La spettacolare Porsche 911 GT3 Cup è disponibile ormai su numerosi simulatori di guida: il trailer qui sotto ci propone il confronto diretto della vettura tedesca su Assetto Corsa, Automobilista ed iRacing, utilizzando la viasuale dall'abitacolo e l'inquadratura esterna televisiva. Voi quale preferite?

Ricordiamo a tutti gli utenti di rFactor 2 che oggi, 31 gennaio, è l'ultimo giorno utile per passare alla versione Steam del simulatore made in Studio 397, senza alcun costo aggiuntivo. A partire da domani infatti la release Steam del gioco sarà l'unica supportata ufficialmente dai suoi sviluppatori e di conseguenza aggiornata. Trovate a questo link una utilissima guida su come procedere per il passaggio alla versione digitale. Per commenti e domande fate riferimento al forum dedicato.

Decisamente a sorpresa è comparso online un primo trailer dell'atteso Project CARS 2! Il video di anteprima mostra "come al solito" una grafica sbalorditiva, con effetti meteo ancora più realistici e vetture di primissimo piano: vengono infatti confermate le voci che vedevano Ferrari, Porsche e Lamborghini presenti nel seguito dell'acclamato titolo Slightly Mad Studios.
Molto promettenti anche le scene dedicate al rally, la cui presenza si conosceva sin dall'annuncio del titolo.
Fateci sapere cosa ne pensate sul nostro forum!

Il team dell'apprezzatissimo Motorsport Manager ha rilasciato un nuovo update per il suo simulatore manageriale dedicato al mondo della Formula 1. Oltre alle classiche migliorie e bugfix, l'aggiornamento implementa nel software l'atteso utilizzo dello Steam Workshop, ovvero la piattaforma su Steam per poter pubblicare e divulgare i propri mods e contenuti extra per il gioco. Per festeggiare il lancio, il team propone anche un bel concorso per la skin più bella, con un ricco montepremi! Qui di seguito tutte le informazioni, inclusa una dettagliata guida all'uso.

Steam Workshop is now live in Motorsport Manager! Get ready to create, discover and share all-new content made by the Motorsport Manager community.
Always wanted to make a livery of your very own? Or change your driver’s picture to a photo of your pet cat? Or swap out the cars for UFOs? With Steam Workshop, we’ve opened the game up to let you create whatever you want, and share it with the rest of the world. Access to Steam Workshop is now available in the main menu of Motorsport Manager. Download the latest update and you’ll be ready to go.

Steam Workshop is available now - enter our competition!
Get creative and Win with Steam Workshop

We have a big update available for you, and a competition to announce!
There is an all-new patch available to download now which includes Steam Workshop. The inclusion of Steam Workshop creates an all new Motorsport Manager experience and we are giving users the freedom to create and share innovative content. To celebrate its launch, we're inviting you guys to get your creative juices flowing. We'd like you to design your own car livery and our favourite will become an official part of the game as well as having the designer themselves placed into the game as a driver.

Making the most of Steam Workshop
Your guide to using Steam Workshop in Motorsport Manager

In attesa della nuova Porsche RSR 2017, che la Kunos Simulazioni rilascerà prossimamente per Assetto Corsa come contenuto gratuito, Marco Massarutto ha appena annunciato su Facebook l'arrivo di una nuova vettura Audi aggiuntiva, sempre gratuita: la riconoscete dagli screens pubblicati? Inoltre dalle immagini si intravede il circuito di fantasia in fase di sviluppo, anch'esso in arrivo come contenuto gratuito.

La Codemasters non perde tempo con il suo nuovo DiRT 4: dopo l'annuncio ufficiale, con trailer di lancio ed alcuni screens, ecco pubblicato già oggi il primo "road book" dedicato al gioco, con alcune immagini inedite.

