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GTR Evolution Full Preview [24-07-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
We have a lot of new shows up at InsideSimRacing.TV / SRT
These are the shows that have aired in the last week:
- GTR Evolution Preview
- Inside Sim Racing Episode #21
- First look at the Historic GT and TC mod for rFactor by HistoriX
- Sim Racer 102, Audio and Video tips
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Race Driver: GRID Review at Out of Eight [10-07-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
DiRT succeeded in screwing up a proud franchise: the Colin McRae rally games. Now we have GRID, the newest version of Codemasters' Race Driver series, another proud franchise which I enjoyed thanks to a wide variety of tracks and cars with believable physics. Competition is stiff on the PC for racing games: oval racers have ARCA Sim Racing, touring car fans have RACE 07, and variety comes in the form of Live for Speed and rFactor. DiRT suffered from a console-oriented design, from the mouse-free menus to the arcade physics to the lackluster multiplayer. While this may fly on the consoles (which, apparently, it did), we PC gamers need more than a simple arcade game. Of course, if it's fun, the lack of authenticity will be forgiven (see Trackmania for a stellar arcade racing game). Does GRID encounter the same pitfalls at the previous Codemasters reboot attempt?
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Virtual Grand Prix 3 [10-07-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Virtual Grand Prix 3, the last chapter in the open-wheeled car simulators saga developed by Paolo Cattani, is now up and running! VGP3 is not going to be simply a game; by subscribing a one-year account at a very special price, you'll have the possibility not only to download the simulator in its current state, but also to have access to new content that will be regularly uploaded and updated, including new and improved versions of the game, new tracks, new cars and so on! Even better, you'll also become part of the VGP3 community, with the possibility to download tools and documentation in order to customize VGP3, create your personal content and share it with your friends!
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Live for Speed Patch Z Out [10-07-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
The patch contains a lot of updates including :
- New interiors in XF and XR cars (road and GTR)
- Updated interiors in Formula XR and Formula V8
- General improvements to interface and graphics
- Improved weight distribution of GTR racing cars
- XR Turbo and RB4 suspension improvements
- Replay controls (click any point on time line)
- Demo racers must now register to go online
- Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Bulgarian
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Free RACE 07 Add-on [27-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Steam News announces the Andy Priaulx Crowne Plaza Raceway is now available as a free add-on for RACE 07, SimBin's racing simulation.
Blue skies and white beaches frame the mystical Andy Priaulx Crowne Plaza Raceway, a unique challenge even for a World Champion. Designed to challenge the best, the island track weaves its way past palm trees and luxury hotels. Can YOU master it?
Andy priaulx As Triple World Champion Andy Priaulx is without doubt one of the biggest stars in the touring car racing world. And you can drive his car! Push the BMW 320si WTCC to its limits around Crowne Plaza Raceway and feel the adrenaline rush of driving a World Championship winning race car!
Fabrizio Giovanardi Once again Vauxhall took the British Touring Car Championship in 2007. The man taking the honours was Fabrizio Giovanardi in his Vauxhall Vectra VXR, defending the colours of Holiday Inn. He took the championship in a glorious manner, beating the opposition in a thrilling fight to the flag. Can you be as succesfull as the 'Italian Master'? Take his winning Vauxhall Vectra out for a spin and see if you can break the lap record!
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Race Driver: GRID Reviw at Computer Games [23-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Some news site has recently caught my attention with a cute (and ancient) photo of the two Codemasters founders, shot in the period when the recently founded company was releasing its Dizzy games, with an interesting piece of news associated with it: the queen of Great Britain has decorated them with a rather pompous title, in recognition of their contribution in the games industry. Although undeniable, the above mentioned contribution (along with the company’s role, in general) has decreased over the years, going on the beaten road of endless sequels.
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AutoSimSport June is Out [23-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
170 page Summer Special!
