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 cover F1 Championship Edition for the Playstation 3, Indy 500 Evolution for the Xbox 360 and review the Buttkicker Gamer 2. Furthermore, the list of Top Sim Cars is extended with the Caterham, comparing the Live for Speed, rFactor and GTR Evolution versions. Enjoy the show!

TheWilly has released a new version of his popular WTCC 2009 mod for RACE On, fixing various issues with the last release.

Changelog:

Driver Hands in Volvo C30 are working
White Rims for Volvo C30 with Yokohama Advan – like the Original 2009 C30
New Steeringwheel for the BMW 320si – made by Kenboy
Reworked Dashboards for all WTCC 2009 cars – made by ArtsonikA
New numberplates for all cars
Reworked skins for the BMW #6,7,8,9,10 – made by zand
New skin for Marin Colak
White Rims for Marin Colak
Black Rims for Jason Watt
Silver Rims for Lada
Mass-Correction for Zanardi-BMW
Reworked Talent-Files
Updated Seat TDI Skins

Due to the car models used in this release, the mod requires an install of RACE07 (GTR Evolution) as well as the RACE On and STCC – The Game expansion packs (included in the full version of RACE On)

Following substantial cutbacks from SEAT and BMW at the end of last year, the 2009 season of the WTCC will be remembered as the last to feature three high-profile manufacturers battling for the World Touring Car title. Aside form the top cars fielded by BMW, SEAT and Chevrolet, the 2009 season also featured the Lada 110s and the Volvo C30 as well as many other privateers.

 

Download WTCC 2009 for RACE On 1.0 Here

MMG has released their Formula One 2007 mod for GTR Evolution/RACE 07, bringing a high-quality Formula One mod to Simbin’s franchise.

After receiving lots of praise from the rFactor community, F1 2007 has been carefully converted to GTR Evolution by Günthar Rowe who equipped the mod with scratch-made physics and plenty of other new features such as animated arms, rain races and other stuff that couldn’t be found in the rFactor version.

This first release of the mod includes equal physics for all cars and is aimed at leagues looking for close online competition. A personal edition of the mod with realistic and unique physics for all cars will be released later on.

Follow the link below to download the mod, F1 2007 for GTR Evolution is exclusivly hosted on Racedepartment.com until the end of the month. Please make sure to read the included documentation for physics information and more.

 

Download MMG F1 2007 for GTR Evolution Here

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

This episode includes a review of the Virtual RC simulator, new tutorials and a look at virtual racing schools. Furthermore, the guys score four Simbin titles against the other titles on their scale and add two new cars to the list of top sim cars. Enjoy the show!

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

This time, the guys feature the Logitech Momo wheel, review the MX simulator and hand out the 2009 MOTY awards. Furthermore, the ever-growing list of top sim cars is expanded with two new entries. Enjoy the show!

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

This time, the guys bring us a reviews of Dirt 2 for the PC as well as iRacing. Furthermore, the episode includes an interview with iRacing’s Dave Kaemmer and a must-see segment that shows us how iRacing’s track creation process works. Enjoy the show!

Following the release of the rFactor version two weeks ago, LcR has released the Autodromo di Franciacorta for RACE07/GTR Evolution and GT Legends.

The scratch-made track has been made with Bob’s Track Builder, textures have been supplied by well-known 2d artist culmone67.

Located in Itlay’s Lombardy region, the Autodromo di Franciacorta is 2.5 kilometers in length and a popular testing venue for many Italian car magazines and other club-level motorsport activity such as track days.

 

Download Autodromo di Franciacorta for RACE07 Here

Download Autodromo di Franciacorta for GT Legends Here

TheWilly has released his WTCC 2009 mod for RACE On, bringing all cars from the most recent season of the World Touring Car Championship to Simbin’s newest simulation title.

Due to the car models used in this release, the mod requires an install of RACE07 (GTR Evolution) as well as the RACE On and STCC – The Game expansion packs (included in the full version of RACE On)

Following substantial cutbacks from SEAT and BMW at the end of last year, the 2009 season of the WTCC will be remembered as the last to feature three high-profile manufacturers battling for the World Touring Car title. Aside form the top cars fielded by BMW, SEAT and Chevrolet, the 2009 season also featured the Lada 110s and the Volvo C30 as well as many other privateers.

 

Download WTCC 2009 for RACE On 0.9 Here

As announced about a month ago, Simbin has released the 1.2.1.2 patch for their latest RACE On simulation title, fixing various small glitches and problems.

As usual with Simbin patches, this patch is also available to owners of RACE07, GTR Evolution & STCC – The Game as all titles will benefit from the improvements.

