The French F1Ligue team has released new previews of their F1 2012 mod for rFactor 2, showing new in-game previews of the mod.

Slightly Mad Studios have released first previews of the 2011 BAC Mono for Project CARS.

Iketani is working on a new set of sounds for the Renault Megane Trophy car in rFactor 2.

Atari, Rombax Games and Bigben Interactive have released the full list of cars included in their upcoming Test Drive Ferrari Racing Legends title

Simbin has recently used a Tesla Roadster to make some unique sound recordings.

iRacing.com has released a new preview shot, showing off two of the upcoming content additions at once.

Hello my dear readers!

Season #5 is about to begin in my Q.P.R. story. As you remember, at the story start I set a target to win Premier League in 5 seasons. So now I should try to compete with Manchester City. They have been dominating in the league for 3 years winning 3 titles in row. Nevertheless, when I was asked about season expectations, I claimed the same target as before the last season:

take Top-4 position to qualify into the Champions League.

Just don't want to be sacked in case of failure   It's due to my feeling that QPR is not ready to compete for the title. Though last QPR transfers can change my opinion. In short, we'll see…

 

Players out

I sold a lot of players trying to ease loading on the wage budget and return to a positive financial balance. By the way, your advices in the comments helped me much because I had been hesitating over several footballers.

Most noticeable sales are:

- Alberto Paloschi (SC)

- Younes Kaboul (DC)

- Andreas Bjelland (DC)

- Korey Smith (MC)

- Alejandro Faurlin (DMC)

- Jordan Spence (DR)

- Cole Skuse (DMC)

It was sad to say 'goodbye' to Faurlin, Paloschi, and especially Kaboul.

Faurlin wasn't really efficient during the last season. After this transfer campaign he became the 4th best DMC in the squad. His salary, age, and wish to play in the first eleven helped me to arrange his transfer to Vitesse.

I bought one excellent wonderkid centre back (mentioned in the next post section) and understood it's necessary to sell one current DCs. Younes Kaboul is nearly 30 years old with the wage of $59K. I was hesitating between him and Cathcart, decided to to sell the French because Craig Cathcart is only 26 years old.

Alberto Paloschi… Perhaps some of you will be disappointed to see him leaving the Rs. But I felt I should give more chances to younger Carlos Fierro as a backup of my main striker Jay Rodriguez. Moreover, there are young talented regens Kolar and Romero who also need some real football practice. By the way, Paloschi's wage was high: $63K.

Alberto Palochi who has just left the Rangers

 

Players in

It was somewhat unexpected because I didn't want to do many signings. One of the most important targets was earning money on players' sales and saving finances to keep positive balance. But my squad needed strengthening, therefore quite I managed to get 8 new players for the first squad!

Here they are:

1. Sime Vrsalljko (DR, DMC) - $11.75M

Available in the Wonderkids List

Signing of Sime will certainly resolve my old problem of right back. He was an ideal candidate and worth spent $11.75M. No doubts!

 

2. Samir Breinburg (DC) - $7M

Breinburg is that wonderkid whose appearance in the Rangers made me to sell Younes Kaboul. He is already very good and strong lacking only Pace and Acceleration to fit into my Supersonic tactical approach. But look at his age! Breinburg has to become one of the best defenders in the world together with another young talented DC I have - Bernard Holt.

 

3. Mohamed Diame (DMC, MC) - $3.3M

I have been dreaming to get this tenacious defensive midfielder 2 or 3 seasons. He is nearly perfect to fit in my tactical model. The guy replaced Faurlin at DMC position and is going to compete for it with Garmash. He is much more defensive than the Ukrainian what allows to have some tactical fluency. I'll be able to use Diame when there's need in better ball winning.

 

4. Bruno Santos (GK) - $4M

Backup goalkeeper for Ospina. Young and talented.

 

5. Chris Brunt (MC, AML, AMR) - $3M

It was a risky solution but I wanted Brunt so much. His strong side is a versatility. Leader of Northern Ireland can play evenly good as a central playmaker, left and right winger. Therefore I am going to use his mastery and experience on different position. More tactical fluency here as well as in the case with Diame.

