Last week, Motorsport Games spoke to IGN about the upcoming NASCAR game, the first in an all-new series that replaces the existing NASCAR Heat franchise. Utilising the tyre and handling physics of PC-sim platform rFactor 2 and the Unreal game engine for graphics, a selection of static images has been revealed showing off the new look and additional attention to detail. Not much else has been revealed, other than the working title of ‘NASCAR 21’ and the inclusion of a detailed paint booth for cus...
Jul 19, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The biggest feature of the F1 2021 game is arguable the all-new Braking Point narrative-led mode. Playing through a story that mixes cinematics, incidental details and gameplay challenges, you take on the role of young upstart, Aiden Jackson, as he progresses from Formula 2 to a midfield Formula 1 team. You get to select from one of five F1 teams to partner with and joining you as an experienced teammate is Casper ‘Cas’ Akkerman. It’s not just two characters though, as antagonist Devon Butler fr...
Jul 12, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We enlisted YOUR help to decide the racing games YOU think should return. In this podcast episode, we discuss the games that the Traxion community replied with upon asking the question. From Diddy Kong Racing to Ridge Racer and everything in-between, we had a shedload of incredible answers that sent us straight down memory lane, and some that resulted in a quick Google search as we frantically tried to remember obscure titles from the past... We discuss some of the answers that caught our eye, a...
Jul 05, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 6
On this week’s Traxion.GG Podcast, Tom sat down with Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Electronic Arts, to talk about the new Formula 1 video game that will be out soon. Traxion has been covering F1 2021 with some early access for a few weeks now, detailing a bunch of the new features that will grace the new game. They’ll talk about all of that, Mather’s background in the Codemasters F1 games, what goes into making these games and a whole lot more in just under 30 minutes. The new game rel...
Jun 28, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 5
It’s been a long journey, from Early Access back in 2018, to PS4 and Xbox One versions in 2020 and finally – for now – the British GT DLC in 2021, but Assetto Corsa Competizione seems to be in the form of its life right now. With extraordinarily active player counts, and next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X version slated for later in the year, this latest episode of The Traxion Podcast explores why such a serious game that only includes one slightly obscure racing series has become such a smash it fo...
Jun 21, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4
We’re back with a brand new episode of the Traxion.GG podcast, and this week we discuss games that have aged like a fine wine. Dodgy episode title aside, this is pertinent, as we live in an age where games are updated, refined, patched and added to post-launch, which means that the original Metacritic becomes less and less relevant. ‘Games as a service’ is a term that exists. Some simulators work on a subscription basis. Games have a second life beyond the initial release. So, here are just some...
Jun 14, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 2
E3, the biggest gaming media event of the year is upon us! Following the Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live, the extended Traxion team discusses what to expect as racing game fans from the event. Sure, the Covid-19 pandemic has clipped its wings a bit, no press or public within giant theatres celebrating gaming robs us of some atmosphere, but there will still be a long weekend packed full of live streams, updates, DLC and fresh game reveals. We cover Koch Media, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nintendo and more,...
Jun 11, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Jon Armstrong is a busy person. Alongside competing in the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship alongside co-driver Phil Hall for the Codemasters DiRT Rally Team, he’s also a game designer at Codemasters during the week. For those who perhaps aren’t aware, Jon starting rallying and working is way up the championships, competing in Ireland, the British Rally Championship, the Junior European Rally Championship, and then onto the Drive DMACK Cup and the WRC 2 competition. But then, faced with the ...
Jun 07, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Wreckfest, the game that keeps on giving us plenty to talk about. It’s very, very good… but why? Well, we’ll get into that now, I suppose. Presenting the latest episode of The Traxion.GG Podcast, all about Wreckfest. The title recently re-released on PlayStation 5, and it’s got us all back in our feelings for one of the greatest racing… err… crashing games out there. Agree? Disagree? Let us know what you think about Wreckfest in the comments below. The Traxion.GG Podcast is also available via al...
