With a theme of daily racers meaning performance hatchbacks or saloons you could drive to the shops or the track, the latest Forza Motorsport Update 17 adds nine new cars. Five are from Hyundai, and three come from Toyota, along with the lone 2022 Mazda MX-5 RF. Other notable changes include an improved Rival select system which changes how friends and random players get … [Read more...]
iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 2 Released
You'll need to drive a little more carefully in various classes of car with iRacing 2023 Season 2 Patch 2 released to download. It's a fairly small download, but includes body panel adjustments to generally weaken the strength of cars including the TCRs, GT4s, classic 1987 NASCARs, MX-5 Cup, Street Stock and various open wheelers. And while you'll generally try and avoid … [Read more...]
The RaceRoom Drivers Pack Will Add 4 Cars And A New Track
One of the delights of the KW Studios sim racing title is that you often find different cars and circuits available to many other titles. And that continues as the Raceroom Drivers Pack will add 4 cars and a new track in early December, 2022. It's an interesting bundle of content, as RaceRoom suggest it will present a sensible progression through cars offering different … [Read more...]
iRacing to update to 2016 Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Car
The Mazda MX-5 is a popular mainstay of both virtual and real world racing. Since first being introduced in 1989, the rear-wheel drive sports car continues to be used in a variety of one-make and grassroots motorsport, including the entry-level rookie events in iRacing. And the MX-5 (Miata in the US) is also unusual in iRacing in being offered as both a left hand drive (MX-5) … [Read more...]
The New 2016 MX-5 Makes a Virtual Debut in Horizon 2’s MX-5 Car Pack
Earlier today, Mazda announced that the new 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, months before the car will go on sale to the public, is coming to the Forza Horizon 2. Beginning March 17th, gamers will have the exclusive opportunity to drive the new Miata MX-5 for free. Those heading to this week’s South by Southwest Gaming Expo in Austin, Texas will be able to drive the 2016 MX-5 before … [Read more...]
iRacing partner with Mazda for MX-5 scholarship
The best iRacing drivers in North America will have the chance to race an actual Mazda MX-5 Cup car with a Mazda Motorsports scholarship for 2015. The partnership between iRacing and Mazda Motorsport means that competitors in the 2014 iRacing MX-5 Cup will be eligible to compete in the annual Mazda Club Racing Shootout held each autumn. The season begins on April 29th, … [Read more...]
iRacing wants 2000 racers for QA event on May 14th, 2011
iRacing is looking to attract 2000 racers for a special one-off event to test some infrastructure changes in preparation for the iRacing.com Indy 500 on May 28th, and as an incentive, if 2000 people turn up, you'll all get a special 'iTested' award on the Awards page. The official event will feature the Mazda MX-5 and Okayama International Circuit (full) which is available to … [Read more...]
Series Report: IFCA Spec Racing 2010 (Season 8)
With the conclusion of the first www.IFCAracing.com Spec racing season for 2010 (Season 8), --one of the most popular and competitive simulation racing events in the Forza universe, it’s time to reflect and compare notes. IFCA Spec racing if you don’t know is a limited tuning 25 lap format with identical cars in an 8 week season. Originally designed to be exactly like the famed … [Read more...]