Michael Leary

In what has already proven itself to be one of the most active years yet for sim racers, the commotion continues with Fanatec’s recent announcement of their newest product made in cooperation with Turn 10 Studios and tailor-made for Forza Motorsport 6, an official Forza Motorsport-branded ClubSport Wheel Rim GT.

Slightly Mad Studios have begun teasing this month’s upcoming DLC for Project CARS. This news comes just two weeks after the recently released Old vs. New Car Pack that introduced iconic classic cars and their modern day counterparts.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing this week’s super lap and drift trial challenges. The events feature front engine rear-wheel drive non-race cars, Italian non-race cars, Mazda’s RX-7, and GT300 class race cars. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, tips and tricks, and much more.

For the past several weeks Marco Massarutto, Licensing Project Manager at Kunos Simulazioni, has been teasing the contents of the upcoming Dream Pack 2 DLC that’s due later this month, and what we know thus far is that the pack will contain 10 brand-new cars and Circuit de Catalunya.

La Jiggy Jar Jar Doo – Dur Dur Dur Dee Dur! That is not unintelligible babble and we’ll revisit this later on, I guarantee it’ll be worth your time if you’re looking for a laugh. For now I want you to waddle about in absolute mystery wondering what those words could possibly mean; again, not unintelligible babble and I have not lost my mind.

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Bigben Interactive and Kylotonn Games have been on quite the campaign trail with the upcoming WRC 5 that’s set to be released this autumn. Details regarding the underpinnings of the game are finally emerging, giving us a look at what to expect from the upcoming title.

At long last, the 3.0 Update for Project CARS is now available across the board on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC platforms and fixes a number of issues brought to light by the passionate WMD community.

The second DLC car pack for Project CARS is now live and features an eclectic mix of classic cars rivaling their modern day counterparts. The pack introduces six new cars to the game and they are as follows:

As teased in last week’s news, Ferrari’s twin-turbocharged 488 GTB is now available in Driveclub as a free downloadable add-on. This isn’t the first time Ferrari has used video games as a way of introducing their newest models to potential customers as Forza Motorsport 3 and Gran Turismo 5 were used to showcase the 488 GTB’s predecessor, the 458 Italia.

What, no trucks this week? I need trucks! I’ve spent hours trying to think up an exciting way to best last week’s presentation, and as I’m writing this I’ve come to the realization that it just isn’t possible and there’s a very good reason for that, last week’s opening was so unexpected, even to me, that is was entirely an act of spontaneity. If you know anything about spontaneity than it should become apparent why I can’t will this week’s opening into a better place on my own admittedly selfish hierarchy chart because it just doesn’t work that way.

Update 1.21 is now available to download for Driveclub. Weighing in at 533MB, the update introduces a new supercar awarded at driver level 66, new “Elite” driver levels, a new sprint mode, and rebalanced wet weather and night time event occurrences in Random Event.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing this week’s super lap and drift trial challenges. The events feature the Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza, 1980’s era race cars, lightweight sports cars, and rally cars. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, tips and tricks, and much more.

Now just hold on for one minute: a truck is the first thing you’re seeing this week, but why? Every once in a while it’s nice to shake things up in a completely unexpected manner because, and this is purely speculative as I’m assuming you’re scratching your noggin pretty intensely right now, it attracts attention in the most wonderful ways. That particular picture is from the critically-acclaimed, overwhelmingly positive reviewed, addictive-as-you-know-what Euro Truck Simulator 2 on PC.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing beginner, intermediate and expert level challenges. The events feature non-race cars and race cars with prizes unlike those offered in the previous week’s festivities. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, tips and tricks, and much more.

Gaming news isn’t the only thing to come out of this year’s Gamescom as Thrustmaster have utilized the conference in Cologne, Germany to announce its TX Servo Base Racing Wheel, a standalone version of the acclaimed Xbox One TX Wheel. The wheel base will be available for the Xbox One and PC with the added benefit of being highly customizable within Thrustmaster’s ecosystem of products by way of a modular approach.

While development may have kicked off with Project CARS 2, Slightly Mad Studios remains focused in making its first WMD title – Project CARS – the best possible with ongoing support by way of updates and add-on content. With the recent unveiling of what is perhaps the biggest update yet, and less than one month after the last major update at that, Project CARS continues to grow.

Just when you think it’s all calmed down and you can finally kick your feet back and rake in some relaxation, in comes Gamescom with its own share of tantalizing information. Make no mistake, me kicking my feet back and raking in any kind of relaxation with everything that was going on prior to Gamescom was nothing but a pipe dream but it drives the point home; a point that’s been liberally hammered upon since E3 and prior, and it’s the fact that 2015 is action-packed with racing games and virtually every other game genre under the sun.