John Munro is a content creator for Traxion. As well as being a part-time real racing driver, sim-racer and a lover of gaming and music, John specializes in the topics of talking too fast and too much. To hear what we mean, go and check out the Traxion Youtube channel.
Welcome back to another Assetto Corsa Competizione track guide, this time showcasing Japan’s Suzuka International Racing Course. If you didn’t know this place and looked at a track map, you would probably think it was a fictional circuit created by a five-year-old… But don’t be fooled! This track is very much a grown-up. Right, left,…Continue reading “WATCH: Suzuka Assetto Corsa Competizione track guide”»
Cast your mind back to 1999 and you may remember a PlayStation and PC game called ‘Rollcage’. There was also a sequel a year later too. This was a golden area for arcade-style racing games. Titles like wipEout were on their third named sequel by this point. Much like the Sony published title, Rollcage also…Continue reading “WATCH: My brain can’t take this, GRIP: Combat Racing”»
Six episodes into our journey through BeamNG.Drive and I am still discovering new modes. Yes, this game is still not a finished release, yet there’s so much to it that two hours worth of videos in, we’ve still barely scratched the surface. If variety is the spice of live, then BeamNG.Drive is a vindaloo curry….Continue reading “WATCH: A very late introduction to BeamNG.Drive, Episode 6”»
There is nothing I can say about Spa that hasn’t been said already. In my opinion, if you were to ask every racing fan in the world what their favourite race circuit was, I think there’s a good chance that the Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps would come out in first place outright, let alone the top…Continue reading “WATCH: Spa-Francorchamps Assetto Corsa Competizione track guide”»
For a racing game with a single-player component, the performance of your AI rivals is crucial. Games like RaceRoom and Assetto Corsa Competizione seem to get the balance of aggression and proactiveness just right. Even esports-focussed platform iRacing recently added AI racing for GT3 cars. TOCA Race Driver 3 however doesn’t quite nail the balance….Continue reading “WATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 5”»
The sport of rallying is often looked back upon with rose-tinted spectacles. Back in the day, the stages would be longer, the cars more outrageous and the spectators bereft of common sense. When you look back now, like watching through the entire VHS Rallies YouTube Channel, it is easy to get trapped in a whirlwind…Continue reading “WATCH: art of rally – this game blew me away!”»
I swear the team over at the BeamNG GmbH headquarters over in Bremen, Germany, watched that pile-up scene in Blues Brothers 2000 scene and went “right, let’s make a game about that.” And thus, the story of how BreamNG.Drive came to exist. Well, in my mind anyway. Feel free to fact-check this and get back…Continue reading “WATCH: A very late introduction to BeamNG.Drive, Episode 5”»
With Trackmania Turbo building such a large and loyal fanbase across all devices, it was perhaps a surprise to learn that the series has rebooted itself into a free-to-play PC-only (for now) game set in the near future. Quite the departure. Which intrigued me. I wanted to get some hands-on time to see if the…Continue reading “WATCH: Trackmania free to play first impressions”»
Another week, another pair of Assetto Corsa Competizione track guides. Nestled within the Eifel mountains lies arguably the greatest racing circuit on the planet. Oh, and then they built another one right next to it! The Nürburgring GP circuit is often overshadowed by the monstrous Nordschleife, but plonk the Grand Prix layout anywhere else in…Continue reading “WATCH: Nürburgring GP Assetto Corsa Competizione track guide”»
Bonjour! Je m’appelle John et je found it almost as hard to learn the Paul Ricard circuit as I found it to learn French in school. Built in 1969, this place has a colourful history and now has equally colourful run-off areas…. And trust me, you will need to use them! In recent times, Paul…Continue reading “WATCH: Paul Ricard Assetto Corsa Competizione track guide”»
