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News Gran Turismo 6’s launch party event to be held in Ronda at Ascari Race Resort

With this week's launch of Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One hogging the limelight, it's easy to dismiss Gran Turismo 6 lagging behind on the age-old PS3. And yet these ravishing new screenshots prove there's still life in Sony's old dog yet. These latest screens serve to showcase GT6's recreation of the Ascari Race Resort, […]

News TeamVVV.com Weekly Racing News Episode 3: Forza 5 fast approaching

The third in our weekly news round-ups is now live on the channel, gathering every morsel of content lifted from the TeamVVV.com website. Unsurprisingly, this week's episode is dominated heavily by the incoming arrival of Forza Motorsport 5, with an assortment of nourishing gameplay videos to digest. Not that other games don't get a look […]

News Thrustmaster’s TX 458 Xbox One wheel pedals have no clutch

With Thrustmaster's new TX 458 Edition racing wheel about to go on sale to coincide with the launch of Microsoft's Xbox One, a new product page on Thrustmaster's website has answered some lingering questions whilst outlining some new features. Chief among which is the confirmation that the wheel will be bundled with a set of […]

News Fanatec explain why their CSR wheel won’t work on Xbox One

In light of their update yesterday confirming the development of an Xbox One wheel, Fanatec have posted a lengthy explanation on why you won't be able to use your existing Fanatec CSR wheel, Forza 4's flagship racing peripheral to play Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One. "Several people have raised their concerns and we understand […]

News Fanatec working on new Xbox One wheel: existing Xbox 360 wheel compatibility uncertain

Last month, Microsoft dropped the bombshell that the next-gen Xbox One system will not support existing Xbox 360 wheel peripherals, meaning you will have to discard of your swanky CSR Elite wheel made of carbon fiber and fork out for a new Thrustmaster 458 TX to experience Forza Motorsport 5 how it was meant to […]

News Latest DriveClub gameplay glimpse takes us to Norway before sunrise

A new gorgeous gameplay video for DriveClub has emerged on their FaceBook page, offering another brief glimpse of its sumptuous next generation visuals and biblical engine sounds that will set new standars for racing games. This latest teaser takes us to the snowy alps in Norway, set in the morning before sunrise to further showcase […]

News BMW Z4 GTE coming to iRacing

iRacing.com have revealed the next car lined-up for their subscription-based PC sim: the BMW Z4 GTE. A snapshot can be seen of the developers at work referencing materials for the car, which is currently in testing at Sebring. Based on their renowned GT3 class car, the Z4 GTE is being used as BMW's car of choice […]

News New DriveClub gameplay shows scintillating Scottish skies

After a week of silence, Evolution Studios have unleashed a new gameplay video of the PS4's flagship racing game DriveClub. Sorry to disappoint you, but no, it's not the full race gameplay video we've been promised, but another brief snippet of fresh gameplay barely spanning over 10 seconds. Talk about feeding us table scraps. Not […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals PS4 & Xbox One gameplay videos: spot the difference

EA continue to saturate their video coverage of the forthcoming Need for Speed: Rivals, with a new pair of videos showcasing gameplay sourced from both the PS4 and Xbox One versions. As the only racer available for both next generation platforms at launch, the footage is bound to come under scrutiny as feckless fanboys unite […]

News Thrustmaster TX Xbox One wheel will also be compatible for PC

Thrustmaster's soon-to-be-released Ferrari 458 Italia TX wheel is being marketed as the flagship wheel for Xbox One, and will likely be the wheel of choice for hardcore players of Forza Motorsport 5 as we now know that existing Xbox 360 wheels such as Fanatec's range will not work on Xbox One. What Thrustmaster didn't mention […]

News Assetto Corsa places second behind Call of Duty in Steam charts

After a long wait full of delays, Kunos Simulazioni's much anticipated PC sim Assetto Corsa has finally been released as a beta on Steam Early Access. It's certainly been a successful launch for the Italian developer so far: not only has Assetto Corsa garnered considerable praise from the community and sim racing critics (us included – […]

News First screenshots for Milestone’s MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame emerge

It's been a prolific year for Italian developer Milestone, with MotoGP 13, their first MotoGP game in five years, and the recently released WRC 4 enjoying a positive reception from the community. They're certainly showing no signs of slowing down either, as last month came the unexpected announcement of MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame, their […]

