Modern Classics
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2.0KStuntman 20 years on: The Dark Souls of driving games
We take a look back at Reflections Interactive's Stuntman 20 years from the day it was released in Europe.
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6.1KGeoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 4: The last true Formula 1 simulator
It's been 20 years since Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4 blew sim racers away with its realistic take on F1. We explain...
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3.3KHow Dirt to Daytona paved the way for future NASCAR console games
2002 was a much simpler time. The gaming sphere was still in its relatively early stages of 3D graphical gaming. While the...
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5.7KDiddy Kong Racing retrospective: Nostalgia goggles or a Rare treat?
25 years after its launch, and with the Switch Online Expansion Pass offering up N64 games, does Diddy Kong Racing deserve a...
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7.1KN64 racing games we’d like to see on Switch Online’s Expansion Pack
With Mario Karo 64 and F-Zero X now on the Nintendo Switch, via Online + Expansion Pass, these are the N64 games...
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6.2KWATCH: The Finale | Race Driver: GRID Episode 26
Welp, we knew this day would come. The final episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID Series has arrived, and...
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3.5KHow TT Superbikes: Real Road Racing still sets the motorcycle sim benchmark
Jester Interactive's 2005 Isle of Man TT simulator on the PlayStation 2 is still one of the best motorcycle simulators around.
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3.9KWATCH: Toughest Call Yet! | Race Driver: GRID Episode 25
John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID Series is nearing it’s conclusion, and if things keep going the way they have lately,...
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3.8KWATCH: Intense Rivalries! | Race Driver: GRID Episode 24
It's the turn of a pink and white Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R and the Pro Tuned Cup within Race Driver: GRID as...
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3.2KWATCH: The Final Drift | Race Driver: GRID Episode 23
It's the turn of a pink and white Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R and the Pro Tuned Cup within Race Driver: GRID as...
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2.5KWATCH: Returning Friends | Race Driver: GRID Episode 22
It's the turn of a pink and white Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R and the Pro Tuned Cup within Race Driver: GRID as...
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6.7KWas Gran Turismo Concept 2002 Tokyo-Geneva an underrated gem?
Gran Turismo is widely seen as a serious, no-compromise racer where series creator Kazunori Yamauchi ploughs an absurd level of effort into...
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3.1KWATCH: Battle Scarred | Race Driver: GRID Episode 21
It's the turn of a pink and white Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R and the Pro Tuned Cup within Race Driver: GRID as...
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13.7KThe best racing games on Game Boy Advance
Here are the seven greatest racing games for the Game Boy Advance, a portable console that is seeing a resurgence in popularity.
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1.9KWATCH: Building Momentum, Race Driver: GRID Episode 20
It's the turn of a pink and white Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R and the Pro Tuned Cup within Race Driver: GRID as...
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17.9KHow GTR 2 and GT Legends are still viable sim racing options today
We revisit SimBin's GTR 2 and GT Legends for the mid-'00s sim racing feels and see if these simulators still hold up...
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43.6KWhy Gran Turismo 4 is the series’ peak, so far…
Gran Turismo 4 is the best Gran Turismo game, so far. This is according to our recent poll, where an overwhelming majority...
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16.9KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 19
Continuing the open-wheel Global license championship run from the last episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series, John is...
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16.3KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 18
After a tumultuous outing in last week’s episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series, John Traxion and the higher...
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1.4KArcade classic New Rally-X returns as Arcade Archives release
80s kids, if you remember the arcade chaser known as New Rally-X by Namco, prepare to put on your nostalgia glasses. Arcade...
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15.9KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 17
It’s the start of the Global Series championships in this week’s episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series. Last...
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15.4KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 16
After a week’s break for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual last weekend, John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series...
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28.0KThe last time Activision Blizzard released a worthy racing game
Following today’s news (18th January) that Microsoft will be purchasing video game giant Activision Blizzard for a casual ~$69billion – the biggest...
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15.1KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 15
Continuing the events from the last episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series, it’s all tied up at the...
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14.6KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 14
Last week, Rick Racing had to let go of the team’s first hire, rookie sensation Gianni Fazio. His replacement, pro driver Lee...
