While we await the arrival of Codemasters’ next Formula 1 game and speculate about what EA will do to the pre-eminent racing game creator, it’s time to sit back, relax, and remember why we started playing video games in the first place. Fun. Micro Machines is the epitome of fantastical virtual entertainment, a game that…Continue reading “WATCH: Micro Machines 30 years later”»

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 the face and from the rooftops of Northern England – the track representations are the biggest drawback of the current Formula 1 games. Please do not misconstrue that sentiment – I enjoy the…Continue reading “How Imola and Portimão hint at bright future for the F1 games”»

The second of the animated Daniel Ricciardo video series is now live, and the 2021 Italian Grand Prix winner talks openly about how the upcoming Circuit of The Americas is his favourite US racing venue. Also covered is his anticipation to race in Miami in 2022 and the dream of competing in an event at…Continue reading “WATCH: Episode 2 of After the Apex with Daniel Ricciardo”»

Wait, what’s that? It’s Friday again?! You bet it is, and that means it’s time for a new episode of the Traxion.GG News, which is jam-packed this week because the virtual racing scene has been on fire. Some of the biggest franchises in racing videos games had announcements this week for a truly heavy-weight seven…Continue reading “WATCH: Forza Horizon 5 Goes GOLD | Traxion.GG News”»

The sixth and final round of the GT Challenge racing esports championship will take place today at the famed Indianapolis Road Course. With a packed GT3-equipped grid, who have qualified using the rFactor 2 Competition System, all are fighting for the prize of a GT Pro Series grid slot for Season 5. Last time out…Continue reading “WATCH: GT Challenge Series, Season 4 final live on Traxion.GG”»

Another race week, another Maarten van Loozenorrd victory in the 2021 Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship series. For the fourth time this year and for the third time in-a-row, van Loozenoord took the checkers, this time at the Hockenheimring, vaulting him to the top of the points standings with four races to go….Continue reading “iRacing Dallara GP: Three-in-a-row for Maarten van Loozenoord”»

In what I can only describe as a lifted go-kart with a roll cage and shocks that looks to be made for off-road racing, the KartKross kart is the latest vehicle addition to KartKraft. Seemingly based on Crosskart, a type of kart racing that takes place on rallycross-type tracks, this KartKross beast looks like it’s…Continue reading “KartKraft adds KartKross, Brentomonte in latest update”»

The latest piece of sim racing equipment from Next Level Racing is a redesigned wheel stand that stands on its own. The Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0 takes the design of the first model wheel stand, added with feedback from more than ten years from the sim racing community, and optimizes it for the…Continue reading “Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0 announced”»

A new behind the scenes video has been published on the Gran Turismo TV YouTube channel, and it features a brief interview with the series producer Kazunori Yamauchi. As ever, he talks about the bigger picture of car culture and how the Gran Turismo series aims to invoke passion among car enthusiasts. It’s all very…Continue reading “Here’s every new Gran Turismo 7 car in The Starting Line teaser”»