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3.2KF1 Esports Pro: Is Nicolas Longuet the frontrunners’ forgotten man?
17th December 2020. Round 12 of the F1 Esports Series at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Renault Sport Team Vitality’s star driver...
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13.2KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 8
It’s another Japan-centered episode this week in my Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series. Close to a J license promotion to start...
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6.9KHow to master race starts in Assetto Corsa Competizione
“You can’t ever win a race on lap one, but you can certainly lose it.” Well, yes, I understand the intention behind...
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15.8KHow to get quicker at sim rally driving by an esports professional
Rally is a category that is largely distinct from all other forms of motorsport, the driving method tends to go against circuit...
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21.0KA beginner’s guide to NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ Switch
NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ is a new game to the Nintendo Switch family. While the game is technically a port of the...
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6.6KWhat do the flags represent in sim racing?
Safety is the number one priority when it comes to real-world racing. They could not exist without the help of marshals, as...
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7.2KHow The Contractor, a new Motorflix season, adds cab driving to The Crew 2
The post-release support for The Crew 2 has been nothing sort of outstanding. After releasing in June 2018, Season 4, Episode 1:...
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5.0KHands on with NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ for Nintendo Switch
Let’s be upfront and honest – the NASCAR Heat franchise wasn’t the most highly regarded amongst the racing game community. With the likes of Codemasters working with Formula 1, Milestone...
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13.0KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 7
I’ve got my elbows out in this week’s episode of my Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series. It’s the demolition derby edition...
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6.2KFive years later, Valentino Rossi: The Game still has plenty to offer
The MotoGP video games release on a yearly cycle, like FIFA, Madden or Formula 1. Each new real-world season for the premier...
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9.3KEverything you need to know about iRacing AI
Back when iRacing launched in 2008, everyone knew it as a spiritual successor to the final Papyrus game, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season....
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2.3KBaldwin vs Tonizza in GT World Challenge Esports Sprint Series decider
The final round of the European branch of the GT World Challenge Esports Sprint Series approaches this Friday evening, with the championship...
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1.2KWATCH: The A-Z of sim-racing driver excuses!
We’ve all been there. You had a sim race, and things don’t work out. Maybe you are way off the pace, or...
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10.3KNine things you may not know about the Nürburgring Nordschleife
The Le Mans Virtual Cup and Le Mans Virtual Series visit the Nürburgring Nordschleife this weekend, live on Traxion.GG, and as an...
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55.1KForza Horizon 5 tips and tricks
The Forza Horizon 5 festival has landed into the explosion of colour that is Guanajuato City, and though we will miss the...
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12.3KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 6
The latest episode of this Let’s Play series on Race Driver: GRID is coming at you once again on a Sunday night....
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2.7KWATCH: New KartKross and a Secret Track? KartKraft Update
A few weeks ago, KartKraft added some new content for free for those who already have the early access karting simulator purchased....
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16.3KHow to get the most out of the NASCAR 21: Ignition career
NASCAR 21: Ignition released last week to some… well, mixed reviews. While we’ve given our thoughts and provided a few tips and...
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68.3KA guide to Forza Horizon 5’s Barn Finds: The hidden car locations
*Fair warning, this article includes mild Forza Horizon 5 spoilers* Forza Horizon 5 is here, and our full in-depth review is available...
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7.6KForza Horizon 5 review: A genre-defining open-world racer
I went to the cinema recently and upon asking for a small drink, I was scornfully dismissed. “Pah! We only do medium,...
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12.2KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 5
We’re only five episodes in, and it’s already the end of the first season in my Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series....
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1.7KHalloween-themed racing game content you can play today
If you just can’t get enough of the spooky festivities this Halloween, then there is plenty of contemporary racing game content themed...
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2.6KWATCH: Wreckfest, DIRT 5 AND F1 2021 Challenges! – Halloween Special
As the night sweeps across the track, the moon bright in the sky, and a creepy chill in the air, it’s the...
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1.7KWATCH: Nordschleife on a Dance Mat!? 10K Subscriber Special
The Traxion.GG YouTube channel recently surpassed 10,000 subscribers, a huge milestone for us in such a short amount of time. Thank you...
