EA has released more info on the free download content pack that appeared on the Need for Speed Shift homepage yesterday. The pack, including five new cars and a new team racing online mode, will be released for the PC and Xbox 360 on December 1st, Playstation 3 owners have to wait until December 3rd to get their hands on the new content.
Included cars:
* 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
* 1967 Shelby GT 500
* 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
* 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T
* 1998 Toyota Supra Mark IV
Below is a new trailer, showing both the new cars and the new online mode in action. If you´re into Need for Speed Shift, you might want to help the guys at Slightly Mad Studios out by voting for.Shift as best Driving Game at this year’s Video Game Awards – Click here to cast your vote.
After the first batch of Lotus 107C previews released two days ago, CTDP has now released shots of the Lotus 109, the second chassis to be used during the 1994 season.
Powered by a Mugen Honda V10 engine, Lotus used no less than two different chassis and six drivers during the 1994 season – Including some well-known names such as Alex Zanardi, Pedro Lamy, Johnny Herbert & Mika Salo.
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.
ARC_Team has been working on a realistic Formula steering wheel for the Logitech G25 for quite a while now and the first examples of their aluminum wheel have reached interested sim racers as steschumacher has reviewed the wheel.
The custom-made wheel is made from carbon or aluminum and comes with customers choice of optional display, shifting pedals and optional Sparco quick release.
Need for Speed Shift users will soon be able to download a free pack of cars that will add five new vehicles to Sligthly Mad Studios’ recently-released title.
The pack will introduce four American muscle-cars and one Japanese sports car to Shift:
* 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
* 1967 Shelby GT 500
* 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
* 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T
* 1998 Toyota Supra Mark IV
Furthermore, the pack will be including a new team racing mode for online events, allowing up to six players per team to race their opponents.
Even though the pack is already listed on the Need for Speed website, the download links aren’t available and no further info on the release date has been given yet.
The_Lonely has released various new screenshots of his Jerez de la Frontera track project for rFactor, showing the recently-added pit-area buildings at day and dawn.
Based on Virtua_LM’s Jerez track for F1Challenge, The_Lonely’s track is just a conversion by name as it has been completely overhauled. That includes a relofted road, new track objects such as fences and trees as well as brand new textures by SLN, resulting in the stunning quality The Lonely stands for.
Located in the Sherry-producing region in south Spain, Jerez has hosted a wide variety of motorsport events since the circuit’s opening in 1985. Hosted events include several Formula One Grand Prix as well as an annual MotoGP round.
Team CTDP has released new previews of their Formula One 1994 mod for rFactor, showing us first shots of the Lotus 107C model.
Powered by a Mugen Honda V10 engine, Lotus used no less than six drivers during the 1994 season – Including some well-known names such as Alex Zanardi, Pedro Lamy, Johnny Herbert & Mika Salo.
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.
Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed some interesting facts regarding Gran Turismo 5’s weather system in an interview with the British Playstation Magazine:
“Night racing is going to be a part of GT5, but with things like dynamic weather, the choice is about whether it will improve the experience. The functionality is not a problem – we’ve got the weather system done – but if we are not sure about the quality of it, and how it improves the driving experience, we are not going to have it in the game.”
While it is understandable that they´re not willing to include a feature that does not meet the GT quality standards, it’s rather odd to think about whether or not weather adds to the driving experience. Missing weather has been the point of complaint in many simulations such as rFactor as driving in the rain is one of racing’s most intense challenges – Lets hope that the guys at Polyphony Digital manage to come the same conclusion…
Furthermore, Yamauchi has been commenting on the rumors that Gran Turismo 5 may be released in an unfinished state to meet the release deadline (March 2010 in Japan), relying on online updates to complete the title’s content.
“Let me be clear on this. There is a massive amount of content in this game, I don’t think there are many teams that put as much into a game as we can. The launch of the game isn’t a start, we are releasing a full game. Everything we want to put into the game is on the disc when it ships. Having said that, we do have a sizeable online team that will look after it once it’s launched.”
iRacing has released first screenshots of Brands Hatch, the second European track to make it into their online racing simulation.
The shots show the track as it’s currently undergoing the development process, including the laser-scanned surface and the buildings around the track’s main straight.
he 3,7 kilometer Brands Hatch circuited hosted 12 Formula One Grand Prix and is well known as a touring car venue these days, hosting both the WTCC & DTM as well as the British BTCC.
Yesterday, I posted a first story on Team Redline’s Dom Duhan who got the chance to prove himself in a professional-grade Formula One simulator of an undisclosed Formula One team.
As promised, Dom has taken some of his time to write about his experience, explaining how the high-tech simulator compares to simulations we use every day.
The F1 sim felt similar to what we already drive (it wasn’t RF Pro, but a bespoke sim) I acclimatised to the sim pretty quickly despite not driving it before. I found it surprising that it was so close to what we already drive, however learning nuances on the fly was a little difficult! I decided as soon as I got it to really attack it.
