“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...]
MotoGP 10/11 release video
SBK 2011 – 20 new screenshots from Phillip Island
The 2011 World Superbike season kicked off last weekend with a double victory for veteran Carlos Checa at Phillip Island in Australia, so what better time for 20 new SBK 2011 screenshots from the same circuit? Black Bean Games are developing the latest in the superbike simulation series for a May release date, and that means all the current riders and liveries should be … [Read more...]
Five MotoGP 10/11 Mugello screenshots
MotoGP 10/11 is due out soon from publisher Capcom and developer Monumental Games. It'll feature all the content from the 2010 MotoGP season in the box, with downloadable updates to get you up to speed for 2011. So you'll get to relive Jorge Lorenzo winning the championship, Valentino Rossi's last season on a Yamaha, and Casey Stoner on the Ducati. And once the update … [Read more...]
SBK 2011 gameplay video: Portimao in sunny weather
SBK 2011 Gameplay Footage: Assen in Wet Weather
Trials HD Review – 4/5
Trials HD is an unusual game - it originally started life as an online flash game played on your PC, but since then it's evolved into a PC game, and in the case of this version, an Xbox Live Arcade release retailing for 1200 MS points. Developed by Red Lynx, the game has stayed true to it's roots by remaining incredibly simple and addictive. You control a trials rider and … [Read more...]
Trials HD: Big Thrills DLC Trailer
Big Thrills DLC released for Trials HD
The Big Thrills downloadable content pack is now available for Xbox Live Arcade Game, Trials HD, for 400 MS Points. You may have experienced trials either on the Xbox, or as an online flash game, with the deceptively simple concept of controlling a trail bike rider over a huge number of increasingly bizarre obstacles. All you can do is accelerate, brake and lean, but it's … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 news: Frame rates, music and motorcycles
Gran Turismo 5 may have been delayed, but that hasn't stopped a lot of news coming thick and fast about the game... Gran Turismo 5 frame rates drop below 60fps: The head of Polyphony Digital, Kaz Yamauchi has apologised in an interview for the fact that the game will occasionally drop below 60 frames per second at 1080p resolution. It was apparently a major factor in … [Read more...]
RIP Shoya Tomizawa
Japanese Moto2 star Shoya Tomizawa sadly died today following a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix, and we'd like to pay our respects to the talented 20-year-old who had made history by winning the first ever Moto2 race at the start of the season. Tragically this follows the death of 13-year-old rising 125cc star Peter Lenz, who died after an accident in the support race for … [Read more...]
ORD on the road: Dulano’s bike night
If you ever find yourself roaming the summer roads of the Upper Midwest on a Thursday night, be sure to stop at, “Dulono’s Pizza” on West Lake Street in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It has become a weekly motorcycle congregation of no particular brand, making it the most eclectic collection of bikers and bikes you are likely to see. Over 2,000 bikes migrate to this … [Read more...]
Inspired by the Isle of Man TT? There’s only one videogame to buy!
The Isle of Man TT races are currently underway, marking the 105th anniversary of the legendary motorcycle races (there was actually a car race in 1904, but we won’t count that). As I write, the likes of Bruce Anstey, John McGuinness, Ian Lougher, Ian Hutchinson, Keith Armor, Adrian Archibald and more are doing unbelievable speeds on the 37.333 Mountain Course, with 264 … [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...]
Real World Racing Round-Up: F1,BSB,WRC,etc
It's been a big holiday weekend of racing, hence why this round-up is coming on a Monday, following the first British Superbikes meeting of 2010 on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Tommy Hill took the first race win at the Kent circuit after following Japanese rider Ryuichi Kiyonari clear of the field and pouncing when Kyonari made a minor mistake after 22 laps. Several riders … [Read more...]