Assetto Corsa Competizione

The SRO Motorsports Group has announced that its flagship range of esports events will return this year, again using Kunos Simulazioni’s superlative GT3 simulator Assetto Corsa Competizione. This time, however, the regional Endurance categories have been consolidated into a single, larger series named the Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports (IGTC Esports). Eligibility and Pro drivers Series…Continue reading “SRO GT World Challenge Esports series returns for 2022, test drives up for grabs”»

Hotfix 1.8.11 for Assetto Corsa Competizione addresses several small items that have come to light in recent times, most importantly an alleged negative toe exploit. In the ever-competitive sim racing scene, finding the maximum performance is essential and sometimes that can mean working out how to ‘exploit’ car setups. This new update for the official…Continue reading “Assetto Corsa Competizione update addresses negative toe setups”»

Yesterday we reported on the release of a new trailer for the PS5/Xbox Series X|S version of Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC). At the end of the trailer, eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted the game is set for release on the 22nd February, despite initial reports stating the 24th. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was…Continue reading “PS5 and Xbox Series X|S release of Assetto Corsa Competizione brought forward”»

Back in December 2021, we highlighted the impressive visuals on the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X release of GT World Challenge simulator Assetto Corsa Competizione. Well, today gaming news website IGN released a short trailer displaying PS5 footage of the game in action, and it looks great! Firstly, we are right into the thick…Continue reading “Assetto Corsa Competizione is looking slick in new PS5 gameplay”»

By Ross McGregor and Thomas Harrison-Lord The first-ever VCO Esports Racing World Cup has come to an end, and it was Team Redline who was victorious. Taking place across three days, and three sim racing platforms, the best professional esports teams in the world duked it out across Assetto Corsa Competizione, rFactor 2 and iRacing….Continue reading “Team Redline wins inaugural VCO Esports Racing World Cup”»

Kunos Simulazioni has just announced a hotfix for their popular GT3 simulator Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC). Update 1.8.10 includes fixes for a couple of minor bugs like the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo default setup asymmetry, but it is the car ‘balancing tweaks’ most players will be interested in. The BMW M4 GT3 – added…Continue reading “Assetto Corsa Competizione update alters BMW M4 GT3 aero”»

Much like the ‘silly season’ driver market in motorsport, the sim racing esports driver market is in full swing to start the year. German outfit BS+COMPETITION, known for its zebra-aping team design, has signed three new drivers to kick-start its 2022 campaign – and all are formerly of G2esports. First to be announced was Gregor…Continue reading “BS+COMPETITION signs three new racing esports drivers for 2022”»

Following a nearly perfect run in the 2021 The Real Race EMEA region, Jordan Sherratt is one of three regional The Real Race winners after months of racing on the Assetto Corsa Competizione platform. Sherratt, a setup builder for Coach Dave Academy and a former Formula 4 driver, is somewhat new to the competitive simulation…Continue reading “How Jordan Sherratt mastered Lamborghini’s The Real Race EMEA series”»

This is it, the best racing games of 2021 – a definitive list. This year has been, in the opinion of the Traxion.GG team, a stellar year for racing video games, esports and simulators. Simply, here is what we think is the best the genre had to offer across the past 12 months. Across all…Continue reading “The best racing games of 2021”»