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Alex Albon holding a podium trophy.

Racecar driver says steering F1 champ Max Verstappen's car like playing Call of Duty with 'sensitivity up to the highest it will go'

By Jorge Jimenez published

News Alex Albon explains what it was like driving an F1 car built around its lead driver, Max Verstappen, during his time at Red Bull Racing.

An Alpine F1 car in F1 22 at Silverstone

Inside the F1 team treating esports like a Formula One Grand Prix

By Jacob Ridley published

Lights out I've seen the technical heart of Alpine, the F1 team bringing Formula One's obsession over data to sim racing tournaments.

Vangers' bug-like logo

Vangers dressed like a racing game, but it was really a descent into madness

By Richard Cobbett published

Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.

Station wagon

The star of this 'driving survival game' is your quirky, customizable car

By Christopher Livingston published

honk honk Your station wagon is your best friend as you explore and survive a deadly exclusion zone in survival roguelite Pacific Drive.

An image showing Ross Chastain "wall-riding" his way to 5th place on the Martinsville Speedway.

NASCAR bans real-life wall-riding: 'We will penalize for that act going forward'

By Andy Chalk published

news Ross Chastain successfully pulled off a real-life wall-ride last year, but NASCAR says nobody else better try it.

The Crew 2

The Crew 3 is real and an announcement is coming tomorrow

By Shaun Prescott published

News Ubisoft's tepidly received racing series averts the axe.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing poses for a photo with the team after the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 20, 2022.

F1 champ Max Verstappen's private jet has a sim racing rig in it

By Jacob Ridley published

News Practice makes perfect, even at 30,000ft.

Image for Forza Motorsport promises ray traced reflections, 'fully procedural' clouds, and loads of other technical doodads

Forza Motorsport promises ray traced reflections, 'fully procedural' clouds, and loads of other technical doodads

By Tyler Wilde published

news The upcoming racing game boasts spectrophotometer-sourced car paints with simulated thickness.

Trackmania

Three years after its original release, the latest Trackmania is finally coming to Steam

By Andy Chalk published

news It was supposed to launch on Stadia early this year, but that didn't work out.

Max Verstappen

F1 champ Max Verstappen ragequits virtual Le Mans race, calls it a 'clown show'

By Andy Chalk published

news This weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual was plagued with technical issues and DDoS attacks.

A screenshot of a Ferrari from the side taken in F1 22

F1 22 update hands me a cheeky 11% performance uplift thanks to FSR 2.2

By Jacob Ridley published

News The new and improved upscaler from AMD heads to F1 22.

An image of the Assetto Corsa driver navigating a track while riding a dolly cart.

Racer improved 1000% by mod that replaces supercars with man in dolly cart

By Joshua Wolens published

News Or a shopping trolley, or Santa's sleigh, or your legs.

NFS Unbound cel-shaded character

Need for Speed Unbound review

By Phil Iwaniuk published

Fast and loose The venerable racer returns, in zoomer regalia.

Need for Speed Unbound money glitch - a man with arms outstretched in front of cars

This Need For Speed Unbound money glitch lets you earn infinite race cash

By Sean Martin published

Car cash Fund your habit for fancy cars.

Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound's wild visual effects are actually the best part

By Morgan Park published

CRUIS'N Unbound shows that photoreal racing is overrated.

Ridge Racer Full Scale in action.

The spectacular 3-screen Ridge Racer arcade sim left to rot, and the fans who saved a '90s treasure

By Rich Stanton published

news Getting off the grid.

Gran Turismo 7

Gran Turismo boss says he's "considering and looking into" PC port

By Jonathan Bolding published

News No guarantees, but nothing Sony is off limits these days.

Image for Fanatical's Black Friday Sale includes a free game, some historic low prices

Fanatical's Black Friday Sale includes a free game, some historic low prices

By Jody Macgregor published

News If you were holding off on buying, er, Garfield Kart: Furious Racing, you can grab it for free.

An image showing a young man leaning against a tuned-up car.

EA is real sorry it called that guy 'milkshake brain'

By Joshua Wolens published

News Better than a milkshake duck, though.

Forza Horizon 5 release date

After selling a $200 game bundle for cents, Microsoft realises it made a mistake

By Joshua Wolens published

News That's quite the rounding error.

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