Introducing DiRT 4

DiRT 4 is about the adrenaline, the thrill, and the danger of off-road racing. It’s about embracing the unknown as you go flat out into blind corners on the side of a cliff, or seeing how much air you can get in a truck, or going for a gap that’s just that little bit too small for your vehicle. It’s about driving forward in the face of adversity, as fast as you can. That flat-out attitude is what separates the players from the real racers – those brave few who will do anything to shave a second or two off their time. This is a game for those who strive for speed and thrive on the edge. This is DiRT 4… And we get the feeling you’re going to love it.

DiRT 4 also provides you the most personal DiRTy experience yet. We know that DiRT Rally had a steep learning curve, so we’ve introduced the DirtFish Rally School, where you can practice your Scandinavian Flicks and tweak your car set-ups. Our brand new and insanely cool tech, Your Stage (more on that later), has also allowed us to implement stages along the fully-fleshed-out Career Mode which increase in technicality and complexity the further up the ladder you get. But that’s not all Your Stage can do…

So, this is big: Your Stage technology also provides you the tools to generate your own stages. At the push of a button, you can specify what kind of stage you want – location, long, short, complex, straight-forward, night-time, sunset, rainy, whatever – the choice is all yours. And once you hit that button, you have a completely unique stage created to your own personal spec. This is a stage you’ll be able to take time and time again, share with your friends and the DiRT Community, and even use it with league and PvP functionality. And with over a billion different combinations of stage at your disposal, the possibilities are near endless. It’s absolutely mega, and I don’t use that word lightly.

You guys were very vocal about wanting more content for DiRT Rally, and DiRT 4 is bigger, better and bolder in every way. With Your Stage, you have a near-infinite amount of stages across 5 different environments, including classics like Wales and Sweden, but brand-new locations like Australia, Michigan and Spain. We’ve expanded our Rallycross content too, with classes including RX2, WRX Supercars and Group B – and we’ve expanded our RX circuit line-up from DiRT Rally with the addition of Montalegre RX and Loheac RX.

THEN, we have Landrush – which lets you razz around wildly fun buggies and big ass trucks across a series of jump-laden circuits in North America. And then rounding off this insanely cool package of disciplines comes brand-new Joyride, which sees the DirtFish Rally School double as a playground. As well as a free-play space, you’ll be able to tackle Laptime challenges and Smash challenges, with the ability to trade challenges and times with your friends. For those of you who loved some of the stuff we had in DiRT 3, this is donuts without the DudeBro.

We’ve got an extra-special DiRT Show coming up next week which we filmed at our incredible announcement event yesterday, complete with capture and some very special guests, so stay tuned for that. But anyway, that’s enough from me. It gives me great pleasure to hand over to everyone’s favourite Chief Game Designer and real-life rally co-driver, Paul Coleman:

Over to the studio

I want to start by apologising to everyone in the community for how quiet I have been. Over the last few months I’ve been setting some time aside to read what you have all been saying but I haven’t really been saying much. Hopefully the announcement that we have been hard at work making DiRT 4 explains why we have been quiet for so long. I also hope that it has made it clear why we haven’t been talking about adding lots of new content into DiRT Rally.

As we were working our way through Early Access on DiRT Rally we knew that there were some big changes that we needed to make to deliver the amount of tracks that you have been asking for. Your Stage is our answer to that and it is something that we have been working on as a concept since we launched DiRT 3. It wasn’t ready when were going through Early Access but your enthusiasm for DiRT Rally gave us the backing we needed to make sure that the concept became a reality. The results are simply amazing, the super secret testers that we had in late last year saw an early prototype and their feedback was incredibly positive. That coupled with the reaction we have seen over the last 24 hours proves that we have some technology that really will be a game changer for racing games.

Beyond Your Stage we’ve been working on a whole suite of improvements across the game. In rally these include things like PvP support, multi-class rally events and flying finishes (where you cross the line and then have to stop at the time control). In rallycross we’ve got reaction-based start sequences that work just like you get in the FIA World RX Championships, spotters that can predict what position you’ll be in if you take the joker and a bunch of new cars and tracks (but more on that later).

