Like any organization, the same rules apply when creating a racing club. The general focus is to bring together like-minded competitors under one roof. This usually starts with a particular theme the club founder wants to pursue, --a kind of vision of the temperament, character, and goals of the club. The first simulation racing clubs were formed when Xbox Live hit the tarmac … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
ModNation Racers launch video trailer
ModNation Racers review: 3/5
So – is it a Mario-Kart beater? Well, nearly. There you go, you can stop reading now. Oh, you’re still here? Enraged and want me to justify that irritatingly ambiguous conclusion? Oh, alright then – enjoy this ModNation Racers review, just for you. The main problem for ModNation Racers, and indeed for any game of this type is that Mario Kart is brilliant. It always has been … [Read more...]
SBKX Demo First Impressions
The Xbox Live demo of SBKX is now available to download for Xbox Live, PSN and PC– featuring a choice of Cal Crutchlow on his World Supersport-winning Yamaha R6 from 2009 or Max Biaggi on the 2010 Aprilia RSV 4 – racing around the Portimao circuit in Portugal. I was a fan of the original SBK game – although it wasn’t perfect the handling model was a reasonable attempt at … [Read more...]
Need for Speed: Shift review: 2.5/5
Before Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo, there was Need for Speed. For those in need of a history lesson, the first Need for Speed game appeared in 1994 for the 3DO, with PC, Playstation and Sega Saturn games following up in the next couple of years. At the time is was one of the only attempts to create a realistic simulation, and a main part of the gameplay was being chased … [Read more...]
Blur TV advert
Split/Second TV advert
Is iRacing enough to buy racing?
“I’m Paul Page… from Papyrus… this is Indycar Racing 2!” – the immortal words uttered at the start of 1993 classic Indycar Racing 2, one of my favourite-ever games and the last one I owned to run in DOS – something which now seems frankly rather silly. Ten years and many games later, Papyrus developed the acclaimed Nascar Racing 2003, before the company folded. The Phoenixes (… … [Read more...]
Cars missing from racing games: #1 The Metro 6R4
Even as racing games have expanded to contain a pretty wide selection of cars to choose from, there are still some great examples of automobile icons missing. So we've had a quick poll of the OnlineRaceDriver team to list a few - add yours in the comments, and in the next couple of weeks we'll put together a vote for the most missed car in racing games. And then go and pester … [Read more...]
Where is the safety car?
Who led more laps of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix than everyone except winner Fernando Alonso? Who led for a third of the 2007 Grand Prix of Japan at Fuji despite not actually driving a Formula One car? Bernd Mayländer – that’s who. And yes, I did just steal those facts off Wikipedia. I’m lazy, ok? For many years, since the introduction of safety cars into top-level … [Read more...]