InsideSimRacing.tv - DiRT 3 Developer Interview #2

InsideSimRacing.tv presents a media event hosted by Codemasters featuring Dirt 3 and its new party modes for multiplayer. They also sit down and talk with Gehan Pathiraja the Lead Car Handling Designer about Physics, Force Feedback and the differences between Dirt 2 and Dirt 3.

DiRT 3 will boast more cars, more locations, more routes and more events than any other game in the series, including over 50 rally cars representing the very best from five decades of the sport. With more than double the track content of 2009’s hit, DiRT 3 will see players start at the top as a professional driver, with a top-flight career in competitive off-road racing complimented by the opportunity to express themselves in Gymkhana-style showpiece driving events.

DiRT 3 is scheduled for release on May 24th, 2011 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

MotorStorm: Apocalypse - Review by GameTrailers.com

GameTrailers.com has released a video review of the MotorStorm: Apocalypse developed by Evolution Studios.

The abandoned metropolis is the perfect playground for a genre-thrashing, all-new MotorStorm action racing festival. Leave all expectations about street racing behind and embrace multi-vehicle action across the tops of unstable skyscrapers, through ravaged buildings, into darkened subways and over twisting bridges while jaw-dropping quakes tear the city apart in real time!

MotorStorm: Apocalypse is scheduled for release on 5/3/2011.

iRacing TV - Episode 9

iRacing has released a new episode of their iRacing TV.

Highlights include footage of Tony Stewart trying a test version of iRacing for the first time! Also, new build highlights about new awards & new hosted session options, a new "how-to" guide about the F1-F9 function keys, and an interview with NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and iRacer, Landon Cassill. iRacing visits the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) gaming show in Boston and interviews Simcraft and Doghouse Systems.

The Episode 9 is also available at www.iracingtv.com

GT Power Expansion Released

The Swedish game development company SimBin Studios AB have released GT Power Expansion pack for the RACE 07. GT Power Expansion is now available at RaceRoom Online for only €4.99.

The pack includes 3 GT cars (Pagani Zonda R, BMW M3 GT2, Matech Ford GT1) and 2 race circuits (Mid-Ohio, Chayka).

InsideSimRacing.tv - Shift 2 Unleashed Review Part 1

InsideSimRacing.tv presents Episode 99 featuring Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed. They take an in depth preview at the game on the XBox 360, the PS3 and the PC. They also talk about wheel settings and the mods available for the PC version.

Shift 2 features 145 cars from 36 manufacturers and 35 different tracks, which players can compete in several types of races. The game also includes new features such as an in-helmet cam, night-time racing and the Autolog feature introduced with Hot Pursuit.

DiRT 3 - New Kenya Rally Video

VVV Gamer has released a new gameplay video of the upcoming DiRT 3 showing a full stage of the Kenya Rally.

DiRT 3 will boast more cars, more locations, more routes and more events than any other game in the series, including over 50 rally cars representing the very best from five decades of the sport. With more than double the track content of 2009’s hit, DiRT 3 will see players start at the top as a professional driver, with a top-flight career in competitive off-road racing complimented by the opportunity to express themselves in Gymkhana-style showpiece driving events.

DiRT 3 is scheduled for release on May 24th, 2011 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Live for Speed – New Test Patch

Developer of Live for Speed simulator, Scawen Roberts, talks about their progress:

Dear LFS Racers,

Since the release of Z28 there have been various fixes and improvements that were not related to the new physics. Some of them were already added into my Z28 compatible version as well as the new version. But until now there weren't enough significant updates to release a new version, while Z28 was so stable.

NOTE : This patch is mainly compatible with Z28, so does NOT have the new tyre physics, the VW Scirocco or any S3 content. It is an intermediate update with some interesting improvements for LFS while I continue with the tyre physics. The new version can connect to Z28 hosts, but Z28 cannot connect to the new version's hosts.

The main things in this patch :
- New free view in SHIFT+U mode - not bounded by the path
- Improved collisions with unmovable objects (e.g. red barriers)
- Number of autocross objects increased to 800 (was 512)
- Open track configurations allowing you to drive anywhere
- Collision detection and reporting system (via InSim)
- Graphical optimisations improving frame rates
- Many other fixes and improvements

RACE On - GT Power Expansion announced

SimBin has announced that the third expansion pack for the award winning PC racing game RACE 07 will be released next week.

Three high profile exotic GT sport cars are ready to hammer around new tracks from both sides of the old iron curtain. Also two completely new and exciting race tracks will make their debut in the “GT Power Pack”: “Mid-Ohio” and “Chayka”. “Mid Ohio” is often named as “the best road course” in the USA whereas “Chayka” is the first track out of the former Soviet Union to make it to a SimBin title.

Features:

- Three of the coolest super cars currently prowling racetracks around the world:
     - Pagani Zonda R
     - BMW M3 GT2
     - Matech Ford GT1

- Two new race tracks:
     - Mid-Ohio
     - Chayka

GT Power Expansion will be available April 19, 2011, selling for €4,99 on Steam and RaceRoom.net.