To update your title, simply start Stream to obtain the new version. An offline version of the patch is not yet available, you can find the full changelog below (you might have to click “Read More” to see it).

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

Their newest episode focuses heavily on Richard Burns Rally as the guys review the benchmark rally simulation and cover the most popular mods such as RSRBR 2010. Furthermore, the episode includes a review of the Xlerator Wheel stand and two new cars are introduced to the top sim car list. Enjoy the show!

A month ago, Pixim has released two French tracks for rFactor, bringing Nogaro and Charade to the simulation. Now, Neel Jani has converted Charade to GTR2, GT Legends and RACE 07 while thierry81 has taken care of Nogaro.

Officially called Circuit Paul Armagnac, the track near Nogaro in south-western France was opened in 1960 and has hosted many notable events ever since. Current races hosted on the track include the FFSA GT championship as well as an annual FIA GT round.

Also known as the Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, Charade has hosted four editions of the French Grand Prix between 1965 and 1972 and also served as a filming location for the movie Grand Prix. Back in 1989, the nine kilometer circuit was shortened to four kilometers and has served as testing and racing school venue ever since. Despite playing no role in professional motor sports anymore, the track is still famous for bearing close resemblance to the Nürburgring Nordschleife in terms of challenge for the drivers.

 

Download Nogaro 2009 for GTR2 Here

Download Nogaro 2009 for GT Legends Here

Download Nogaro 2009 for RACE 07 Here

Download Charade 2009 for GTR2 Here

Download Charade 2009 for GT Legends Here

Download Charade 2009 for RACE 07 Here

Ceddlabomb has put together a muscle car skin pack for RACE On, introducing 18 brand-new liveries to the muscle car class of Simbin’s latest simulation.

The pack includes both fictional skins and real-life inspired liveries like the famous Gulf color scheme.

 

Download Muscle Car Skin Pack for RACE On Here

With only a few hours of 2009 left, it’s once again time to take a short look back at the passing year and at what’s coming up in the next 12 months.

The past year has proven to be an eventful year for sim racers as there was no shortage of exciting news. The rFactor community has continued to release stunning mods such as Enduracer’s Endurance Series mod, Simbin has brought us RACE On and many other projects have been released or progressed very well. Once again, it’s nice to see that the community is quite healthy as sim racers have been given countless options to pursue their hobby this year.

Alongside the established simulations such as rFactor and Simbin’s sims, iRacing has been progressing in full force, adding lots of content and features to their online racing sim. 2009 was also the year of old faithfuls that are still going strong. Grand Prix Legends is still very much kicking, Live for Speed is working on fresh content too and netKar Pro has gained many new fans with a much improved new version and the Fiat Abarth 500.

The most-discussed title of 2009 was definitely Need for Speed Shift though. Slightly Mad Studios’ first title has caused a lot of buzz in the community and once again proven that clever modders can improve even high-polished mainstream racing titles. And last but definitely not least, 2009 was also the year we learned first facts about ISI’s upcoming rFactor 2 simulation.

For VirtualR, 2009 was once again a record-breaking year. Combining all visitors, the site has been read by over 4 million readers in 2009 (!), who left more than 20.000 comments. The success proved to be hard to manage as last March saw the first major downtime of the site when the first rFactor 2 previews caused the shared server to collapse.

Since then, much has been changed behind the scenes as the site is now running on powerful hardware that is badly needed to keep up with the still-rising demand. The front-end of VirtualR also changed in 2009 when the new design was introduced in July, I´m (surprisingly) still happy with the current layout so don’t expect it to change anytime soon.

So, what’s coming up in 2010? The new year is already shaping up to be very exciting as several great titles are on the horizon. With rFactor 2, Gran Turismo 5, Codemaster’s first Formula One PC game, Real-Time Racing and all the other usual suspects from the modding community coming up with new material, there will be no shortage of reasons to visit VirtualR in 2010.

With that being said, I`d like to thank all of you who have visited VirtualR in 2009 and supported me in one way or another. Thanks a lot to all modders, developers, commenters and everyone else who has taken an active role in our community – This site wouldn’t work without you! I´d also like to thank my past and current advertisers as I wouldn’t be able to keep the site up without them.

Happy 2010 everyone – Keep On Sim Racing!

Earlier today, Simbin has announced an upcoming patch for their RACE On simulation title. Released in October, RACE On introduced the 2008 WTCC season, the International Formula Master series as well as a bunch of high-power muscle cars.

The patch will be addressing various bugs that have been reported by the community. As usual, Simbin’s patch will be backwards-compatible, meaning that RACE07 / GTR Evolution & STCC – The Game owners will also benefit from the improvements coming with the update. A release-date has not yet been announced, the fact that the patch is already in heavy testing suggest that the release can’t be too far away though.