Image Space Incorporated has semi-officially confirmed that their much-anticipated rFactor 2 simulation is planned to be released this year. ISI replied to a release-date question on Facebook by VirtualR reader Eduardo Pimentel(see screengrab below), confirming that the company is planning to have the title out within the next seven months. This is the closest to an official [...]

MotoGamesTV has put together a very interesting comparison video, pairing up footage of Virtua_LM’s Mid Ohio Sports Car Course against Simbin’s Mid Ohio that was  recently released as part of the GT Power Pack. Originally released for rFactor in 2008, Mid Ohio by Virtua_LM is widely considered to be the finest community-created track – Can it [...]

After a while with no news, Team CTDP has released some new preview material & info on their much-anticipated Formula One 1994 mod project. The newly-released previews show various helmet liveries on the freshly-modelled 1994-style helmet shape based on Ayrton Senna’s helmet. Furthermore, the team has been working on creating a completely new, rigged driver model to [...]

iRacing.com has released a new video trailer, getting everybody excited for the release of the new tire model – The core innovation in iRacing’s 2.0 summer update. The new tire model will be introduced with the Chevrolet Impala Nationwide COT stock car in May, all other cars will follow in August. The new tire model is just [...]

Following the track previews, EA has released preview images of the fourteen historical cars that the Legends Pack DLC will add to Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed. Legends Pack Car List - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (1965) - Austin Mini Cooper S (1965) - BMW 3.0 CSL Gr. 5 (1975) - Ford Capri RS3100 Gr.4 (1974) - Ford Escort [...]

We can add a new name to the ever expanding list of racing pros giving rFactor a try as former F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton was spotted trying out the simulation prior to the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton tried the simulation during a Tag Heuer promo event in China, running rFactor Event for use with public [...]

Aleksss, Alless & Schraubzwinge of Team GMT have released a new preview video of their Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR 1998 mod project for GTR2. The video shows the CLK-LM Le Mans version with some new graphical effects in place such as road surface reflections of lights and exhaust flames. Powered by a six-liter V12 engine, the CLK-GTR was Mercedes' [...]

Tom, Shaun & Jessica of InsideSimRacing.tv have come up with a new weekly video series called “This Week in Sim Racing”, recapping what’s been going on in the world of virtual racing for the past seven days. While regular readers of VirtualR will already be in the know about most topics discussed, the show is well worth [...]

A week ago, I posted a very popular story about the winners of the Ferrari Virtual Academy hotlap competition and their big prize, a visit in Maranello and the chance to drive a real Formula Abarth race car at Fiorano. Now, Ferrari has released a bunch of videos, allowing us to follow Italians David Greco and [...]

As announced a few days ago, the Live for Speed development team has released a new test patch that addresses various little issues with their racing simulation. Please note that this patch does not include any of the much anticipated new features such as the VW Scirocco, laser-scanned Rockingham Speedway or the new tire model. The [...]