It may ‘only’ be a humble supermini, but really, underneath, it’s nothing of the sort. The Toyota GR Yaris is a special car. The sort that only comes along once in a lifetime. Maybe it will be the last of its kind. Born for the sole purpose of helping the Toyota World Rally Championship team,…Continue reading “Our current favourite car features in this week’s GT Sport Daily races”»

In this episode of the Traxion podcast, we’re here to discuss games that time has not been kind to. These are great racing games that were over-looked in their original era and now even time has forgotten them.  Well, time might have, but us three nerds haven’t! This is a good one, even if we do say so…Continue reading “Hidden racing game gems – The Traxion Podcast, episode six”»

For a racing game with a single-player component, the performance of your AI rivals is crucial. Games like RaceRoom and Assetto Corsa Competizione seem to get the balance of aggression and proactiveness just right. Even esports-focussed platform iRacing recently added AI racing for GT3 cars. TOCA Race Driver 3 however doesn’t quite nail the balance….Continue reading “WATCH: Let’s play TOCA Race Driver 3, Episode 5”»

Sebastian Job had done it. As he crossed the line for the Belgian Feature Race, he knew that not only had he put together his best Saturday evening of the year, but he had capitalised on a poor weekend for Joshua K. Rogers. It is not often that the Australian comes away from a Porsche…Continue reading “Rogers back in control of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup”»

The sport of rallying is often looked back upon with rose-tinted spectacles. Back in the day, the stages would be longer, the cars more outrageous and the spectators bereft of common sense. When you look back now, like watching through the entire VHS Rallies YouTube Channel, it is easy to get trapped in a whirlwind…Continue reading “WATCH: art of rally – this game blew me away!”»

We had a discussion about Rocket League when we first started Traxion. We said we weren’t going to report on it because it’s technically not a racing game, even though there are esports leagues and cars in the game – the exception being if there was some really ‘big’ news. Well, first there was an…Continue reading “Formula 1 and NASCAR content for Rocket League Season 3”»

Amongst the tightly packed and highly competitive 40-car Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup grid, one name shines brighter than most, that of Red Bull Racing Esports team member, Sebastian Job. For the reigning champion, winning the 2020 world title was no mean feat for the 21-year-old – especially considering the PESC grid consists of what…Continue reading “What it takes to be an esports champion – we speak to Sebastian Job”»

Howdy, we meet again. It’s the second-ever episode of our weekly news show, keeping you up to speed about the world of racing video games, sims and esports. Coming up in this week’s edition, we take a look at the first in-game screenshots of Hot Wheels Unleashed, investigate what’s happening with GTR3 and our esports…Continue reading “WATCH: Hot Wheels Unleashed Looks AWESOME | Traxion News”»

Acclaimed racing video game ‘art of rally’ is coming to more devices at some point during summer 2021, as developer Funselektor has inked a deal for the title to be on the Game Pass service. The game is currently only available on PC via Steam but will now be on PC devices via the Xbox…Continue reading “art of rally will arrive on Game Pass and Xbox this summer”»