iRacing has released three previews of the Thompson International Speedway that will soon be added to their online racing simulation. The previews show the track at a 20%-finished state as well as two scan-data images of the famous American short-track. Opened in 1940, the 5/8th mile paved oval racetrack is located in Thompson, Conneticut. The track is [...]

Stanisław Potulski & Alexander Kholodkevich are working on bringing the Mazda Furai concept car to GTR Evolution, rFactor and GTR2. Below are first previews of the model including two wireframe renders, physics for the car will be supplied by Enduracers and Gentleman Racers. Launched at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the Furai is a Mazda concept car [...]

A little more than a year ago, I´ve launched the VirtualR Twitter feed. Since then, 493 followers have joined VirtualR on Twitter, a pretty respectable number that can surely be improved. To give you guys more incentive to follow the feed, I´ll be doing some changes to the Twitter content in the coming days. Until [...]

German Gamestar magazine has been getting a major scoop on Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited 2, revealing plenty of new details and some new screenshots. Perhaps the most surprising bit of news in their article is that TDU 2 won’t just include the brand new island of Ibiza but also the Hawaiian island of Ohau known from [...]

Three days ago, Codemasters released the second of their developer diary videos, showing off some new in-game footage of their Formula One 2010 title. Those of you who haven’t been able to catch all the details in the fast-paced, low resolution video trailer can now check them out in 27 HD screengrabs below. The shots show [...]

GPTeam has released several new preview images of their Formula One 1998 mod project for rFactor, showing the cockpit of the Ferrari F300 including the recently-finished steering wheel. Furthermore, the screenshots show us the team’s 1998 version of Monza, including the famous first chicane before it was changed to today’s layout. Originally created by CTDP for F1 [...]

iRacing will be releasing a new build of their online racing simulation later this week, preparing the service for the upcoming second season of 2010. As with any new build, the update comes with several new features and improvements. One of the most exciting new features in the upcoming build is the addition of multi-class racing, [...]

Three weeks ago, I posted a story about Sony's Quore online magazine confirming that Gran Turismo 5 will be one of the first Playstation 3 games to be available in 3D later this year. Now, Gran Turismo producer Taku Imasaki has once again confirmed that the title will be available in 3D and will be released [...]

macci dESIGN. has started working on bringing one of the most successful Formula One cars ever to rFactor- The Ferrari F2002. Powered by a V10 engine and driven by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, the F2002 won 16 of the 20 races it contested in the 2002 and early 2003 Formula One World Championship season. Below are [...]