http://racesimcentral.com Sim Racing News since 2000 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:48:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/assetto-corsa-p45-competizione-licensed/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/assetto-corsa-p45-competizione-licensed/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:45:28 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2152 Kunos Simulazioni have announced the P4/5 Competizione will be included in their upcoming race simulation title Assetto Corsa. In Winter 2011, while we were discussing which car licenses to choose for Assetto Corsa, a racing team arrived at Vallelunga race circuit, where our studios are based.” Explains Marco Massarutto of Kunos development team, “they seemed ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/assetto-corsa-p45-competizione-licensed/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/gtr-3-pagani-zonda-r-wip-previews/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/gtr-3-pagani-zonda-r-wip-previews/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2141 Simbin have published a series of screenshots previewing the Pagani Zonda R that will be included in their upcoming GTR 3 title. As noted on the Simbin Insider the Zonda has been included in previous games so will not be from scratch for GTR 3, but rather will be an updated version of the existing ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/gtr-3-pagani-zonda-r-wip-previews/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/car-wars-sounds-nkpro-vs-rf2-vs-pcars/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/car-wars-sounds-nkpro-vs-rf2-vs-pcars/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:12:02 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2123 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/car-wars-sounds-nkpro-vs-rf2-vs-pcars/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/simraceway-school-of-racing-stage-1/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/simraceway-school-of-racing-stage-1/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:59:12 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2106 Nelson Ireson, editor at High Gear Media has published an excellent story detailing his experience at Simraceway’s Performance Driving Center as he participated in Stage 1 of the School of Racing course. If you’ve never had a car try to rip your head from your neck at 100 mph over nothing but a high-speed turn, ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/simraceway-school-of-racing-stage-1/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/codemasters-f1-2011-ps-vita-launch-trailer/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/codemasters-f1-2011-ps-vita-launch-trailer/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:24 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2098 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/codemasters-f1-2011-ps-vita-launch-trailer/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/nascar-the-game-2012-interview-highlights/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/nascar-the-game-2012-interview-highlights/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:22:44 +0000 John Polson http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2092 Josh Adams of NASCAR NONSTOP managed to snag some Q&A time with Eutechnyx’s Dave Thompson to discuss the upcoming NASCAR THE GAME 2012. While Thompson danced around some of the questions (developers can’t spill all the beans and lose interest way before the game releases), he answered dozens definitively. Probably the biggest question is if ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/nascar-the-game-2012-interview-highlights/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/seeing-red-sim-racing-special-fx/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/seeing-red-sim-racing-special-fx/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:46:46 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2081 Like many sim racers I’m enjoying playing the rFactor 2 Beta along with Project CARS Alpha. As much as anything it’s fun to get a glimpse of sim racing’s future. No doubt the overall level of detail of cars in both games is impressive, especially in pCARS. Tracks on the other hand still seem to ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/seeing-red-sim-racing-special-fx/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/project-cars-build-154-released/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/project-cars-build-154-released/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:05:42 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2075 Slightly Mad Studios have released build 144 of their WMD-powered Project CARS title, available to Team members or greater. The build includes a wide range of fixes and updates but the most popular new feature is support for user created custom liveries, a hugely popular sim racing pastime. Project CARS Build 154 Discussion Project CARS ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/project-cars-build-154-released/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/rfactor-2-build-60-released/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/rfactor-2-build-60-released/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:55:00 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2070 ISI have released rFactor 2 Build 60 which includes numerous fixed and update as detailed below. A 59mb Build 49 > Build 60 update is available. Installation instructions as follows: To manually install updates, drop the relevant file into the updates directory of your rF2 data directory. Run the launcher, go to update and it ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/rfactor-2-build-60-released/feed/ 0 http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/forza-motorsport-4-car-sourcing/ http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/forza-motorsport-4-car-sourcing/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:16:58 +0000 Pete Walsh http://racesimcentral.com/?p=2060 Turn 10 Studios recently published a cool video showing how cars are sourced for Forza Motorsport 4. Of particular interest is footage of a car being scanned – always wondered how that was done – and techniques used for capturing car sounds. Rampage Jackson whose Dodge was included in the recent Forza DLC appears in ]]> http://racesimcentral.com/2012/02/forza-motorsport-4-car-sourcing/feed/ 0