Race2Play celebrates 3rd year [15-01-2010 | DH | Comments (0) ]
Race2Play celebrates third anniversary

Following an invitation-only beta period that included a few hundred drivers in late 2006, Race2Play opened its doors to the public three years ago on Jan. 15, 2007, launching a new era in multiplayer online racing. More than 4,400 events, 2 million laps and 4.6 million miles later, a worldwide community of some 16,000 drivers from 80+ countries is carrying Race2Play into its fourth year and onward.

With more than 850 cars and tracks for racing and 100+ series per season at Race2Play, no other organization presents the scope of choice and quality of competition. Race2Play is the No. 1 and first-ever such online organization to achieve the sanctioning recognition of an actual racing body, the National Auto Sport Association.

Driven by Race2Play's growth and success, planned expansions and upgrades of the service and proprietary website are on schedule for 2010.

AutoSimSport Vol5 Num2 is OUT [07-08-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
Download or read online at
https://www.autosimsport.net

SUPERCAR CHALLENGE PREVIEW
Jon Denton finds a sim on the console … and it’s really all that …
PLUS - YOUR CHANCE TO WIN 10 BETA-CODE PREVIEWS OF SUPERCAR CHALLENGE!
A YEAR WITH IRACING
Jon Denton sits with Dave Kaemmer as iRacing celebrate their first year …
RFACTOR 2 & SUPERLEAGUE WITH GJON CAMAJ
AUTOSIMSPORT sits down with ISI’s Gjon Camaj—and lands up doing most of the talking!
IOPENER’S FIRST FORAY INTO SIM-RACING IS IN SIGHT
AUTOSIMSPORT sits with Andy Lurling to discover precisely what iOpener-enabled will mean for SimBin’s new sim …
EDWARD GRABOWSKI
Ivan Askew speaks to the man who coded Grand Prix World
REVIEWS—HARDware
PROFESSIONAL FORCE FOR THE G25: G25-E MOD
Lou Magyar on ARC_Team’s G25 Force-Feedback Clean-up Mod …
FOOTING THE BILL: G25 PAD
Lou Magyar mods his pedals with Niels Heusinkveld’s nifty invention
FROM SIMSOX TO REDSOX & BACK: SIMBOOTS
Bob Simmerman dons a pair of pro sim-racing socks and finds comfort and speed …
‘AUF WIEDERSEHEN’ OSCHERSLEBEN
Marco La Mura and Uwe Schürkamp sit with Wendlinger and co.
LIME ROCK PARK
Ivan Askew takes a walk on a rainy day in June
FANTASY FORMULA FOR VGP3 SUCCESS
Andrew Tyler finds a lot to love, and tussles with KERS and J-Dampers
HAULIN’ IRACER
Ivan Askew speaks to grant caron, a study in committment
BJORN’S DREAM
Bob Simmerman goes into the depths of a man’s dreams … and comes out excited!
IRACING VBOX TELEMETRY CONVERTER
iRacing has no telemetry yet: but there are solutions, as Bob Simmerman demonstrates …
GOING BACK IN CIRCLES
Our new writer Sandeep Banerjee gets his feet wet by giving us the low-down on iRacing’s NASCAR ladder … Welcome Sandeep!
REVIEWS—SOFTware
VOLVO THE GAME
Elliot Earle on SimBin’s free game: English professors, take note!
TRUCK RACING BY RENAULT
Bob Simmerman and his six-wheel drift
GRAND PRIX 4—A VISTA REUNION
Bob Simmerman reminds us why Crammond remains a legend …
THE CODE OF THE CELLS AND OTHER MYSTERIES
Bob Simmerman sits down with Niels Heusinkveld—and yes, he’s quite smart …
BOB THE TRACK BUILDER
Simon Croft sits with Brendon Pywell whose track building application changed the world
PLUS SO MUCH MORE IN OUR SUPER SUMMER 210 PAGE ISSUE!

Codemasters reveal next generation of official F1 [27-04-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
A new generation of Formula One video games featuring all the drivers, teams and circuits from the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship was announced on Friday by Codemasters, the developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, under its exclusive worldwide agreement with Formula One Administration Limited. Extending the Formula One experience to further gaming formats, it was also announced that F1 2010™ is in development at Codemasters Studios and coming mid 2010 for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and Games For Windows®. F1 2010 is being created using Codemasters’ EGO™ Engine technology, which most recently powered the BAFTA award-winning Race Driver: GRID™.