Turn 10 has released the free Hyundai Genesis car pack for Forza Motorsport 3, introducing three new cars to the Xbox 360 racing title.
The pack includes the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe in three different versions. Included is the HKS-tuned street version, the R3-class drift version as well as a SuperGT & DTM-inspired R2-class racing version.
The pack can be downloaded free of charge from Xbox LIVE by following the link below.
Jessica, Darin & Shaun of Insidesimracing.tv have released a new episode of InsideSimRacing, bringing us reviews of Supercar Challenge for Playstation 3 as well as 2PEZ’s Top Race PC simulation.
Furthermore, the guys take a look at the recently added content to iRacing and continue to build their list of top sim race cars. Enjoy the show!
The team behind the highly popular RSRBR 2009 project for Richard Burns Rally has released another update, introducing two brand new cars to the mod.
RSRBR 2009 includes new cars, textures, physics, a new night mode and much more, giving Richard Burns Rally a complete overhaul. Released in 2004, RBR is still the best and most recent rally simulation around.
New in this update:
- Seat Ibiza KitCar Evo 1 by Kazhol
- Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 (S14) by Garyson
Dmatzies, CK73 and NIL have released four new renders of their DRM Mod project for rFactor, showing off the stunning details of the Ford Capri model.
Built to the Group 5 regulations, the turbo-powered Capri was one of the most popular cars in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, facing competition from many other Group 5 racing cars from Porsche, BMW and other manufacturers.
The car will be going head to head with the BMW 320 Turbo and the Porsche 935 in the DRM Mod, bringing one of the most exciting eras of racing to rFactor.
Team Redline’s Dom Duhan had the one chance any sim racer dreams of – Proving himself in a professional Formula One Team simulator while being watched by professionals and journalists.
Thanks to TopGear Magazine, Dom got to try out the full motion simulator of an undisclosed Formula One team, trying to match the laptimes of racing driver Darren Turner.
His performance managed to impress as Dom was able to post competitive times quickly despite fighting motion sickness on the professional-grade simulator. In the end, Dom was a mere second slower than the Formula One drivers and Darren Turner, proving the driving talent of avid sim racers.
“It was a fantastic experience and great to meet up with a driver of Darren’s calibre, big thanks to the F1 team and Top Gear,” Dom commented. “I hope this paves the way for Sim Racing teams to become a part of F1 testing, providing thousands of hours of lap data for a fraction of the cost of running on a track.”
Dom will be sharing his experience with the VirtualR readers in an upcoming story, in the meantime you can check out Team Redline’s website where the TopGear Magazine article can be found.
iRacing has released first screenshots of Brands Hatch, the second European track to make it into their online racing simulation.
The shots show the track as it's currently undergoing the development process, including the laser-scanned surface and the buildings around the track's main straight.
he 3,7 kilometer Brands Hatch circuited hosted 12 Formula One Grand Prix and is well known as a touring car venue these days, hosting both the WTCC & DTM as well as the British BTCC.
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Ferrari F60 & Singapore 2009 – Released
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 ...
Superleague Formula Game – Released
Image Space Incorporated and the Superleague Formula Series have released the Superleague Formula Game, bringing the 2009 SLF season to the PC.
Based on ISI's popular gMotor 2 simulation engine, the game includes all cars, drivers, rules and tracks of the 2009 SLF season, the second in series history. The virtual SLF cars have been created by none other than CTDP, rFactor's most popular open-wheel modding team.
The game includes six popular European road courses as Magny Cours, Zolder, Estoril, Monza, Jarama & Donington are included. Furthermore, the game includes all of the series rules including the two-race format used on race ...
Forza Motorsport 3 – Review
The third installment of Turn 10's Forza Motorsport franchise brings over 400 cars and 100 to the Xbox 360, aiming to create a new benchmark title in terms of console driving games.
Can the newest Forza give Gran Turismo a run for its money and is the title something sim racer should consider? Read the review to find out.
Endurance Series SP1 – Porsche RS Spyder Evo Previews
Enduracers have released a first batch of previews of the upcoming Service Pack 1 for their popular Endurance Series mod for rFactor.
The previews show the Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 prototype in several paint schemes. Launched in 2007 after a problem-ridden season with the initial RS Spyder model, the Evo proved to be a big success, clinching Porsche countless wins in the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Le Mans Series.
The first service pack will be introducing several new models to Endurance Series, including the Peugeot 908 and Audi R10 diesel sports cars, the Acura ...
Need for Speed Shift users will soon be able to download a free pack of cars that will add five new vehicles to Sligthly Mad Studios’ recently-released title.
Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed some interesting facts regarding Gran Turismo 5’s weather system in an interview with the British Playstation Magazine:
Yesterday, I posted a
