As we count down the days leading up to the highly-anticipated release of Gran Turismo 5, the game is generating a ton of buzz regarding what super cars will be made available in the game. A few days ago, we couldn’t contain our excitements after we learned that the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing would be a playable car in the game.
We’ve barely had time to settle down when news broke out that another super car that’s made its way into the top of our wish lists would also be available on GT5.
That’s right, Ferrari junkies; the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia is headed to GT5!
If you don’t believe us, then you should know that pictures – or videos – are worth a thousand words.
We’ve been talking about Gran Turismo 5, Forza 3 and Need for Speed SHIFT so much we kind of feel bad that we’ve left other racing games out to dry.
In the midst of the hoopla surrounding the three aforementioned games, one game we haven’t gone on record as worth playing is Vertical Run, a racing game you can find in Sony’s Playstation Home community. The game is the first to be developed by ‘Audi Space’, which, if you don’t know, is Audi’s new virtual community inside the Playstation Home.
While it’s not in the class of GT5 or Forza 3, Vertical Run is a pretty fun game to play, especially if you’re the type who considers yourself a card-carrying member of the Wipeout franchise. The objective is pretty simple enough: all you need to do is win a race while zooming past a vertical course – hence, the name Vertical Run – while gathering the most electrical energy in the process. Simple enough, right?
The game becomes all the more exciting because of the presence of one car, the Audi E-Tron concept, which we first saw at the recently-concluded Frankfurt Motor Show. We don’t know whether or not the actual Audi e-tron concept actually makes it to production, so this may be the only chance we’ll ever get to see the car in a racing situation.
If you’re a fan of the Volkswagen Scirocco R like we are, then you’ll understand our giddiness in finding out that Volkswagen is releasing the ‘Scirocco R 24-hour Challenge’ for the iPhone.
If you don’t know, the Scirocco R 24-hour Challenge is a free downloadable game from the Apple App store that allows you to drive your own Scirocco R in a series of different play modes, inclufding qualifying mode, a 24-hour mode, and a multi-player mode that players can play together using Bluetooth.
It may not be as realistic as the video we showed a couple of days ago featuring the aforementioned Scirocco R and the Golf R20 taking in a few laps at a race circuit, but it’s a pretty good racing game to have, especially when you find yourself in need of scratching that racing itch every now and again.
If you’ve always wanted to drive your own BMW M3 but have no financial flexibility to even get as much as a sniff of the car, then here’s your chance to win a BMW M3, courtesy of Need for Speed.
The oldest and most successful racing game franchise is giving you – yes, you! – a chance to win a BMW M3 through their Need for Speed M3 Missions Sweepstakes.
The competition is, of course, free and you’ll only have to use Twitter and follow NFS’s @NeedforSpeed account to participate. All you have to do is continuously monitor their account where they’ll be posting five daily missions for you to join. The more missions you accomplish, the better odds you get in winning the M3.
Sounds simple, right?
Click after the jump to check out the rules and guidelines for the contest.
As if we don’t have enough reasons to buy Gran Turismo 5 as soon as it hits stores on December 29, Mercedes has given us one more.
It’s just been brought to our attention that the most eagerly-anticipated racing game ever will be featuring no less than Mercedes’ new super car, the SLS AMG Gullwing. If that doesn’t make you salivate for another three months, we don’t know what will.
The car was successfully unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show and it sure lived up to all the previous hype it was getting around the industry. The Gullwing comes with a monstrous front/mid-mounted 6.3-liter V8 engine capable of producing 571 horsepower with a top speed of well over 300 km/h. Now, we can go all day just drooling over the specs of the Gullwing and it probably still won’t be enough to contain our excitement knowing that it will be a playable car on GT 5.
Hey, it’s not like we can just head over to a local dealership and pony up a quarter of a million dollars to buy the real thing. So, we’ll settle for the next best thing. At least we’ll only have to shell out 60 bucks for that.
After years of pining, craving, drooling, and yearning, the wait is finally over. Gran Turismo 5 is headed our way on December 29.
While no formal announcement has been made, Amazon does have a history of pre-empting things by posting soon-to-be-released items through pre-order and the new GT 5 game for the Playstation 3 and the PSP showed up on Amazon sooner than Sony would have expected.
The December release date – although it happens post Christmas – is nevertheless the perfect time for us to sit on our couches with our holiday bellies and plow through the game we’ve been waiting ages to be released.
