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Retro Pack Expansion for RACE07 – Release Delayed

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:44 AM PDT

Simbin has announced that the release of their Retro Pack Expansion for RACE07 has been postponed as the pack won’t be made available today as initially planned. The reason for the delay is the included hill climb track, a first in Simbin’s history. To include proper hillclimb gameplay on & offline, Simbin has decided to [...]

iRacing.com – Nationwide Car & Stewart Videos

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT

iRacing has released a new preview video of the new Nationwide COT stock car that will be released in early May, being the first car to be equipped with the new tire model. Furthermore, iRacing has released more footage of two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart giving their simulation a try. The new video shows the [...]

Reiza Studios Postpone Game Stock Car Release

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Reiza Studios have announced that the planned April release of their Game Stock Car title has been postponed to a later date. According to the studio, the delay is due to some pending details that still need to be resolved on the studio’s maiden commercial title, a new release date has not been announced yet. Like [...]

Power & Glory 3 – No GT Legends Disc Needed

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:14 AM PDT

The GT Legends Workshop has announced that their upcoming Power & Glory 3 mod for GTR2 won’t require a GT Legends disc to be installed. Power & Glory 3 will be bringing a wide selection of sought-after historic racing cars to GTR2, the team is is paying attention even to the smallest details, simulating over [...]

World Super GT 2 The Game – First Previews

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:17 AM PDT

When Team RMT’s Arnold Wong isn’t working on the team’s impressive World Super GT 2 mod for rFactor 2, he’s attending school, doing various projects that involve 3d modelling & game design. As part of a new school project, Arnold has taken it a step further, starting a new game project with a scratch-made vehicle dynamics [...]

iRacing.com – New Build Launched

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT

iRacing.com has launched a new build of their online racing-simulation, adding various improvements and content items just in time for the start of a new season of iRacing action. Perhaps most importantly, the new build adds the Japanese Okayama track to the simulation as all subscribers get access to iRacing’ first-ever Japanese track. Another major feature [...]

RSRBR 2011 – Update 4 & 5 Released

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Rallysim has released a massive update for their popular RSRBR 2011 mod that gives Richard Burns Rally a complete overhaul with new cars and stages. The new version combines updates 4 & 5, adding lots of fixes and physics improvements as listed below. Changelog Update 4 - New version for the Fiesta and DS 3 (A8W-11) - Final version [...]

F1 1990 for rFactor – Patch 1.2 Announced

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Team SRM has announced a new patch for their Formula One 1990 mod for rFactor that will add various improvements and a brand new car to the mod. Following the 1.1 update that was released back in February, the new version will add new sounds, a new car and more as listed below: Changelog - New Team Minardi [...]

Gl4dLights Ultra for F1 2010 – Released

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT

While we´re getting closer to the first real news on Codemasters’ upcoming F1 2011 title, the guys over at the RaceDepartment Development Team are still very busy improving the 2010 version. Their new Gl4dLights Ultra mod equips the title with improved lightning effects that look much more realistic than what the Codemasters’ stock version delivered. The [...]

DiRT 3 – Mini WRC in Norway Preview Video

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:17 AM PDT

Codemasters has released some new preview material of their upcoming DiRT 3 rally title that is due to hit the shelves in less than a month. The gameplay video shows the brand new Mini Countryman WRC car racing on snow in Norway, the Prodrive-built rally machine will join the real life WRC action at the Rally [...]

Kart Racing Pro – New CRG Kart Preview Video

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Back in March, PiBoSo released the second beta of his Kart Racing Pro title that received very positive reviews from many sim racers. Since then, PiBoSo has been busy working on further improvements and new content as a new preview video shows moving footage of a new kart build by Italian kart manufacturer CRG. The current version [...]