Thomas Harrison-Lord is Editor in Chief of Traxion. An automotive and racing video game journalist, he also contributes to Autosport and Motorsport.com.
What’s best? A modern classic with less technology and more driving purity, or something a bit fresher that helps the driver to be a little bit quicker? Well, thanks to this week’s batch of ranked online races within GT Sport, this argument can continue to roll on. In at least two of the races, you can select an older or a newer vehicle. From the Porsche 911s…Continue reading “It’s old vs new in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»
We’re back with a brand new episode of the Traxion.GG podcast, and this week we discuss games that have aged like a fine wine. Dodgy episode title aside, this is pertinent, as we live in an age where games are updated, refined, patched and added to post-launch, which means that the original Metacritic becomes less…Continue reading “Games that have aged like a fine wine | The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3”»
One of the most un-secret secrets in racing videos games is now official: Forza Horizon 5 exists. Debuting at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, the opening event on the Sunday of E3 2021, the much anticipated open-world racer is indeed set in Mexico and not Japan – tying in with recent rumours and leaked…Continue reading “Forza Horizon 5 debuts, releases in November 2021”»
The Crew 2 is a game that continues to flourish, with Ubisoft Forward lifting the lid on another year of continued support and new content during E3 2021. Ubisoft Ivory Tower’s open-world racing game, that first released in 2018 and features cars, motorcycles, planes and boats, seems to have garnered a large audience, with the…Continue reading “Motorsport-themed season revealed for The Crew 2 at Ubisoft Forward”»
Our current favourite free-to-play time-based track-focussed PC racing game, Trackmania, has received a brand-new update that brings with it a new mode. Royal Mode, unveiled during Ubisoft’s E3 20201 Forward event, allows 60 players to form 30 teams of two and compete against each other across 20 randomly selected maps. A new map will be…Continue reading “New Royal Mode unveiled for Trackmania at Ubisoft Forward”»
The second round of the NASCAR Heat 5 Ultimate Summer Showdown took the field down to Texas Motor Speedway for a pair of 60 lap races around the 1.5-mile oval right outside of Fort Worth. 24 drivers per console qualified into the field during the Open Qualifiers back at the end of May. The Top…Continue reading “WATCH: NASCAR Heat 5 Ultimate Summer Showdown – Round 2 Highlights”»
The first round of the 2021 MotoGP eSport Global Series is today, and you can watch it live online. After a series of time-based challenges within the MotoGP 20 game earlier this year, the 11-rider field is set for four rounds of the Global Series to determine the 2021 MotoGP eSport champion. The first round…Continue reading “MotoGP eSport Global Series Round 1 kicks off today”»
The evolution of Circuit Superstars continues within Early Access, ahead of a full release on PC and console hopefully later this year, with the v.0.3.0 update now live. A sizeable update, it adds a new car, the Rally Vost. Now, if you throw in some imagination, it doesn’t look too dissimilar to a Volkswagen Polo…Continue reading “New Circuit Superstars Early Access update adds car, dirt track”»
E3, the biggest gaming media event of the year is upon us! Following the Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live, the extended Traxion team discusses what to expect as racing game fans from the event. Sure, the Covid-19 pandemic has clipped its wings a bit, no press or public within giant theatres celebrating gaming robs us of some atmosphere, but there will still be…Continue reading “E3 2021 racing game predictions – The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2”»
Following on from recent suite of updates, news and roadmaps which have included new cars, tracks and liveries, Automotodrom Brno is now available for RaceRoom Racing Experience. The Norwegian venue of Vålerbanen was added just last week, but now the flowing curves of Brno in Czechia are also available. The original Brno circuit incorporated the…Continue reading “Automotodrom Brno now available for RaceRoom Racing Experience”»
