Having been a gamer for roughly 28 years, and a journalist for over 10, I'd thought about starting videogame sites for a long time - in fact my first paid freelance work was for the Official Dreamcast Magazine a long time ago. But it was just over a year ago I finally put some of my ideas into practice and got together with a few people to launch OnlineRaceDriver.com. The … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS S3 Race 1: Sebring Full
Saturday was race day, and if there's one thing to remain jealous about when it comes to professional racers, it's the fact that they can concentrate a lot more on racing, and a lot less on everything else in life. They might have to do sponsor appearances and fan signing sessions, but it's always understood that racing comes first. That's compared to my race day, with an 8pm … [Read more...]
ORD Racing: IFCA ALMS Series Update #1
With just three days to go before the first race of the IFCA ALMS Series Season 3, I'm suddenly incredibly sympathetic to any racing team which misses testing. Signing up five days before the first event isn't ideal, and the fact I also run my own business and have a family to look after has meant that I've been struggling with practice time. Having signed up at the start of … [Read more...]
ORD enters the IFCA ALMS series
Well, when I write ORD has entered the IFCA ALMS series, what I really mean is that I've foolishly decided to enter season 3 of the American Le Mans series being run by the IFCA. And I'm describing it as foolish because I haven't raced competitively in a few years (Since the days of the unofficial Forza World Championship), I've barely tried the GT class cars (I tend to hover … [Read more...]
The ORD FM3 Community Choice Classics Project Car
The Community Choice Classics pack of downloadable content for Forza Motorsport 3 has now been released, for 400 points on Xbox Live. And like most people, we rushed online to download it - after all, it's probably the most interesting car pack released for the game, with the following cars included: 1971 AMC Javelin-AMX 1973 BMW Motorsport 2002 Turbo … [Read more...]
Bad set-ups can lead to good lessons…
I've slowly been working my way through the single-player event list in Forza Motorsport 3, and having had good results with the racing spec Cadillac CTS-V, I figured a B Class version would be a good choice for 31 laps of Mugello. Unfortunately I was either drunk or not paying attention when I tuned the B Class version. To put it mildly, it was slow, handled like a tank, and … [Read more...]
ORD at the NHRA Nationals
Greetings ORD fans around the world! Time for a little show and tell at this years BIR Lucas Oil Full Throttle NHRA Nationals in Brainerd Minnesota two weeks ago! This is the motorsports event of the year in the great north woods, and one I always attend with my trusty and knowledgeable sidekick "Cuda500" (a.k.a. Warren). Rather than give you a boring list of names of … [Read more...]