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16.9KThe weird and wonderful world of Gran Turismo’s cars
With the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 7 edging ever closer, I was thinking about if this version of...
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8.8KRevisiting the original Forza Horizon – how it stacks up against FH5
It’s been some nine years since the Forza Motorsport series got its first off-road spin-off. I’m not sure why, but I never...
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14.8KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 13
Changes are coming to Rick Racing in today’s episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series. While there were plenty...
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14.4KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 12
After upgrading the Rick Racing shop and upgrading to the Euro A license in the last episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race...
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6.5KMario Kart 64 is still a pioneering racing game 25 years on
Growing up in the late 1980s and early 90s, I can scarcely believe that Mario Kart 64 was first released exactly 25...
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13.6KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 11
Returning to the GRID World of the past, John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series enters its 11th episode this weekend. There’s a...
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14.0KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 10
In this week’s episode of John Munro’s Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID series, John Traxion is heading over to America once again....
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13.1KWATCH: Let’s Play Race Driver: GRID, Episode 9
Join us on a trip down memory lane, with Codemasters’ classic racing game, Race Driver: GRID. In the ninth episode of the...
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13.0KWATCH: 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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12.8KWATCH: 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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12.1KWATCH: 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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12.0KWATCH: 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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11.7KWATCH: 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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11.5KWATCH: 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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9.9KWATCH: 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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8.8KWATCH: 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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12.7KTOCA 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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30.4KMario Kart 64 coming to Switch via Online Expansion Pack subscription
During a recent Nintendo Direct presentation, the Kyoto-based video game company announced that classic N64 games – and, surprise, Sega Genesis titles...
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8.7KWATCH: 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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6.2KIs 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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9.3KWATCH: 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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6.8KWATCH: 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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6.8KWATCH: 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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6.6KWATCH: 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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6.2KWATCH: 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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10.8KHow Gran Turismo became a cultural icon, and why you can’t afford a Skyline
Picture the scene; it’s 1998 and I’m in my local branch of Comet in Dunfermline. I’m wearing Kappa tracksuit bottoms with a...
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6.4KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 24
I’m finding Tier 29 of my Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3 to be my biggest challenge yet. We’re back at it...
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6.7KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 23
After graduating from the Formula 3 in the last episode, this week’s Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3 places me in a...
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5.6KWATCH: 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...
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5.8KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 22
Third time is the charm, right? Tier 27 hasn’t been the easiest in this Let’s Play for TOCA Race Driver 3. The...
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5.6KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 21
I’m back at it again with the GT Tuning Cup that I started in the last episode of Let’s Play TOCA Race...
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9.7KHow Good Is F1’s Braking Point? | The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 7
The biggest feature of the F1 2021 game is arguable the all-new Braking Point narrative-led mode. Playing through a story that mixes...
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5.7KWATCH: Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 20
Remember the trouble I got myself into in the very first episode of Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver 3? In Tier 2,...
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3.3KRad Mobile: How the Sega Astro City Mini revives a forgotten Sega Arcade racer
Imagine being a Beatles fan and knowing you’d never listened to Polythene Pam. People have told you it’s not their best song...
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7.0KThe racing games YOU would like to return | The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 6
We enlisted YOUR help to decide the racing games YOU think should return. In this podcast episode, we discuss the games that the Traxion community...
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5.5KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 19
Alright, so my first attempt with the Williams Honda FW11B didn’t go so well, but I’m confident in my ability to conquer...
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5.6KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 18
I’m graduating to the big leagues in this TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play. This episode, I’m finally driving in the Formula...
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5.0KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 17
In this week’s TOCA Race Driver 3 Let’s Play, all bets are off as I take on oval driving once more. This...
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6.9KWhen Sega ruled the racing world
It’s pretty impossible for anyone under the age of 25 to understand exactly what made gaming so different in the 1980s and...
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5.9KGames that have aged like a fine wine | The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3
We’re back with a brand new episode of the Traxion.GG podcast, and this week we discuss games that have aged like a...
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4.2KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 16
Last week on the TOCA Race Driver Let’s Play series, I conquered those US Speedtrucks with some clever strategy, if you will....
