New World Rally Championship coming for the PC in [05-10-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
A new FIA World Rally Championship game is on the way for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

It's being developed by Black Bean Games and in-house studio Milestone, which previously produced SBK Superbike and MotoGP.

"Milestone has been working hard on this title and our expectations are really high," said Black Bean boss Virgilio Bixio.

Pit Stop Boss Unleash the Stig [09-07-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
F1 simulator game Pit Stop Boss (www.pitstopboss.co.uk) have introduced the Stig to the popular multi-player online game. Players of the game may now activate the Stig, who will take the team car out and set some lap times automatically when you can't be at your computer. Activating Stig really helps when you progress through the game as more options become available in balancing your car set-up in an attempt to set pole.
About Pit Stop Boss
Pit Stop Boss is a massively multi-player online game played via a browser.
The game allows users to race against each other in real-time via a live timing monitor in order to grab pole position. Users control every aspect of managing a team in the battle to win cups & medals. The game is free to play with extensive help files available

Features include
True Multi-player Live play against real people online
Customise Your Team
Instant game play on demand
Contract drivers, suppliers and pit crew
Complete testing and training environment
Selection of World famous racing circuits
Research and development area to enhance your car
Full control over car set-up Customizable competition races.

NASCAR and iRacing to Partner in Online Racing Ser [18-05-2009 | DH | Comments (1) ]
CONCORD, May 16, 2009: NASCAR and iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations announced today that the two organizations are joining forces to create a NASCAR-sanctioned online racing series, a new competition division that will be licensed by NASCAR and organized and hosted by iRacing. Beginning early in 2010, NASCAR fans anywhere in the world will be able to log onto the internet and compete against one another, as well as a number of NASCAR drivers, in an official NASCAR series featuring digital duplicates of real-world NASCAR cars and tracks in the most realistic NASCAR racing environment ever created.

SimHQ Race Pro extended review [07-05-2009 | DH | Comments (0) ]
SimHQ editors Magnum and Chunx have produced an extensive review of the the recently released, patched version of Race Pro for the Xbox 360. Included in the review is each reviewer's point-of-view based on their racing experiences.

2008 World Champions of Online [30-01-2009 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
2008 World Champions of Online Racing

Topping a year of more than 22,000 race entries from more than 60 countries, Pete Bunce, Conor McCarrell and Allen Cotton have been crowned the 2008 World Champions in the first-ever Championships of Online Racing presented by the National Auto Sport Association!

Bunce, of the United Kingdom, scored one win, one pole and an average finishing position of second en route to the Touring Car World Champion title in the six-round finals, which were contested over four different sims, car types and tracks.

McCarrell, of the United States, claimed the top step of the Sports Car World Champion podium with two wins, one pole and an average finishing position of second in the finals, which featured three different sims, four car types and six tracks.

Cotton, of the United Kingdom, placed on the podium in all six events of the Open Wheel World Champion finals to claim the title, notching one win and an average finishing position of second in contests that spanned two different sims, four car types and tracks.

TORCS: version 1.3.1 released [19-12-2008 | DH | Comments (0) ]
TORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing game and as research platform. It runs on Linux (x86, AMD64 and PPC), FreeBSD, MacOSX and Windows.

The new version features reworked and new tracks and cars, bugfixes and new features. Have a look into the release notes for details.

Driving iRacing [03-11-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Motorsports Editor Jens "McGonigle" Lindblad cranks-up a favorite SimHQ Series again in Driving iRacing: A Fast Lap at Lime Rock Park.

STCC On jDome Immersive Screen [21-10-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Want to race in a new way? Watch how car racing games can be set up in a way you have never seen before! In this video release we show how the racing game "STCC - The game" from SimBin can be enjoyed in the jDome experience!

jDome is an innovative immersive screen that surrounds the gamer making it a really cool experience.

