Posted on July 28th, 2010 in rFactor
The Formula One World Championship’s Hungarian Grand Prix is coming up and as usual, the Red Bull Formula One Team has released a video of the track in their simulator.
The video shows Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber driving and narrating a complete lap, giving us a chance to check out their virtual version of the twisty venue.
Like four other Formula One teams, Red Bull uses the Pro-version of rFactor for their simulator that is used for driver and crew training and other tasks.
Ferrari has announced their Virtual Academy 2010, giving Formula One fans all around the globe access to a true-to-life simulation of their current Ferrari F10 Formula One race car. The Virtual Academy will include Ferrari's current Formula One challenger as well as three laser-scanned (!) tracks - Fiorano, Mugello & the Nürburgring. The Academy comes with a global hotlap competition as the fastest drivers can win Ferrari merchandise every week. The five quickest drivers will even be invited to Maranello, participating in the official Ferrari Driving Academy. The simulator does not just look pretty stunning as you can see below, Ferrari also ...
A week ago, iRacing's Steve Myers included a first small in-game preview of the upcoming Williams FW31 Formula One car in his latest cat herder blog. Now, iRacing has released a high-resolution version of the screenshot, letting us check out all the details of the laser-scanned Formula One car. Development on the FW31 has already quite far progressed as the car is currently being tested by the iRacing staff. 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 ...
A month ago, Reiza Studios released a first preview showing a Formula Truck Series truck at Interlagos, Now, the studio has released a first preview video of what seems to be their first full-blown simulation title. The video shows the 1000hp trucks in action on various tracks, more info on the upcoming title is not yet available. The Brazilian Formula Truck Series features racing trucks from manufacturers such as VW, Mercedes-Benz, Iveco, Scania, Ford & Volvo. The series races exclusively in South America with most rounds in Brazil and one in Argentina. Reiza's title will fill a big void in the simulation ...
After releasing his majorly-overhauled version of Le Mans 2004, Riches has picked up the work on another track, aiming to bring Zandvoort to rFactor & Race On. Made with over 1000 photographs and aerial photos, the scratch-made track will feature microbumps, custom-modelled trackside objects and high-resolution textures aiming to match the graphical quality of the iRacing version. The track is being made to replicate its looks during the 2010 Zandvoort Masters weekend, Riches expects the download to be available in a few months. Until then, check out the impressive previews below! Opened in 1948, Circuit Park Zandvoort has hosted 30 editions of ...
Sony has released 63 brand new screenshots of Polyphony Digital's upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title, accompanying the massive amount of info that has been revealed in the past 48 hours. The shots include a wide variety of cars, from the recently-revealed karting mode to NASCAR, street cars and a bunch of very tasty looking classical sports cars at Le Mans. 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. ...
