Il team di iRacing annuncia oggi il nuovo accordo di licenza con la Mercedes-Benz, che permetterà la riproduzione nel simulatore americano della nuova e bellissima Mercedes AMG GT3 da competizione. Vi ricordiamo inoltre che a breve potremo calarci nell'abitaolo della Aston Martin DBR9.

iRacing.com announced today it has reached a licensing agreement with Mercedes-Benz to build a digital version of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 to race in online competition. The Mercedes-AMG GT3 will join more than forty precisely-modeled race cars available on iRacing, the world’s leading online motorsport simulation service.
“We’re tremendously excited to be partnering with Mercedes-Benz,”said Steve Myers, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer at iRacing.com. “iRacing and Mercedes-Benz actually had signed the licensing agreement awhile back, but we were waiting until we could announce the Mercedes-AMG GT3 was in production before we made our partnership public. We’re thrilled that we’ll be adding the Mercedes-AMG GT3 to a lineup that is already brimming with world-class GT3 cars.”

Decisamente interessanti e numerose sono le novità in arrivo per RaceRoom Racing Experience, come ci ha spiegato lo stesso team Sector3 nel Development Stream video appena concluso (che potete rivedere qui): già dal prossimo update, che dovrebbe arrivare fra 1 settimana, inizieremo ad avere a disposizione nuovi circuiti WTCC 2014 come Macau e Shanghai, le varie funzioni per attivare i server dedicati, in seguito poi arriveranno le monoposto, tipo Formula 4, GP2 ed F1, oltre alle già note Audi TT Sport Cup e Audi R18. Da non dimenticare anche l'arrivo entro l'anno del mitico Nordschleife Endurance...

Nuovo video di anteprima ufficiale dedicato al MotoGP15 targato Milestone: oggi scopriamo la modalità Real Events 2014, che ci permetterà di rivivere in prima persona gli eventi più spettacolari della MotoGP della passata stagione, con la possibilità ovviamente di modificarli.
Hey Top Riders! Relive The most challenging events from the 2014 season and change the course of the history! Recreate the past and be the protagonist with the MotoGP™15 Real Events 2014!

DiRT Rally Pikes Peak Pack
Out Now - http://store.steampowered.com/app/310560
The world famous Pikes Peak - Built from the ground up in its full fat modern tarmac state (the first time in a video game) and the mixed.
It seems like forever ago when we pushed the button and surprised the world with DiRT Rally. To everybody reading this screen we can’t thank you enough. Today we're really pleased to be able to push the button on our first big update, the Pikes Peak Pack which is available now and included in DiRT Rally no extra cost. It should start downloading the next time you log into Steam but if it just so happens that you don't own a copy of DiRT Rally yet you can purchase it on Steam right here.

Here’s the full list of everything we’ve changed, added and fixed in DiRT Rally V.0.4

• New – Added over 4,300 metres of rock otherwise known as Pikes Peak
• New – Or old depending how you look at it, yes that’s right we’ve also added the mixed surface version of Pikes Peak too
• New – Each route on Pikes Peak is available with a variety of weather conditions (Sunny\Rain\Overcast\Clear)
• New – Hillclimb car class featuring the Peugeot 405 T16 Pikes Peak, the Peugeot 205 T16 Pikes Peak and the Audi Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak.
• New – Hillclimb career mode and full support for Online Events and Leagues
• New – Added a few tutorial messages and hints and tips to some menus and loading screens
• New – Sent all our AI drivers back to rally school, turns out they were struggling to keep up with you guys so expect a bit more of a challenge from now on
• New – Your changes in position are now shown on the event and championship standings
• New – Added a message to let you know when you’ve been promoted or relegated in Championship mode
• New – 13 new achievements for all you unlock and rub in your friends faces.
• New – Added the ability to map clutch and gears for the following steering wheels: Logitech Driving Force EX, Logitech Driving Force GT, Logitech Driving Force Pro, Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster F430 Force Feedback Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster RGT FF Pro, Microsoft Wireless Xbox 360 Racing Wheel
• New – Added analogue handbrake support
• Change – Engineer slots now unlock based on distance driven rather than spending your hard earned credits
• Change – When using a wheel the ragdoll shake effect is now turned off
• Change – Had our mechanics make some improvements to the drivetrain on all of the cars
• Change – Custom Events now use the full fat versions of the cars rather than the poor mans versions
• Change – Improved our Steam error reporting, this won’t really change anything for you right now but it will help us in the future in particular with getting to the bottom of error 41 issues
• Change – Made it clearer when you can’t afford a car
• Change – Improved the messages which tell you what the different game modes are
• Change – Custom events now tell you if a stage is a “Long” or “Sprint” (short) version
• Change – Changed certain title headers in the leagues reward screens to make it clearer where you finished
• Change – The weekly event is now six stages instead of four
• Fix – If you’re using a H-Pattern with clutch setup, the game no longer shifts to neutral when contact with your kit is lost.
• Fix – Turns out that sometimes the AI would overshoot the start line, we’ve had a word with them about it
• Fix – Hand braking when using manual clutch now no longer locks all four wheels on the Ford Fiesta
• Fix – Position indicators will now stop showing the incorrect information
• Fix – Fixed a weird thing that would sometimes let you have more than one go at an online event (bet you’re gutted you didn’t notice that one)
• Fix – Ever been caught in an infinite loop of disconnects and reconnects at the end of an online event? Yeah, we fixed that.
• Car update – The Fiat 131 Abarth now has historically accurate rear lights
• Car update – The Fiat 131 Abarth now features the Rallysport Development livery
• Car update – The Ford Escort Mk II now features the Phil Collins’ livery
• Car update – The Lancia Fulvia HF now features the Lancia livery.
• Car update – The Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 now features the Peugeot Sport livery
  

World Racing Series beta 6 released.
Changelog:
fix: suspensions geometry
fix: FR2000 and FR3000 differential
fix: improved force feedback
fix: race length different for each category
fix: reference lap time
fix: race classification
fix: categories setup
fix: server location setup
fix: data mismatch info
fix: URL spaces
fix: free-roam camera start position
fix: dynamic track surface optimizations
fix: track animations
fix: lighting
new: MacPherson suspension geometry
new: car modding support
new: dynamic terrain deformation
new: wet terrain
new: replay laps list
new: analog speed gauge support
new: helmet cameras support
new: ideal lap time
new: laps race length option
new: server info in browser
new: clients list in web server browser
new: live timing track length
new: "photo" page
new: gearbox graph
new: improved 2D pitboard
new: plugins wheel material
new: oculus rift dk2 support

Da una trasmissione televisiva dedicata ai videogames, arriva un nuovo video di gameplay inedito per F1 2015: nel filmato possiamo ammirare una sessione di gioco in cui viene provato il circuito si Singapore con pioggia intensa e Lewis Hamilton alla guida della sua Mercedes. Sarà richiamato ai box anche questa volta?