 

6. Jordan Henderson (MC, AMR) - Free

Available in the Wonderkids List

Henderson was an over-priced English wonderkid at the beginning of the game. Just think: Price=$25M, Wage=$110K

Now I managed to sign him for free for quite advantageous salary. Jordan will play from a substitution bench, though I understand he may leave the team complaining about the first eleven experience lack.

 

7. Rachid El Amrani (DR) - $2.4M

What a talent! Rachid El Amrani is 16 years old only but can play as a backup player at DR position. He has very promising future!

 

8. Corrin Brooks-Meade (GK) - $850K

Just a third goalie with English nationality who agreed on a backup status in the squad.

 

Team report before the transfers

Team report after the transfers

 

Finances

Now it's much better. The balance of Queens Park Rangers is above zero, and it makes me very joyful.

I am in mood to be very determined during the Champions League matches to get as much money as possible. Though the most important my target for the season is competing with Manchester City for the title. I understand there are Tottenham, Man Utd, and others… but Man City is dominating in my story now.

Wish me a good luck!

So how do you like my transfers?

 

Excited to blog for you,

Vitaliy Mokosiy

Slightly Mad Studios have released a new development build of their WMD-powered Project CARS, introducing five brand new tracks.

Good news as you see! FM 2012 Patch 12.2.0 containing transfer update was released yesterday. So now I am re-posting some information from SI Games here:

I am pleased to announce the release of the Football Manager 2012 January Transfer Update. The update will be rolling out via Steam after 6pm depending on your connectivity. Also included within the update are a number of fixes for the game which are included in a changelist in the post below.

Again as with previous updates, you may already have already noticed Steam updating your game automatically (depending on your Steam settings) and once complete you will be running the latest version of the game.

Bear in mind this update includes the latest database, so will be slightly larger than previous updates. Please be patient while the update downloads and automatically installs itself – it may also be worth waiting a few minutes after the download completes before attempting to launch the game.

If you get any messages stating the game is now unavailable, we recommend verifying your cache as shown here in the FAQ -http://community.sigames.com/showthr...=1#post7184719

Please if you have any feedback in regards to the 12.2.0 update please feel free to post it in this thread –http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/300658

Below is a brief FAQ answering some of the most commonly asked questions following an update release:

12.2.0 FAQ

Is this update save game compatible?
As with all our released updates in the past, this update is totally save game compatible - you will be able to continue any saves started before this update as normal.

Will the new data become available in my old save game?
No, you will have to start a new game for the updated data to appear in your game.

I'm really happy with my current save game, why should I start a new game?
You don't have to; the majority of fixes included in this update will take effect in your current save game. However rule/competition changes and of course the updated data will only be evident if you start a new game.

I was told that an issue would definitely be fixed but the issue does not appear in the change list – what gives?
Not every single fix will be included within the changelist – we try to be as thorough as possible but unfortunately due to the complex nature of how the code is changed some items will not be included. This does not mean the issue has been ignored, if we've said it's been looked at and fixed earlier then chances are that is most certainly the case.

How do I update the editor?
If you've already downloaded it previously it will update automatically, otherwise you need to download it like you would have done previously. Details on how to do so here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...ource-Archiver

I've loaded the new database, but it seems some transfers aren't in the game? Why were these missed?
Unfortunately as with everything eventually time just runs out. Some transfers (say the two players who 'walked away' from Rangers or Diarra to Fulham) just happened too late to be included in this update.
Also please remember that short-term and emergency loans are not included in the database. Examples of these are Kuszczak to Watford and Elokobi to Nottingham Forest; they are not included.

 

Read more about the patch here: FM 2012 Update12.2 is out

 

Happy to share information with you,

Vitaliy Mokosiy

The DRM Modding Team has released the 2.0 version of their popular DMR Revival mod for rFactor,

Team CTDP has released plenty of new previews of their Formula One 1994 mod for rFactor, showing off the new Williams FW16.

Turn 10 has released a first video teaser for the next title to add to their popular Forza Motorsport franchise - Forza Horizon.