Neowin News Feed for: Racing

Yet another Vision Pro app is being pulled, this time due to licensing issues

David Uzondu — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:42:01 +0000

Another app for the Apple Vision Pro has paused distribution following licensing concerns with Formula One. Read more...

EA interested in acquiring more studios

Asher Madan — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:34:01 +0000

EA just posted its recent earnings and said that it's looking into acquiring new studios in order to increase its portfolio. However, the company also admitted that Battlefield 2042 underperformed. Read more...

Forza Horizon 5 crosses 10 million players

Asher Madan — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 02:28:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft announced that Forza Horizon 5 crossed 10 million players during its first week. The game crossed 4.5 million players at launch and received stellar review scores from many outlets. Read more...

Forza Horizon 5 goes gold, requires 103 GB on most systems

Asher Madan — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:12:01 +0000

Today, Playground Games announced that Forza Horizon 5, its upcoming open-world racing game featuring Mexico, has gone gold and requires 103 GB on most systems, including Xbox Series X|S. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 7 is being removed from storefronts in September

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:58:01 +0000

Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios has announced that Forza Motorsport 7 is being delisted from the Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass, just four years after launch due to expiration of licenses. Read more...

Forza Horizon 5 announced, coming November 9 to Steam, Xbox, and Game Pass

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:26:01 +0000

After rumors of its unveil, Playground Games at long last took the wraps off Forza Horizon 5, the next installment in its sim-cade racer series. It lands November 9 on Steam, Xbox, and in Game Pass. Read more...

Test Drive Solar Crown teased, reveal happening on July 7 during Nacon Connect

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:38:02 +0000

After an absence of nearly 10 years, a new Test Drive game is set to be unveiled soon. Developed by Kylotonn, the studio behind V-Rally, WRC, and TT Isle of Man, it'll be fully revealed on July 7. Read more...

AWS and Formula 1 announce six new racing performance stats

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:52:01 +0000

The newly introduced performance stats include Car Performance Scores, Ultimate Driver Speed Comparison, Driver Skills Rating, and others. They will roll out in the current, 2020 season. Read more...

Porsche's Mobil 1 Supercup Virtual Edition will be live-streamed

Ather Fawaz — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:02:01 +0000

Following the suspension of prominent sporting events worldwide, Porsche Motorsport is also going virtual and will be broadcasting the entire Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Virtual Edition 2020 live. Read more...

The Crew 2 is free to play until December 9, also gets a 75% discount

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:18:01 +0000

Ubisoft's open-world racing game The Crew 2 is free to play on all platforms this weekend, and available to buy for a hefty discount on most of them. Restrictions apply on certain platforms. Read more...

Open source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, sees 1.0 release after 12 years

Paul Hill — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 18:06:01 +0000

The open source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, has finally seen its 1.0 release after 12 years of development. The update's main feature is the ability to play against others online. Read more...

DiRT Rally 2.0 announced by Codemasters for February 2019

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:34:01 +0000

Rally sim fans are in for a treat as Codemasters announced DiRT Rally 2.0 today. The rally racer will arrive for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 platforms simultaneously next year. Read more...

Forza Horizon 4 review: Microsoft knocks it out of the park... again

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:02:01 +0000

Forza Horizon 4 is Microsoft's latest racing game for Xbox One and Windows 10. The title packs loads of content, new gameplay mechanics, mouth-watering cars, and different terrains to race across. Read more...

@NeowinGaming: Revisiting Road Rash - the epitome of vehicular combat

Usama Jawad — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:48:01 +0000

This week, we're taking a look at Road Rash, the arcade bike combat/racing series developed by Electronic Arts back in the 1990s. Even today, the title is the epitome of vehicular combat. Read more...

Lincolnshire Police teams up with PlayStation GT Academy to improve driver skill

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:38:01 +0000

In a bid to see if racing simulators could improve real-world driving skill for its officers, the Lincolnshire Police department sent some of its officers to Silverstone to test out this hypothesis. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 7 review: One racing game to rule them all

Usama Jawad — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 09:24:01 +0000

Packing over 700 cars and 30 tracks, Forza Motorsport 7 offers an exhilarating and refreshing racing experience, making it one of the best racers of the modern era. Read on for our full review! Read more...

The Crew 2 announced by Ubisoft at E3, includes airplanes and boats

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:20:01 +0000

Ubisoft announced The Crew 2 at its E3 presentation, arriving with a revamped map of the USA. The game includes cars, bikes, boats, as well as planes to race around the country with. Read more...

Anti-gravity racer Redout finally arriving for Xbox One and PS4 with new Lightspeed Edition

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 May 2017 23:10:01 +0000

The console version of Redout is finally on its way. Redout: Lightspeed Edition is set to include all previous DLC released for the PC version of the game, as well as a brand new split-screen mode. Read more...

Review: Forza Horizon 3 is as fun as it is beautiful

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:16:01 +0000

Refinement is the name of the game in Forza Horizon 3, the open-world racing sim from Microsoft and Playground Games. If you've ever been interested in Forza, now's the time to get behind the wheel. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex exits beta, adds steering wheel support

Boyd Chan — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:16:01 +0000

The production release of the slimmed down version of Turn 10's popular Forza Motorsport 6 has been released, including support for popular steering wheels with more on the way later this month. Read more...

