Modern Classics
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2.9KAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – All of its racing games reviewed
Justin Towell finds a few old gems in the retro racing quagmire.
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Was Auto Modellista more than just a stylised Gran Turismo wannabe?
Auto Modellista is a stylised street racer from gaming giants Capcom. Released in 2002, we revisited it to see if its unique...
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Excitebike 64 wheelies its way onto Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack
Classic motorcycle racer Excitebike 64 will be making its way onto the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack service in the near future.
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Stuntman 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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Geoff 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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How 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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Diddy 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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N64 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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WATCH: 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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How 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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Was 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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WATCH: 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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The 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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WATCH: 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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How 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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Why 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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Arcade 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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The 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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The 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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Revisiting 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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Mario 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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TOCA 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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Mario 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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WATCH: 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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Is 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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How 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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How 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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WATCH: 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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Rad 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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The 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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When 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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Games 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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WATCH: 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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New 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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A 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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WATCH: 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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Why 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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WATCH: 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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Why 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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WATCH: 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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The 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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The 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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WATCH: 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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What 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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Seven 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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WATCH: 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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These 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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WATCH: 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....
