La Sim Racing Hardware, piccola ma attivissima azienda che si occupa della produzione di periferiche di guida per la simulazione, ci presenta oggi le prime immagini del suo prossimo ed interessante volante in kit per il Logitech G25: il nuovo LMS Wheel si fa notare soprattutto per il grande display centrale e la cura estetica dell'intera realizzazione.

Coming soon, the LMS Wheel, a complete and fully built custom wheel for G25 featuring Sli-Pro / LCD Display, a real Alloy Formula Race wheel modded by us and lots more....

We have long been working on new vehicle content to integrate into the current version of ARCA Sim Racing 08 and we are finally nearing the final stages of modelling and integration. It has been much anticipated and a long wait from our community for this content, of which should provide a exciting addition to the many great leagues out there. Our release schedule has been determined by community demand and our polls showed that the truck was the most anticipated content, so we changed focus from the Impala to the Silverado and couldn’t be more eager to get this content out. Expect the Chevrolet Silverado and then the NW Impala followed by the Cup Impala.

As will always be the case with any content we release, our physics derive from a mass amount of vehicle and tire data from real world teams and our integration is done side-by-side with team engineers. Our intent is to provide vehicle specific performance characteristics, of which are unmatched by any other sim on the market to-date.

VERSION 2 UPDATE:

In additon to the added vehicle and track content coming to ASR08, which we are scheduling for release, we are also continuing to structure development on our second installment of PC software. As there is no current release date or title yet established, we can say with utter certainty that it will be the finest stock car racing simulator ever produced for the PC platform. As our competitors have lifted the bar on track design and graphical elements, we will meet or exceed expectations for those items and push the level of physics programming lightyears beyond any stock car simulation software that has ever released to the PC platform for the sim racing and professional motorsports communities.

What can you expect from our next installment of software?

• A complete roster of Laser Scanned Tracks
  
• Higher level of realism in regard to vehicle dynamics, tire modelling as well as aerodynamic protocols
  
• Far more stock car racing vehicle content: Asphalt and long awaited dirt content
  
• An immense library of tracks
  
• New and easier to use Front End System
  
• In-Depth Statistical Ranking Systems
  
• Far more complex lobby system
  
• Completely new User Interface system
  
• A host of new in-game features

We're plugging in some of the "effects" and "post fx". Media should start to look more representative of initial version quality soon.

Uno degli aspetti più criticati sino ad oggi è infatti stata proprio la grafica, accusata di essere troppo simile a quella del primo capitolo. Non bisogna però dimenticare che tutto il materiale pubblicato era work in progress e si concentrava su altri aspetti (quali la fisica). Ora potremo invece finalmente capire cosa aspettarci dalla prima release di rFactor 2.

Il portale di RaceSimCentral ha pubblicato a questo indirizzo un interessante articolo di confronto dedicato alla cattivissima Pagani Zonda R: la bellissima supersportiva viene analizzata nella sua incarnazione virtuale in Race ON, Gran Turismo 5 e Shift 2 Unleashed.

That’s why we thought you, the RSC reader, might be interested in car comparisons. Simply put, between the major realistic and simulation racing games, how similar are the cars? This time, we’ll be comparing the Pagani Zonda R in the fairly new Shift2: Unleashed, the ol’ faithful on Playstation, Gran Turismo 5, and the familiar old gMotor2 based Race On.

This week we increased the number of revealed cars from two to three, and there was something for everyone. There was American muscle, a German masterpiece, and a Japanese rocket that’s got enormous rally ties. On Thursday we announced the Dodge Challenger SRT8. The 6.1-liter HEMI V8 powers this American beast and there are only a few that can “challenge” it. One of those is the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X, revealed on Friday. With rich rally heritage, the Lancer EVO X will be flawless in any situation, whether it’s dodging oncoming traffic, or an oncoming avalanche. Lastly, we pulled back the curtain on the Porsche GT3 RS 4.0. Featuring Porsche’s biggest 911 engine on its lightest 911 frame, the GT3 RS 4.0 looks absolutely beautiful in The Run!

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