Chi sta apprezzando la stagione 2014 dell'appassionante campionato turismo tedesco del DTM, apprezzerà certamente anche il video qui sotto, che vede protagonista il pilota Daniel Juncadella della Mercedes Benz, che ci spiega i segreti del Red Bull Ring allo Spielberg, utilizzando il simulatore DTM Race Experience dei Simbin.

Pubblicando, dopo il trailer, una serie di screenshots di anteprima del prossimo F1 2014, Codemasters ha chiarito che solo nel corso del 2015 è previsto il rilascio di un altro titolo della serie Formula Uno anche su PlayStation 4, PC e Xbox One, in versione quindi next-gen.

Tutto quello che è stato riferito dal publisher è il lancio coincidente con l'inizio della nuova stagione di Formula Uno 2015, con successivi aggiornamenti che serviranno ad avvicinare la simulazione a quanto accade via via nel corso del campionato.

Dopo lunga attesa dovuta alle tempistiche delle licenze, la Codemasters ha finalmente annunciato il nuovo F1 2014, unico titolo racing a poter vantare appunto la licenza ufficiale FIA per l'attuale stagione di Formula 1 in corso. Il gioco sarà disponibile a partire dal 17 ottobre e riceverà successivi aggiornamenti e contenuti extra dopo il rilascio. Qui di seguito il comunicato stampa e il promo trailer.

Today’s the day we can finally talk F1! First things first, we’re working on two new Formula 1 titles – one on old gen, the other on new gen. Coming October 17 is F1 2014 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Drawing upon all our experience in developing Formula 1 titles down the years, F1 2014 recreates this year’s incredible season featuring all the seismic changes to the sport, including new turbocharged cars, new circuits plus all the driver moves.

The game also includes refined handling on a pad and a new driver evaluation system that tunes game settings to your skill level to increase accessibility – we want all of our players to race competitively, more quickly. Of course, all the veterans of the series will be able to experience the true challenge of racing this year’s stunning generation of cars, featuring more explosive power delivery but less downforce, by customising your options and turning off all the assists.

Scenario mode has been expanded, we’ve refined career mode options and there’s more info to come, but for now we’ll let Stephen Hood, our creative director on F1, introduce you to some of the headline changes in the sport and the game.

“There’s been a dramatic shift in the sport; the largest shake up in the rules and regulations for a very long time and the new power units provide a very different kind of challenge, for both driver and team. By delivering all of these changes, F1 2014 will make for an exciting and refreshingly different experience. Additionally, with the new driver evaluation system analysing each player’s skill level and suggesting appropriate game settings, plus re-graded difficulty levels including a brand new Very Easy setting, we aim to deliver a thoroughly rewarding F1 experience for players of all abilities, from the novice to the seasoned pro.”

Now onto new-gen. 2015 will see us release our first title on new-generation platforms. The game will launch earlier in the Formula One season and then go onto receive live digital updates. These updates will deliver 2015 content into the game as the season unfolds, ensuring you’ll be competing against the same drivers and teams you watch week in and week out! We’re incredibly excited about new-gen F1 and we know you are too. We’re not yet ready to reveal everything about it yet, but we’ll have a lot more info to share once F1 2014 launches this October.

This version features handling and physics inspired by Colin McRae Rally 2.0 and is upgraded with re-mastered audio and definitively fancier 1080p graphics. You’ll find yourself tackling 30 classic rally stages with a combined distance of over 130km in four legendary cars: the Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, Lancia Stratos and the Subaru Impreza.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Colin McRae game without co-driver Nicky Grist at your side, and he’s on hand to read out the pace notes as you hurtle through the Australian outback, climb the mountains of Greece and barrel through the tight and twisty tarmac roads of Corsica.

Out now, you can enjoy all the retro thrills of the original Colin McRae games on today’s machines for less than the price of a couple of pints, and racing is particularly great when using the d-pad, as it would have been played on the PlayStation back in the day. It’s pretty cheap, pretty fun and it really captures that original experience.

We hope you enjoy it whether you were around for the first time and fancy a bit of nostalgic rally action or are curious to see where our DiRT games started out.

• Feature Addition – Time Trial mode implemented for GRID Autosport.
  
