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Tabletop racer Toy Cars available for Xbox 360 and PC
Tabletop racing game Toy Cars is now available as an Xbox Live Indie Game for just 80 MS points, or for PC as a download through the website of developer Eclipse Games for whatever you want to pay (minimum $1). You get to either play through a Season Mode, winning credits to buy newer and faster cars, or Quick Race Mode with either solo or local multiplayer action. Race up … [Read more...]
Charts: Gran Turismo 5 Holds Off Fifa
Despite Fifa's success in topping the UK all formats and Xbox 360 Charts Gran Turismo 5 has managed to take top spot in this weeks UKIE/GfK-ChartTrack PS3 chart. Last weeks No 2 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit has slowed and geared down to No 4 ahead of Ubisoft's Assassins Creed: Brotherhood at No 5 and Fallout New Vegas at No 6. It seems that David Beckham's … [Read more...]
The Non-Racing Dept – Hands on with Kinect Sports
It's not a racing game, but there's enough interest in the new Kinect peripheral and the Forza Motorsport Kinect demo that this may be of interest - plus, we couldn't turn down an invite to visit the headquarters of Rare and try out Kinect Sports a month before it's released (Available on November 10 - pre-order from Amazon, Game, Gamestop, Play.com). Kinect in general: So … [Read more...]
World Class Car Pack out for Forza Motorsport 3
In case you've missed it, the World Class Car Park is now available for Forza Motorsport 3, for 400 Microsoft points. The car list is: 2011 McLaren MP4 12C 2010 Acura TSX V6 2010 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe 2010 FIAT Punto Evo SPORT 2010 Mercedes-Benz CL 65 AMG 2010 Kia Forta Koup SX 2010 Mazda 2 2011 Citroen DS3 2010 Mitsubishi Colt … [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...]
Tips and tuition: The Forza Files 2
Although it’s true that the fastest laps in Forza3 are executed by the fastest hot lappers of the 1.5 million drivers in the Forza community, it is widely recognized that this is but one facet or skill set of the simulation racing genre. Racing head to head, or door handle to door handle, is yet another side that produces its own legion of experts. One can be good at both, but … [Read more...]
A risk of online racing – EA to shut NASCAR 09 servers
Console racing games might not carry the physical risk of racing, but they do have risks nonetheless. And one is that the time and effort you may have spent will be for nothing when someone turns off the game server. Which is the case with EA to shut NASCAR 09 Servers (along with those for NASCAR 08) That's what will happen for anyone playing Nascar 08 on the Playstation 2, … [Read more...]
Review: Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) 4/5
Forza Motorsport 3 is an essential purchase for any online racer with an Xbox 360, and is possibly the best reason for choosing Microsoft's console over the Playstation 3. And yet, it doesn't get 5/5 because of some serious flaws. The Forza series was built with online race in mind, coming after the launch of the Project Gotham Racing series, and building on the lessons … [Read more...]