News Sony explains DriveClub delay: ambitious social features blamed

The delay of DriveClub was unceremonious, to say the least. With just a month to go until the launch of the PS4 in November, Evolution Studios' DriveClub was gearing up for the launch party, with Sony promoting it as one of the front-runners of the next-gen console's launch library alongside the remaining first party launch […]

News New Indianapolis preview for rFactor2

Image Space Incorporated have posted a new work in progress development screenshot of the upcoming Indianapolis circuit for rFactor2. Our last look at Indianapolis in rFactor2 spawned from an early render of the podium whilst the team was hard at work constructing the circuit, but a Tweet posted by ISI Track Team shows a more […]

Reviews WRC 4 Review

‘Authenticity’ is Milestone’s favourite word. For years, the Italian developer has focused on niche racing simulation titles, striving to create authentic game replications of licensed motorsport disciplines. Until recently, they have struggled to achieve this however, as their titles often lagged behind the competition. Last year’s WRC 3 veered closer to their vision, but it […]

News First gameplay video released for BugBear’s Next Car Game shows full contact racing

BugBear's Next Car Game has gained some significant traction lately, having set up a Kickstarter campaign to gain more supporters and funding. Previously, we've seen screenshots and some tantalising video trailers showcasing the impressive soft body dynamic damage modelling, but BugBear have now presented a short video comprised of actual gameplay played by a developer […]

News TeamVVV.com weekly racing game news round-up episode 2: Man on the Moon

It's that time of the week again, as we relive all the latest racing game news posted here on the TeamVVV website in our new weekly video series. Top stories in episode 2 include information blowouts on the PS3's swansong racer Gran Turismo 6 and Microsoft's inaugral next generation racer Forza Motorsport 5, plus news […]

News Ken Block promotes Need for Speed: Rivals in Gymkhana 6: The Ultimate Gymkhana Grid Course

Ken Block is renowned worldwide for his Gymkhana viral video series, in which he displays an almost superhuman ability to drive very fast rally cars beyond their limits. He since went on to become the face of Codemasters' DiRT series, which further popularised the Gymkhana sport as it made its game debut in DiRT 3. […]

News First look at Assetto Corsa

Start your engines, PC sim racers: after several agaonising delays, the long-awaited Assetto Corsa is finally here in the form of a playable beta available to purchase on Steam Early Access. While the beta is merely the bare shell of the game as developer Kunos Simulazioni continue to add additional car and track content, game modes […]

Features DriveClub Interview part two: Lifting the bonnet on the PS4’s flagship racer

In the first part of our DriveClub interview with Evolution Studios, we looked at the sophisticated suite of community features that drive the game across its multitude of game modes. In part two, we delve deep under the bonnet with Evolution to gain a technical insight into the exhaustive development process, from modelling the cars […]

News Assetto Corsa beta released on Steam Early Access

Start your engines, PC sim racers: it's been an agonising wait, but just as Kunos Simulazioni promised earlier this week, the Assetto Corsa beta has been released on Steam Early Access and is available to download at a reduced price of 34,99€ – a 22% discount off the regular retail price. We already knew from this […]

News DriveClub trailer showcases the newly unveiled BMW M235i

It's fair to say that Evolution's recent batch of teasingly short DriveClub gameplay videos left us wanting more. It's clear that the game has made significant strides since we last saw it, and this was all set to culiminate in a video of the latest build showing the first full grid race in DriveClub, which […]

News MotoGP ’13 Champions DLC adds 14 legendary riders

Following on from the free Moto2 and Moto3 update, Milestone have released a new DLC content pack for their well-received MotoGP '13, which we declared as "the most authentic MotoGP game in years" in our review. Dubbed as the Champions pack, the DLC adds 14 legendary riders from the past including Doohan, Schwantz, Rainey, Spencer, Gardner, […]

News iRacing.com trailer showcases Mt. Panorama Bathurst circuit

iRacers can now race on Mt. Panorama, the famous Australian circuit in Bathurst that has debuted in several high profile racing titles this year such as Gran Turismo 6 and Forza Motorsport 5. iRacing's recreation is said to have been painstakingly recreated to offer a resolutely realistic racing experience – every mailbox, sign, gum tree and […]

News Racing pros gather for third iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions next month

iRacing's ambition to blur the boundaries between real and virtual motorsport continues, as a number of real world professional racing drivers will be meeting in the virtual world to participate in the third annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions next month. Starting on December 12th, the championship will be a grand gathering of driving talent from […]

