Following the six user interface screenshots released two days ago, InsideSimRacing.tv has released some more material from their meeting with Image Space Incorporated’s Gjon Camaj.

Six newly-released screengrabs from an upcoming SRT episode give us a first look at rFactor 2 in action. The shots include more of the user interface, the track map of Spa Francorchamps 1967 as well as three in-game scenes.

Two of them show a historical Formula car at Spa, including animated hands. The third shows an unidentified car on a short track oval from cockpit view. Keep in mind that these are screengrabs from an early alpha version (0.783) so they´re both small and migth show stuff that won’t be included in the final version.

More on rFactor 2 will be coming up in a new episode of SRT so stay tuned for first ever moving footage of ISI’s much-anticipated title.

 

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iOpener has released a new video of their Real-Time Racing game, showing us some gameplay footage from the Mini Cooper S beta test competition held at Zolder in February.

Even though temperatures on the Belgian track were still freezing cold, the Real-Time Racing beta testers got to race against three race drivers as FIA GT ace Xavier Maassen as well as Belgian talents Julien Schroyen & Armand Fumal were on site to drive the iOpener-enabled Mini Cooper S race cars.

While the real drivers were lapping on track, the RTR beta testers got to compete against them from their home in two sprint races. Pre-register for a beta key here if you want to join future Real-Time Racing beta events.

Team HistorX has released new previews of their upcoming rFactor mod, revealing one of their new scratch-made cars by showing us five shots of the BMW 2002.

Build between 1966 and 1972, the 2002 was not just a very popular street car but also successful in racing competition. Many well-known BMW racing teams made their name racing the 2002 including Schnitzer Motorsport and Alpina.

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.

 

The buzz from yesterday’s Codemasters Formula One 2010 event in London is slowly starting to fade, time to wrap up the last pieces of information.

Three days ago, I´ve asked all of you to submit your questions to Paul Tomlinson who was in attendance of the event. Paul has tried hard to get answers for all of us and written up an extensive article with lots of info on the upcoming game.

Furthermore, Paul has uploaded some interesting videos you can check out below, including a first look at rain racing and more.

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 in September 2010.

EA & Slightly Mad Studios have released the third download content pack for Need for Speed Shift, adding seven new cars, lots of new events and a new track to their popular racing title.

The Exotic Racing Series DLC Pack enriches the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of Shift with seven brand new sports cars, one new track and over 50 events for the title’s career mode.

The pack includes some of the most exotic sports cars around, including the Gumpert Apollo, the Mercedes Benz SLR Stirling Moss and the new McLaren MP4-12C. Also included are some famous classics such as the Honda NSX and the BMW M1 Procar. Furthermore, the pack introduces the Riviera track, a fictional racing track with four different layouts.

Exotic Racing Series Pack Car List:

- Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
- BMW M1 Procar
- Gumpert Apollo
- Honda NSX
- McLaren MP4-12C
- Maserati GranTurismo S
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss

The Exotic Racing Series Pack is now available and costs $10 in the Playstation Store and 800 Microsoft Points in Xbox LIVE. The pack is not available for the PC version of Shift.

 

After extending their lineup of tracks with several circuits located in Europe and Australia, iRacing is back focusing on the United States as a brand new oval for their racing simulation has been announced.

Thompson International Speedway has been announced to be added to iRacing, bringing one of the United States’ oldest and most famous short tracks to the simulation.

Opened in 1940, the 5/8th mile paved oval racetrack is located in Thompson, Conneticut. The track is known as the Indianapolis of the East and was the first asphalt-paved race track in the US. The track hosts a variety of smaller series, including the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.

More and more preview material and information is emerging from yesterday’s Formula One 2010 game event at London where several journalists had the chance to try Codemasters upcoming new title.

F1fanatic has put together a very interesting preview article that reveals some new and interesting facts.

Some of the mentioned features the ability to change engine mappings and the adjustable front wing settings during the race. Players have to take care of their engine as the strict engine limit rules are enforced, urging players to take care of their engine during the course of a season. Even though engines won’t completely fail, abusing the powerplant will cause cylinders to drop, resulting in a loss of power. The title’s damage model is also mentioned, including aero and tire damages, suspension damage that will effect the car’s handling as well as damage when making contact with debris on track.

Current Formula One racing puts a lot of emphasis on tires and F1 2010 will fully incorporate that as tires will get flatspots and pick up marbles and dirt as seen on the two screenshots below. Combine that with what Codemasters calls their “active track technology” and driving can get very tricky as the simulation steadily recalculate the grip level, taking rain, dirt, marbles, rubber build up and different racing lines into consideration.

While all this sounds very promising, some discouraging news have also emerged. Online play will be limited to 13 cars, a restriction made with the console versions in mind. Furthermore, Codemasters has confirmed that the title will only include the 2010 season due to license issues, the 2009 cars seen in the early preview material will not be used past their placeholder role. Another thing that won’t be making it into the game is the official F1 timing overlays known from the TV broadcasts as Codemasters has their own HUD system in place.

Below are two new videos courtesy of SimRacingWorld, showing lots of racing, damage and a fully animated pit stop in action. Please keep in mind that this is a pre-alpha version of the game and the demo was reportedly set to arcade mode for this presentation.

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 in September 2010.

