Thomas Harrison-Lord is Editor in Chief of Traxion. An automotive and racing video game journalist, he also contributes to Autosport and Motorsport.com.
Say hello to the AMR-C01, a racing simulator set-up by the folks at Aston Martin. As sim rigs go, it’s a doozy. It looks outrageously gorgeous – for a simulator – to me, but then I have a stupidly long hair, so who am I to comment on design? This probably isn’t aimed at you…Continue reading “Do you have too much money and want to get into simulators? The AMR-C01 is for you”»
As the weekends merge into the weekdays for many of us under various forms of lockdown restrictions, one thing remains constant. It’s a Monday, so the GT Sport Daily Races have been updated. Starting 8th February and ending 14th February 2021, here’s what the game has in store for you this week. We kick off with a pair of…Continue reading “Soichiro would be proud of this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»
Hello there! I’m glad you found this page. As you’re here then, you may as well watch the trailer for the Traxion Podcast above. By doing so, you won’t learn much about racing video games, esports or simulators, but you will get an insight into the minds of three racing-mad individuals. Each week we shall…Continue reading “Welcome to The Traxion Podcast”»
Renowned racing game video game developer Codemasters – purveyor of titles such as DIRT 5, DiRT Rally 2.0, Formula 1 and GRID – is now edging closer to a buy-out by Californian giant Electronic Arts. In what has been somewhat of a saga, Codemasters has been led by Frank Sagnier since 2014 through some tumultuous…Continue reading “The EA takeover of Codemasters is getting closer”»
The MotoGP eSport Championship returns in its fifth season for 2021 with new opportunities to qualify, the use of classic motorcycles from championship history and the chance to vote on which bikes are used. It all starts now, as voting is open, 3rd February to select which classic bike and rider combination is going to…Continue reading “MotoGP eSport Championship 2021 calendar and structure announced”»
Oops. Fresh from the surprisingly timely release of the 2020 World Challenge Pack for Assetto Corsa Competizione console players, publisher 505 Games has posted to the ACC blog clarifying what’s happening next after users reported some errors. Online multiplayer is the main issue at present, where sometimes wheels are not visible, cars look to be…Continue reading “Assetto Corsa Competizione 2020 World Challenge Pack updates coming soon”»
In an exciting move, Ubisoft Ivory Tower has added the acclaimed Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion, to The Crew 2 – and it’s available now. The homologation special, which was produced so that Porsche was allowed to compete in the BPR Global GT Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, holds a special place in…Continue reading “Surprise! Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion added to The Crew 2”»
Gran Turismo Sport has now exceeded 9.5 million users, as revealed by the game’s producer, Kazunori Yamauchi, in a Japanese-language interview with car lifestyle publication, Octane. Before we go any further, there’s a distinct different between ‘users’ and ‘sales’ – users or players would include if someone borrowed a copy of the game from a…Continue reading “GT Sport surpasses 9.5 million users”»
The 2021 WRC esports 2021 competition got off to a false start in January, with timing errors meaning the opening Rallye Monte-Carlo was postponed, but now it will be back on 5th February. A revised calendar has been issues by both the FIA World Rally Championship and KT Games, the developers behind the WRC 9…Continue reading “WRC esports 2021 calendar now updated, competition starts again soon”»
It’s here, what you’ve all been waiting for. Kind of. The cars in GT Sport have now received a tweak to their Balance of Performance. That means cars of the Gr.4 and Gr.3 classes have had various performance parameters changed in the quest for equalisation. BoP is a contentious topic in the world of motorsport,…Continue reading “GT Sport receives Balance of Performance tweaks”»
