Thomas Harrison-Lord

It’s close to 10 pm on a Thursday evening and 20-year-old Danish esports superstar Frederik Rasmussen has just won something that millions of people could only dream of – €20,000 and a drive of a real-life Gen2 Formula E car around the Valencia circuit in a few weeks’ time. “I still can’t believe it. It…Continue reading “How Frede Rasmussen won a drive in a real Formula E car”»

The rapid pace of updates continues at Studio 397 as rFactor 2 has just received a suite of new updates to tracks and car liveries. As we reported yesterday, April will see many new updates be delivered to the PC-based simulator, and it all starts this week and the rollout of changes to three fan…Continue reading “Indianapolis, Portland and Silverstone tracks updated in rFactor 2”»

The first major paid DLC for Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4 is now available on PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series. The 2Stoke Bikes Pack (250) adds five motocross bikes and a new track in the form of the 2020 Indianapolis venue. The five 250cc motorcycles are the Honda…Continue reading “Monster Energy Supercross 4 2Stroke Bikes Pack DLC now live”»

Series 34 has been revealed for Forza Horizon 4 and will be available later on 6th April 2021. Leading this series is the new Porsche 356 RSR Emory. This is a coachwork special, stretching a classic Porsche 356 body over a more modern 911 964 chassis. It is then tuned to deliver over 400 bhp…Continue reading “Series 34 of Forza Horizon 4 revealed, plus Super7: High Stakes update”»

Hey, you, PC-owning race fan. Trackmania is free-to-play these days after a futuristic reboot, and its new Spring Campaign is now available. Simply boot the game, install the latest update and 25 new tracks with 100 medals have now been added for no extra charge. How good is that? So, if you want to have…Continue reading “Trackmania’s Spring 2021 Campaign is now live”»

We’re nearly at the end of the qualifying online time trial round, as the third out of four challenges is now open for the 2021 MotoGP eSport Championship. Using the MotoGP 20 game on PC, PlayStation or Xbox, this week’s challenge is set at Silverstone, and in typically British style, it’s been raining. If these…Continue reading “You can now enter the third MotoGP eSport Championship challenge”»

March was a bumper month for the beloved PC-based simulator rFactor 2. There was the GT Pro Season 3 and GT Challenge Season 3 esports events, the release of a new SC2018x stock car, a revised Circuit d’Azur, updated Formula E venues, new Rome and Diriyah E-Prix circuits, the announcement of a new Release Candidate…Continue reading “New roadmap teases upcoming rFactor 2 changes”»

A new update for the constantly evolving racing game Automobilista 2 has arrived on PC, bring with it a couple of new cars, tracks layouts and additional tweaks. Because it wouldn’t be AMS2 without tweaks now, would it? This update marks one year since the game first release on Early Access on the 31st March…Continue reading “Lotus 79 arrives in Automobilista 2 alongside a suite of updates”»

Did you, like me, wake bleary-eyed from your slumber, check your phone and think the word had gone mad this morning? Ah yes, today is the 1st April 2021 and that means it’s April Fool’s Day. A time to pull practical jokes and hoaxes, or as is more often the case these days, a day…Continue reading “Today’s best April Fool’s Day racing game gags”»

Thank goodness we only cover racing games and sims because, dear lord, if we had to write an article about every game in the PlayStation Store Spring Sale, we’d be here all week. The list is endless, and with PS5 backwards compatible with PS4 games, older games are getting more of a look-in than ever…Continue reading “A shedload of racing games reduced in the PlayStation Spring Sale”»