AutoSimSport March is OUT! [21-03-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
AUTOSIMSPORT VOL5 NUM 1 WILL BE RELEASED ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND
200 PAGES
EXCLUSIVES:
IAN BELL ON BLIMEY!, NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT, AND THE FERRARI SIM
MARK REYNOLDS ON LIZARDS, TOADS, AND EVOLUTION
WIN A BUTTKICKER WIRELESS & EUROTRUCK SIM

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER STORY: ROBERT TEGEL BONIFACIO
SPECIAL FEATURES:
THE SPEEDWAY EXPO 2009, SOHEIL AYARI, THE BEAST OF ZUFFENHAUSEN, MINARDI SPEAKS, VDRIFT, SEARCHING FOR A SEOUL, TOYOTA F1, FOTA, FIA, AND THE FUTURE

REVIEWS HARDWARE:
BUTTKICKER® WIRELESS HOME THEATER KIT
EDIMENSIONAL’S AUDIO FX2
THE ULTRA FORCE GS-3
WHEEL STAND PRO:

REVIEWS—SOFTWARE
RACEPRO
TURISMO CARRETERA: INT’ EDITION
NETKARPRO 1,0.3
NSS MOD FOR RFACTOR
GP-200 INTERNATIONAL TRACK

INTERVIEWS
REDEMPTION SIM: IAN BELL
TOADS, LIZARDS & EVOLUTION: MARK REYNOLDS
GRAND PRIX RACING MANAGER: CURRALL & TERRY
RACE2PLAY: WEISS

REGULAR FEATURES
HeadOpEd
News
Fromadge
Spadge Fromley prattles on about stuff … and stuff
Force-Feedback
Toolbox
THE AUTOSIMSPORT AWARDS
Lou Magyar assesses the GPL-scene ten years on …
sergio Bustamanteis back—A1GP exclusive
Magnus Tellbom wears his helmet and steps into the minefield
Jiminee Smith on iRacing’s needs—or maybe his …

AutoSimSport December is OUT! [16-12-2008 | DH | Comments (0) ]
AUTOSIMSPORT DECEMBER DOUBLE 200 PAGE ISSUE IS OUT
COVER STORY
rFactor2: Ivan Askew with ISI’s Gjon Camaj
rFactor-Pro: Simon Croft with Chris Hoyle on rFactor’s Professional version

SPECIAL FEATURES
Lazarus Patch: Ivan Askew sits with Jaap Wagenvoort to review patch 1.0.3 …
World Motorsport Symposium 2008: Simon Croft gets the inside scoop on simulators with the sport’s best.

AutoSimSport August is OUT! [02-09-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
AutoSimSport Vol4. Num4
167 Pages
COVER STORY
iRacing.com: Masters Of Mass.
Jon Denton speaks to Dave Kaemmer and Ian Berwick …
SPECIAL FEATURES
iOpener—
Ivan Askew sits with Andy Lürling and has his eyes opened...

Motor-sport At Mosport
Oliver Day takes in the ALMS series at Mosport ...

The Green Paradise
Uwe Schürkamp heads for the Nürburgring ...

Superleague Preview
Ivan Askew sits with Davide Rigon to discuss the start of the newly organized
Superleague that begins end of August at ‘Donny’

P&G: Part Two
Ivan Askew on Part Two of the greatest mod ever made …

NAGT
Bob Simmerman on the US Pits’ great hope …

1999 F1 Season For rFactor
Sam Sturino shows us the next F1-sim for rFactor

Reality Check
Luisa Ghibaudo watches as Toyota F1 simulate for a grand prix

REVIEWS—HARDware
Precise Rocking Chair
Lou Magyar finds much to love ...

Virtual Racing Chassis
John Gregorio on a solid and affordable race rig ...

Roadster Addon
Lou Magyar finds something cool to add to the Cadillac of race rigs!

Virtual Grand Prix 3
Andrew Tyler reviews this ‘sleeper’ sim from Italy now available for purchase ... is it GP5 in disguise?

Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli
RASFIGJOHN on a gem for the PS3 ...

INTERVIEWS
Official BMW-Sauber 08 from ISI and Intel
Sergio Bustamante sits with Raymond Schram and siscusses the new ISI BMW 08 ...

REGULAR FEATURES
HeadOpEd
News
Fromadge
Force-Feedback
Toolbox

COLUMNS
5th Column
Life In Orange
Steve Vincent on what it takes to be a marshal ... it’s more than cleaning up flying debris!

GPLegacy
Sergio Bustamante keeps you updated on the most energetic group in sim-racing …

The Dent
Jon Denton’s vodka diaries continue …

Magnus Opus
Magnus Tellbom wears his helmet and steps into the minefield

Mad Cows
Stuart Cowie on madness … and things …

Retro
Alan Lult turns back the clock

Checkered Flag
Rally Pictorial

AutoSimSport October is Out [09-10-2007 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
130 page special issue with 50 pages of hardware reviews! Go get it!

BHMS New Server & Downtime [15-08-2007 | JZ | Comments (13) ]
Sorry for the downtime but we purchased a new server and are now in a process of moving the site there. We are still in the process of fixing stuff so keep this in mind. The forums are now back online but if you've recently registered as a new member it might be tomorrow (08-20-2007) before those new accounts are active. The submit file/news/links/etc routines are now active and so are the file downloads. If there are any more errors, please note them in the forum and we will get to them asap.

