Thomas Harrison-Lord

One of our favourite racing games of the year has come up trumps at The Game Awards 2021 – winning in three out of the four categories it was nominated in. The big win was in the ‘Innovation in Accessibility’ category, with the suite of in-built accessibility options being a defining factor. For example, subtitle…Continue reading “Forza Horizon 5 wins three categories at The Game Awards 2021”»

Series 2 of Forza Horizon 5’s Festival Playlist is now live, with a special holiday them, and there’s a new Treasure Hunt, Photo Challenge and #FORZATHON Weekly Challenge to complete. Here are some tips, hopefully helping you to maximise your time in Mexico and hopefully netting you some valuable points. Series 2, Summer, Season rewards…Continue reading “How to maximise Forza Horizon 5’s Series 2 Summer Festival Playlist”»

With Series 2 of the Forza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist now live, with it comes several new challenges to complete within the Summer season. A tricky event is the MERRYLILLAMBO Photo Challenge, which nets you a “Smile! You’re on camera!” Forza Link Rewards and two points. First up, you need the 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV,…Continue reading “How to complete Forza Horizon 5’s #MERRYLILLAMBO Photo Challenge”»

As Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton head into the season finale, and championship-deciding, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix level on points, the driver ratings with the F1 2021 game have been updated. These apply within the My Team managerial mode and alter rival on-track performance plus driver market decisions. Based on real-world 2021 season performance,…Continue reading “Hamilton heads Verstappen in F1 2021 game ratings ahead of Abu Dhabi GP”»

It’s time once again for yet another superlative Wreckfest Tournament update, and this time around the Banger Brawl returns to the game’s roots – smashing into cars. Following on the Rally Trophy update in November, Banger Brawl will see you accruing points by crashing into other cars, with more points awarded based on your position….Continue reading “Wreckfest’s December Tournament update is a Banger Brawl”»

We love Forza Horizon 5 here at Traxion.GG, so we were saddened to hear that some Xbox Series X|S owners were getting stuck in an infinite save loop after the recent game update. On the 3rd December, FH5’s latest patch launched on PC and Xbox consoles, adding several fixes, tweaks, changes to Horizon Arcade and…Continue reading “Forza Horizon 5 hotfix means Xbox Series X|S players can now acquire cars again”»

After a somewhat inauspicious start, yet another NASCAR 21: Ignition update is now available across PC, PlayStation and Xbox. This time, the big takeaway is the ability to use your steering wheel peripheral to navigate the menus if you’re using one of the Logitech or Thrustmaster wheels listed below – up until this point, a…Continue reading “NASCAR 21: Ignition’s v1.30 update adds steering wheel button navigation”»

In this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast, we speak to the team behind the upcoming racing game GRID Legends by EA and Codemasters. Chris Smith, Creative Director and Steven Brand, Associate Creative Director, on the title chat through the vision, their aims and what’s new for the GRID series. Hear about the new story mode,…Continue reading “How GRID Legends aims to be fun for everyone | Traxion.GG Podcast S3 E9”»

After what will be over a two-year hiatus since the 2019 reboot, Codemasters – and now EA’s – action-fuelled racing game franchise returns early next year with GRID Legends, and the emphasis is very much on accessible, explosive, driving fun.  Your computer-controlled rivals jostle for position, succumb to pressure, become your Nemesis should you clash and suffer from mechanic maladies. There are up to 22 cars on the grid and the racing is hectic.  To…Continue reading “Hands-on: How GRID Legends aims to put the fun back into the series”»

The all-new motorcycle simulator with a twist, RiMS Racing, has been updated to version 1.5 on PC for Steam players and it includes several tweaks. This continues a long line of post-release support for the title by the RaceWard Studio, and this time clarified which controllers, or gamepads, work with the game on PC and…Continue reading “RiMS Racing now available via Epic as 1.5 PC update adds new features”»