COVER STORY
iRacing.com Special Preview
DIGITAL COCAINE: Alison Hine finds perfection at the limit in iRacing
THE PHYSICS: Aristotelis Vasilakos spends time with iRacing’s simulator to judge precisely where it stands ... and where it sink
THE GAME: Lou Magyar gets under the skin of iRacing’s Interface
SPENCER PUMPELLY 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona winner on why he is addicted to iRacing
SPECIAL FEATURES
Under The Skin Of Forza Motorsport 2
Jon Denton shares a spanner with Dan Greenawalt—Game Director at Turn 10 Studios
The Minardi Story
AUTOSIMSPORT sat down with the legendary Formula One team owner Giancarlo Minardi
At The Speed Of Light
AUTOSIMSPORT lets Paul Mrstik, Vice President Technology, and co-founder of Terrapoint, a division Ambercore Software, walk us through the process of laser-scanning
F1 Project
Ivan Askew on the management-sim that has been such a phenomenal success in Italy is about to go global …
REVIEWS—HARDware
Canon Simulation Technologies
Aristotelis Vasilakos finally tests the mythical pedal-set as used by Dale Jr., and as employed by iRacing’s marketing tour
Rally GT Force Feedback Pro Clutch Edition
John Gregorio on Thrustmaster’s return to form …
A View To A Kill
Lou Magyar takes a look into head-mounted displays, and comes up for air motion-sick, but rather pleased!
REVIEWS—SOFTware
]GZ Street On EZ Street?
Magnus Tellbom reviews one the first-ever pay-for tracks for rFactor, GT208’s GZ Street GP … does its animated crowds and stunning graphics make it worth the admission price?
Singtel Ultimate Race Simulator 2008
Andrew Tyler watches as the nKPro saga takes another bizarre turn
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Bob Simmerman, and Brent Rubeck on Sony and Digitial Polyphony’s great-sim hope …
NASCAR 09
John Gregorio on EA Sports’ new NASCAR sim … the best in the franchise’s history? EA have certainly pulled out all the stops this time
Grand Theft Auto 4
Brent Rubeck reviews the game that turns kids into raging beasts
INTERVIEWS
Davide Rigon
FIA GT Ferrari driver, Euro3000 and Italian F3000 Champion, A1GP Italy driver and ... Italy’s great F1 hope?
Christer Cralle Lindholm
Many will remember ‘Cralle’ in his days as one of Europe’s top bike racers competing in the Superbike series for a decade with Yamaha … so you’ll be surprised at where he is now …
A Trip Down Pit Lane At The Indianapolis 500
Lou Magyar finds that sometimes, even when you’re cleared with an all-access pass, and for an interview, doesn’t mean you’re going to get your man …
FIA Rally Sardegna
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iRacing.com Unveils New Public Web Site [19-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (9) ]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - iRacing.com, which is introducing an innovative Web-based motorsport simulation and internet racing service, today announced the opening of a completely revamped public Web site. The new site, www.iracing.com, features product information, testimonials from professional racers, news and video. Most importantly, it is the sole point of purchase for subscriptions to the iRacing service.
"As the only place you can subscribe to the iRacing service, our Web site has to address the needs of all of our prospective customers, who represent a wide variety of motorsports participants and enthusiasts," said Scott McKee, iRacing's vice president of marketing. "This new site conveys a lot more information than our previous site, and it does so in a more user-friendly and visually interesting way, making it even easier to understand our service, register for news updates or buy a subscription and get started racing online."
Although development of iRacing's simulation software and internet racing service will continue indefinitely, the company recently completed beta testing and has commenced a gradual public launch process, in which the new public site will play a key role.
"In order to maintain a high-quality customer experience, we're being careful to grow our community slowly," explained McKee. "For at least the next couple of months, we'll be adding new members by invitation only. Some of those invitations will go to people nominated by our beta testers and some will go to our corporate partners - graduates of Skip Barber Racing Schools, for instance - but individuals can secure one of those early invitations for themselves, too, just by registering for updates on the new public site. The registration database will be a primary source for our invitation list."
Visitors to the new iRacing site will see a short, introductory flash video, showing clips of on-track action from within the iRacing simulation as well as footage from physical-world racing. From the home page, visitors can investigate various aspects of iRacing's service, including testing/training, racing and community, as well as the technology behind the simulation and the cars and tracks currently available.
"The new public site will be refreshed frequently," said McKee. "Not only will we have regular news updates, but we'll be adding new product information, new features, a merchandise store, and, of course, once we've completed the invitation-only phase of our launch, we'll open up the subscription function to the general public."
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Race Driver: GRID Review at Gamepyre [14-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (1) ]
Codemasters was a tiny company until one day Micro-Machines made Codemasters an overnight success.
Quietly but steadily over the years, Codemasters developed into one of the more successful gaming companies, tackling games from all genres, anywhere from sporting titles to military strategy shooters, such as Operation Flashpoint.
