Thomas Harrison-Lord is the Editor in Chief at Traxion. An automotive and sim racing journalist, credits include Motorsport.com, Autosport, The Race, TheSixthAxis, RaceDepartment and OverTake.
The evolution of Circuit Superstars continues within Early Access, ahead of a full release on PC and console hopefully later this year, with the v.0.3.0 update now live. A sizeable update, it adds a new car, the Rally Vost. Now, if you throw in some imagination, it doesn’t look too dissimilar to a Volkswagen Polo…Continue reading “New Circuit Superstars Early Access update adds car, dirt track”»
E3, the biggest gaming media event of the year is upon us! Following the Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live, the extended Traxion team discusses what to expect as racing game fans from the event. Sure, the Covid-19 pandemic has clipped its wings a bit, no press or public within giant theatres celebrating gaming robs us of some atmosphere, but there will still be…Continue reading “E3 2021 racing game predictions – The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2”»
Following on from recent suite of updates, news and roadmaps which have included new cars, tracks and liveries, Automotodrom Brno is now available for RaceRoom Racing Experience. The Norwegian venue of Vålerbanen was added just last week, but now the flowing curves of Brno in Czechia are also available. The original Brno circuit incorporated the…Continue reading “Automotodrom Brno now available for RaceRoom Racing Experience”»
The trailer for the next instalment for the Fast & Furious movie franchise, F9, includes cars drifting, jumping, being pickup up by a plane, getting wrecked and even a jet-powered Pontiac Fiero. So, when you think about it, Rocket League makes perfect sense for a tie in, because you’re rocket-powered, jumping and destroying cars. The…Continue reading “Get in the mood for the F9 movie thanks to Rocket League”»
After a period within Early Access, drift racing simulation game DRIFT21 is fully released on PC via Steam today. The title developed by ECC Games and published by 505 Games features 12 officially licensed rear-wheel-drive drifting legends, including the BMW E30 M3, the sixth-generation Ford Mustang, Mazda FD RX-7 and a couple of Nissan Silvias – which our very own Justin Sutton should be ecstatic about. Across all vehicles, you’ll are…Continue reading “Sideways simulation DRIFT21 is released today”»
The Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Straßenversion from 1997 has been added to the Forza Street mobile game, although you’ll have to work for it. A new Porsche Showdown series of events has been added to the popular phone-racer, following on from previous Showdowns such as Hot Wheels and Alfa Romeo. Live right now, players can…Continue reading “Porsche Showdown adds new car to Forza Street”»
One of the leading drifting-focussed racing games, CarX Drift Racing Online, has just received a massive 2.11.0 update which adds new content. The game was originally released on PC via Steam in 2017, with PS4 and Xbox One versions following in 2019. Despite its age, support is plentiful and all this is while the team…Continue reading “Latest CarX Drift Racing Online update adds new map and cars”»
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaaaaacer. Sorry, just had to get that out of my system… Bandai Namco has been busy within some litigation admin, filing trademarks for Ridge Racer, which will surely get fans wrapped with anticipation. The recent requests have been uncovered thanks to some superb sleuthing by the Japanese video game news website Gematsu. Rave Racer…Continue reading “New Ridge Racer trademarks filed by Bandai Namco”»
It’s the 10th race in my second career season and to gain valuable resource points I’ve just completed the same practice programmes within F1 2020 for the 32nd time. Throw in the previous iterations of the game, all of which I have played, and the number of times I have driven the Track Acclimatisation test is easily in the hundreds. Considering…Continue reading “How research and development works in F1 2021”»
The 2021 ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship heads to the renowned Red Bull Ring in the virtual Austrian countryside this week as a €100,000 prize pool is up for grabs. A packed grid of Europe’s premier esports professionals will deliver a closely match field, providing intense fights and precision driving. After the first round at…Continue reading “WATCH the 2021 ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship, Round 2”»
