The 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship will begin on Tuesday, March 12 with the first round at Daytona International Speedway, and the entire series will be broadcast live on both iRacing.com and the Motor Racing Network. The 18 race series will use the new Generation-6 stock cars as drivers will compete for more than $16,000 in prize money. Two-time champion … [Read more...]
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F1 2012: Patch 5 and Patch 6 follow in quick succession
Here we are - a return to F1 2012 and Codemasters offer another group of changes. Get yer Steam on, guys! On with the show, here's today's details for the latest couple of additions to the now sextet of patch releases. For details of the previous F1 2012 Patch Releases, see: Patches 1 and 2, Patch 3, Patch 4 F1 2012 Patch #5 Details: Reduced the likelihood of the player … [Read more...]
Amazing datalogger puts your ghost in Gran Turismo
If you've ever wanted to compare your real performance around a track with your talent in Gran Turismo, then you'll probably want to consider a new datalogger. The CAN-Gateway ECU (Controller Area Network-Gateway Electronic Control Unit) has been developed by Polyphony Digital, Denso and Toyota to log a huge list on car data as you take on a track. This then allows you to … [Read more...]
New Forza Horizon UK packshots
A new set of Forza Horizon box images have been released, showing you what you'll need to find on the shelves of your friendly software retailer when the game is released. The only additional information is confirmation of the age rating for the game, which can be seen as 12 in the photos. So good news is you're 13 and older. As obsessive as we are, even we thought just one … [Read more...]
More than 830,000 enter GT Academy online
A whopping 830,000+ people downloaded and played the online qualifying demo for the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy 2012 by the time entries closed last week. The UK headed the nations entering, with over 161,000 hopefuls taking part followed by France and Spain as drivers attempted to record the fastest one lap time trail in a Nissan 370Z around the new version of the Twin Ring … [Read more...]
Little Big Planet Karting on the way
This could be one of the more interesting racing games of 2012 as the customisable world of Little Big Planet comes to racing with Little Big Planet Karting announced for the PlayStation 3. If you're not familiar with the franchise, it's a platformer starring characters Sackboy and Sackgirl and became hugely popular for the wealth of creation tools for user designed levels. … [Read more...]
Porsches back in Forza 4 with the Porsche Expansion Pack in May
Porsche fans will be celebrating as the Porsche Expansion Pack has been announced for Forza Motorsport 4, with 30 models from the German sportscar maker, 20 new Porsche-centric events and 10 new Xbox Live Achievements worth 250 extra Gamercore points. It seems as if Turn 10 Studios and Electronic Arts may have buried the hatchet, with seven new Porsches for the Forza … [Read more...]
Forza Horizon ‘tone trailer’ leaks – should we be worried?
If you've heard a rumour of the forthcoming Forza Horizon, then the leaked trailer embedded below will only increase your anticipation and questions. Crediting both Turn 10 and Playground Games, the 'Tone Trailer' has apparently been leaked by the latter company. It appears to have escaped from the recent Xbox Spring Showcase, and looks to be the game formerly rumoured as … [Read more...]
New update patch for Gran Turismo 5 due for release on Tuesday
The next patch release for Gran Turismo 5 will be on Tuesday, February 7th, as confirmed by Kazunori Yamauchi via Twitter. It should arrive after the online service maintenance period, which is currently scheduled between 03:00 and 04:00 GMT, during which time you won't be able to connect to any of the online services - likely to affect U.S gamers more than the UK we'd … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5’s Nurburgring Nissan goes up for sale
You could own the Shulze Motorsport Nissan GT-R N24 #71 which was co-driven by Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi at the 2011 Nurburgring 24 hour race, and was then added to GT5 in the Spec 2.0 release back in October 2011. That's assuming you have 120,000 Euros or $155,000 to spend, plus sales tax. The car recorded a class victory at the 2011 event, driven by the team … [Read more...]
Voting starts for iRacers of the Year 2011
Voting is now underway for the first ever iRacer of the Year Awards, with categories for Top Driver and Top Member. The voting continues until 23:59 GMT on December 31st, with the winners announced in early January. The nominees for iRacing Driver of the Year are: Ray Alfalla – NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship winner with 3 wins and 8 more top fives; also … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 voted Racing Game of the Year at Golden Joysticks
Gran Turismo 5 was awarded Racing Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick awards on Friday, in a year which saw a record number of votes cast by the gaming public, with 2.06 million votes setting a new Guiness World Record for a videogame awards. Obviously Forza Motorsport 4 wasn't in the running, but to claim the award, GT5 still beat nominees including DiRT 3, F1 2010, … [Read more...]
Turn 10 admits some Forza Motorsport 4 players banned in error
A number of players have been suspended from Xbox Live since the launch of Forza Motorsport 4, and several have publicly claimed their innocence - and it appears that in at least some cases, it was true. The bans were intended for players who had been using a pirated copy of the game - there's no confirmation whether the bans also applied to players found to be cheating or … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Forza Motorsport Racing Rig – and it’s for sale!
Not only is this the ultimate Forza Motorsport Racing rig, but even more amazingly it has an identical twin in a UK warehouse, and they're both up for sale! And just in time for the launch of Forza Motorsport 4! The story behind them is pretty special. They were both originally built for Microsoft to promote the launch of Forza Motorsport 3 at a cost of £25,000 each, and … [Read more...]