We’ve also got the much requested rally school, where you can learn and practise your skills and we’ve added a simpler handling model for those that have struggled with the level of simulation in DiRT Rally. That said, if you loved DiRT Rally’s simulation engine then you have nothing to fear. In fact we’ve made significant improvements to it with new aerodynamics, more accurate modelling of suspension geometry, new tyre models and better damage simulation. On top of all that we’ve made huge improvements in our lighting tech, arm over arm animation and character modelling so there is plenty to look forward to.

So what’s next? Well, we’ve got plenty left to do over the coming months to get the rest of the game ready for launch, but we want to start by hearing about what you think about DiRT 4 so far. I’m looking forward to hearing from you and being able to talk about all the other exciting stuff we’ve got planned. Oh, and I hope you like the Evo VI ;)

Hangin’ with Hatward

Hello DiRT fans! It’s good to be back. So glad we can finally talk about what we’ve been up to. :D We were floored by the reaction to DiRT Rally and since we’ve gone dark it’s been tough reading your comments and questions about future content without being able to talk about what’s next.

Paul gave you the backstory on how the technology has developed, as well as the new bells and whistles we’ve built for the new game, so I’ll fill you in how you’ll be playing with your new toys.
First up we have a fully fledged career mode, where you’ll complete events and earn licenses to unlock more prestigious competitions with even greater rewards. Team management is back, but it’s not just Engineers to manage – you’ll be running your own fully fledged motorsport operation with PR Agents, Sponsors, and more.

One of the most requested features for DIRT Rally was PvP, and we’re bringing it back in two different flavours. You may remember Jam Session from DiRT 3, which makes its triumphant return to provide you with all of your custom lobby needs. Also back is Pro Tour, powered by a new, truly competitive ladder and ranking system.

You’ll recognise the format of our Community Events, which is the new home for your Dailies, Weeklies and Monthlies. Your Stage adds a new edge in that you can’t practice a stage for hours in Custom Event before you go for it for real. Each event is a true test of your mettle and I can’t wait to see how your mentalities shift to adapt to the new format.

Once you’ve finished the events we’ve curated, you can head over to Clubs and set some up on your own terms. We’re putting stage generation code up on DiRT4game.com so you can get the composition of a rally just right before your friends take to the track.

All of these modes are fully supported by both handling models, and feature Rally, Rallycross and Landrush, so whatever your game type, and whatever your skill level, we’ve got something for you. :D

So, now you know the road ahead. We’ll see you on the next stage. From now… it’s game on. What do you think!?

La Kunos Simulazioni e 505 Games tornano ad aggiornarci sulla situazione di Assetto Corsa su consoles. Gli sviluppatori sono ancora al lavoro per rilasciare le tanto attese lobbies private, che hanno richiesto più lavoro del previsto, ma che dovrebbero andare in testing la prossima settimana, inoltre è di imminente arrivo l'ultimo Porsche Pack volume 3, con altre 7 vetture della casa tedesca, infine saranno disponibili nel prossimo update per PS4 ed XBox One ben 40 eventi speciali. Tutti i dettagli nel comunicato che segue.

Porsche Pack Vol. 3 DLC, Private Lobbies Update and Special Events

Dopo l'annuncio ufficiale di ieri da parte di Codemasters, già oggi sono disponibili i primi screens e video di anteprima che ci mostrano il nuovo DiRT 4. Oltre alle spettacolari immagini in alta risoluzione, è interessante un trailer che ci presenta il gioco in azione, compresa la nuova modalità "your stage", che permette la creazione di un proprio scenario personalizzato.

Con un annuncio ed un trailer pubblicati a sorpresa, Codemasters ha svelato oggi il nuovo DiRT 4, capitolo che riprende la numerazione classica della serie dopo DiRT Rally, per il quale è in arrivo un DLC dedicato alla PlayStation VR. DiRT 4 è un'evoluzione nella simulazione rallystica per il team britannico, con alcune novità interessanti, a cominciare da un sistema chiamato "Your Stage" che consente agli utenti di creare nuovi tracciati attraverso un potente editor che permette di espandere i contenuti di gioco a dismisura, scegliendo l'ambientazione ed una serie di parametri specifici.

