaking in these shots. Furthermore we see another shot of the classic Rouen and Hockenheim […]
NewsThe 6.0 update for Project CARS has arrived for the Playstation 4 console, just days after it landed on PC platforms. The 6.0 update for the Playstation 4, which is showing as a colossal 5.6 GB on my machine, very much mimics the 6.0 update for the PC as expected with the exception of the […]
NewsA Need for Speed steelbook listing has emerged on the North American Amazon site recently which is strange considering the game has been out for almost two weeks now. The Need for Speed steelbook edition, available for both the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, currently has a price tag of $59.99 and is an Amazon […]
NewsBugBear Entertainment have teased that “something crazy” is going to happen soon regarding their smash-tastic title Wreckfest. The new update found on BugBear's blog for Wreckfest is titled “Something crazy” and shows the picture as seen on the right which seems to depict a driver laying unconscious as if thrown from his or her car. […]
NewsPC racing sim RaceRoom Racing Experience has now had its GT3 class strengthened with the addition of four new GT3 race cars. The Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3, Ford GT GT3, Nissan GT-R GT3 and RUF RT12R join the likes of the Audi R8 LMS Ultra, Chevrolet Camaro GT3 and McLaren MP4-12C GT3 in the GT3 […]
NewsWe put F1 2015 up against F1 2011 in our very latest side by side comparison video. F1 2011 is running on the Xbox 360 and F1 2015 is the Playstation 4 version. We take a couple of laps at the floodlit Singapore, one of the jewels in the Formula 1 crown, and we are […]
NewsDriveclub had a very slight graphical enhancement in its recent update but it was so minor you would be completely forgiven for not noticing it. Driveclub's Game Director Paul Rustchynsky has shed some light on the recent graphics update which funnily enough involves light or more specifically shadows. The recent Driveclub update trialed the new […]
NewsSlightly Mad Studios have released their 6.0 patch for the PC version of Project CARS and have promised the Xbox One and Playstation 4 versions will follow suit before the end of this month. The hefty 2.3 GB patch includes the usual plethora of fixes and enhancements but also adds several new features to online […]
NewsrFactor 2 has finally joined other PC racing sims and is now available to purchase on the Steam platform. Existing owners of rFactor 2 outside of the Steam platform can complete this form to convert the license into a Steam key for no charge. There are three different options to purchase rFactor 2 on Steam, […]
NewsIndie developer Shinen Games have confirmed that their much anticipated fast-paced futuristic racer FAST Racing Neo will release at some point in December this year. The release date was re-confirmed through a new trailer for the anti gravity racer which will be available exclusively through the Wii U eShop. The new trailer showcases the incredible […]
NewsWe take to the Norwegian SKNO 3 track to try our hand at some biking action in Driveclub. We take part in a two-lap race and showcase the first person helmet camera perspective which we though gave us a thrilling sense of speed and danger. To make things a little more interesting we set the […]
NewsTurn 10 Studios have made available the Fast & Furious car pack for their open-world racer Forza Horizon 2. The Fast & Furious car pack, you may remember, was originally released for Forza Motorsport 6 back in September and was bundled in with the Deluxe and Ultimate editions of the racer as well as available […]
NewsWe dig up a Project CARS video that we recorded a little while where we test out the Thrustmaster 599XX EVO 30 alcantara wheel rim. Spa is the destination for our test session and we get behind the wheel of the race spec RUF. The RUF proved to be a little tricky to handle as […]
NewsUbisoft Ivory Tower Managing Director Ahmed Boukheifa has recently confirmed that work on The Crew's incoming graphical update actually started very shortly after the game's launch in 2014. The new graphical update coming November 17, to coincide with The Crew's Wild Run expansion, will be free for all The Crew players and not only involves updated […]
NewsMilestone have announced the full track list for their upcoming officially licensed motocross racer MXGP 2. The track list (see below) features 18 environments in 18 different countries which span the length and breath of the globe. MXGP 2 is currently scheduled for release for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC in February next […]
NewsIndie developer and publisher Zordix AB, who have mainly focused on Nintendo titles in the past, have announced that their upcoming water-based racing title Aqua Moto Racing Utopia (announced previously for the Wii U) will also be heading to the Playstation 4 console. To accompany the announcement, Zordix have released a new gameplay preview trailer […]
NewsRocket League just got a whole lot more fun (if that's possible) with the inclusion of the much-anticipated custom mutator matches thanks to the new v1.08 patch. These custom mutator settings are available to use in exhibition and private matches, alternatively you can opt for the mutator mashup mode in the unranked 3 vs 3 […]
NewsWe check out some retro racing goodness in the form of Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2 for the Megadrive (albeit being emulated on the Retron 5 handheld). Originally released on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear in 1992, Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2 is an arcadey Formula One racing […]
NewsGamestop.com and Amazon.co.uk have both listed Assetto Corsa's release date for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 consoles as April, 2016. Rather than a typical last day of the month placeholder date, both of these sites have specific dates of April 26 and April 22 respectively which adds to the possibility that these dates could […]
