Virtual Motorsports has announced a very special Forza Motorsport 4 Classic Endurance event to take place on Saturday April 5th from 12 noon CST/ 6pm BST, with four 37 lap races in a selection of classic Trans-American and classic cars from 1965-1980. The racing will take place at the historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca course, and the event is designed for teams or brave … [Read more...]
ORD Racing Round-Up: Road Atlanta times two
Another week of racing to catch up on as both the Virtual Motorsports Classic and Rivals series visited Braselton, Georgia for competition at the Road Atlanta circuit. Owned by Panoz Motorsports, the 2.54 mile circuit is challenging, particularly when it comes to the initial climb and descent over a steep hill, with some tricky corners to make it even harder... VM Classics … [Read more...]
Team ORD Racing Update
Team ORD are now competing in two Virtual Motorsport Forza 4 Series - in addition to completing the Classic Season 7, which will be coming to a close soon, we're also now involved in the 2014 Rivals Series 1, which puts drivers in either a Nissan 370Z or an Audi TT to fight it out. VM Rivals Series 1: Round 2 Hockenheim The Rivals series is slightly unusual for a racing … [Read more...]
Alpinestars Car Pack Trailer
Virtual Motorsports SpecRacing Series 7 opens
The Virtual Motorsports SpecRacing Series will move onto Forza Motorsport 5 with a dual timezone format allowing drivers from both the EU and U.S to race at the most appropriate times. Series 7 will use the 2000 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R at specified C500 level build, and runs for 8 weeks from March 13-May 1st, 2014. The courses will be: Road Atlanta Full Sebring Full … [Read more...]
VM Classic Series 7 reports – Rounds 2 to 5
It's been a hectic few weeks, so it made sense to collect the recent Virtual Motorsport Classic Series races into one update. One thing I've definitely noticed is that the competitiveness of the drivers has increased during my absence from online racing. Qualifying times have continued to come down over the previous seasons, and the split between first and last is closer than … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 5: Honda Legends Car Pack
Less than a week behind Forza 5's Smoking Tire Pack, Turn 10 has created a free bonus collection that's open to all Xbox One Forza 5 players – the Honda Legends Car Pack. In chronological order, here's the new trio of Honda Legends entrants: 1984 Honda Civic CRX Mugen 1994 Honda Prelude Si 2014 Honda Civic Si Honda Civic CRX Mugen (1984) Brushing quickly aside the … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 5: Smoking Tire Car Pack
Turn 10 has just released a trailer as part of the announcement for its forthcoming Smoking Tire Car Pack. Following the usual template, ten cars will feature in this collection, with the bundle set for a February 4th release. The Smoking Tire... Quickly in the tracks of the LaFerrari content and January's IGN car pack, Turn 10 Studios is maintaining its monthly release … [Read more...]
Forza Motorsport 5 Smoking Car Pack Trailer
ORD Racing: Virtual Motorsports Classics S7 Hockenheim
Between running a business and a handful of websites I've had a bit of time away from organised online racing. But I couldn't resist returning to the Virtual Motorsports Classic Series. The seventh season now allows cars up to and including 1995 models, each tested and given a set of parts to balance it with the rest of the field, giving a massive selection to choose from. The … [Read more...]
Virtual Motorsports Classic Season 7 – Hockenheim Crash
Forza MotorSport 5: IGN Car Pack Trailer
LaFerrari and Forza Motorsport 5
Forza Motorsport 5 Outcry over Car Prices
Forza Motorsport 5 has become the subject of a lot of debate around monetisation and micro-transactions due to the pricing of some prestige cars. Calculations on the average race return and cost of credits bought with real money show that you could need to play for 100 hours to buy one car, or pay between £39.99-£79. That's on top of the purchase price of the new Xbox One, … [Read more...]