Show off your skills in Forza Motorsport 6 and you can win a real Ford Focus RS

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:32:01 +0000

Forza and its partners are holding a huge digital driving competition open to everyone. If you've got the skills to be the best in the world, you'll drive away with a new 2017 Ford Focus RS. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex beta receives first update: improves stability and performance

Jack Wilkinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 00:26:01 +0000

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex's first beta update is bringing players several improvements, along with a couple gameplay changes. This update follows the game's debut on the Windows Store last week. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex beta known issues for Windows 10 PC

Jack Wilkinson — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:14:01 +0000

As Forza Motorsport 6: Apex is released in beta for Windows 10 PCs, it comes packed with several known issues. Here you will be able to find all the known issues, as well as some workarounds. Read more...

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex beta now available in the Windows Store for Windows 10 PCs

Jack Wilkinson — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:58:01 +0000

In a first for the Forza franchise, Microsoft has released a version of the game for PCs. Forza Motorsport 6: Apex brings racing action straight to your Windows 10 PC, with 4K resolution supported. Read more...

Forza 6: I crashed a $845,000 car in a simulator and actually felt bad about it

Camden Krupala — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:00:10 +0000

Marking the reintroduction of Porsche into the world of Forza, I got to drive a 918 Spyder in an incredibly immersive simulator that steered me away from ever wanting to drive one for real. Read more...

TechSpot: Project CARS Benchmarked, Graphics & CPU Performance

Julio Franco — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:23:00 +0000

Project CARS has been on our radar since its drool-inducing visuals started to make the rounds in 2012. It's the most visually impressive racing simulator we've ever seen. Now let's benchmark it. Read more...

GRID 2 announced, coming in 2013

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:33:39 +0000

Codemasters has posted a trailer today that reveals GRID 2 is coming in 2013 to provide more awesome racing action. It's confirmed to be heading to PC DVDs and Steam, plus consoles. Read more...

Carmageddon coming to mobile devices this summer

Paul Ferson — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:44:47 +0000

Carmageddon is coming to Android and iOS this summer as a showing of gratitude to Kickstarter backers. Now you can finally mow pedestrians down from the palm of your hand. Read more...

Review: Forza Motorsport 4

Byron Hinson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:14:00 +0000

Forza fans have been waiting for the fourth title in the series for some time. How well will it compare against PlayStation 3 rival Gran Turismo 5 and will the new online features be worth paying for? Read more...

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Racing to Shelves April 17, 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:14:57 +0000

PS3 Racing fans can officially start their engines on April 17, 2008 according to a blog posted tot he Sony official Playstation Blog as that will be the date that the latest in the long... Read more...

Wi-Fi chip suppliers racing to offer cheap 802.11n

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:28:56 +0000

With 802.11n poised to become the mainstream Wi-Fi standard, chips suppliers are racing to lower their costs and offer affordable single-chip solutions at 90nm and below in order to get a head-start in the market,... Read more...

Project Gotham Racing 4 goes golden

Todd Tanner — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:08:10 +0000

Thanks to the new an improved Voodoo Extreme for the head's up on this one: PGR4 has gone gold and is currently winging its way to manufacturing! Woo! For all the non-Level 60 geeks... Read more...

Project Gotham Racing 4 screenshots and trailer - Wow!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:55:14 +0000

Not to take any thunder away from the recent Forza Motorsport 2 hoopla today, but I just had to post this for you PGR fans. Voodoo Extreme, among other sites, has some absolutely incredible screenshots... Read more...

GTR - FIA GT Racing coming to the US

Todd Tanner — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 03:49:44 +0000

As G4M3R pointed out in the forums, GTR Racing is being shipped in the US on May 3rd. Here is the full press release form the GTR Racing homepage: GTR... Read more...

New Project Gotham Racing 2 update on Xbox Live

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:10:45 +0000

Second update to Bizarre Creations' urban racer will add eight new cars, eight new tracks, and one new city. The new update will soon add new cars to park in their garage.... Read more...

No Brakes: 4x4 Racing section with demo

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:07:52 +0000

Exotypes, the Russian developer of No Brakes: 4x4 Racing has released a new demo. This playable demo allows you to take the game for a spin on the European track riding a Vaero Z6 Truck.... Read more...

ToCA Race Driver 2: the Ultimate Racing Simulator demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:49:48 +0000

Codemasters has released the promised playable demo for ToCA Race Driver 2: the Ultimate Racing Simulator, allowing you to take their upcoming hybrid racing simulation for a spin. This demo includes three Free Race tracks:... Read more...

Climax racing to Xbox 2 and PS3

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:30:46 +0000

The makers of MotoGP 2 have already geared up production on their first title for next-generation consoles. Climax, the developer behind the critically acclaimed MotoGP 2, announced today that it has already begun... Read more...

EA signs R: Racing for Europe

Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:27:45 +0000

Electronic Arts will publish Namco's upcoming racer in Europe and other PAL territories next year. Electronic Arts has today announced that it will publish R: Racing Evolution in Europe and other PAL... Read more...

Ford Racing 2 demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:20:02 +0000

Empire Interactive has released a playable demo of Ford Racing 2 (a.k.a. Ford Racing Evolution), offering the opportunity to try out this modern racing simulation sequel by Razorworks. The demo contains a pair of Ford... Read more...