NewsAssetto Corsa developer Kunos Simulazioni recently announced that players of the PC racing sim will soon receive the Audi R8 Plus as a free bonus. The Audi R8 Plus is the very latest road car confirmed for Assetto Corsa which will see many more before the game's release on the Xbox One and Playstation 4 […]
NewsWe head over to France in our latest WRC 5 gameplay video and sample the game's wet weather effects. The wet weather in WRC 5 has been done well, the misty effects and wet road surfaces do a job job of conveying that wet and miserable look, you can almost smell the damp in the […]
NewsThree months after Thrustmaster announced that the TX (Xbox One and PC) would be available as a standalone base it's now the turn of the Playstation 4, Playstation 3 and PC compatible T300 base to be available as a standalone product. The base features the specs from the T300RS so you'll get the brushless industrial […]
NewsWe continue our Need for Speed coverage with a look at a race in the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The race is circuit-based and consists of two laps and we're up against six other AI drivers. We select the bonnet cam and put the pedal to the metal to quickly eat up the 9 miles […]
NewsMilestone, the developers of the upcoming Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo have released a comparison video which shows the real vs in-game version of the San Remo rally stage. The video (seen below) showcases many of the San Remo rally stage's buildings and environmental features which have been passionately recreated in Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo for […]
NewsThe 2015 GT Awards winner has been announced as the custom built 973 Datsun 240Z, and as a result will now feature in a future Gran Turismo title for the Playstation 4 console. The custom 240Z is owned by none other than Sung Kang, who played the role of Han in several of the Fast […]
NewsSlightly Mad Studios have been teasing future DLC for Project CARS in the shape of some historic tracks and cars. The cars look to me like the Lotus 25 and the tracks' identity have been disputed by the community, one of the pictures could well be a classic Silverstone or Thruxton perhaps? What do you […]
NewsWe take to Imola in the Toyota TS040 Hybrid, one of the newly added cars in the recently released Japanese car pack for Project CARS. We're using our triple-screen setup and you're viewing the action from our head-mounted GoPro camera. We found that the Toyota LeMans Prototype racer was a bit of a handful in […]
NewsThe much-anticipated release of Fallout 4 will come to fruition in just a few days now and Turn 10 Studios are celebrating the game's launch by offering Forza Motorsport 6 players a brand new and free Fallout 4 themed vehicle, available now. The new vehicle is the 1956 Ford F100 “Fallout 4 Edition” which is […]
NewsThanks to a collaboration with the world's leading racetrack designer the Tilke GmbH, Sector3 Studios have announced the Chang International Circuit will be heading to RaceRoom Racing Experience. The Chang International Circuit will actually be known as the Buriram United International Circuit in RaceRoom. The 4.5 km long circuit first opened to the racing world […]
NewsWe are currently busy working our way through Need for Speed's career mode and decide to showcase one of the game's missions. The Loco Motive speed challenge mission is basically a sprint race against 6 AI drivers. It's worth noting that we are using a fairly low-powered car for this video and so you can […]
NewsVae Victis Games have recently made available their procedural tech demo for Racecraft. The procedural tech demo, which you can access to by simply leaving your email at this location in return for a free Steam key, includes several features from the full game including the procedural generation of tracks of course. You'll also have […]
NewsWe get to grips with the recently released Driveclub Bikes expansion and have a play around with the KTM RC8 R. First we test if we can throw the rider off of the bike and after much playing around with the front and rear brakes and weaving around like crazy it becomes very clear that […]
News[UPDATE] Codemasters have released the Modern Monsters pack today, original story below. Codemasters have given us a good idea of what to expect with the upcoming Modern Masters pack for DiRT Rally. The content pack actually should've been out by now but was delayed slightly due to Codemasters not having the necessary permissions to feature […]
NewsKylotonn Games continue their support for the PC version of WRC 5 with the release of their latest v1.06 patch. The new patch includes support for the Thrustmaster T80 racing wheel and Fanatec Clubsport Pedals V2 along with some fixes for some bugs found in the game's replay mode. Kylotonn Games state that future patches […]
NewsChillingo (the developers responsible for mobile titles such as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope) continue their partnership with Codemasters with the announcement of a modern day Micro Machines coming to iOS devices. Perhaps not surprisingly, the new Micro Machines game bares more than a passing resemblance to the recently released Toybox Turbos. The top […]
NewsElectronic Arts have released the official launch trailer for Need for Speed as we draw ever closer to its release. The trailer features dramatic in-game action to the backdrop of quotes and a mostly instrumental rendition of Coolio's Gangsters Paradise. The trailer does a decent job of whetting people's appetite for the game's release it […]
NewsDevelopers Slightly Mad Studios continue to expand their On Demand content for Project CARS with the release of the fan-requested Japanese Car Pack. The new pack contains six cars in total and mainly consists of road cars which would not be out of place in games such as Need for Speed, coincidental perhaps? There's also […]
