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It’s been nearly four months since BeamNG.drive’s last update, but now the team behind the open-world driving simulator has just announced a raft of new improvements and additions just in time for the festive season with the release of the v0.24 build. Pitched as the ‘2021 Winter release’ the most eye-catching upgrades to the sim…Continue reading “BeamNG.drive v0.24 update revamps two vehicles, new car announced”»
Join us as our resident DiRT Rally 2.0 expert John Munro talks us through the highs and lows of his attempt at the recent Jersey eRally. John was at the wheel of the vehicular equivalent of his favourite clubbing destination and piece of furniture combined: the SEAT Ibiza Kit Car. The field was split into…Continue reading “WATCH: Jersey eRally Highlights”»
Studio 397 has announced a new rFactor 2 build featuring a range of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. The standout item in the v1.1126 changelog for fans of the PC sim racer is undoubtedly the ‘Optimizations to Game Loading and Series switching’, as well as improved texture and shader loading times. Another long-standing…Continue reading “New rFactor 2 update improves loading times”»
Popular mobile racer CSR Racing 2 has just announced an exciting content partnership with the ‘Hoonigan’ himself, Ken Block. This comes off the back of CSR Racing 2’s (CSR2) Europe Series content update earlier this year. The title of the new in-game event is Hoonicorn vs The World: Season 2, in reference to the popular…Continue reading “Hoonicorn vs The World Ken Block challenge now in CSR Racing 2”»
Classic 90s style racing game Formula Retro Racing is now available on PlayStation. Created by British developer Repixel 8, Formula Retro Racing was released for Xbox One and PC 14th May 2020 to mainly positive reviews, but has now gained a release for Sony’s home consoles. Created by a one-man development team in the form…Continue reading “Formula Retro Racing now available on PlayStation”»
Digital Motorsports – the Irish sim racing retailer – recently played host to a World Cup of sim racing, where 33 of the fastest sim racers in the world battled against each other to win a share of a €20,000 prize pool. All the drivers took part in cars liveried up in their nation’s flags,…Continue reading “Maximilian Benecke wins Digital Motorsports World Cup 2021”»
With Christmas and the holiday season just around the corner, the time is now to sort out your gift purchasing. This is a gift guide for those in your life who own a gaming PC and enjoy racing video games and sim racing. Perhaps if you’re already knee-deep in cockpits and wheel rim collection, this…Continue reading “PC sim racing holiday gift guide”»
Way back in March this year, we published a guide to creating lifelike screenshots in Assetto Corsa Competizione. At the time we said “…despite the limitations in Assetto Corsa Competizione’s screenshot mode, it can undeniably produce excellent images. Although the user interface is a little clunky at the moment…” With the recent v1.8 update to…Continue reading “A guide to Assetto Corsa Competizione’s v1.8 Cinema HUD photo mode”»
Unbelievably, it’s 20 years to the day since English rally driver Richard Burns won the 2001 World Rally Championship (WRC) at the wheel of his iconic Subaru Impreza. As only the second-ever British WRC champion – after Colin McRae in 1995 – Burns matched devastating speed with sure-footed consistency to amass a total of 10…Continue reading “Richard Burns: 20 years on from his WRC title”»
Yesterday, we reported on Kunos Simulazione’s Assetto Corsa Compeitizione v1.8 Keynote, in which they talked us through several changes and improvements headed to their GT3 simulation, as well as the addition of the 2022 BMW M4 GT3. However, at the end of the video, eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted some interesting teasers as to what’s…Continue reading “Three new cars teased for Assetto Corsa Competizione”»