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4.7KNew Ridge Racer trademarks filed by Bandai Namco
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaaaaacer. Sorry, just had to get that out of my system… Bandai Namco has been busy within some litigation admin, filing...
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4.2KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 15
Back in Let’s Play TOCA Race Driver Episode 3, I had the chance to drive the US Speedtruck Chevrolet Silverado. The game...
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3.9KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 14
The Australian-based V8 Supercars championship, now known as the Repco Supercars, is one of the, if not just outright the, best touring...
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4.9KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 13
After 12 glorious episodes filled with nostalgia for one of Codemasters’ greatest games, the latest episode of my TOCA Race Driver 3...
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1.8KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 12
Some fun facts for you. Mosler was founded in 1985 and initially made the Consulier GTP, a strange sports car with a...
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3.9KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 11
The Lotus Type 49. Design by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 Formula 1 season, it took drivers to F1...
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2.0KA dream racing game, without limitations
I have been thinking lately about certain inadequacies with current racing games and what it would be like if I could design...
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1.1KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 10
10 whole episodes of TOCA Race Driver 3 World Tour goodness. That’ over three hours of me and Rick, mutually bonding over...
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3.9KWhy GeneRally is the precursor to modern top-down racers
With Circuit Superstars making a splash recently, we at Traxion thought it would be a great opportunity to jump back in time...
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2.3KWATCH: Why Split/Second is an underrated arcade masterpiece
Amidst the sea of racing titles lost to time, there is one that I simply can’t get enough of. Split/Second – or...
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2.9KWhy retro-flavoured racing has found its home on Nintendo Switch
From F-Zero’s Mode 7 scaling on SNES to PlayStation’s Ridge Racer conversion, chances are you were once wowed by a classic racing...
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1.4KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 9
A classic Pontiac Firebird, on dirt, in TOCA Race Driver 3. If that’s not a recipe for disaster, I’m not sure what...
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15.8KThe best way to play 10 classic racing games
There are some undisputed classics in the racing genre, yet you can’t play them all on a PS5 or Xbox Series X....
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2.1KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 8
This week on our TOCA Race Driver 3 retrospective, it’s time to fire up the Aussie V8s. Our Games and Esports Editor,...
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1.5KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 7
It’s been 15 years since TOCA Race Driver 3 was released. 15 years. I cannot believe it. I can still remember reading...
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9.4KThe five best fictional racetracks of all time
It’s hard to say what makes a great racetrack. Indeed, a simple oval can be better than another very similar oval, perhaps...
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1.7KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 6
A rear mid-engine Renault Clio with a 3.0 V6 engine and rear-wheel-drive – what could possibly go wrong? Well, for starters, eating...
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4.1KWhat modern racing games should learn from Sega’s past
I reviewed Codemasters’ Dirt 2 for GamesRadar back in 2008 and awarded it 8/10. Looking at it now, even if you dislike...
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4.0KWATCH: The 10 BEST Simpsons: Hit & Run Street Races
You see, Traxion is nothing if not diverse. You’ve visited us for the latest iRacing news and now he’s a video about...
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1.3KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 5
For a racing game with a single-player component, the performance of your AI rivals is crucial. Games like RaceRoom and Assetto Corsa...
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5.7KSeven great racing games on Nintendo Switch
The Switch has done so many things right in its life, but while platformers, RPGs and so many indie games keep their...
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1.3KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 4
Within a bag of Revel chocolates, there are seven different varieties that you may pop into your mouth. These are orange, all...
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1.0KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 3
Oh, Rick. Turns out our favourite crew-chief, mentor, manager, man-with-cap has quite the cojones, standing there right next to an oval speedway...
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774WATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 2
What game has the career mode choice of either racing in a junior single-seater, or some classic US muscle car or some...
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2.8KThese racing games vanished and deserve far better
Project Gotham Racing: Last seen 2007 on Xbox 360 This was a massive missed opportunity. Project Gotham Racing had four incarnations after...
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2.0KWATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 1
The year is 2006. The PlayStation 2 is near the end of its life and the Xbox 360 has already been launched....