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7.9KNASCAR 21: Ignition shows promise, but feels unfinished
As a lifelong NASCAR fan, every year on NASCAR game release day growing up was a holiday in my household. That has...
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35.3KNASCAR 21: Ignition beginner tips and tricks
Are you just getting acquainted with NASCAR racing? Don’t know the difference between Talladega and Texas, or how a trackbar or tire...
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4.7KWATCH: How to understand your co-driver in rally games
If you heard “5 Left into 4 right don’t cut, 30 into square left, caution, over crest keep middle”, is this total...
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3.3KJosh Idowu – From grassroots to F1 Esports Series professional
With only two seats per team at any one race in the Formula 1 Esports Series Pro Championship, it does mean that...
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3.6KHow Sebastian Job is adapting to life in F1 Esports Series Pro
When asked earlier this week whether he felt that the Red Bull Racing/AlphaTauri group held an advantage over other F1 Esports Series...
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11.8KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 4
Here it is, the fourth episode in my Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID play through. The Rick Racing team made some heavy...
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9.0KCircuit Superstars review: The stylised simulator
Out-and-out simulators don’t really have detailed career modes with non-linear paths, vehicle upgrades and collectable trinkets. I’m thinking the perfunctory career in...
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6.1KWATCH: Micro Machines 30 years later
While we await the arrival of Codemasters’ next Formula 1 game and speculate about what EA will do to the pre-eminent racing...
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10.7KHow Imola and Portimão hint at bright future for the F1 games
I’ve said this many times before, in pretty much every review I’ve written in the past five years, to I’m blue in...
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7.8KHorizon Chase Senna Forever review: A fitting tribute for a new generation
When it comes to immortalising a three-time F1 world champion in a game, Horizon Chase was not the first that came to...
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11.6KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 3
Hello again and welcome to the third episode of my latest video series, Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID. I’m continuing John Traxion’s...
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13.6KTips and Tricks: How to brake in MotoGP 21
The MotoGP game series is constantly changing up its physics from year to year to give a more authentic Grand Prix experience...
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3.5KJeffrey Rietveld: Le Mans Virtual Series is a big step forward for sim racing
Team Redline esports racing driver Jeffrey Rietveld has a very busy schedule. Fresh from winning the opening round of the Le Mans...
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10.1KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 2
Happy Sunday! I’m heading back to GRID World in Race Driver: GRID for the second episode of my latest Let’s Play. Today,...
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2.3KInside the minds of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Championship 4
The final race of the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season, the Championship 4 event, is set to take place on Tuesday...
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9.2KHere’s why so many rally games going top-down
We’ve been lucky enough to have several great new rally games recently, not least art of rally and Rush Rally Origins. But...
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1.7KClassic Sport Driving brings modern spin to retro racing genre
Over the last few days, I’ve been able to sit down and enjoy the demo version of the upcoming Classic Sport Driving...
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9.1KSix forgotten rally cars art of rally shines a light on
When you think of rallying through the decades, there are certain cars that immediately spring to mind. The Ford Escort, Lancia Stratos,...
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53.7KTips and Tricks: How to get the most out of Hot Wheels Unleashed
Hot Wheels Unleashed by Milestone has taken the world by storm upon its recent release on PlayStation, PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch....
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8.5KArt of rally on PS5 is everything you’d hope it would be
As I sit here writing this, I’m currently vibing to Vyacheslav Anatolevich Koristov’s powerful synthwave track ‘Grip and Life’ from the art...
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1.9KHands-on with Victory Heat Rally, a 16-bit themed romp
Victory Heat Rally is a promising upcoming kart racer styled game that’s making its way towards release in 2022. It harks back...
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4.4KHow Monza highlights Automobilista 2’s strong suit
The much-maligned PC racing simulator platform Automobilista 2 released a fresh update yesterday with a list of changes bigger than Cristo Redentor. The Brazilian development team Reiza Studios – also of Stock Car Extreme...
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1.6KHands-on with Race Condition, a low poly arcade blast
Looking like it’s just stepped out of Sega Park arcade, Race Condition is a racing game with an emphasis on speed and...