 

Jessica, Darin & Shaun of InsideSimRacing.tv were recently joined by Image Space Incorporated’s Gjon Camaj who visited  the guys for an interview in an upcoming SRT episode.

ISI’s head-honcho did not come empty-handed though as Camaj showed off rFactor 2’s user interface for the very first time.

Below are six screenshots of the interface, showing off what looks like a major improvement over rFactor’s much criticised UI-system.Taking a closer look, the screenshots reveal some very interesting details as the task bar gives away  the version number used by Camaj for the presentation – 0.783.

Also, we´re starting to get an idea on the title’s stock content as the fictional Formula ISI car can be seen, the series-selection screen also offers Historic Formula One & Formula Two, GT Endurance & Hillclimb series.

Furthermore, Camaj confirmed that ISI is still aiming for a 2010 release of their much-anticipated simulation, more on rFactor 2 will be coming up in the next episode of SRT.

 

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About a year ago, Team NLC announced a sucessor to their popular VLN 2005 mod for rFactor, planning to bring the 2009 season of Germany’s popular racing series to the simulation.

For almost twelve months, the team has been quietly working in full force on their massive project and is now able to present us with a very big batch of renders to show off their progress.

The renders show twelve different car models sporting various liveries. While some models like the Renault Clio or the Mini Cooper S have been converted, others have been equipped with new parts such as the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S or the GT3 Cup MR.

To top it all of, the renders include four brand new car models that have been created from scratch for this mod, including BMW’s new E92 M3 GT2, the Audi TT 8j and the spectacular Ford GT.

Car Model Shown in the Renders

Renault Clio
Mini Cooper S
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
Porsche 996 GT3-R
BMW E90 320d WTC
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S
Porsche 997 GT3 MR
Audi TT 8j
BMW E92 M3 GT4
Opel Astra V8 Coupe
BMW E92 M3 GT2S
Ford GT

Keep in mind that this is by no means the complete list of models or cars included in the mod as the team will be having much more to show off in the coming months!

VLN 2009 will include many cars from the current season of the VLN endurance championship that races exclusively on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, attracting 150+ car grids. Last year’s season featured the usual GT & touring car mix, spiced up with many new GT3 cars like the Audi R8 GT3 LMS, the Alpina B6 and the Dodge Viper.

 

As promised, Codemasters have just released the first of their developer diary videos, introducing us to some of their staff and showing off first-ever moving footage of F1 2010 for the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Footage in the video has been taken from a pre-alpha version of the title that was shown-off in London today, showing us some gameplay action at Monza.

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 in September 2010.

Even though Codemasters’ press reveal event for their Formula One 2010 title in London is still in full swing, three new previews and a first batch of information have already emerged.

The three screenshots give us a first glimpse of the title’s cockpit view, featuring rather heavy usage of blur. Also shown is a first bit of the title’s damage model system as we get to see flying debris at Melbourne. Furthermore, we get a first impression of the legendary Monaco street circuit.

The released information fills a few voids regarding the upcoming title. Codemasters has confirmed that the title’s career mode will be a maximum of seven seasons long. There will be mid-season development as your team will be working on improving your car during the course of a season.

All cars have will be having unqiue physics, driving a Ferrari will be a much difference experience than piloting one of the backmarker cars. Players will be having the choice to complete full-distance races or work on the car’s setup themselves. Less-experienced players can utilise the help of an engineer to set up the car and will have the choice to rewind during a race.

Sadly, we have something to add to the list of non-existant features as mechanical failure won’t be present in the game, you won’t be suffering the same fate as Sebastian Vettel at Bahrain last weekend.

More material is due to be released later today as Codemasters’ have announced a first developer video to be coming up. So check back often for more on F1 2010!

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 in September 2010.

High-res screenshots will replace the current ones once available

 

International Pro-Modding has released a new preview video of their FSONE Formula One 2009 mod for rFactor, showing us a complete lap in the Red Bull RB5 at Bahrain.

Designed by Adrian Newey, the RB5 is powered by a Renault V8 engine and helped drivers Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber to stay in the championship hunt following several victories.

Made by International Pro-Modding, FSONE 2009 will include all cars and drivers of last year’s Formula One season which introduced a whole lot of changes to the world championship.

The Simco Modding Team has released a first version of their Formula Two mod for rFactor, adding a popular new Formula series to the simulation.

The version released now is not completely final as the team is still working on better sounds and proper boost simulation. Furthermore, the current version is aimed at online play, coming with no talent files for the AI.

Launched in 2009, The FIA Formula Two Championship is meant to provide young drivers with a chance to compete in top-tier motorsport.The series uses a standard chassis built by Williams, the cars are powered by Audi engines that put out 400hp.

The cars offer a boost-feature that extends the car’s power to 450hp for up to six seconds, ten times during a race. The young series made headlines for all the wrong reasons when young Henry Surtees suffered fatal injuries during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch during the series’ maiden season.

 

Download Formula Two 0.95 Here

Download Formula Two Templates Here

Jessica, Darin & Shaun of Insidesimracing.tv have released a new episode of InsideSimRacing, bringing us the usual mix of reviews and sim racing stories.

In this episode, the guys review Trials HD for the Xbox 360, the TSW load cell pedals and add more cars to the list of Top Sim Cars. Enjoy the show!