Team Enduracers have released a patch for the Service Pack 1 of their Endurance Series mod for rFactor that was released back in December. Version 1.1 fixes various little graphic issues, brings new ambient sounds and, most importantly, introduces some important physics changes. The new version comes with reduced under-steering especially on the GT cars, increased low-speed [...]

Team21 & friends have released their Mercury Cougar 67 for GT Legends, adding yet another high-quality car to Simbin’s historic racing simulation. The car comes in various liveries and different body styles, the team will soon be releasing templates to allow everyone to paint up their personal livery. The Cougar was Mercury's weapon of choice for competition [...]

Tom Haake & Shaun Cole are hosting a new edition of InsideSimRacing.tv’s new This Week in Sim Racing segment, recapping some of the things  that happened during the past week. Most importantly, the guys have gotten their hands on some exclusive new preview shots of upcoming iRacing content addition as we get to see first previews [...]

Glight has put together extensive track guides for all 19 tracks in F1 2010 over at Racedepartment, giving racers who want to improve their lap times some valuable information. Each of the carefully put-together guides includes an on-board video, setup data and a detailed description of all sectors. While the setup values are specifically for Codemasters’ [...]

Gamespot has released nine all-new preview shots of Codemasters’ upcoming DiRT 3 title, showing various views and disciplines the off-road racing title will offer. With the release of the third DiRT title closing in quickly, more and more preview material will be popping up in the coming days. Interested racers will have to rely on this [...]

A month ago, I posted a first story on the documentary Rookies to Racers that follows the 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup series, including iRacing subscriber Wyatt Gooden. Gooden won the virtual iRacing VW Jetta TDI Championship, earning the 21-year old a fully paid drive in the real-life racing series. He outperformed over 1100 competitors to [...]

The Digital Apex Modding Team is working on bringing the 2010 Classic Car Championship to rFactor, showing us first renders of several cars. The championship is for classical racing cars under 1300cc that are divided into the classes H71, H74 and H81. The field contains some of the most legendary touring car racers of all times, a [...]

Last fall, Black Bean Games released World Rally Championship 2010 title for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Developed by Milestone, the title was the first multi-platform WRC game ever since Sony lost their exclusive Playstation license. Even though the title was only met with lukewarm reviews, a successor has officially been announced as [...]

Codemasters have announced the minium system requirements of their upcoming DiRT 3 rally title that is due to hit the shelves on May 24. Given that DiRT 3 is shaping up to be one of the best-looking PC racing titles right now, a fairly powerful system will be required to enjoy the title in full [...]

One of the many features that the summer 2.0 update of iRacing’s online racing simulation will include is the introduction of telemetry. As usual, iRacing is doing no half-measures as the company has just announced a partnership with Mclaren Electronic Systems, allowing iRacing to include the extensive ATLAS Express data analysis software into their system. That [...]

Yes, the season #5 is over. Only the 13 position this time. All previous seasons ended with promotions for Boston United. Championship clubs are too tough to promote in one season as for me. I had no chance to sign many good players who could bring the club to the Premier League…

Last 10 matches in the Championship

I had slight hopes to raise up to the 6th position in the table but failed the task totally. You see Boston United had only 2 victories in 10 games. Mostly we had unlucky matches like these ones:

No luck

Once it had been impossible to compete with opponents. It was the match with Burnley that took the 4th position this season. So finally we are in the middle of the table… It's good that I claimed exactly these expectations before the season.

 

My biography as manager

Some of you asked me to post my biography in Football Manager 2011. Here is:

Additionally I decided to include my profile in this post:

 

Players of Boston United

Performance of my players isn't actually amazing this season:

You see that this squad cannot resolve promotion task.

Interesting that loans part of my transfer policy wasn't successful. Only Pascal Yarbo was really worth loaning as you see.

Emil Hallfredsson

Fans decided that there were no better players than newcomer Hallfredsson in this season. I agree. He is a professional who drags the team to success. The only problem for winger of such quality is his age.

 

Future squad changes

I started squad analysis with the report from assistant manager:

You should see the squad is quite weak and has to be changed perceptibly. So now some words about my positions that should be strengthened in summer. There are at least 4 such positions.

