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iRacing Is Getting This And Next Year’s Mercedes Formula 1 Car, And That’s A Big Deal
Sim racing is huge right now, and so is Formula 1. Naturally, you’d think that F1 cars would be ripe for inclusion in games like iRacing and Assetto Corsa, but F1’s stringent licensing terms and teams’ general unwillingness to share secrets tend to stand in the way. This is why iRacing’s announcement on Wednesday of…
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Here’s Why Forza Horizon 5 Sounds So Good, Straight From One Of Its Audio Wizards
Besides the sprawling new map set in Mexico and additional cars, aftermarket parts and events, Forza Horizon 5 is getting another upgrade in one oft-overlooked area: Car audio. Last week, Fraser Strachan, Lead Audio Designer at Playground Games, revealed everything the studio’s been doing to ensure vehicles in the next Horizon instalment sound richer and…
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Ayrton Senna Helped Sega Make A Better F1 Game
Up until middle school, all the kids in my hometown had their birthday parties at the same roller rink. That roller rink contained a small arcade with games that seemed hopelessly outdated to us at the time but would rake in quarters at any Barcade now. Stuff like X-Men, Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road and…
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Just Make The Damn F-Zero Game, Nintendo
The last entry in F-Zero, Nintendo’s antigravity racing series, came out on the Game Boy Advance 17 years ago. The last major console release was F-Zero GX, co-developed with Sega’s Amusement Vision studio in 2003. Despite F-Zero tracks appearing in Mario Kart, and Captain Falcon being a Super Smash Bros. mainstay, Nintendo has exhibited no…