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  1. What Is the Point of Safety Cars in Sim Racing?

    What Is the Point of Safety Cars in Sim Racing?

    In the real world of motorsport, Safety Cars are essential to neutralise the racing. Marshals are out on track to retrieve debris or stationary cars, after all. But since that is not the case in the virtual world, are Safety Cars needed in sim racing? Last week, many of the top F1 Esports...
  2. Should iRacing Have Fewer Races?

    Should iRacing Have Fewer Races?

    The more content that releases, the more races iRacing hosts. But Angus believes there is a case to be made for fewer events on the service – here is why. Image credit: iRacing It is fair to say that, despite other titles looking to challenge it, iRacing is the go-to sim for online races. At...
    • Angus Martin
    • Article
    • 4 min read
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    • Comments: 8
    • Category: iRacing
  3. Opinion: 3 Absent Features That Hold ACC Back

    Opinion: 3 Absent Features That Hold ACC Back

    Assetto Corsa Competizione is a popular choice among sim racers. Our editor Luca has been competing in an ACC league and is critical of certain features that are lacking on the platform. At the start of 2023, I decided to follow many of my heroes and finally get myself a sim racing PC. Being...
  4. What's one tip you would give fellow simracers?

    What's one tip you would give fellow simracers?

    More and more racing fans become simracers everyday. But our community is a complex one that can leave newcomers like a bunny in the headlights. What is one tip you would give fellow simracers? Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni The simracing community is certainly a growing one. Less so than in...
    • Angus Martin
    • Article
    • 2 min read
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    • Comments: 91
    • Category: Other Games
  5. How has Gran Turismo 7 Improved Since Launch?

    How has Gran Turismo 7 Improved Since Launch?

    It's no secret that Gran Turismo 7 was a frightful disappointment at launch. But that was over a year ago now. So has it got any better? Overtake's Marvin Miller is here to tell you. Image credit: Polyphony Gran Turismo 7 has been on the market for over a year now. With gorgeous graphics, an...
    • Angus Martin
    • Article
    • 2 min read
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    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Gran Turismo
  6. Sim Racing and Open Source: History and Opportunities

    Sim Racing and Open Source: History and Opportunities

    Imagine if talented Assetto Corsa modders like Ilja Jusapov and Peter Boese (creators of Content Manager and Custom Shaders Patch, and Sol, respectively) could see and modify the full internals of the game's core code. Imagine if geeks in the community could have helped Reiza to extend the ISI...
    • MJQT
    • Article
    • 12 min read
    • open source opinion
    • Comments: 83
    • Category: Other Games
  7. Paul Jeffrey

    Community Question | Your Favourite Car and Lap Combination in Sim Racing

    We are a lucky lot - sim racing is booming and near endless combinations of cars and tracks are at our very fingertips - but which is your favourite? I'm sure most of us have a particular combination that just simply 'speaks' to us when we fire up our favourite racing simulation. Be it...
  8. C

    Sim-plicity OSW wheel reviews

    After my T300 RS went out of warranty and died of a calibration failure I wanted to make a step towards an open sim wheel. So far I played with the though of buying the SW20 V3 from Sim-plicity. After some searching I came up with reviews of a SW20 unit which were still using the SimuCube board...
  9. Xzess

    DiRT Rally 2.0 DR 2.0 My opinion.

    Hi, I want to share my opinion about this sim here, because the internet has fouled me. I have bought the deluxe edition of dirt 2, i've watched a lot of youtube reviews, and hey!, they convinced me to buy it, I thought it will be really an upgrade to dirt 1. I have to say I am a simracer since...
  10. Paulo Mendonça

    The modern F1 beauty debacle

    Browsing through the car reveal posts recently I noticed a lot of people displeased with the way the cars look. So it got me wondering: am I the only one who absolutely loves the way modern F1 cars look? I think these cars have very futuristic, aggressive aero designs and, the best part is that...
  11. Bobby Pennington

    Your thoughts on F1

    When you think of F1 what do you think? I think, technology, some great (and not so great) circuits, drivers, Grid Girls, politics and stepping on their own toes. Don't get me wrong, it's my favorite series too watch. Technology- What they are doing right now with these engines is amazing, but...

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