May 24, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I’ve got one, you’ve got one, I’m sure that everyone has one. Opinions, I mean. Bad opinions, to be exact. Unpopular opinions are the popular topic this week in the latest episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast, and we’ll be giving our hot takes regarding some of your favourite racing titles on the market, as well as general beliefs in the racing game world. We’re out to hurt feelings this week, so we truly hope you disagree with us. Disagree or not, let us know your opinion in the comments below. Al...
May 17, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 13
We all love a great arcade racing game, right? Using power-ups, bashing off walls, drifting to victory. Or, do we? Are we all enabling our best race face, complaining about track limits and tweaking our bump stop rates instead? What about those games that fit in between the two? Or, how about this for a revolutionary idea… you can enjoy all three types of games? This is what we propose in the latest episode of the Traxion podcast, alongside charting the rise of the simulator and the origin of th...
May 10, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Andrew Wilson has a lot on his plate. There are the yearly Madden NFL, FIFA and NBA sports titles, the ever-popular free-to-play battle royale title Apex Legends, upcoming Mass Effect remasters, the EA Play subscription and the recent $1.2 billion purchase of British racing game studio, Codemasters. Home to GRID, DIRT, Micro Machines, Formula 1 and Slightly Mad Studios, there is now a long list of racing game and sim franchises that are under EA’s umbrella. So, in the latest episode of the Traxi...
Apr 26, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this week’s Traxion Podcast episode, we deviate from the usual theme and discuss the recent big news from the world of racing games, sims and peripherals. Hear the team discuss and speculate about F1 2021, Fanatec, WRC 10, Thrustmaster, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, MotoGP 21 and RiMS Racing are among the topics. Traditionally, there is a news splurge for E3 around June for video games, with big titles releasing in March and then on the run up to the holiday season at the end of the year....
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 10
How does a former graphic designer get to travel the world and talk about motorsport for a living? Well, to answer that question we sat down for a chat with the only ex-designer-come-commentator that was free the other week – Andrew Coley. The only person to commentate on every World Rallycross event held to date and part of the Extreme E team for the inaugural season, he oozes motorsport. His ‘mega’ style of describing what is happening for viewers is completely unique – you're on the edge of y...
Apr 21, 2021•32 min
It’s a Monday and that means time for another episode of The Traxion podcast! We hope you enjoyed our bonus episode last Thursday which saw Tom and Justin react to the F1 2021 launch. So for this week’s regular podcast episode, number nine in this season, it’s Tom and John. They discuss the differences between a ‘remaster’ and a ‘remake’ and how the lines are more blurred than ever. Then they go through which racing video games they’d each like to be remade or remastered and get confused in the ...
Apr 19, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 9
F1 2021, this season’s official Formula 1 game, has been revealed by EA and Codemasters and there is plenty to talk about – not least of which the title releasing on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC. The lead feature seems to be Braking Point, a brand-new story mode featuring the return of Devon Butler who first appeared in F1 2019. That game was the first attempt by the F1 games to introduce a story, and while it was fun, it was over in a flash. Tellingly, the trailer focuses purely on th...
Apr 15, 2021•42 min
Forza Horizon 4, aka the game that keeps on giving. Created by Playground Games, supported by Sumo Digital, as we approach its third year on sale there are still monthly car additions. On top of that, the game was recently released on Steam and an even larger PC audience can now experience the UK-based open-world racer. All three of our podcast team have played this game recently, with Justin Sutton being our resident Forza Horizon 4 expert and leading us through why its appeal is so enduring bu...
Apr 12, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
KartKraft, a karting simulator currently in Early Access on PC, has been making waves in the sim community of late thanks to its staggering attention to detail and realistic driving physics. Recently acquired by Motorsport Games, we spoke to the Director of Studio for the newly formed Motorsport Games Australia to learn more about the game's origins story, but also what the future holds. Quite a lot it turns out. Wet weather, ranked online racing, a new circuit and assists for those new to the g...
