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 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”»
Do you like the colour green? How about a dash of lime green? In any other context, no, me neither, but this colour is synonymous with Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Kawasaki. When I see this particular hue, I instantly think of superbikes produced by the heavy industries expert. The latest update pack for Ride 4, the…Continue reading “Ride 4’s latest free content adds Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636”»
It’s another week and time for a fresh batch of curated online ranked races to take part in within GT Sport. Across all three races this week, you have the chance of using boxer engines – hence the punch up. Aha. The horizontally opposed, where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft, engine is a unique…Continue reading “This week’s GT Sport Daily Races are a punch up”»
Jon Armstrong is a busy person. Alongside competing in the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship alongside co-driver Phil Hall for the Codemasters DiRT Rally Team, he’s also a game designer at Codemasters during the week. For those who perhaps aren’t aware, Jon starting rallying and working is way up the championships, competing in Ireland, the…Continue reading “Jon Armstrong Interview – The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1”»
