Driver San Francisco - Preview by GameTrailers.com

GameTrailers.com has released a video preview of the Driver San Francisco.

Take to San Fran's notoriously twisty streets with Driver: San Francisco, the next installment of the Driver franchise.

Driver: San Francisco is an upcoming sandbox-style action driving video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections, and it will be published by Ubisoft. The game extends the cinematic, open world car chase experience with a groundbreaking new gameplay feature called "shift." Gamers will play as Detective John Tanner on a relentless manhunt for crime lord Charles Jericho through the hills of the City by the Bay. With over 120+ licensed vehicles, its timeless setting, unique car handling and renewed playability, Driver San Francisco will revitalize the over-the-top car chase experience for the current generation of gaming platforms.

Driver San Francisco will be released in the US on September 6, 2011 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac.

ISR.tv - This Week In Sim Racing - July 29th 2011

InsideSimRacing.tv presents new episode of the "This Week In Sim Racing" show. Tom and Jessica check out Auto Club Revolution, some community leagues, the new real feel plugin, the TH8 RS Shifter by Thrustmaster, and more.

rFactor 2 - Tire Model Preview Video

Image Space Incorporated has released two preview videos of the rFactor 2 simulation showing a new tire model in action.

The newly written tire model, which accurately models the heat, wear, deformation and performance changes a tire undergoes in a racing situation. The videos below demonstrate the basics and shows you some of the damage done to the tire with both normal usage and when mistreated.

Featuring immersive animations, changes to the racing line including rubber build-up and marbles, day-night-day transitions, wet-dry transitions and this truly dynamic tire model on all it’s cars, rFactor 2 will bring a truly dynamic experience to your racing.

Full description of these 2 videos you can read at official rFactor 2 website.

Second video that highlights the tire deformation is hidden below.

Driver San Francisco - Multiplayer Trailer

Ubisoft has released a new trailer highlighting the multiplayer mode of their upcoming game Driver San Francisco.

Driver San Francisco extends the cinematic, open world car chase experience with a groundbreaking new gameplay feature called "shift." Gamers will play as Detective John Tanner on a relentless manhunt for crime lord Charles Jericho through the hills of the City by the Bay. With over 120+ licensed vehicles, its timeless setting, unique car handling and renewed playability, Driver San Francisco will revitalize the over-the-top car chase experience for the current generation of gaming platforms.

Driver San Francisco will be released in the US on September 6, 2011 on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and Mac.

netKar PRO - Trailer v1.3

Kunos Simulazioni recently have launched their official YouTube channel. They also have released a video trailer highlighting new features of the netKar PRO v1.3 simulation listed below:

Graphics
- New shaders
- Improved track textures (Aosta)
- Improved tyre lighting

Gameplay
- Weather conditions
- Puddles
- Tarmac reflections
- Thunder and lightning effects

Physics
- New Tyre model

Multiplayer
- Reduced server CPU usage when idle
- Added "Damage Level" setting

Additional contents
- Classic GT Vintage
- Osella PA21-S
- Trento-Bondone Hillclimb Course

Licence for netKar PRO costs €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars. You can also try new addon circuits made by simracing community.

iRacing.com - Release Notes for 2011 Season 3

Grant Reeve has posted release notes for new 2011 Season 3.

Race Panel Changes

- Added a visual MPR indicator that is displayed between the car and the sessions box. This provides a quick and easy indication if you are racing up, down or equal to your license level.

- Added a track confirmation dialog to the race panel. It is displayed when you click on a registration link in the race panel and the track associated with the session is different from what is currently displayed in the race panel. This should help to avoid issues that happen when we approach race week cutovers where people register for sessions on different tracks than they expected.

Driver Stats

- The driver stats page now includes the checkbox Active Drivers, which will restrict the result set to currently active members.

Release notes are too long to show them all on the front page so click on "Read more" button below.

InsideSimRacing.tv - Forza Motorsport 4 New Features

InsideSimRacing.tv presents a deeper look into some new features of Forza Motorsport 4. As the release date of the sim gets nearer more information becomes available. In this episode they look at Autovista and some of the game modes being included in the sim.

Launching in the U.S. on Oct. 11, Forza Motorsport 4 pushes the racing genre forward, with innovative Kinect experiences, groundbreaking community features and a landslide of new content. Forza Motorsport 4 also sets a new graphical standard for the racing genre. Featuring dramatic Hollywood-style camera effects and an all new lighting engine, Forza Motorsport 4 creates an unparalleled, dramatically realistic graphical experience running at  60 frames per second.

iRacing.com - Ford GT, HPD ARX-01C and Suzuka Circuit

iRacing.com has released a preview video of the upcoming content for the iRacing 2.0 simulation.

Video is highlighting the new GT2 car Ford GT ALMS and the LMP2 car ALMS Acura ARX-01c with the present GT1 car Chevrolet Corvette C6.R in action on the famous Japanese Formula 1 circuit.

The iRacing Ford GT is a digital version of the car that David and Andrea Robertson and David Murry piloted to third place in the GTE Am class in the 2011 24 Hour of Le Mans. Iowa Speedway’s 7/8 mile oval annually plays host to the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series, as well as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series.

Suzuka’s distinctive figure eight layout has been the scene of epic battles featuring the likes of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna (and Eddie Irvine), Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso in the Japanese Grand Prix.