Central backs

I need one strong and quick central defender. Better than Maras, quicker than Moreno…

 

Left backs

Merely I need better left back than Benjamin Genot who has been Boston player since Blue Square Premier League season!

 

Left wingers

You've seen attributes of Hallfredsson in one of the screen shots above. But you have also seen his age and average speed. So I don't want to rely upon his person. Other two guys can't pretend at the position in the first eleven. Moreover, Di Lallo will be sold because of poor performance and my vain hopes on his person.

 

Forwards

At the moment Boston United possesses many forwards. There are 5 of them (let's exclude Ryan Mason who plays at MC position as playmaker). But nobody impressed me during the debut season in the Championship. So getting a new, more efficient striker would be great!

 

Nearest future

Reputation of Boston United has grown what allows to get better players. As a result I will try to do my best during transfer campaign in the nearest future, because squad enhancements - a key to success in the next season!

The TMG Modding Group is working on bringing the 1994 Formula One season to rFactor, adding one of the sports’ most tragic and exciting seasons to the simulation. The mod’s cars have originally been made for Grand Prix 4, the team has received full permission for a public release of the mod. Working on the mod [...]

Slightly Mad Studios’ Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed title already contains a selection of some of the world’s finest race tracks, including iconic venues such as Bathurst, Monza and the NürburgringNordschleife. Still, the studio is looking to find out what kind of tracks the community thinks is missing as their official Facebook page is [...]

To promote the August launch of their massive iRacing 2.0 update, the online racing simulation will be present on JR Motorsport’s #7 NASCAR Nationwide Series car driven by Josh Wise. Wise will be running the iRacing paint scheme at two summer races in Iowa and at the Lucas Oil Raceway and iRacing is looking for [...]

Fernando Birck has come up with a very interesting idea for all DIY hardware builders out there, putting together a button box with LEDs that can be made for less than 30 dollars. Below is a video of the finished device in action, the box features three switches, rev-meter LEDs and a gear indicator. The box [...]

Butch has released new previews of his Ferrari 250 GTO project for GT Legends that will bring a new prancing horse race car to the historic racing simulation. The new previews show a full field of stunning 250 GTOs, including a shot of the car’s interior. The 250 GTO was build by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964, [...]

Back in December, the guys over at InsideSimRacing.tv already reviewed a break pedal modification for Logitech’s G25/G27 steering wheel pedal set. Now, the guys have rewiewed a similar product by giving ARC Team’s Break Pedal Modification a try. The mod replaces Logitech’s standard brake pedal with an ultra-sturdy progressive spring for a more realistic feeling while [...]

A few days ago, a first story on Arnold Wong’s World Super GT 2 The Game project has generated a lot of interest in the sim racing community. Now, Arnold has released new preview videos, showing the recent progress made on this very interesting project. Using the Unity3D game engine together with a scratch-made vehicle dynamics [...]

I´ve touched on the subject of disabled sim racers once in the past when Tim Wheatley reviewed the Accessible Racing VXP Wheel Bar almost three years ago. Now, iRacing has put together an amazing story on one of their subscribers who successfully competes in online races despite having only one arm and one foot. Despite [...]

While Team RMT is waiting for the release of rFactor 2 and the team’s Arnold Wong is taking a little detour by creating his own racing game as part of a school project, Wix has been painting up some new car skins for the World Super GT 2 mod for rFactor in the meantime. Below are [...]

LcR has released a new version of his Carolina Motorsports Park 2011 track project for rFactor that was initially released back in March. Version 1.5 adds the 1.1 kilometer karting circuit to the venue, includes some optimized textures and brings an AIW fix as well. The 2.3 mile road course is located on a former World War [...]

Following the successful release of the first PC patch for Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed a few days ago, the guys at Slightly Mad Studios are already hard at work on a second patch for the PC platform. SMS’ Martin Griffiths has already confirmed some of the content of the new patch as the [...]

The guys over at InsideSimRacing were recently present on a DiRT 3 media event and got the chance to interview Codemasters’ Gehan Pathiraja on the upcoming rally title. Gehan is none other than the Lead Car Handling Designer responsible for the physics and answered questions regarding the physics, force feedback and the improvements over DiRT 2. Furthermore, [...]