Two-time eSports WRC Championship winner Nexl won the Japanese round of the 2021 competition earlier this week. Lebanese sensation Sami-Joe for Seventh Gear e-Sport Club had won every round up until this point – 10 victories in a row, no less – but previous champion Nexl struck back over the asphalt stages. It sets up…Continue reading “Record-breaking run broken in eSports WRC Championship”»

Those times when simulation meets reality are some of my favorite times. Recently, we had some crossover episodes that makes it seem really cool what type of world we live in sometimes. The most recent example comes to us from the folks at one of our favorite sims over here at Traxion, Assetto Corsa by…Continue reading “Assetto Corsa used to launch Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar”»

The fifth week of iRacing’s Fanatec GT Challenge brings racers to the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, or Imola for short. Once again, we present another spectacular track guide for the coming race week, courtesy of Dave Cam. As always, we’re in the Porsche 911 GT3 R with a Traxion.GG design made by DriveThrough….Continue reading “iRacing Fanatec GT Challenge – Porsche GT3R Imola Track Guide Season 3 2021 Week 5 | Dave Cam”»

The biggest feature of the F1 2021 game is arguable the all-new Braking Point narrative-led mode. Playing through a story that mixes cinematics, incidental details and gameplay challenges, you take on the role of the young upstart, Aiden Jackson, as he progresses from Formula 2 to a midfield Formula 1 team. You get to select…Continue reading “How Good Is F1’s Braking Point? | The Traxion.GG Podcast, Season 2, Episode 7”»

Can you feel it? I can. That’s pressure. Reviewing one of the most popular racing games on the planet carries with it the weight of expectation. But this year, the team at Codemasters Birmingham must also be feeling in a similar way to any embargo-racing journalist as F1 2021 is the first release under the…Continue reading “F1 2021 review – the best F1 game yet?”»

The highly anticipated NASCAR video game coming from Motorsport Games later this year dropped some new information on Monday in an interview posted on IGN.  Plenty is still to be revealed for the game, including the official name, but there have been some tidbits confirmed. It’s known that after Studio 397’s acquisition earlier in the year…Continue reading “First teaser images unveiled for next NASCAR game”»

The team at Studio 397 has been very busy of late, recently launching Monza, the BMW M4 Class1 and Formula Pro single-seater. It’s also been hard at work on existing content too, evidenced by the release of a large update to the KartSim add-on, plus additional karts and venues to purchase bundled into new DLC…Continue reading “New karts and tracks arrive for rFactor 2’s KartSim content”»

After a thrilling first World Series of 2021 and an Olympic Event of great success, Gran Turismo esports returned on Sunday with two more races of Manufacturers’ Cup and Nations Cup variety. With Porsche and Italy taking the spoils last month through the efforts of Angel Inostroza and Olympic victor Valerio Gallo respectively, fans awaited…Continue reading “Subaru’s Miyazono and Hungary’s Blazsán win FIA GT World Series Round 2”»

Sony appears to be handing out access codes to an upcoming Gran Turismo 7 beta. Ish. This is part of an ‘Experience PlayStation Quest’, on the PlayStation website for Italian users and has been circulating across social media this morning. A simple idea, you sign in to the website using your PlayStation account and then…Continue reading “Hang on a minute, is that a Gran Turismo 7 beta?”»