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9.0KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 1
John Traxion is back! The TOCA Race Driver 3 World Champion returns for another career mode play through. This time, I’m taking...
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8.8KAn in-depth look at iRacing’s Sporting Code
Every so often on the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations platform, users will be notified that the iRacing Sporting Code has been updated during...
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13.0KHot Wheels Unleashed review
I was on Team Matchbox when I was a child. If I was well behaved, my parents would treat me to a...
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13.3KTOCA Race Driver 3 | Fifteen years later
I have been having a blast reliving my childhood every Sunday on this here Traxion channel. Back when it all started, I decided I...
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3.4KWATCH: Five ways to WIN on Assetto Corsa Competizione
Who doesn’t like winning? For some, winning might seem to come harder than it does for others, especially when in racing. Thankfully,...
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2.1KHow Hot Wheels Unleashed recreates your childhood dreams
When Hot Wheels Unleashed launches on 30th September 2021 it aims to provide a family-friendly recreation of diecast toy racing with a...
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8.9KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 30 – THE FINALE!
We’ve finally reached the end of this Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3. Win or lose, it’s been an absolute blast reliving...
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2.7KFuture NASCAR track at LA Coliseum aided by iRacing pros
On Tuesday before the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR announced their addition of another coliseum to the...
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13.4KThrustmaster T248 sim racing wheel review
After Thrustmaster released the SF1000 to rave reviews (ours included), its next release the T-GT II didn’t get such a warm reception....
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6.6KIs an Evercade any good for racing games?
Officially and legally emulating retro games is a great idea and Evercade is one of the coolest ways to do it. Released...
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3.4KHands-on with RiMS Racing on Nintendo Switch
I think it’s time publishers were realistic about these Switch ports of titles that are already struggling even with PS5’s power and...
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8.1KCruis’n Blast Nintendo Switch review
I think I’m over-stimulated. In Cruis’n Blast, everything’s shinier than everything else. It’s all ‘everything all of the time’ with no respite....
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9.5KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 29
With Tier 31 and the Formula 1 World Championship in my back pocket, it’s time to finish this TOCA Race Driver 3...
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7.5KWhy the WRC takes esports so seriously
On the weekend the Acropolis Rally returned to the World Rally Championship after an eight-year hiatus, it wasn’t the only competitive rally...
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5.6KEverything you need to know about Gran Turismo 7
Having been initially revealed in June 2020 and launching in what will be the series’ 25th anniversary, Gran Turismo 7 is nearly...
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3.0KHands-on with iRacing: New and updated 2021 Season 4 content
A new iRacing build means a ton of changes service-wide in one fell swoop. From the new content like the Ferrari 488...
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4.9KSim racing multi-class etiquette, and how to crush the field
Multi-class racing is a unique challenge that you simply don’t get from other sports and single-class motorsports. Overtaking is such a precarious...
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6.9KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 28
Is John Traxion about to become the Formula 1 World Champion? Tier 31 of my TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play continues,...
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6.7KSeven insane online multiplayer racing modes
You’ve mastered the mechanics, abused the AI, and have logged over 100 laps at the toughest track in the game of your...
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43.2KWRC 10 beginner tips and tricks
With WRC 10’s release on the 2nd of September came new opportunities for fans to engage themselves within the sport of rallying....
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9.4KWRC 10 game review
WRC 10 is an important milestone, both for the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, but also developer KT...
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19.3KAssetto Corsa Mobile review
When one normally thinks about a handheld mobile racing game, what are some of the commonalities? Simulation normally doesn’t come to my...
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2.1KeNASCAR Playoff Preview: Mitchell deJong, Michael Conti share thoughts entering Round of 10
The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series kicks off their 2021 playoffs at Darlington Raceway on Tuesday night. The playoff field is composed of...
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7.0KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 27
It’s finally time to suit up in a full-fledged Formula 1 machine. Tier 31 of my TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play...