Apr 07, 2021•24 min
A controversial topic, spurred on by the GT World Challenge using esports to form part of the Teams’ Championship points within 2021 and with many esports competitions previously offering real-world driving or training, we dive in head-first on the latest Traxion Podcast episode. Does sim racing open more doors? Is there a genuine crossover between the virtual world and the real one? What skills are transferable, if any? To help navigate us through this potential minefield, our very own John Mun...
Apr 05, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode of the Traxion podcast, we’re here to discuss games that time has not been kind to. These are great racing games that were over-looked and now time has forgotten them. Well, time might have, but us three nerds haven’t! This is a good one, even if we do say so ourselves, as we dip into the memory bank of nostalgia to each pick out two racing titles that deserved more. We’d love to hear your thoughts, so please, reply on social media or in the YouTube comments what your favourite h...
Mar 29, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Juan Pablo Montoya’s motorsport achieves are varied and very well known. You are probably aware of them already, but just for the avoidance of doubt... International F3000 champion 1998, CART series champion 1999, two Indy 500 wins in 2000 and 2015, seven Formula 1 race victories including the Monaco Grand Prix, two NASCAR Cup Series race triumphs, the Race of Champions, three 24 Hours of Daytona victories and an IMSA SportsCar Championship as recently as 2019. Oh, and of course, the 1993 Suzuki...
Mar 25, 2021•14 min
As we approach the start of another Formula 1 season, the Traxion team go back in time to discuss their favourite F1 game memories, spanning three generations of games. The F1 games have a long and storied history, with titles on the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and GameBoy, plus the storied Grand Prix games on PC by Geoff Crammond. The full history of premier class single-seater motorsports deserves a separate podcast all to itself, but in this episode, we don the rose-tinted glasses to discuss ou...
Mar 22, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Mar 15, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This is going to sting a little. But it's okay, only for 45 minutes or so. You see, in the latest episode of the Traxion podcast, we discuss what we think are the best cars in games. We know, it's contentious and you definitely disagree with us. This is why we put a little twist on proceeding. So, we each get to pick what we think is the best car in gaming, and then which cars we think are underrated, finally, we pick three that we think are OP. We'd love to hear your thoughts, and we know you'd...
Mar 08, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 3
With the news that Motorsport Games intends to acquire Studio 397 and with it, rFactor 2, our very own Tom Harrison-Lord had the chance to speak with Marcel Offermans, Managing Director of Studio 397, and Paul Coleman, Director of Design for Motorsport Games, to get some more information. The big question on many sim racing fans minds is: what does Motorsport Games buying the rFactor 2 developer mean for the future of the popular simulation product? Additionally, many questions will be had from ...
Mar 03, 2021•20 min
In Episode 2 of the Traxion Podcast, Justin Sutton, John Munro and Tom Harrison-Lord discuss Upcoming Racing Games of 2021, and which titles they are looking forward to most. Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/traxiongg Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traxiongg Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/traxiongg...
Mar 01, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Join John Munro, Tom Harrison-Lord and Justin Sutton as they take a look at the history of Rally Games, share their opinions and memories. Available on all major podcast outlets - search "Traxion Podcast" on your favourite podcast services and subscribe to get instant notifications when the latest episode of this weekly show releases. ------------------------ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/traxiongg Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traxiongg Follow us on Twitter: https...
Feb 22, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to the Traxion Podcast. This will be a weekly podcast about racing video games, hosted by John Munro, Tom Harrison-Lord and Justin Sutton. What we aim to do is bring together racing game fans from all genres, whether that be casual arcade racers, retro gamers or even hardcore sim racers. We are open to any topics, from celebrating the best games of a certain era, to ranking a franchise and, of course, trying to settle the big racing game debates once and for all. Join us on our journey t...
Feb 05, 2021•2 min0
