Justin Melillo

NASCAR heads to the real Darlington Raceway on Sunday afternoon, but first, their stars will sit behind their computers for a virtual battle at the ‘Lady in Black’.  The eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series returns on Wednesday for their third event of the 2021 season. Erik Jones will be back behind the virtual No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet at a track he won at in…Continue reading “NASCAR driver Erik Jones talks sim racing ahead of eNPIS Darlington”»

One of our favourite sim racing cockpits has been updated, as Playseat launches the 2021 version of its Sensation Pro. At first glance, the differences between the current model and the updated version seem relatively minor, as they both have the same shape and size. Looking closer, it’s evident that the mechanics are now more…Continue reading “The Playseat Sensation Pro cockpit is getting a facelift for 2021”»

The ongoing drama with iRacing’s New Damage Model seems to have been corrected for the fifth patch for 2021’s Season 2.  When Season 2 released, the NDM was enabled on the Street Stock, the 1987 Chevy, and the 1987 Ford. Almost immediately, it was disabled on all three of those and on the ARCA car….Continue reading “iRacing 2021 Season 2 Patch 5 now available”»

More details dropped today about the upcoming NASCAR addition to the popular soccer car game, Rocket League. It was announced back at the end of March that both NASCAR and Formula 1 would be joining the popular platform for its third season. But now, Rocket League released a trailer and a press release confirming the…Continue reading “NASCAR officially coming to Rocket League 6th May”»

If you don’t already know, there’s a fun simulator for all motorcycle enthusiasts out there. Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator is making the jump to console gaming later this year. This title is currently available on Steam from developer BeardedBrothers.games, but in the third quarter of this year, players will be able to take their two-wheel…Continue reading “Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator coming to Switch, PS4 and Xbox One”»

Hey, SnowRunner fans, great news dropped on Thursday for those of you playing on PC. That’s right! One of the most renowned terrain simulators, which Tom recently reported is coming to Nintendo Switch, will be available on Steam starting the 18th May. The Steam release will also have the DLC available to purchase, including everything…Continue reading “SnowRunner heading to Steam on 18th May”»

We here at Traxion are all about racing games, simulators and all of that sort of thing, but what about a simulator for pumping gas into cars? Now, stick with me here, vehicles need gas to go, right? I mean, unless we’re talking those electric cars, but this simulator doesn’t seem to recognize them anyway….Continue reading “Pump some virtual fuel in Gas Station Simulator: Early Days”»

The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series delivered once again on Tuesday night with Chris Shearburn celebrating a Kansas Speedway victory when it was all said and done. On the final restart with 46 laps to go, Shearburn began to battle with Isaac Gann for the top spot. Gann cleared himself on lap 91, but Shearburn didn’t…Continue reading “eNCCiS: Chris Shearburn earns “biggest win ever” at Kansas”»

Just before qualifying for the Porsche Tag Hauer Esports Supercup finale at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on Saturday, it was announced that the Porsche 911 GT3 R would be joining the iRacing service in the upcoming Season 3 build scheduled for June 2021. The announcement came live from the Porsche Experience Center at the Hockenheimring…Continue reading “iRacing announces Porsche 911 GT3 R for Season 3”»

The second race of the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series wrapped up on Wednesday night with Brad Keselowski crossing the virtual flagstand ahead of the rest of the field. Keselowski made his way around James Davison on the final restart and then held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch for…Continue reading “eNPIS: Brad Keselowski uses real skills to take virtual Talladega Trophy”»