Well, that was quick - no sooner had we posted the trailer, than a press release arrived officially announcing Need for Speed: The Run which is due for release on November 18, 2011, for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, Wii and 3DS. It's being developed by Black Box, and will put you into a cross-country race from San Francisco to New York with underground racing involving … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
Need for Speed: The Run
Major updates this summer for iRacing
Version 2.0 of iRacing has been announced for release this summer, based around an even more realistic and accurate tire model, which is the result of three years of work by by the iRacing team. The game has grown from 400 racers in its first month back in 2008 to over 25,000 members with 30 official series, over 60 tracks and more than 1,500 official races each week, with … [Read more...]
‘Legends Pack’ DLC now available for Shift 2 Unleashed
The new Legends Pack for Shift 2 Unleashed is now available for 800 MS points on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and will be coming to PS3 once Sony have resolved the current problems with the Playstation Network. It features 13 classic cars and five evocative and challenging classic race tracks. It's nice to see some different choices included, perhaps reflecting a more European … [Read more...]
Race 07 GT Power Pack Expansion arrives today
The GT Power Pack arrivs today as an expansion for SimBin's Race 07 PC game. It's the third set of additional content for the game, and adds GT sportscars and two new tracks. The three new cars are the Pagani Zonda R, the BMW M3 GT2 and the Matech GT 1. If you're not familiar with the final name, Matech Concepts have been developing the modern Ford GT for racing since … [Read more...]
The importance of simulators in Formula 1
In case you wondered whether simulators really benefit Formula 1 drivers, then take note of new Scottish driver Paul Di Resta, who started driving for Force India this season, and in his first three races, finished in the points twice. For the past few seasons he's competed in the DTM championship in a works Mercedes saloon, and yet has produced three great performances in … [Read more...]
10 Things I Hate About TDU2
Back in 2006, Test Drive Unlimited was a bit of a revelation. The first MMO racing game for consoles, it featured 125 cars, 1000s of miles of roads, and gave racing fans the chance to experience an open world and the chance to race other online gamers as they encountered them on the island. And yet, five years later when Test Drive Unlimited 2 arrived, the response from gamers … [Read more...]
Dirt 3 “Group B Rally Cars Trailer”
“Your Ambition Outweighs Your Talent”
“Your Ambition Outweighs Your Talent” Ok hands up – who has got overexcited at the start of a race, braked too late for the first corner and punted someone off? Oh good, it’s not just me then. We’ve all done it. Not that I meant to, and I am very sorry to those that I hit… I just got a bit… ambitious. As Casey Stoner said to Valentino Rossi after The Doctor lost control of … [Read more...]
Why I founded OnlineRaceDriver.com
The last three months have been great for OnlineRaceDriver. We celebrated our first year anniversary in January, which coincided with a big increase in traffic, which has kept going for the last three months, and shows no sign of slowing down. We published a load of stories, added a forum (which you should go and register on, as it's been quiet so far, but we've got some big … [Read more...]
Shift 2 Unleashed ‘Attacking Corners’ video
Tuning your mind
As sim-racing technology expands, widens, and deepens the experience of what it is like to build, tune, and compete in a simulated car, issues of real world application begin to surface. A cross reference from one world to the other starts to take shape allowing certain questions to be asked, and repeatable tests to take place that can validate or invalidate our assumptions in … [Read more...]
GT5 – new seasonal events live featuring Lamborghinis
A new season event is now live in Gran Turismo 5, featuring the Lamborghini models racing around five different circuits. The races are all 5 laps around the following tracks: Cape Ring Periphery, Madrid City Course, Trial Mountain, Nurburgring GP D, and Toscana (Pavement). You're able to run tuned cars up to 600PP, with any type of tyres, and you can replay the events as … [Read more...]