RaceRoom is back in Belgium! Our RaceRoom Racing Experience Touring Classics videos roll on with the arrival of a second BMW. Before we round off this collection with the Volvo 240 Turbo, the BMW M3 E3 Gr. A makes its debut appearance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIgbdJdlc8Q Zolder-A-Round Whether through slightly improved familiarity with R3E's take on Zolder or via the … [Read more...]
RaceRoom Zolder Touring Classics Video 1
Thanks to some new RaceRoom competitions, we set out on the first of three R3E visits to Zolder earlier this week. BMW 6 Series For the founding part of this Touring Classics series, the BMW 635 CSi became the first entrant from the Historics car class. Touring Cars The Touring Classics Challenge is open to all R3E members and is a 'for fun' event that … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Cadwell Park Clio Cup Video
This time round, Lincolnshire is the county and the testing Cadwell Park is the spot for some driving. 'Short' being the order of the, er... week, the Club layout was chosen alongside a nippy little Euro racer known as Renault's Clio RS Cup. A handful it was too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVG6VP3uBl8 Narrowness prevailed over the brief run of the tarmac and with the … [Read more...]
RaceRoom: Slovakia Ring GT Masters Video
RaceRoom's ADAC GT Masters challenges continue through July with this visit to Slovakia Ring. One of our fave cars of the moment in sims appears here in R3E in the guise of BMW's Z4 GT3. It will no doubt be sampled again before the competition moves to Nürburgring on the 11th of August! There's just a draw to the nature of the car and that sound... The Track and Car This … [Read more...]
MXGP: Heading to PS4
Motocross for a new generation... Yes indeed, Milestone's 'official' MXGP Motocross game will reach the PlayStation 4 later this year! A press release issued by the Italian racing game specialist has loosely set out the release as being some time this Autumn. The announcement further outlined some of the improvements and additional content that will come with the step up … [Read more...]
Project CARS: BMW Z4 GT3 Oulton Park Fosters Video
Projects CARS makes a much-needed return to our YouTube channel through the latest video where we roll over Oulton Park's Fosters layout for a 2-lap trip in a race-ready BMW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_g0YvFPBbk&w Project CARS advances... With terrain fixes, new assets and textures having been baked in recently, the polish is being added to what is already a … [Read more...]
Simraceway: McLaren MP4-29 at Zandvoort
So we reach the final piece in this week's Simraceway video package! This round of Test Drive Tuesday closes with the Circuit Park Zandvoort, a track in the North Holland province of the Netherlands that's famously surrounded by dunes. It's certainly a fine way to conclude our introductory week with this free-to-play simulator... … [Read more...]
Simraceway: McLaren MP4-29 at Watkins Glen
The third of this week's Simraceway videos in which we took part in Test Drive Tuesday with the McLaren MP4-29 Formula One car: … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: Wheel Support and System Requirements
A point of frustrated derision with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the GRID: Autosport team have been able to publish a useful chart of controller compatibility due to the new game arriving only on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. From gamepads to wheels, hardware support in GRID: Autosport is as comprehensive as we've come to expect from Codemasters. However the final game … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: The Tracks and Cars
Hot on the heels of GRID: Autosport's near-to-release announcement and early video footage, the first details of content have now come through. Beginning with the tracks, there's an alluring list comprising of some 22 locations and as they currently stand, a total of 115 configurations across those regions. To add some perspective to those figures, Codemasters has said that … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Start your engines… at Indy!
The Brickyard... Right on cue for the actual 200-lap event held last Sunday, Slightly Mad Studios announced the BIG news that IndyCar is coming to its simulator – with no less than the Indianapolis 'Indy 500' itself! Assuredly one of the motor sport world's best-known events, the legendary 2.5-mile 'Brickyard' Indianapolis Motor Speedway will feature in at least its oval … [Read more...]
Project CARS: 2015 Ford Mustang Incoming
An Equestrian Template Already replete with some 11 machines from the 110 year-old manufacturing and racing giant that is Ford, Slightly Mad Studios contentedly announced a new arrival to Project CARS at the start of this week: the 2015 Mustang GT. Mustang 2015 - A Classic Revisited The Mustang badge needs nothing in the way of an introduction to any car fan, so let's stick … [Read more...]
Euro Truck Sim 2: Open Beta 1.9 (Week 2)
As a large number of Euro Truck Sim 2 fans already know, beta testing for the new Version 1.9 build has continued with near-daily revisions. Despite the explanations offered for it being a Steam-only testing programme, a fair few blog and forum comments have been left regarding that decision and its reasoning. Given what's unnecessary flak and the now-usual impatience of a … [Read more...]
Project CARS: Say ‘Hello!’ to Audi
Another week, another manufacturer on-board. This time, Project CARS partners with the road and racing machinery of the innovative and historic German company, Audi. Slightly Mad Studios announced the latest addition to its ever-growing and already substantial car portfolio on Tuesday. In recent times, Bentley Motors, Radical Sportscars, Renault and McLaren Automotive have … [Read more...]
Euro Truck Sim 2: Version 1.9 Open Beta
Consistently the Steam community's most played game in my driving library, SCS Software's Euro Truck Simulator 2 continues to evolve as the latest update has now been released for testing in beta form. Expanding Euro... The producers have attempted to address both minor and more obvious parts of this driving and delivery game. Despite Euro Truck Sim 2's maturity, improvements … [Read more...]