Rich Hutson is a Presenter and Video Editor for Traxion. Not only does he surround himself with video games and hardware, he's also adept at pratting around on Twitch and building theme parks.
Getting into sim racing might seem like quite an expensive endeavour, though that’s not always the case. While I’m sure we’ll cover sim racing on a budget in the future, most of the ‘expense’ you’d think of when it comes to sim racing comes down to the wheel and pedals you buy, or a proper…Continue reading “SimPlexity V12 Traxion.GG Edition sim rig review”»
After dipping its toes in water two years ago, a story mode was absent from last year’s F1 game – although, there was the innovative My Team mode. Now though, F1 2021 gives players the best of all worlds. The now-standard career modes return, but so does a rich, enthralling, story mode, far and above…Continue reading “Why F1 2021’s Braking Point should be your first port of call”»
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming…! Okay, sorry readers not in the UK, that may or may not been a soccer reference. Or perhaps it was a reference to Formula 1 coming to Silverstone in a few weeks, mere metres away from where Rich records the weekly Traxion.GG News episode. Which leads us…Continue reading “WATCH: Look who’s back! | Traxion.GG News”»
The best fictional race track of all time. Yes, we’ve gone there. Trust us when we say that creating this list was a maelstrom of differing opinions, toys being thrown out of the pram and spilt milkshake, but we finally did it. We nailed down just five great ficitonal race tracks. Why five? No reason…Continue reading “WATCH: Top 5 Fictional Race Tracks”»
Back in the early 2000s, you couldn’t go five minutes without coming across yet ANOTHER Mario Kart rip-off. It was an easy way to print money for game publishers, with many simply trying to capitalise on our favourite Italian plumber’s popularity. However, not everyone took the half-baked approach. The likes of Crash Team Racing brought…Continue reading “WATCH: When kart racing rip-offs DON’T suck – Disney Magical Racing Tour”»
All of the hype didn’t really match the reveal this week when Thrustmaster finally showed off what they’ve been teasing us for weeks about. It’s definitely a step up, but considering the other products on the board, the T-GT II is not what many were expecting. Peripherals were a popular topic this week, as Fanatec…Continue reading “WATCH: What is Thrustmaster doing?! | Traxion.GG News”»
Looking back at E3 2021, it wasn’t the same as previous years. Even without the pandemic, E3 had been waning. Marketing budgets have bifurcated among digital, physical, events and third parties, and E3 was getting a smaller share than ever before. Console creators and game publishers started realising that holding their own events, streamed online,…Continue reading “WATCH: Forza Horizon 5 REVEALED! – E3 2021 Recap | Traxion.GG News”»
11 games, or 12 if you include the mobile spin-off, across 16 years. So far… The Forza franchise has been ripping through the releases, starting out back in 2005 on the original Xbox (no, not the Xbox One) it was purposefully created to rival Gran Turismo and, over the years, it’s been a worthy adversary….Continue reading “The history of the Forza franchise”»
What a week it has been, we need a lie-down! We went hands-on with the next blockbuster Formula 1 game, F1 2021, creating three features and videos for you to enjoy Traxion.GG fans. Then, iRacing released a massive 2021 Season 3 patch for PC-playing subscribers, which included a shedload of brand-new content available for purchase….Continue reading “WATCH: F1 2021 Looks AWESOME! | Traxion.GG News”»
Another Friday is almost in the history books, and to celebrate, we’ve brought you another edition of the Traxion.GG News. Traxion’s resident news recap guy Rich Hutson is back with another summary of everything you all should know about in the world of computerized racing. We’ve got some hardware news with the announcement and release…Continue reading “WATCH: A GLOWING wheel you can’t buy? Traxion.GG News”»
