A week after showing us first moving footage of their Formula Truck project, Reiza Studios have revealed another new preview video, showing the virtual version of the Brazilian Formula 3 Sudamericana series in action.

As with Formula Truck, no further info or technical details on the upcoming title are available as of yet.

Launched in 1987, Formula 3 Sudamericana is South America’s most prestigious open-wheel development series. Using Dallara chassis powered by Berta engines, the series on tracks in Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay. Notable past participants include Formula One drivers Nelson Piquet Jr., Ricardo Zonta & Christian Fittipaldi as well as three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves.

Based in Brasil and founded by Renato Simioni and Fernando Oliveira Jr., Reiza Studios have managed to recruit some of the rFactor community’s most talented modders, including The Lonely, SLN, afborro and Niels_at_home.

Codemasters has released the first TV commercial of for their upcoming F1 2010 title, getting race fans excited for the release that is just 17 days away.

The 30-second commercial includes some new gameplay scenes, you can watch it below.

Following their maiden Formula One title that was released only for the Playstation Portable and the Nintendo Wii, Codemasters will be bringing the 2010 Formula One season to the PC, the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. F1 2010 has been confirmed to be released September 24.

Arnold Wong has released a new preview video of Team RMT’s World Super GT 2 mod for rFactor 2, showing us the Honda HSV 010 GT SuperGT car around Spa Francorchamps.

As will all World Super GT 2 preview videos, the footage has been made using rFactor and contains work-in-progress material such as sounds, physics and so on.

The HSV 010 has replaced Honda’s aging NSX model in their fight against Nissan and Lexus for the Super GT title starting with the 2010 season. The car is powered by a 3.4 liter V8 engine, putting out about 500hp and 400nm of torque. Unlike other Super GT cars, the HSV 010 is not based on a road-going model but a pure purpose-built prototype race car.

Successor to World Super GT for GTR 2, World Super GT 2 will bring some of of the most legendary GT cars of the 90s as well as Super GT GT500 class machinery to rFactor 2.

Team HistorX has revealed another scratch-made model for their upcoming Historic GT & Touring Car 2.0 mod for rFactor, showing us first previews of the Mercedes Benz 300 SLR race car.

Based on the legendary Mercedes Benz W196 silver arrow Formula One car, the 300SLR was the companies weapon of choice for the 1955 sports car racing season. The car won the 1955 Mille Miglia in the hands of Stirling Moss but suffered a terrible fate at the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours by being involved in the horrific crash that killed 82 spectators and driver Pierre Levegh. Mercedes-Benz retired from motorsports following the tragic race, ending the 300 SLR’s competition history.

Using GT Legends as a base, the Historic GT & Touring Car mod for rFactor proved to be one of the most popular releases for the simulation. The second version of the mod will be bringing many popular racing cars from the past to rFactor, including the Ferrari 330, the Porsche 904, the Aston Martin DB4 and many others.

 

Italian gaming magazine Spaziogames has released an extensive preview video of Black Bean’s upcoming World Rally Championship title.

While the Italian narration is lost on most of us, the video includes over five minutes of gameplay footage, including many cars and different rallies.

Developed by Milestone, World Rally Championship will be bringing all the action of the WRC to the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and the PC. The game will feature all 13 rally events from the 2010 schedule and cars from the WRC, Junior WRC and the Production WRC class. World Rally Championship is planned to be released in on October 8th 2010.

A few days ago, I posted a first story on Playseat’s newest product – The F1 racing seat that aims to replicate the driving position in Formula One race cars.

Below is a first video of the seat, showing it in action with a Formula One car in rFactor.

The Playseat F1 is compatible with all steering wheels on the market and will sell for 799€, starting January 2011.

Team GMT has released an interesting new preview video of their Nissan 350Z road car for rFactor, GTR2 & GTR Evolution, showing the modelling progress on the car step by step.

Starting out with the wireframe, we get to see how the car progresses all the way to its current, fully-textured, state.

