Gaming

Last week, Sector3 Studios revealed Autodrom Most would make its sim racing debut in RaceRoom Racing Experience. Based in Most, Czech Republic, the under-the-radar venue has quite a bit of history.

It’s quite amazing how fast the sim racing landscape has changed. In recent years, there has been a big shift in the PC sim racing community towards more licensed content. The shift has been so dramatic that even a title built for modding, rFactor 2, has had to move towards licensed content to survive. This never used to be the case.

Some good news for fans of the PlayStation 4’s first exclusive driving game. According to player trophy information, 2014’s Driveclub has the largest number of players in the genre, at a staggering 10.5 million.

After a vague tease earlier in the month, Polyphony has officially released the first details of the 2019 FIA-Certified GT Sport Championship.

It’s that time of the week again: a new season has come to pass in Forza Horizon 4. As the leaves fall once more, players will have plenty to keep them occupied.

Esports is a big business. It attracts some of the top gaming talent, big sponsors, and offers up some impressive prize money. Due to this, more and more games are getting in on the action. However, there’s a new event on the horizon that’s unlike any other major esports around, one that focuses on Farming Simulator 19.

After a year off in 2018, the official game of the World Rally Championship is coming back. Today Bigben Interactive and Kylotonn Racing have officially announced WRC 8.

It looks like yet another under-the-radar track is coming to RaceRoom Racing Experience. The first update of 2019 for R3E is on the way, and with it comes a new track: say hello to Autodrom Most.

Another month and Kunos has released another Assetto Corsa Competizione update. The January update brought us laser scanned Zolder, along with the fan favourite Emil Frey Jaguar G3.

More news on player counts today: according to a recent tweet, Forza Horizon 4 has had over 7 million people explore its version of Britain.

Last month Sony inadvertently gave us hints at the general player counts of hundreds of its titles. Gran Turismo Sport was amongst them, and now we have a more detailed figure: 6.6 million.

The Grand Tour trio is nothing if not persistent.

You’d think that, by now, the idea that sim racers might be pretty handy with real cars would have sunk in. It’s been over a decade since Lucas Ordonez won GT Academy, and he’s had a class podium at Le Mans among other career highlights.

Slightly Mad Studios continues to be the topic of conversation as of late, and not without reason.

Last week saw the release of the Season 5 update for Forza Horizon 4. With it, came a bevy of new events, new cars, and best of all, the return of Mitsubishi. Season 5 kicked things off the right foot, there’s little denying that.

2019 is off to a good start in bridging the gap between players on different console platforms. Rocket League just became the second game to enter the PlayStation Cross-Play beta program.

While we’re still getting our teeth into the latest GT Sport update, it’s not all been plain-sailing for some players.

The premiere yearly Project CARS 2 esport series is back for 2019. There’s €20,000 in prize money up for grabs, and the return of fan-favorite multi-class racing.

With the new year in full swing, we’re closer than ever to the release of Codemasters’ DiRT Rally 2.0. The title is a sequel to 2016’s DiRT Rally and set for release on February 26.

The sun is out once again, which signals the first summer season of 2019 in Forza Horizon 4.