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4.0KHow Monday Night Racing brings motorsports and sim racing closer
Most Monday nights, there’s an iRacing league where Shane van Gisbergen goes head-to-head against Kyle Busch, Chad Reed and Ron Capps. Oh yeah, there are guys like myself in that league too. It’s Monday...
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6.2KSuper Woden GP review
Never judge a book by its cover, or in fact a driving game by its first twenty minutes. That is my warning...
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9.1KRush Rally Origins review
If you’re looking for pure driving gameplay on Nintendo Switch, look no further. This is rally driving distilled into short-burst arcade stages...
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6.7KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 26
We’re back into the World Tour with Tier 30 this week in my TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play. Rick, hang on...
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18.3KHow to use different car characteristics in Assetto Corsa Competizione to your advantage
Being an accurate simulation, Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) features all the teams, drivers and manufacturers of the real-life GT World Challenge series....
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2.7KWATCH: 24 Hours of Le Mans Track Guide with Michi Hoyer
The 89th running of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans is happening this weekend. To commemorate, we’ve got Traxion Twitch Team...
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3.9KWRC 10 Game Director Alain Jarniou on how the series has evolved
When WRC 10 launches on 2nd September 2021, it will be the sixth official game of the FIA World Rally Championship created...
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1.4KWATCH: Taking on Le Mans in the Formula Pro
Just before the 89th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, Alpine Racing had planned to demonstrate a handful...
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5.1KRiMS Racing review
All-new motorcycle simulators from fresh studios do not appear very often. Over the past decade, aside from Milestone’s range of ever-present Ride...
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6.3KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 25
There’s no more fooling around. I’m on the 29th Tier of my TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play with only three more...
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40.8KBeginner’s guide to iRacing: where to even start?
It’s a growing pastime for racing fans across the globe. Never before has there been anything as advanced as what’s currently on...
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3.2Kart of rally’s console release highlights the current gulf in hardware abilities
If the rather excellent Absolute Drift: Zen Edition on Nintendo Switch made you excited for a handheld port of its successor, art...
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13.0KEverything you need to know about RiMS Racing
As we approach the release of RiMS Racing – a brand new motorcycle simulator – there are a few things you should...
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11.0KiGP Manager beginner tips and tricks
iGP Manager is a completely free desktop browser-based motorsport management game that made the leap into the mobile market and more recently...
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2.5KWhat it’s like to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Esports Championship
In the grand scheme of things, I’m an average esports racer. I don’t have an awesome hot-lap pace, I have a regular...
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10.6KWATCH: The History of Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo is a 24-year-old racing game institution that has sold well over 80 million copies and seen eight primary releases and...
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21.2KRanked: The best use of the PS5’s DualSense in racing games
Launching back in November 2020, the PS5 has so far been a runaway sales success for Sony. One of the key differentiators...
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3.3KWATCH: 1997 Meets 2021, Wreckfest Carmageddon UPDATE!
Carmageddon fans rejoice! This week, a new free Wreckfest update was released for PC, PlayStation and Xbox and it’s a good one....
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133.8KA guide to online multiplayer in the F1 2021 game
Online multiplayer is not new to the official Formula 1 game series, but it has been expanded and improved for F1 2021...
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89.2KHow to get faster in the F1 2021 game by the esports pros
You’ve mastered the controls, you’re confident with your lines around the tracks and Braking Point is complete. But where do you go...
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15.6KWhy the original Race Driver: GRID remains one of the best racers you can(not) buy
Every time I review a new racing game, I compare it to Race Driver: GRID in my head. And you know what?...
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1.6KPower Of Slide review
Inspired by Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos, Power Of Slide is the latest game to PC release to tackle drifting and stunt driving....
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13.1KHow Ranked Multiplayer works in RaceRoom Racing Experience
Nowadays we are regularly seeing games being developed and improved over time, rather than simply replaced. This is especially true when it...
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36.7KThe key to engine mapping in Assetto Corsa Competizione
The developer of Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC), KUNOS Simulazioni, is on a constant journey to provide the closest, most accurate experience of...
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5.8KWATCH: 8 Real Racing Tracks Saved by Sim Racing
Unfortunately, many racing venues across the globe have seen their final race. Among the historic racing venues that have been around for...
