After their original license agreement was terminated back in November 2023 due to 'ongoing fundamental breaches', Motorsport Games and BTCC agree a new license deal, covering rFactor 2 content until the end of 2026. Having found an amicable resolution to their issues, both parties have signed a new non-exclusive license agreement, which means British touring car content … [Read more...]
Has A New BTCC Game Been Confirmed For 2021?
The possibility of a new spiritual successor to the legendary TOCA series was raised last summer. At the time, Codemasters stated it wasn't in the immediate future, but BTCC Series Director and Administrator Alan Gow did reveal talks had been ongoing with various developers. But has a new BTCC game been confirmed for 2021? The question is being asked following a Facebook … [Read more...]
Retro: TOCA Touring Car Championship Snetterton Race Lap
Bringing our recording set-up back to life, we set about testing the config with some good old games. The starting point? Gathering a few titles that modelled British circuits – with an aim to look for games on different platforms or hardware generations that had some of those locations in common. Formula to Touring... The search began well with an expanded version of Geoff … [Read more...]
Race Driver: GRID review 4/5
Justifying a review two years after release and earning a high score shows how well Codemasters' Race Driver: GRID has stood the test of time. Not only does it still have enough loyal followers to make it easy to find online games (On the Xbox version used for review, anyway), but with Race Driver: GRID Reloaded available for around £15 (Which includes the 8-Ball Pack DLC), … [Read more...]
The stuff racing dreams are made of
Racing games have come a long way since I was a youngster. My first experience of gaming in any form was a variation on ‘Pong’. I’m not sure who made it, but it was almost certainly possibly nearly identical to this. By the time I experienced my first racing game, things had developed a little, but only a little. My first console (I say mine, I didn’t buy it myself as I was … [Read more...]
Why TOCA shouldn’t be mediocre
I unashamedly loved the ‘TOCA’ series. TOCA Touring Car Championship was my first game when I got a PlayStation. TOCA 2 was still my favourite game by the time I upgraded to a PS2, and was only superseded by TOCA Race Driver. By the time Race Driver 2 came out I had upgraded my PC with the very latest software (remember Windows ME?) and bought myself a steering wheel in … [Read more...]
The demise of the two-player split screen
I've had some great gaming memories over the years - completing Metal Gear Solid, blowing up my sister in Bomberman, winning the Champions' League on Pro Evolution Soccer, failing to complete Metal Gear Solid II, defeating Dr Robotnik (who is this Eggman these days?) and spending hours and hours racing against my friends in various guises. Lotus II, Domark's F1, the original … [Read more...]