• Feature Addition – Advanced controller options made available for all devices, not only devices that are officially supported.
  
• Feature Addition – “Current race timer” added to multiplayer lobbies, allowing new entrants (who are waiting within the lobby for the current race to complete) to gauge the progress of the current event.
  
• Online Fix - (DLC) – Fixes specifically to improve future DLC cross compatibility within online matches.
  
• Career Fix - (Audio) – Fix to prevent music from cutting off entirely within the race results screens.
  
• AI Fix - (Drift) – AI could potentially control player car after terminal damage in two-part drift events.
  
• RaceNet Fix - Fixed instances of RaceNet profile switching leading to Club Tags & liveries being mismatched in game.
  
• RaceNet Fix - Fixed issue which caused the RaceNet Challenge Medal objectives to be too easily attained.
  
• AI Fix – Resolved sporadic instances of AI being given lap times before actually completing the lap.
  
• AI Fix – Fixed an issue which could make AI players within Demolition Derby events impervious to receiving terminal damage from the player’s car.
  
• RaceNet Fix – Removed instances where ghost entrants could appear within RaceNet Challenge Events.
  
• Splitscreen Fix – Fixed issue in relation to being able to generate playlist events which contain DLC content.
  
• Career Fix - Resolved irregular instances of “Previous Race Results” grid orders being incorrect for the first race within a championship.
  
• Online Fix – (Playlists) -Added “number of laps” to the online track vote screen.
  
• Online Fix – Fixed messaging issue to inform a player they have been promoted to Lobby Host.
  
• Online Fix – (Customisation) – Resolved instances of customised wheels not appearing correctly for certain vehicle types.
  
• Online Fix – (Results) – Resolved erratic instances of retired players not being labelled correctly in the live race results screen.
  
• Online Fix – (Playlist) – Fixed sporadic instances of players transitioning from Endurance to a Race/Time Attack mode then receiving an incorrect UI menu on the voting screen.
  
• Stability Improvement – Dallara Indycar – Fixed sporadic crashes when loading into events using the Indycar.
  
• Online Fix – Amended incorrect reference to ‘downloadable content’ used on when purchasing DLC.
  
• Splitscreen Fix - Text strings updated in event rules screen for all disciplines.
  
• Stability Improvement - Fixed instances of the game entering an unresponsive state after uplink removal whilst completing RaceNet Challenge events.
  
• Stability Improvement - Fixed stability issues when host disconnects during rolling start events.
  
• Stability Improvement - Fixed issues when booting the game with 2 or more pads active, the game giving all control to the “highest numbered” pad.
  
• RaceNet Fix - RaceNet Club names now use verified strings within the online newsfeed and loading screens.
  
• Online Fix - Unavailable tracks are no longer searchable via the online custom search filters.
  
• Online Fix - Fixed instances of total online winnings displaying incorrectly.
  
• Stability Improvement – Fixed instances when title loses functionality when controller is disconnected during inviting a friend to join game play.
  
• Online Fix - Fixed matchmaking issues when players are unable to find a session after initial host left by powering down their console.
  
• Stability Improvement - Remedied instances where players are given a prolonged black screen when entering spectator mode.
  
• Online Fix - Fixed sporadic instances of the “Cancel” button on the YouTube upload screen failing to function.
  
• Splitscreen Fix - Updated drift event rules screen.
  
• Career Fix – (GRID Series) – Remedied instances of the player not being given completed objective rewards.
  
• AI Fix – (Drift) – Fixed several instances where the AI in your heat always earns a score much higher or lower than the AI in every other heat.
  
• Career Fix – Fixed a tuning error when using the s2000 with certain teams in the first season of tuner.
  
• AI Fix - (Spa) – Resolved issues with multiple cars across various classes crashing into RHS wall at Eau Rouge chicane (turn 3).
  
• Art Fix – (Washington) – Fixed blank billboards/flags around track spillage areas where sponsors should have been displayed.
  
• Splitscreen Fix – (OSD) – Fixed instances where the starting sequence countdown for drift is displayed on the wrong screen, with incorrect timing for one player.
  
• Splitscreen Fix – Fixed issue in relation to there being no AI present when racing in splitscreen playlist events.
  