Video at https://www.jdome.com/gallery.asp

Watch it at our youtube site if you'd like to comment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0mDDnBoXo

Inside Sim Racing Air Date [21-10-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
SRT Media Announces Weekly Scheduled Broadcast
Los Angeles, CA USA (October 16th 2008) SRT Media has officially announced a weekly scheduled broadcast time. Beginning Friday October 17th, and every Friday there after, Inside Sim Racing will air at 9:00 PM US EST / 01:00:00 UTC/GMT.

You’re invited to join our show host Jessica Lopez as well as the producers , Shaun Cole and Darin Gangi in our chat room www.insidesimracing.tv when the show airs to discuss the episode or anything related to sim racing. We will release the show on You Tube , Blip TV and Mogulus simultaneously to allow the maximum amount of viewers.

Episode 29 of Inside Sim Racing:
VWTCC Finale, iRacings new announcements, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Update, Live for Speed reporter Michael Passingham interviews Sam H regarding the V1 Championship, Shauns Tech Tips on rFactor file management, The Mod Squad where the focus is the WSGT Mod for GTR 2 by the Racers Modding Team. We also announce the week 27 winner of GTR Evolution.

Also.. If you join us in the chat room. We will be asking questions after the show airs on Mogulus and two lucky winners will win a copy of GTR Evolution compliments of Sim Bin as well as Arca Sim Racing compliments of The Sim Factory.

Pit Stop Boss in Beta [21-10-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Advanced online racing simulator Pit Stop Boss is now in beta release. The browser based game allows for real time play against other users via it's live-timing display module. Users control every aspect of managing a team in the battle to win cups & medals.

Features include;
True Multi-player Live play against real people online
Customise Your Team
Instant game play on demand
Contract drivers, suppliers and pit crew
Complete testing and training environment
Selection of World famous racing circuits
Reaserch and development area to enhance your car
Full control over car set-up Customisable competition races
Medal & cup awards
Play through any web browser on any platform
Mobile enhanced feedback options
Personalised calender
Moderated forums
Chat rooms

The game is free to play with extensive help files available.

Win GTR Evolution! [09-10-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
By watching episode 27 of Inside Sim Racing.

Our first epsiode that includes Michael Passingham (Mp3 Astra) doing a special Live For Speed only segment. He did a great job and we can't wait to have more LFS coverage from him..

Also on todays show. News from Arca, Iracing, Codemasters and Sim Bin.. Also check out Shauns Force Feedback tips and as always. The Mod Squad !

Also win a copy of GTR Evolution !

We have it up now at You Tube, Blip and soon will be airing on our Mogulus channel. Also come vote on our poll to determine the time we will air our new episodes.

GTR: Evolution Sept. 1 - RACE07 Free [28-08-2008 | JZ | Comments (1) ]
Steam has word that preorders are now being accepted for GTR: Evolution, and that the latest installment in SimBin's RACE series, will be released on September 1. Those who preorder the game before release will get the full version of Race 2007 for free, and those who already own Race '07 can prepurchase the game for half-price.

Sim Racing Tonight is Back ! [25-08-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
The August 22nd Edition of the daily show about Sim Racing brought to you by SRT Media !!

We'll have it up on www.insidesimracing.tv soon as well !

** The sound is very rough.. We'll work on it.. Careful when the video's launch, it gets louder than Shaun live. ***

The new show that airs Monday thru Friday about Sim Racing.. This will NOT replace Inside Sim Racing. This is just a quick, unedited, daily report on sim racing. We have videos, editorials, guests, special shows, etc.

Check out show #1 to hear all about it with your host Shaun Cole.

A Eulogy to CART [19-08-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
SimHQ Motorsports Editor Jens "McGonigle" Lindblad reminisces on Championship Auto Racing Teams, better know by the acronym CART, by looking at the motorsports sims that promoted the series.

GTR Evolution Full Preview [24-07-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
We have a lot of new shows up at InsideSimRacing.TV / SRT

These are the shows that have aired in the last week:
- GTR Evolution Preview
- Inside Sim Racing Episode #21
- First look at the Historic GT and TC mod for rFactor by HistoriX
- Sim Racer 102, Audio and Video tips