Thomas Harrison-Lord is Editor in Chief of Traxion. An automotive and racing video game journalist, he also contributes to Autosport and Motorsport.com.
The Wreckfest renaissance continues apace with June 2021 Tournament update. The big-ticket item is the free new playground track, available for all players across all platforms. Wrecking Madness is a fresh area where you can test out the punishing crash physics, and a new ‘Extreme’ damage mode is also included to turn up the madness…Continue reading “Go back to the future with the latest Wreckfest update”»
The ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship utilising RaceRoom Racing Experience will once again deliver talented grids, exciting cars and close racing this year, and you can watch the English YouTube stream exclusively on Traxion.GG. Using GT3 cars across a seven-round calendar, with each round consisting of two races, the line-up for this year’s series is…Continue reading “WATCH the 2021 ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship exclusively on Traxion”»
Lebanese virtual rallying sensation Sami-Joe has completed a nonuple of 2021 eSports WRC victories, this time winning the Rally Italia Sardegna. With his place in the final secure, he showed no signs of easing off, taking victory ahead of chief adversary Nexl by nearly three seconds. The podium was rounded out by Kriim. Noel in…Continue reading “Sami-Joe secures ninth 2021 eSports WRC round win in a row”»
To kick off this week, RaceRoom added two items of new content that had been recently teased – the Opel Astra TCR and the Norwegian circuit Vålerbanen. With both items now available for the free-to-play PC simulator, we dived in to see what they were like. First up, the new venue. Vålerbanen is in Eastern…Continue reading “Hands-on: RaceRoom’s new Astra TCR and Vålerbanen circuit”»
Patience and lots of it. Sat there in the tow, waiting for the right moment to present itself. One rash move and both of you could end up in the fence and losing safety points. This week’s GT Sort Daily Races feature two tracks that are narrow, where overtaking is at a premium and where making one, clean, decisive…Continue reading “Master the art of overtaking in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»
The initial reveal trailer for the upcoming F1 2021 spilt very few beans as to the next-gen upgrades, online multiplayer features, gameplay changes or My Team enhancements – the items that an invested F1 game fan may be chiefly interested in. Instead, it layered on the drama, with David Croft shouting about fictional characters racing,…Continue reading “Who is the F1 game’s Devon Butler?”»
Yesterday, Chris Esaki, Creative Director at Turn 10 Studios, spoke on the Forza Monthly stream about the next Forza Motorsport instalment which helped clear up a few speculative points and lay the groundwork for what sounds like an all-new experience. “There’s some confusion out there about what the name of the game is and I…Continue reading “Forza Motorsport is definitely called Forza Motorsport, includes new tyre physics”»
Moritz Löhner, the winner of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship, has successfully completed a test session in a real-life McLaren 570S GT4 at the Hockenheimring. The prize pool for the popular virtual series not only cash prizes, but opportunities to hit the track too. Löhner won the title last year driving for Williams Esports during a dramatic final race and one of his…Continue reading “McLaren GT4 test completed for 2020 ADAC GT Masters Esports champion”»
It’s that time of the month again, where the Forza team announces a new update for Forza Horizon 4, this time Series 36. It features three brand new cars, plus many new events in the Festival Playlist. Let’s jump in. The lead car this one is the Saleen S1 from 2018. Saleen is mainly known…Continue reading “Forza Horizon 4 reveals Series 36 with three new cars”»
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch, which is the best-selling racing game of all time if you combine the Wii U release figures, has received its first update since January 2019. Version 1.7.2 is available now and only tweaks two small elements: Addressed an issue that caused tournament points to be reset Addressed…Continue reading “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe receives first update in 16 months”»