As many hours as I have spend in front of my computer designing maps and playing those missions with my friends, it was not Operation Flashpoint that made Codemasters one of my favorite gaming companies; it was their racing series. Games such as the Driver series, Dirt, the Colin McRae Rally series, and even 1sane (Insane as most call it) have raised the bar with competitors when it comes to the racing genre.
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Race Driver: GRID Demo v.1.1 Released [14-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (2) ]
The demo offers 3 events to compete in. The eBay Motors Muscle Cup sees you taking the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT-R and the streets of San Francisco, the Advan International Trophy hands you a Nissan S15 Silvia and your playground is Yokohama Docks, and the Euro Touring Car Series provides some old-school tin-top thrills with a BMW 320si touring car and the sweeping curves and hairpins of Jarama.
This new version also includes the changes brought by v1.1 patch.
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Race Driver: GRID eBay Demo [11-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Codemasters has released a new playable demo for Race Driver: GRID, a demo which is exclusively provided by eBay Motors featuring the eBay Motors Muscle Series.
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SBK-08 Preview at Eurogamer [10-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Servicing a niche can be a thankless task. This is especially true when the niche in question is already dominated by another game, and you're the one battling to make your mark.
So it is for SBK '08, the official game of the Superbike World Championship, a racing series that has yet to claw the spotlight away from the more successful MotoGP games. With MotoGP now switching to Capcom for future instalments, this gear change could be the opening that Italian publisher Black Bean Games needs to nip into pole position and win the hearts of bike-loving gamers everywhere.
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Inside Sim Racing Episode 18 [10-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Episode 18 of Inside Sim Racing is now up.. We have a few pieces in the show that were done by Nolan Scott of Core Racing.. You can view both high and low res. Some other LFS coverage as well.
We also have a lot of other new shows.. A Gran Turismo 5 prologue review (yes we're checking out the consoles now), Nascar 09 preview, iRacing preview and an interview with The Sim Factory developers Bob Coulter and Nick Steelman.
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iRacing Preview [10-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
SimHQ Preview: iRacing by Jens "McGonigle" Lindblad
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The Future of F1 Videogames [09-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (1) ]
Earlier this month Codemasters secured the exclusive rights to produce Formula One videogames in an agreement that will see the company develop a new generation of the multi-million selling franchise across multiple platforms. We caught up with Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens to discover a little of what the future holds for the millions of would-be Formula One drivers eager to take on the likes of Raikkonen and Hamilton…
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Race Driver: GRID Review at TrustedReviews [09-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
The perennial underdog of the driving game world, Codemasters' TOCA series won and kept a hardcore fanbase, but never quite achieved the global recognition that the likes of Gran Turismo or Project Gotham Racing have enjoyed. This is a shame. The last effort, TOCA Race Driver 3, had its visual issues but offered one of the most authentic and exciting racing experiences on the last generation of consoles. Race Driver: GRID may have left the TOCA name behind, but it's still full of the same qualities and - importantly - the same attitude that drove its antecedents. I just hope it leaves the 'underdog' reputation behind, because GRID deserves to be big. It's not just comparable to the likes of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, Forza 2 and Project Gotham Racing 4 - it's actually a better game in some respects.
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Logitecg G25 Review [05-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
I write this review not from the perspective of a gamer, but of a middle-aged automotive enthusiast with real-world motorsports experience who has since 2000 built and maintained a PC expressly for the purpose of driving racing simulation game titles.
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EA Sports Nascar 09 Preview [05-06-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
A sim racers preview of a console racer.. A first for SRT. Darin gets this first look at the title that will be coming out next week.
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FSR Live! Monaco GP [02-06-2008 | DH | Comments (0) ]
This weekend, 31st of May and 1st of June, FSR will be live from the glamour of the streets of Monte Carlo, Monaco, for the 6th round of the season. Do not miss a thing, just tune your screens to PSR TV for more moments of intense racing.
While you wait, watch this fantastic video preview of the FSR Monaco 2008 race, made by Stuart Fields:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19rRk9iuiXs&
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First Laser Scanned Track [02-06-2008 | DH | Comments (0) ]
Eastern Creek, the first laser scanned track for rFactor is ready!!
Seehere for download details ...
Video clipof the track in motion ...
Due to a bug, only DX9 at the moment, will be patched soon.
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