Following his first ever prewiew video of  HistorX’s Historic GT & Touring Car 2.0 mod for rFactor, stabiz has released a new video, showing us some very impressive on-board footage of the Ferrari 250 GTO at Monza.

The 250 GTO was build by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964, only 36 examples were built, being powered by a three-liter V12 engine, putting out 300hp. The car enjoyed tremendous success in racing, winning the 1962, 1963 and 1964 World Manufacturers Championship.

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 made up completely of scratch-made material, bringing several famous historic racing cars to rFactor.

A week ago, iRacing added Mosport Raceway to the lineup of tracks in their online racing simulation. As with all their laser-scanned tracks, the virtual version of the famous Canadian track is very accurate.

You can check for yourself by watching the official track comparison video below, showing the virtual and the real-world version side by side.

Located north of Bowmanville, Ontario, Mosport is one of Canada’s most famous motorsport venues. The 4 kilometer track layout includes 10 turns and is one of the very few classical racetracks that remained almost completely unchanged over the years.

Following the first patch that was released shortly after Need for Speed Shift hit the shelves, Slightly Mad Studios are now busy preparing the second patch that will address a variety of issues.

Alongside various small fixes for all platforms, the patch also addresses the technical issues of the PC version such as poor ATI support, crashes when changing graphic settings and more. Furthermore, the patch will increase the number of players in online races from 8 to 12.

The patch is currently being tested, a release date has not yet been announced. You can find the full changelog below, you might have to click “Read More” to see it.

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Less than two weeks after the release of Forza Motorsport 3, Turn 10 has announced the first download pack as players will be able to get their hands on the Hyundai Genesis Coupe starting November 17th.

The pack will bring the Hyundai Genesis Coupe to the console driving title, the car will be included both as street and racing version. Furthermore, the pack will add a Hyundai Genesis event to the game’s career mode. The pack will be available on Xbox LIVE starting November 17th, the download will be free of charge for all Forza owners.

 

F1-S-R is not just working on the 1985 and 1991 Formula One seasons for rFactor, the team will also bring the 1993 F1 season to the simulation.

Below is a new video trailer, showing some footage of the season’s cars. 1993 was the final season to allow driver aids such as active suspension and anti-lock brakes, the season was dominated by Alain Prost and the Williams team, clinching both the driver and manufacturers title.

The annual SEMA show in Las Vegas is not just an important date for tuning fans but also for Gran Turismo followers as Polyphony Digital regularly picks vehicles from the show to be included in their titles.

That includes the HPA Motorsports Audi TT and the JR Rocha Infinity G37 which are playable in the newest Gran Turismo showfloor demo at SEMA. Those who can’t make it to Vegas can enjoy plenty of screenshots of both cars below.

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. The title has been announced to be released in March 2010 in Japan, dates for the US & Europe have not been given.

 

Strava has released his Formula Vee mod for rFactor, bringing three different Formula Vee cars from the 60s to the simulation.

The Formula Vee started competition in 1965, meant to provide motorsport beginners with a cheap base to start from. Engine, transmission and other parts have been taken from the 1963 VW Beetle, despite the simple formula, the cars were able to reach speeds up to 200kph. Notable drivers started their career in Formula Vee, including Nikki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Keke Rosbger and Nelson Piquet.

 

Download Vintage Formula Vee 1.0 Here

After several impressive preview shots, Com8 has now released a first preview video of his Mainz-Finthen track for rFactor.

The video shows an on-board lap around the airfield circuit, narrated by former DTM driver Manuel Reuter.

Located near the German city of Mainz, the former US Army Airfield was used as a DTM venue from 1984 until 1990. Com8’s version will be modelled after the 1989 version of the DTM event, once completed the track will also make its way to GTR2 and GTR Evolution.

Almost 1500 readers entered the VirtualR Real-Time Racing contest, hoping to win one of the beta keys for iOpener’s exciting new system.

It almost seems like the question I picked was too easy (or VirtualR readers are too well informed when it comes to sim racing) as only six submitted answers were wrong.

Of course, the Belgian Circuit Zolder is the first ever official iOpener Enabled test track. A random draw has selected the following ten entrants that will receive a RTR beta key. One of the lucky few has also been drawn to receive the strictly limited iOpener Enabled T-Shirt on top.

• Grégory Bruart
• Petr Simon
• Kris Hudson
• Patrick Ziller
• Ross Siggers (Key + iOpener T-Shirt)
• Jukka Kirveskari
• Krispijn te Riet
• Olivier Théatre
• François Quil
• Shaun Field

Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everybody who entered. The winners will be receiving their key from iOpener soon, happy racing against the pros!

Team LMT has released their first ever public mod for rFactor, bringing Ferrari’s F60 Formula One car and the 2009 version of the Singapore Grand Prix to the simulation.

Driven by Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, the F60 was Ferrari’s take on the new rules introduced prior to the 2009 Formula One season. Despite being equipped with the promising KERS system, the car failed to make an impact on the world championship. Along with the car comes the 2009 version of Singapore, Formula One’s first ever night Grand Prix.

The team’s first public mod for rFactor was helped by many modders who pitched in their material, click here to visit the full credits. The mod can be downloaded below, both as all-in-one package and as single download for those who only want to download the new track.

Download Ferrari F60 & Singapore 2009 Mirror 1 Here

Download Ferrari F60 & Singapore 2009 Mirror 2 Here

Download Singapore 2009 Here

 

Some rather worrying news for the sim racing modding scene come from the BATracer browser game which has been forced to go offline by Ferrari S.p.A earlier today.

Ferrari demands the deletion of all user-created Ferrari-related content such as carsets and logos due to the fact that these weren’t officially authorised . BATracer is a motorsports browser game, the material in question are nothing more than a few photos, logos and trademarked names. As a result, the BATracer website is now offline and users won’t be able to upload new content until further notice.

This may become a potential problem for the sim racing modding scene as BATracer is a free game, still Ferrari felt the need to unleash their lawyers on them. A few days ago, several VirtualR readers were discussing whether or not user-created content for racing simulations qualifies as artwork and as such, does not breach copyright. I guess we now have an answer what the license holders think about this issue….

Following the release of the car painting templates two months ago, Enduracers have now released a set of extra templates for their Endurance Series Mod for rFactor.

The new templates allow the painting of rims, driver suits & helmets as well as pit crew suits. In detail, the pack includes:

- Rims OZ Aston Template.
- Rims BBS Template.
- Rims OZ Template.
- Driver Helmet Template by Wardog.
- Driver Suit Template by Wardog.
- Pit crew Template.

Download Endurance Series 1.0 Extra Templates Mirror 1 Here

Download Endurance Series 1.0 Extra Templates Mirror 2 Here

CTDP has released a new preview of their Formula One 1994 mod for rFactor, showing us the Sauber C13 model.

Driven by Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger, the Mercedes-powered is probably best remembered for Wendlinger’s horrific crash at Monte-Carlo, leaving the Austrian driver in a coma for three weeks. Wendlinger was replaced by JJ Letho and Andrea de Cesaris for the rest of the season, helping the team to score 12 championship points.

F1 1994 for rFactor will let you relive one of the most remarkable seasons in Formula One history, a year that provided both thrilling racing and heartbreaking drama – From Interlagos all the way to Adelaide.

 

Via CTDP Devblog

Team Players, known for their F1 1955 and Grand Am mods for rFactor, have announced a new track project as the team is working to bring the world’s first ever purpose-built motorports venue to rFactor.

Located in Surrey, England, Brooklands opened in 1907, providing the first permanent setting for motorsports competition. The 4.43 kilometer track was closed in 1939, below are first previews of the rFactor version.