Mentre tutta la comunità è intenta a girare con la nuova demo del futuro simulatore SimBin, questi rilasciano un nuovo video di anteprima in alta definizione per la pista di Hockenheim. Come già successo per il Zhuhai, anche questa volta si possono apprezzare le diverse inquadrature e la cura per i dettagli nella realizzazione del tracciato. L'auto utilizzata è una TVR T 4000R, di cui possiamo apprezzare anche il cockpit. Per il download, dirigetevi a questo link!

Darmstadt, July 31th 2006 – Developer Simbin Development Team and Publisher 10TACLE STUDIOS AG have released the second track teaser to their up-coming racing-simulation reference game “GTR2 – FIA GT Racing Game†for download.

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It shows an RSR Motorsport Team TVR T 4000R demonstrating how to hold a perfect racing line in order to pull the fastest lap time. Racing fans can study each curve of the famous Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg from a wide range of perspectives and dream of one day driving into this fully-packed legendary motordrome. Before this dream comes true in September of this year racing fans can raise their pulse rates at www.gtr-game.com, where further tracks will be released.

To get to Hockenheim just follow this link!

Il portale di Nextgame ha pubblicato la propria recensione dedicata al nuovo Formula One 06, recente titolo targato Sony dedicato alla Playstation 2.

Sono lontani i tempi in cui la Formula 1 rappresentava una categoria "speciale" per i videogame, con parecchie uscite all'anno su computer e console. Chiaro segno, questo, che lo stesso sport ha perso il suo smalto non soltanto sullo schermo televisivo...

E' con grande piacere che annunciamo la nuova partnership fra netKar PRO, simulatore di guida targato Stefano Casillo, e la BallRacing Developments, azienda leader, fra le tante attività, nella produzione di periferiche professionali per la guida virtuale. Trovate qui sotto l'annuncio ufficiale, mentre correte a questo post del forum per i vostri commenti.

BallRacing Developments Ltd and netKar PRO - market leaders in their respective development of hardware and software for the professional racedriver and simracing community - have joined forces to co-develop the next generation of motorsport simulation.

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It will create in one company a single co-ordinated approach to simulation that will ensure the development of the most effective and exciting simulators, with no longer any division between hardware and software.

For BRD, the formal agreement will enable the company to offer the motorsport world, and not least F1 teams, a level of realism in graphics and physics that has established netKar PRO has among the most creative and innovative software developers.

Driven by Lead Programmer Stefano Casillo, who founded netKar PRO as a hobby in 2001, he and his team launched in Italy in April their latest software which has such advanced features as a complex tyre model whose traction and handling can be affected by dirt, wear and flat spot caused by driver brake-locking.

It also features a fully interactive cockpit with an instrument panel that can be actually operated through a mouse, or the controls of the simulator, and a fully modeled telemetry data acquisition system to electronically record the performance of engine and actuation of controls by the driver, which can then be used as a foundation for determining car setup.

Said managing director Nik Ball: "We are tremendously excited by our plans of developing with Stefano and his associates the next generation of hardware and software simulation that will put forward an evermore compelling argument for the use of simulators in motorsports across the board.

"With netKar PRO working as BRD's exclusive software development team, we will be able to offer motorsport the most technically advanced simulation hardware and software package available on the market."

For Stefano and his Italian-based team, the collaboration is seen as "a tremendous opportunity for netKar PRO to enter the professional market through the main door, allowing us to work closer with racing teams and to target our software to meet their requirements.

"It will also give us a unique opportunity to create the first unified package of hardware and software in simracing. Working closely with BRD will allow both of us to experiment and develop new solutions to bring simracing even closer to real racing."

Correte a questo indirizzo per leggere l'ennesimo articolo di domande e risposte fatte a Scott Nielson, producer del nuovo Need for Speed Carbon della EA.

It's been said that Carbon is a reinvention of the NFS franchise. How so? Please elaborate.
Scott Nielson: We’re always looking to be on the cutting edge of street racing culture and put a lot of time and effort into our research to try and identify new and compelling game modes that take their inspiration from what is happening in the real world...

A questo link potete ammirare cinque nuove immagini di anteprima del prossimo German Street Racing, titolo racing arcade dedicato alle vetture tedesche e sviluppato dal Team6.

German Street Racing is a street racing game, developed by Dutch studio Team6, spread out over 5 of the biggest German cities. Select your favorite German car, tune it, race against AI or take it online, but most of all, keep an eye on the condition of your ride!

A questo indirizzo trovate l'ultima raccolta fotografica di Test Drive Unlimited, il cui esordio rimane fissato a settembre su Xbox 360 e in autunno sugli altri formati. Le immagini, tratte dalla versione Xbox 360, si concentrano questa volta sulle Alfa Romeo selezionabili (o meglio acquistabili) vale a dire il modello GT Coupe V6 e la super-sportiva 8C competizione.

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Come avviene per tutte le altre vetture, sarà possibile acquistare queste auto nel relativo "negozio" magari dopo una prova gratuita di qualche minuto, o dopo essere saliti sui modelli (virtuali) esposti. Ovviamente, potremo usarle sia nel gioco in singolo, sia online...

Potete leggere sul portale di Gamespy a questo link una interessante intervista fatta alla bellissima Emmanuelle Vaugier, star femminile del prossimo Need for Speed Carbon della EA.

How did you get the role in Need for Speed Carbon?
Emmanuelle Vaugier: I was actually on a chairlift at a charity skiing event with my manager when she turned to me and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, you got offered a role in a video game." So when I got back home I found out more about it, because I had never been offered anything like this.

Segnaliamo a tutti gli appassionati di gare "drifting" il lancio del nuovo sito web ufficiale dedicato al prossimo D1 Grand Prix, titolo per PS2 che sarà interamente dedicato a questa spettacolare disciplina. Disponibile inoltre sul sito un nuovo video che mostra l'introduzione del gioco.

D1 Grand Prix, available for PlayStation®2 in early August 2006, recreates the exhilarating art of drifting, including all the cars, tracks, drivers and physics that have made the D1 Grand Prix the pinnacle series in drift racing. Players will be able to select from 39 American and Japanese drivers, as well as vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Pontiac and more.

Nuova iniziativa promozionale della Atari dedicata al prossimo Test Drive Unlimited: a tutti quelli che effettueranno il pre ordine del gioco verrà regalata una Lamborghini virtuale da installare, inoltre fra tutti gli acquirenti saranno estratti alcuni fortunati che vinceranno vari premi fra i quali persino una Gallardo, questa volta reale! Correte qui per i dettagli.

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