DiRT 4, nelle intenzioni di Codemasters, si pone nel mezzo fra la simulazione realistica di un DiRT Rally e il divertimento immediato di DiRT 2 e 3, senza dimenticare le fondamenta dei vari Colin McRae Rally ed aggiungendo le licenze ufficiali del FIA World Rallycross Championship. L'uscita del gioco è prevista per giugno 2017 su PC, PlayStation 4 e Xbox One. Commenti e discussioni sul forum dedicato.

Yes, you read it right – DiRT 4 is coming!
Today, we’re delighted to announce that DiRT 4 will fearlessly race to PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC in June 2017. Hot on the heels of 2016’s critically and commercially successful DiRT Rally, DiRT 4 takes the passion and authenticity of off-road racing to the next level, whilst also re-introducing you all to white-knuckle truck and buggy racing in Landrush.

Motorsport by its very nature is dangerous – it says so on the back of the ticket. DiRT 4 is all about embracing that danger. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. And more than that, it’s about loving that feeling. It’s about pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop. Going for the gap that’s slightly too small. Seeing how much air you can get in a truck. They call it ‘being fearless’ – and this is what we aim to inspire in DiRT 4.

DiRT 4 features a game-changing system called Your Stage; an innovative rally route creation tool that allows you to produce an almost-infinite number of unique stages at the press of a button. You choose your location and set the route parameters, then Your Stage does the hard work to create a unique rally stage that you can race, share with your friends, and then challenge them to beat your time. Your Stage allows experienced rally players to create longer, more technical routes, whilst newcomers can create simpler shorter routes as they hone their skills.

With DiRT 4, we’ve sought to combine the levels of thrill and realism from last year’s DiRT Rally with the fearless excitement, fun, and adrenaline-fuelled races previously seen in its critically acclaimed prequels DiRT 2 and DiRT 3.

Featuring classic rally racing that continues to build on the foundations set by the Colin McRae Rally games, the brutal, fast-paced racing from the official FIA World Rallycross Championship, the crazy battles of racing trucks and buggies, and the outrageous fun of open events in Joyride, players will face challenges from locations that span three continents. We can’t wait to tell you more of DiRT 4, so stay tuned for the road to launch – we’ve got so much to show you.

Con il comunicato stampa ed il breve trailer che trovate a questo link, la Milestone annuncia lo sviluppo del nuovo MXGP3, terzo titolo della saga ufficiale con licenza dedicata allo spettacolare mondo del motocross. Il nuovo MXGP3 sfrutterà il potente engine grafico Unreal 4, per un'esperienza crossistica ulteriormente potenziata.

We are proud to announce MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame, set to be released in spring 2017 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC®/STEAM.
The new MXGP edition, based on the 2016 season, offers the player a dynamic, ever-more enjoyable gaming experience thanks to a series of innovative graphics and techniques introduced by the new Unreal Engine 4 graphics engine which will take the game experience to a surprising new level. 

Hit the gas and get ready to tackle unpredictable, dynamic weather conditions in a competition which is unique in its genre. From sun to heavy rain, every change will decisively influence the rider’s visibility and the highly-deformable ground, putting even the most expert player to the test. And it is the ground which provides the greatest challenge: mud, dust and dynamic deformations will be the master of all, while the sounds of engines running at full throttle, souped up with a brand new engine, merge with the ambient noise of chainsaws.

And if this incisive generational breakthrough, with the use of the new graphics engine, is not enough to satisfy the most discerning palates, players will also find themselves with a career mode and enhanced customization, along with all official MXGP and MX2 2016 riders, the official tracks, including the MXoN, both in offline and online modes.
Currently being developed by Milestone, MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame will be available from spring 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC/STEAM