The Citroen GT Supercar Concept was designed by Polyphony Digital – creators of the Gran Turismo video game series, for the latest iteration of the game, GT5. Apparently the concept was popular, because they made a real version of it, and below is a video of the supercar driving around London.
Autocar got word from Citroen [...]
The Need for Speed gaming franchise has been around for a long time. Starting with “The Need for Speed” in 1994 for the 3DO, Sony Playstation, and Sega Saturn gaming consoles, they’ve released 15 installments since then. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PS2 was my favorite; still one of the best racing games [...]
Ferrari released some info on their F430 Force Feedback Racing Wheel for the PC, which is a precise life-size replica of the real steering wheel on the Ferrari F430. The “Engine Start” button serves as a directional pad for the games, and the Manettino switch – which in the real car selects driving dynamics such [...]
Chris sent this to me this AM … Chris, like I, has a bad Jones for racing games, racing sims, and, although I’ve never asked, I bet Chris likes flight sims and other games as well.
What is pictured here, he found on eBay. It’s an all-in-one racing deal. Not only does it have a wheel [...]
It’s funny how even video games follow trends in the automotive world. Back when import tuning became popular due mostly to the movie Fast and the Furious, games such as Need for Speed: Underground became insanely popular with the new tuning crowd.
Video games since then have evolved quite a bit, and appeal to a much [...]
Amazon Gold Box is selling Midnight Club: Los Angeles for Xbox 360 for only $39.98 with free shipping for today only. Amazon Gold Box sells one item per day at a heavily discounted rate. In this case, it’s 33.3% off MSRP.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles is a street racing video game that was just released in [...]
I just about lost it when I came across this poking around on Craig’s List last night.
Here’s the entirety of the guys entry:
“Mid 1960’s, world’s first race car simulator. ‘based around an actual Lotus 31 Formula 3 car…made from standard manufacturing parts’
Featured in the Dead Man’s Treasure episode of The Avengers in 1967, this one [...]
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So a good friend of mine, recently asked, in a group email:
“Tony tells the story (and better than me) of how at an auto gathering, they will take a engine, hang it from a tree or something and then run it full bore until it fries and blows up. I’d love to [...]
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