Thomas Harrison-Lord is Editor in Chief of Traxion. An automotive and racing video game journalist, he also contributes to Autosport and Motorsport.com.
Next week, the 4th of May to be more specific, will see a new update to the Project CARS 3 racing video game, and it looks set to include Circuit Zandvoort and the current season’s Formula E liveries. This is based mainly upon teasers on the Project Cars blog, but all hints lead to Zandvoort,…Continue reading “Next Project CARS 3 update adds Zandvoort and Formula E liveries”»
Series 35 of Forza Horizon 4 has been unveiled, and it features three new, disparate, cars. Available next week, on Tuesday 4th May, the leading entry is the Jeep Gladiator Rubicon. This off-road truck has been tremendously popular in the USA, as it combines the utilitarian nature of the renowned Jeep Wrangler and marries it…Continue reading “Series 35 of Forza Horizon 4 unveiled, includes three new cars”»
It’s Friday the 23rd April 2021, the venue is the Ricardo Tormo Circuit located in the comarca of Hoya de Buñol near Valencia and Denmark’s Frederik Rasmussen is about to put to the test a theory long held by the sim racer in all of us. If you practice enough in the virtual world, can…Continue reading “How sim champion Frede Rasmussen adapted to real-life Formula E”»
Still one of the most popular racing games, if Steam Charts are anything to go by, Assetto Corsa Competizione is at the peak of its powers. Earlier this year, the British GT DLC pack was released on PC, completing a stellar Season Pass. There has been the official British GT esports series, there’s the upcoming…Continue reading “It’s time to revisit Assetto Corsa Competizione on console”»
In a somewhat surprising turn of events, the upgraded version of Wreckfest is coming to PS5 on the 4th May 2021 and will be free to those with PlayStation Plus. We originally reported that a natively remastered version of our favourite folk/banger racing game will be releasing on the 1st June, but today the PlayStation…Continue reading “Wreckfest launching on PS5 4th May, free via PlayStation Plus”»
Fans of arena-based motocross action will now be able to take part in the first Supercross esports competition, the SX eSport Championship. The grand prize on offer is a real Yamaha Wolverine RMAX4 1000 LE, a side-by-side off-road recreation vehicle where you can take three friends along for a ride. But, before you start daydreaming…Continue reading “Supercross 4 esports series, SX eSport Championship, announced”»
Despite the ongoing Coivd-19 pandemic playing havoc with chip supplies, and the overwhelmingly high demand making stock shortages a real problem, Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5 up until the end of March 2021, outpacing the PS4 within the same launch window. In terms of Sony’s figures, we’re dealing with the financial year, not the…Continue reading “PlayStation has “best ever year”, ships 7.8 million PS5s so far”»
The 2021 F1 Esports Challengers series ends this week with six separate races across PS4, Xbox One and PC at the Circuit of the Americas and Yas Marina Circuit. The finale starts tonight, 27th April at 19:00 BST, for PS4 players, then 28th April for Xbox entrants and on the 29th April for those using…Continue reading “Why you should watch F1 Esports Challengers this week”»
One of several new features in this year’s official MotoGP video game is the long lap penalty, which replicates what happens in real life motorcycle Grand Prix racing. But what is it, how does it work and is MotoGP 21 any better for it? We are here to find out. What is the MotoGP long…Continue reading “How to use the lap penalty in MotoGP 21”»
Ride 4’s ‘Bonus Pack 08’ has added the 2020 Yamaha MT-09 to the ever-expanding motorcycle roster. It’s also a free addition. A little thank you from developer Milestone, this follows on from the last bonus pack earlier this month which also featured a new Yamaha bike, the MT-07. The MT-09 (are you keeping up with…Continue reading “Yamaha MT-09 added to Ride 4 for free”»