AutoSimSport August is Out [15-08-2007 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Cover Story

* World Sportscars 1970
Ivan Askew on the next historic mod for rFactor
*

Special Features

* Quo Vadis LFS?
J.B.Keough sits down with Scawen Roberts and assesses the future of LiveForSpeed
* Champ Cars In Toronto
Oliver Day is humiliated at the Steelback Grand Prix
* RealFeel Of The carFactory
Lx Martini sits with Chris Hoyle and Ade Allen as they open up a whole new vista for rFactor
* New Advanced Livestream With multiBC
Martin Bals on mBC, a whole new way of way of broadcasting sim-racing
* Montjuich Gets A Visit By Legends
Bob Simmerman on the day Jackie Stewart watched himself at this legendary track�on Grand Prix Legends
* Winning An M6�Sim-Racing
Ivan Askew on Danny Engels�the sim-racer who walked away with a $100,000 BMW M6 at the Intel World Tour Event
* Le Mans 2007
GPLegacy go inside this year�s Le Mans

AUGUST SPECIAL PULL-OUT SECTION

Consolestravaganza
* Consoles
Bob Simmerman�s August Special Pull-Out feature on the world of consoles
* Forza Motorsports 2
Bob Simmerman reviews the XBOX 360s� sim-of-choice
* Formula One Championship Edition
Bob Simmerman on the PS3�s best-in-show
* Microsoft Wireless Wheel
Bob Simmerman on the slop from Redmond

INTERVIEWS

* Jocke Mangs
Ivan Askew on Mini Challenge Germany�s title contender
* Reality Show
Josh Rayman, real-world race driver, experiments with rFactor to answer the question: Do simulators give racers an edge
* Sergey Poltavskiy
GPLegacy profile a name that we�re all going to get to know very well in the months to come

REGULAR FEATURES

* HeadOpEd
Lx Martini on why you wanna be Lewis
* News

AutoSimSport June Issue Released [07-06-2007 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
GET YOUR New Advanced Weather For GTR2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE!

Table of Contents 4

* HeadOpEd 5
* News 8
* T1 Alx Danielsson 13
* Classifieds 19
* OvalOffice ARCA SimRacing�Time With The Beta Beast 20
* GreenFlag Pedro De La Rosa 28
* T2 Turismo Carretera 32
* The Kink Jarno Trulli 40
* Backstraight New Advanced Weather For GTR2 43
* Split Second The Year Of Infamy 46
* PitBoard Giancarlo Fisichella 54
* StopWatch Herding Chaos 56
* Tele-metry Thoughts on the Great Debate-PCs vs. Consoles as Simulator Platforms 61
* Side-by-Side Luca Betti 69
* T3 The Future of Drag Racing Sims 71
* T4 One Helluva LAN 74
* Frontstraight Do We Need Chicanes? 78
* Fifth Column Is It Asking Too Much? 81
* NASCAR HEAT Physics 101 84
* LatinHeat CRAZY MEXICO CRAZY MAY! 87
* Chequered Flag RacingTimes 92

AutoSimSport April is Out [18-04-2007 | JZ | Comments (2) ]
In this month's issue we have 20 Race2Play memberships to give away. See inside for more details.

netKarPRO Setups Inside This Issue!

* HeadOpEd 5
* News 7
* T1 The Power & The Glory: A Legend Returns 15
* Classifieds 24
* T2 Brick-by-Brick�The Brickyard Cometh 25
* Split Second The Wheels On The Bus 30
* The Kink Race Broadcasting�Getting Into The Booth 35
* Oval Office The US Pits' TPSCC Mod for rFactor 41
* Side-by-Side Race2Panoz 53
* T3 Shake, Rattle, and Roll 61
* T4 Can Sim-Racing Follow The Road Paved By R/C Racing? 65
* Test Drive The Eye Of The Needle 72
* The Wreck Moving Pictures 76
* Frontstraight A1GP MEXICO 2007 81
* Fifth Column Ennui, Or Just Plain Hubris? 87
* TECH4PCs INTEL's CORE2DUO e4300 94
* ProREPORT netKarPro Community Report 97
* NASCAR HEAT Suzuka Takes Shape 100
* LatinHeat CRAZY MEXICO CRAZY MARCH! 103
* Chequered Flag RacingTimes 108
* Gazzetta Italia Guida virtuale: un bene o un male? 123

Picture of the Week #217 [06-03-2007 | PL | Comments (0) ]
Congratulations to q-tek for winning the 217th week's competition with his Richard Burns Rally picture! Competition #218 is on its way so submit your pictures now.

Picture of the Week Voting! [03-03-2007 | PL | Comments (0) ]
Vote for your favorite picture of the week.

Picture of the Week #216 [10-02-2007 | PL | Comments (0) ]
Congratulations to vMax_Caspar for winning the 216th week's competition with his Nascar Racing 2003 Season picture! Competition #217 is on its way so submit your pictures now.

Picture of the Week Voting! [28-01-2007 | PL | Comments (0) ]
Vote for your favorite picture of the week.