NewsWe take our first look at the newly released “Driveclub Bikes” expansion for the Playstation 4 exclusive racing title. After choosing the Yamaha R1 we take to the Nakasendo track for a test drive. We feel the bikes are a great addition to Driveclub and the expansion came as a very pleasant surprise. Controlling the […]
NewsIts been revealed on the official Gran Turismo website that the much-loved racing series has now achieved sales of more than 75 million copies cumulatively around the world. Polyphony, developers of the Gran Turismo series, last posted sales figures as of March, 2013 (before the release of Gran Turismo 6) which totaled to an impressive […]
NewsWe once again get access to a preview version of Need for Speed mere days before its final release and give it a spin in part 1 of our preview. We are first greeted with a scene at a party where we catch a brief glimpse of all of the game's icons who have a […]
PreviewsWe get to grips with the Ford Fiesta RS and take on a Spanish rally stage in our latest WRC 5 gameplay video. The action takes place from the cockpit view and we take part in a single rally stage in the glorious sunshine. We take a moment to cycle through the various cockpit view […]
NewsPsyonix have announced today that Rocket League will soon be receiving a hefty free update which enables players to create their own custom matches by changing a wealth of preset and custom settings. What does this exactly mean? Well you can opt to play with a larger ball with a bigger bounce for instance or […]
NewsBurnout Paradise, the 2008 open-world racer by Criterion Games, is the very first Xbox 360 racing title to be confirmed for Xbox One backwards compatibility. The game received extremely positive reviews across the board, the Xbox 360 version for instance is currently sitting on Metacritic with an incredible score of 88. This will come as […]
NewsDriveclub's Game Director Paul Rustchynsky has been recently hinting that some big updates announced at Paris Games Week would be coming for the Playstation 4 exclusive racer. Strong rumours now all point to Driveclub having bikes thanks to the PEGI rating board rating an item called “Driveclub Bikes”. The announcement is expected today and it […]
NewsSector3 Studios have extended their free-to-play base content for the PC racing sim RaceRoom Racing Experience. Six new free cars from the Silhouette and Prototype series have been added to the existing free car list to bump the total up to 11 free cars. Some of those 11 cars have also been given extensive physics […]
NewsMilky Tea Studios and Wales Interactive have today announced that their wacky PC kart racer Coffin Dodgers will be racing onto the Playstation 4 and Xbox One consoles in Q1, 2016. Coffin Dodgers takes place on the “mean streets” of a retirement home. You are tasked with saving one of the seven retirees on your […]
NewsGeometry Shift is a ultra high-speed anti gravity racer which is currently under development by indie company 0.1.1.2 Studios. The game has recently appeared on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter after successfully being greenlit on Steam last month. The indie developers are asking for £47,500 to fund Geometry Shift and have so far raised £137 […]
NewsMicroids and Artefacts Studio have released the very first images for Moto Racer 4 which is currently under development for the Playstation 4, PC, Mac and Xbox One and is scheduled for a fall 2016 release. The new screens showcase both motocross bikes and superbikes but it’s unclear just how the game will actually look […]
NewsWe catch up with Stephane Jankowski, producer of The Crew: Wild Run and he gives us some new details on the upcoming expansion. Jankowski chats about the various new vehicles and specs such as the monster trucks, drift cars and motorcycles and touches on the new work that has gone into the engine to improve […]
InterviewsElectronic Arts have confirmed that the Need for Speed reboot has gone gold (at least for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One consoles anyway). The news was confirmed through the official Twitter page thus: We are GOLD! See you on the streets! pic.twitter.com/w3SRxxqz9q — Need for Speed (@NeedforSpeed) October 23, 2015 Going gold means that […]
NewsAfter checking out a full preview version of The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion, we now turn our attention to the The Crew's Wild Run PC beta with a random drive. We're running the game on our triple-screen setup and we go for an extensive drive just for some fun. In fact it's this ability […]
NewsSector3 Studios have released the 2015 DTM Experience content pack for PC racing sim RaceRoom Racing Experience. The new content was developed with valuebale input from real-life DTM racers such as Daniel Juncadella and Bruno Spengler. The 2015 DTM Experience pack builds on the success of earlier DTM Experiences and of course updates the cars […]
NewsWe continue our preview footage with the full version of The Crew: Wild Run by trying our hand at some drifting in rainy conditions. The game is running on a PC but is simulating what console owners can expect to see, also we are also using a controller for this preview. We take part in […]
NewsFive months have passed since the iRacing development team first teased the Nurburgring for their PC racing sim iRacing. They have now announced that the legendary track will be coming iRacing in December. According to the development team, they are currently in the final stages of putting the track together ready for December although there […]
NewsDeveloper Milestone have been releasing some fresh screenshots of Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo lately which give us a good look at two of the game's historic cars. The cars in question are the BMW 2002 ti and the Lancia Stratos rally cars. The 2002 ti screenshots in particular give us a good look at the […]
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