Started by Simulationsfanatiker, the project has been taken over by Team GMT to ensure speedy process on the multi-platform mod. Powered by a 3.5 liter V6 engine, the 350Z was built from 2003 to 2009, being available both as coupe and roadster version.

iRacing has released first video footage of the upcoming virtual version of the Williams FW31 Formula One car, showing the Toyota-powered car on track from various angles.

Furthermore, the video reveals some details on the planned release as the car will be available starting November 2010, a more exact release date is not yet available.

Driven by Nico Rosberg & Kazuki Nakajima, the FW31 was powered by a Toyota V8-engine and was one of the first cars to make use of the controversial rear diffusor in the early parts of the 2009 season. Rosberg managed to clinch 34.5 championship points, helping Williams to a 7th place in the manufacturers championship.

BariCZ has released new previews of his HD Gloves & Suits 2.0 pack for GTR2, showing us new shots of the Momo gloves that will be included in the pack.

Using a huge 4096×4096 pixel texture, the pack will also be using bump map textures of the same size to create an even more realistic look.

Following his High Quality Alpinestars Gear release, the HD Gloves & Suits 2.0 pack will bring high resolution racing gear from brands like Alpinestars, Puma and Momo to GTR2.

 

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Codemasters has released a new video, showing developers Steve Hood & Paul Jeal and Formula One driver Anthony Davidson answering Twitter-questions regarding their upcoming F1 2010 title.

Included in the interview is Davidson’s first impression of the improved suspension model that was recently added to the title.

Following their maiden Formula One title that was released only for the Playstation Portable and the Nintendo Wii, Codemasters will be bringing the 2010 Formula One season to the PC, the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. F1 2010 has been confirmed to be released September 24.

DrivingItalia will be present at the launch of Ferrari’s Virtual Academy 2010 simulator in Monza on September 9th, meeting Ferrari’s Formula One aces Fernando Alonso & Felipe Massa.

That’s your chance to ask the two F1 drivers sim-related questions, an interesting opportunity given the fact that these two have access not just to real Formula One cars but also get to use professional-grade simulators. To post your question, head over to the DrivingItalia forum by clicking here.

The Ferrari Virtual Academy 2010 will give sim racers access to a virtual version of Ferrari’s F10 Formula One car that can be driving on three laser-scanned tracks. The simulator will be available starting September 9th, selling for 15€.

We´ve already seen a wide variety of real-life racing drivers trying various simulations and driving titles and below is the newest example as NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano was recently filmed trying Sony’s upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title.

Logano can be seen driving the Toyota FT-86 at Tokyo, beating the lap time of Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi who was also present at the private GameStop manager convention.

Gran Turismo 5 will be bringing 1000 cars and over 60 tracks to the Playstation 3, including new features such as damage, weather and day/night effects. GT5 will be one of the first six Playstation 3 games to be available in 3D. The title will be out on November 2nd in the North & Latin America, the European & Japanese release will follow a day later with Australia wrapping up the release on November 4th.

iRacing has just launched a new promo deal in co-operation with NASCAR Sprint Cup star Dale Earnhardt Jr., allowing iRacing subscribers to renew their membership for $75 ayear (25% off the regular price).

To sweeten the deal, renewers are automaticly entered to win a four-lap ride around Charlotte Motor Speedway with Dale Earnhardt Jr. To top it all off, the winners will also receive two tickets & pit passes to the Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte in October as well as $500 spending money.

To take advantage of the offer, subscribers should use the “renew early” option in their account settings, using the promo-code PR-Junior1. New iRacing subscribers that want a chance to win the Charlotte package should use the promo-code PR-JrRide when signing up.

Following the scans of the Xbox Magazine review posted three hours ago, the Official Playstation Magazine’s review of F1 2010 has surfaced on Twitter and you can check it out below. The magazine was the first one to review the title, rating it nine out of ten points.

In related news, the PC version of F1 2010 has now surfaced on Steam as well, Codemasters’ first ever Formula One title for Windows computers will sell for 40,49€ on Steam as you can check out here.

Following their maiden Formula One title that was released only for the Playstation Portable and the Nintendo Wii, Codemasters will be bringing the 2010 Formula One season to the PC, the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. F1 2010 has been confirmed to be released September 24.