• AI Fix – (Touring) – Resolved instances of AI cars not moving off the starting grid at Mount Panorama.
  
• Online Fix – Buying a car immediately after purchasing a garage slot could cause the car names to be misaligned or missing.
  
• Online Fix – Users were in certain instances unable to “View Vehicle” within vehicle store until first viewing an owned car in a custom livery.
  
• Online Fix – (Eliminator) – Resolved issues related to players who terminally damage will be placed first on the results screen.
  
• Online Fix – Fixed instances of players switching from party mode to another vehicle discipline then having upgrade stats removed from a player’s owned car.
  
• Career Fix – Using a flashback whilst corner cutting could result in the lap counter not incrementing.
  
• Online Fix – Resolved sporadic instances of upgrading an owned vehicle also upgrading the loan version.
  
• Online Fix – Fixed some instances of vehicle models not correctly loading for party mode vehicle classes that have multiple vehicles.
  
• Online Fix - Fixed select tooltip persisting on screen during online sessions if the user is on the confirm repair screen as the pre-race timer expires.
  
• RaceNet Fix – Resolved issues related to the “best lap time” ghost car using a default livery rather than the player’s custom livery.
  
• Online Fix – Fixed instances of viewing another players stats causing the user to receive the wrong race winnings.
  
• RaceNet Fix – Players are told they are ‘Signing out of RaceNet’ when returning to the Press Start screen after purchasing DLC.
  
• Career Fix – (Street) – Some players were not awarded the team target bonus for Cup objectives when driving for Ravenwest.
  
• AI Fix – (Drift) – Very easy AI in quarter and semi final heats will always have medium level difficulty scores.
  
• Career Fix – (Drift) – Fixed sporadic instances of “Drive X km in a Drift event” sponsor objective giving an impossibly high figure.
  
• Feature Addition – Support implemented for additional DLC including a “Sprint” pack (with additional game mode) and a “Touring Car” pack.
  
• Miscellaneous additional bug fixes
  

ETS2 1.11 update:

• 3 new cities: Venice, Graz, and Klagenfurt with a lot of new kilometers to explore
  
• Seat Adjustment feature
  
• Several months of tweaks of car AI code
  
• Re-designed radio player for with additional sorting and filtering options
  
• New Cruise control features
  
• Displaying current road speed limit in Route Advisor (disable, or switch car or truck specific limits in options)
  
• Complete UI facelift
  
• Support for sway bar simulation
  
• Refined the truck suspension for more control over truck and trailer stability
  
• Recalculated the center of gravity of each cargo (more individual behavior of the whole rig)
  
• Controls to adjust trailer stability in options
  
• Improve collisions of player's truck and AI vehicles
  
• Re-created all scratch and crash sounds in the game
  
• Equalized the sound volume of in-cabin engine sounds and external engine sounds for all trucks
  
• More realistic timing for the air brake sound
  
• Retarder indicator is lit during automatic retarder usage
  
• Ability to sell a garage
  
• Ability to relocate your headquarters to another city
  

La voce circolava da un pò di tempo, ma ora sembra essere una certezza, confermata anche da Annesofie Madsen, dipendente dei SimBin, che oggi su Facebook si è detta alla ricerca di lavoro in quanto "il gruppo SimBin Studios AB è andato in bancarotta" ! Titoli come RaceRoom Racing Experience e ADAC GT Masters dovrebbero però continuare la loro vita sotto altre forme, non ancora chiarite.

Il Simbin Development Team ha iniziato la sua storia con F1 2001, passando poi a titoli ormai mitici come GTR e GT Legends. Il declino è iniziato probabilmente quando Ian Bell, fondatore del primo gruppo, si è staccato per formare il nuovo team Blimey Games, divenuto poi Slightly Mad Studios. Simbin ha continuato a lavorare alla serie Race, assumendo anche fra le sue fila noti modders come 6e66o, Com8 e feels3.

Per ringraziare tutti gli appassionati dei 30 mila mi piace su Facebook, la Kunos Simulazioni ha pubblicato questa bellissima immagine che ci mostra una delle Rosse più attese ed affascinanti di Assetto Corsa: ecco LaFerrari in azione a Spa !