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 folks over at Fanatec are on a roll at present. Fresh from revealing more details about the upcoming CSL DD and CSL Pedals – some pre-orders start this week – we now have details about a new wheel rim too. The Limited Edition ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 2021 takes what’s great about the existing…Continue reading “Fanatec announces Limited Edition ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 2021”»
When leading sim racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec announced the CSL Pedals last month and the CSL DD wheel base in April, the interest frothed at the mouth. We know because they were among the most read articles on Traxion.GG so far. Never before had direct drive wheel and load cell pedal technology been more attainable….Continue reading “Fanatec CSL Pedals and CSL DD pricing and availability detailed”»
The ongoing support for DIRT 5 continues to impress. Following on from the recent Red Bull Revolution update, which added cross-platform multiplayer, new leviers and Playgrounds items, comes the addition of Fanatec wheel support for both PS4 and PS5. Wheel support was initially added to the game post-release, back in update 2.00, but as of…Continue reading “Patch 4.04 for DIRT 5 adds PlayStation Fanatec wheel support”»
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”»
