Sono ormai passati sette anni dalla pubblicazione dell'originale rFactor e bisogna dire che, proprio grazie all'intuizione degli ISI, il mercato dei giochi di guida è radicalmente cambiato col modello di business di Gjon Camai e soci. Invece di realizzare un gioco completo dedicato a una singola o più serie, ci si concentrò infatti sulla realizzazione di una piattaforma tecnologica open source.

With the coming Gran Turismo 5 update planned for March 2012, we will be starting a new service on gran-turismo.com worldwide, called “Gran Turismo 5 Photo Stream”.

In GT5 Photo Stream, photographs taken in the photo mode of Gran Turismo 5 and set to “Share” will be shown in a list on a webpage, and be made possible to view by anyone.

The photographs will continue to change periodically, the online ID’s of the photographer will NOT be shown or made public, and there is no evaluation system or the like for the photographs. This is a service which simply introduces what kinds of photographs are being taken in Gran Turismo 5 by players around the world.

Please be aware that any photographs set to “Share” after the start date of this service will be released publically on the web by GT5 Photo Stream.

We hope you’ll look forward to the start of this new service.

* Photographs that had been set to “Share with Friends” before the start date of this service will not be shown in GT5 Photo Stream.

* Due to limitations of time and the number of photograph displayable, not all photographs set to “Share” may be shown in GT5 Photo Stream.

E' disponibile da oggi per il simulatore americano SimRaceWay la nuova e cattivissima McLaren MP4-12C GT3, che è possibile acquistare per $4.32 (circa 3 euro), vettura che parteciperà nel 2012 all'intera stagione FIA GT3 European Championship.

Not content with producing only the second pure-blood road car in its history, McLaren also developed a GT3 version of the MP4-12C in parallel with the road-going supercar. The MP4-12C GT3 was to become the first McLaren to compete in FIA GT racing since the 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning F1 GTR.

Slightly Mad Studios have added a new a new membership tier to the WMD-powered Project CARS title as the new „Full Member“ level is now available.

Full Members of Project CARS will be receiving the finished boxed version of the title free of charge once Project CARS is ready to hit the shelves.

Furthermore, Full Members of course enjoy all the exciting benefits of Team Membership level, including a fresh development build of Project CARS each Friday and full access to our busy WMD forum where they can follow the development of Project CARS up close and influence key decisions regarding the title’s development.

Full membership of Project CARS is available for a one-time payment of 45€, Junior or Team Members who don’t wish to upgrade will receive a discount on the finished title, Juniors will be getting 10€ off while Team Members will receive the title for 25€ less.

Full Member:

Can CREATE NEW project-specific forum threads

Can READ meeting minutes

Can play WEEKLY builds

Receive a free copy of the released game

Get an opponent named after you

Access to exclusive car(s)

Il team di Assetto Corsa ha appena pubblicato sulla propria pagina Facebook alcuni interessanti scatti di quella che potrebbe essere la prossima licenza annunciata per il simulatore. Intravista già nel primo video di presentazione, la Lotus 2 Eleven fa quindi il suo ritorno e la gioia di tutti coloro che avrebbero sempre voluto guidare una vettura del genere in netKar Pro senza averne modo.

Rimaniamo in attesa di ulteriori notizie, che vi comunicheremo quanto prima: il commento "Get ready for this" (tenetevi pronti per questa) lascia intendere che non dovrebbe mancare molto all'annuncio ufficiale.

Black Bean Games rilascia oggi il primo video dedicato all’epico Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, uno degli esclusivi contenuti di MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship,il nuovo racing game firmato Milestone che sarà disponibile da Aprile per Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 e PC. Il Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations è il più importante evento annuale, riconosciuto a livello internazionale nel mondo motocross, nel quale i migliori piloti del mondo gareggiano per rappresentare il proprio Paese e vincere il prestigioso Trofeo Chamberlain. Con team composti solo dai tre migliori piloti per nazione, il Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations conclude la stagione decretando l’unico vero miglior pilota di Motocross del mondo.

Leggi l'intero comunicato stampa con screenshots allegati a questo link del forum.

Il team Slightly Mad Studios ha rilasciato la nuova build versione 149 del suo interessantissimo Project CARS: principali novità di questa release sono un force feedback decisamente migliorato, tutte le vetture e le piste già presenti aggiornate e migliorate, oltre alla nuova pista di Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe! Per tutti i dettagli, download e commenti fate riferimento a questo topic del forum dedicato.

Build 149 (10/2/12, Team Member +)

MUST START A NEW PROFILE WITH THIS BUILD

Added Loire track

Wheel-to-wheel contact effects are now attenuated according to axial distance from wheel center

Tyre smoke bug fixes

Fix for particles not appearing in mirror (still has draw order badness)

Further reduce distance at which particles get culled in cockpit view

Code cleanup and remove unnecessary front wheel optimization

Revert two previous CLs to speed free camera up again

Revised Logitech G25 ffb config (owners must start new profile)

Disabling gear wobble again. StephenB reporting it makes some cars sound funny

Fixes problem of rapid drop in potential lap time as calculated on the Live Delta hud page

T500 FFB tweaks to spring and average weight

Added Steering Ratio support for per-vehicle steering locks

Changed Aries Car Setup option from Steering Lock to Steering Ratio slider

Disable 'Steering Lock' slider in the controller UI

Added -steeringratio command line switch to enable the ratio code

Decision to accept/reject wheel-to-wheel contact is consistent for both affected vehicles

Adjusted computation of axial distance of contact from wheel center

Wheel detach caused by accumulated forces now depends on random chance specified by tweaker

Disabled delayed wheel detach

Kart FFB tuning

HUD telemetry: fixed incorrect scaling of g-force meter

F68: fixed livery names

Revised the load sensitivties and some grip balance, Gumpert, Racer 4, SuperKart

Adjusted the new FFB paramters to a natural feel. Target is to provide good resistance with progreesive lightening into understeer. All cars done

Enabled Formula A mirror in cockpit HUD

HUD: mirror changes (wider, adjusted frame)

Asano X4: added metallic livery support

FFB tyre load multi reduced from 0.5 to 0.3 for Formula B

Formula B: added metallic liveries

New Loire logo and track maps

New Ariel Atom Mugen export

New Formula A export

New California Raceway export