It took longer than any of us would’ve wanted but if the game does live up to the astonishingly high expectations we’ve all given it, then you can bet your 60 bucks that it’s going to be an action-packed, pedal-to-the-metal holiday season for all of us.
In a time when racing video games are about to hit the shelves, one game is coming out for a gaming console that’s not the Sony Playstation 3, the Xbox 360, or the Nintendo Wii.
That’s right, folks. The Rush Rush Rally Racing game is coming out for the – wait for it – Sega Dreamcast.
It doesn’t matter that the Dreamcast was a hit about a DECADE ago, the developers of the RRRR (easy to type, right?) are releasing the game for a mere $22 a pop at Amazon and eBay. Now, it doesn’t quite boast of the jaw-dropping game play of Gran Turismo 5 and Forza 3, but what it does is take you back to a time when car games didn’t have licensed cars and official race tracks.
And of course, how can we forget the less-than-realistic boxy graphics.
We don’t exactly know what the developers of the RRRR are thinking by releasing a game around the same time as GT5 and Forza 3, but supposing they can justify that, how in God’s green Earth can they justify the fact that the console to be used for the game went obsolete ten years ago?
We have the faintest clue.
October 27 has probably been circled around the calendars of most Xbox racing game fanatics for a long time now. Why’s this date important, you ask?
Well, that’s the day when Forza 3 officially goes on sale! It’s easy to get excited for this thrill-ride of a race game so you can bet that Microsoft – together with Turn 10 Studios - is taking advantage of the buzz by releasing a demo version of the game at the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning on September 24.
While the full version won’t be released until a god month after, the Forza 3 demo version does give you a glimpse of what is expected to be a racing game for the ages, complete with improved graphics, a full track excursion of the Carmino Viejo race circuit, as well as a choice of five race cars, namely, a 2007 Porsche #80 Flying Lizard 911 GT3 RSR, a 2009 Ferrari California, a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR, a 2009 MINI John Cooper Works, and last but certainly not least, a 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro.
We don’t need to remind fans of the Forza franchise just how insanely awesome this game is and by the looks of everything we’ve seen so far, Forza 3 is shaping up to be the best Forza game ever released. If you’re still sceptical about it, check out the new Forza 3 intro video. It’ll most likely change your mind about the game.
With new and improved racing video games about to hit the shelves soon, we have an obligation to all of you guys to pump up the anticipation even further. Suppose you’re playing GT 5 on your Playstation 3, don’t you think that it’d be a little off when you’re using just any other wireless controller?
Fret not, race – and video game – fans, Thrustmaster recently released a number of officially licensed – that’s the key ter, right there – Ferrari video game controllers for the PS3 and the PC. We say that again.
Thrustmaster released OFFICIALLY LICENSED Ferrari controllers for the PS3 and the PC. The controllers, which are decaled with your favorite Ferrari cars including the F60, the F430 Challenge, and the 430 Scuderia,, come with unique a stable of unique race-catered features including programmable buttons and a optical wheels with auto-centering. It’s like having your own Formula One steering wheel in your hands.
The one exception to these wireless Ferrari controllers is the F60 Dual Analog,which, sadly, is PC-exclusive and doesn’t boast the same unique features as it’s three brethrens.
Nevertheless, the Ferrari-designed controllers are still primed to be
plucked, just in time for the year’s hottest racing games. These controllers will be available online around mid-October and you can pluck them out at Amazon.
Video game season is fast approaching and you can bet your bottom dollar that gamers of all shapes and sizes are lining up their pockets for a chance to get first dibs at the latest games to drop on shelves in the coming weeks.
One of the video game genres that is expected to receive a throng of new games is racing, thanks in large part to the eagerly-anticipated releases of Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3 and Forza 3 for the Xbox 360. But if there’s one game that has gone under the radar because of, well, the overwhelming hype surrounding the GT5 and Forza 3, it’s Need for Speed SHIFT.
Arguably the most successful – and longest running – racing game franchise, Need for Speed gave us a taste of how real video game auto racing can get with its latest offering, Need for Speed SHIFT. Developed by one of the foremost authorities in video gaming, Electronic Arts, Need for Speed SHIFT produces an unparalleled glimpse of three of America’s most hallowed racing circuits namely, Laguna Seca, Road America, and Willow Springs. The game goes into full detail of each track and gives gamers an unprecedented – and realistic – racing experience.
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