News Next Car Game crashes onto Kickstarter, new playable FlatOut prototype released

Bugbear have started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund their tentatively titled Next Car Game, a spiritual successor to the fabled FlatOut series that aims to revive the retired demolition derby genre. Next Car Game represents the game Finnish developer BugBear have always wanted to make, but could never get backing from publishers who believe […]

News Assetto Corsa beta coming soon, final game will have 35 cars and 11 tracks

News on Kunos Simulazioni's Assetto Corsa has been eerily quiet lately, as players anticipating the promising PC sim racer were left reeling from its last minute pre-order delay, once again leaving its ETA in limbo. Kunos has finally broken the silence however, announcing that those who have been patiently waiting are about to be rewarded with […]

News Project CARS coming to next-gen consoles – PS4, Xbox One and Steam OS release confirmed

It's official: Project CARS is now coming to PS4, Xbox One and Valve's Steam OS, alongside its originally penned platforms on PC and Wii U. A next-gen port of Slightly Mad's ambitious crowd-funded PC project had already been hinted as a possibility following investment requests. A PS3 and Xbox 360 port was also originally planned, […]

News TeamVVV.com Weekly Racing News Episode 1: Senna in GT6, Ken Block joins NFS

Welcome to the first in our new weekly video round-up of all the latest racing game news and our own feature content floating around the TeamVVV website. It's been quite congested in the world of racing games with high profile titles still being prepped for release, but we've got everything covered. Hot topics in episode […]

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 […]

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 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 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 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 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 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, […]

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 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: […]

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 […]

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 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 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 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 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 […]

News WRC 4 gameplay trailer takes us through Germany’s winding roads

Milestone have released the second official gameplay run-through of WRC 4, this time taking us on a tour of the narrow winding roads that make up the Rallye Deutschland stage which we last saw at Gamescom in our exclusive hands-on. Once again, current WRC leader's Volkswagen Polo R WRC is featured, but the video really serves […]

News Ferrari 312T announced for Assetto Corsa

Not long after Codemasters unveiled the inclusion of Niki Lauda's legendary Ferrari 312 T2 in the forthcoming F1 2013, which conveniently coincided with the theatrical release of Ron Howard's Rush, Kunos Simulazioni have announced the fifth and final Ferrari that will be bundled in Assetto Corsa – as you might have guessed by now, it's […]

Interviews Alan interviews GT Academy judge Johnny Herbert

During his visit to Silverstone documenting this year's grueling GT Academy, Alan stopped by for a chat with F1 and Le Mans winner and Sky TV presenter Johnny Herbert, who was judging this year's crop of young racing hopefuls to discover new talent. In this in-depth interview, Herbert reflects on this year's Formula One championship […]

News Fuel Overdose declared as contender for the “worst selling console game of all times” by developer

Today's release of gTA v promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time. With an astronomical budget of £170 million, it's officially the most expensive game ever made, and Rockstar predict that they will ship 25 million copies in the first year alone. On the other side of the spectrum is Fuel Overdose, […]

Features Indie interview: Real World Racing

If you think of top-down racers, Codemasters’ classic Micro Machines immediately springs to mind. Fun, accessible and absurdly addictive, it represents everything that made top-down racers so appealing before the advent of cutting edge 3D racers flooded the genre in the 32-bit era. Despite a recent resurgence in an attempt to capitalise on nostalgia, there’s […]

News Watch DriveClub flex its graphical muscles in direct feed 1080p

DriveClub has certainly come on in leaps and bounds since its showing at E3. While we await to see how its promised social integration will revolutionise the racing genre, from a visual standpoint DriveClub is shaping up to be rather special indeed, with obsessive levels of detail applied to the car models, environments and lighting. […]

News Need for Speed: Rivals trailer showcases personalisation and performance upgrades

During its in-game demonstration at Gamescom, EA Ghost Games were keen to direct our attention to Need for Speed Rivals' assortment of personalisation options allowing you to change the cosmetics of your car, from custom paint jobs and decals to liveries. It's a far cry from the days of Need for Speed: Underground, though, where […]

News Criterion Games reduced to a team of 16, remaining staff form Ghost Games UK

As we know, Criterion Games' future involvement with the Need for Speed series was recently discontinued with the announcement of EA Ghosts' takeover. What we didn't know, however, is that Criterion has been restructured and reduced to just 16 people, as revealed by Creative Director Alex Ward on Twitter. The remaining staff have left to […]