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The best cars to try on Gran Turismo 5...
FEATURE ...and the tracks you need to drive them on 43,400 reads
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APP OF THE DAY: Shine Runner review (Android & iOS)
Rootin' tootin' racin' 29 December 2011 18:00 GMT TweetSome games are just a little frustrating on mobile devices. The controls are rarely perfect, the action not quite as big as it needs to be and both the physics and the graphics just a bit of a let down. In fact, it often comes of something of an annoyance...
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Forza Motorsport 4 talks Kinect, 3D and Top Gear
FEATURE INTERVIEW: Dan Greenawalt chats to Pocket-lint 27 September 2011 16:47 GMT TweetGetting dragged out of the driving seat when playing Forza Motorsport 4, doesn't put us in the best of moods for interviewing Dan Greenawalt, even if he does happen to be creative director at Turn 10 Studios.
Working on the franchise for the...
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F1 2011 launch trailer has us revving with excitement
Slooow moooo 20 September 2011 12:04 GMT TweetFormula One fans are about to have a serious dose of excitement in the form of Codemasters' new F1 2011 game, which lands on 23 September.
In order to alleviate some of the anticipation-overload many racing fans are feeling, Codies has released...
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Forza Motorsport 4 vs Top Gear Test Track
FEATURE Pocket-lint does a lap 8 August 2011 16:03 GMT TweetIf, like us, you’re a big fan of BBC’s Top Gear, then we suspect setting a lap time in the "reasonably priced car" is quite high on your wish list of things to do. Well, come October and the release of Forza Motorsport 4, you’ll be...
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Codemasters unleashes new F1 2011 pics and details
UPDATE: First gameplay trailer 8 July 2011 13:53 GMT TweetWith the excitement of Silverstone less than a day away and Formula One fans preparing themselves for a busy weekend of racing, Codemasters has gone and thrown a heap of new F1 2011 pictures and details into the mix.
Eurogamer is reporting...
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Forza Motorsport 4 Limited Edition features extra 25 cars
Including new 2012 BMW M5... 27 June 2011 16:59 GMT TweetThe Forza obsessed that opt for the £59.99 Limited Edition version of the game will find themselves with an extra 25 cars when things launch on 14 October.
The package will also include an in-game version of BMW's 2012 M5, the fastest production...
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E3 Quick Play: Need for Speed The Run
HANDS-ON E3 2011: hands-on with the new racing game 14 June 2011 13:22 GMT TweetEA has brought the Need For Speed franchise back once again, this time with Need for Speed The Run, a game that for the first time involves you getting out of the car. Wait, what? That’s right there are elements you control that aren’t...
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DiRT 3 review
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Codemasters' best off-road racer?
24 May 2011 14:00 GMT
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In the two previous iterations of DiRT, there has always been a tension between the past values of the series and the direction Codemasters wanted to take it for the future. The first two DiRT games bore the name and legacy of the Colin McRae Rally...
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Motorstorm Apocalypse review
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Raw thrills racing
31 March 2011 12:49 GMT
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Motorstorm was never the most restrained or sober-minded racer. After all, the series made its name with a pile-it-all-on banquet of mud-splattered carnage, pitting trucks, bikes, ATVs and buggies against each other on courses hacked out of the rocks...
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A few of the best retro racing games ever
FEATURE A nitro-fuelled joyride down memory lane 24 January 2011 17:00 GMT TweetRacing, in a car, for real, is perhaps one of the most exciting things you can do, however it has two rather inconvenient draw backs: it's very expensive, and injury and death are likely side effects.
In view of this, if we want to get some...
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The best cars to try on Gran Turismo 5...
FEATURE ...and the tracks you need to drive them on 24 November 2010 17:17 GMT TweetThe day of days is here. You can finally buy Gran Turismo 5 and review it for yourself. It’s been an age, no, an eon in the making and petrol heads the world over will be champing at the bit to get home tonight, break open that PS3 cover and...
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Gran Turismo 5: Release date finally confirmed
Not long now until the big launch 12 November 2010 15:16 GMT TweetAfter all the fuss, the delay only turned out to be 3 weeks.
That's right PS3 racing sim fans, Gran Turismo 5 has got an official release date - 24 November - which is 21 days late on the original planned 3 November date.
"Gran Turismo...
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VIDEO: NASCAR The Game 2011 details and trailer
Circuit racer due out Feb 2011 4 October 2010 12:11 GMT TweetAn official trailer has just been released for NASCAR The Game 2011, as well as a few choice screenshots.
From what we can see the new racer looks pretty swish, so we can only hope that the gameplay is as good. The reason we're hoping that... -
Tech deals: Formula 1 2010 just £32 from ShopTo.Net
Cracking racing sim 27 September 2010 13:18 GMT TweetThe recently released Codemasters racing game, F1 2010, is currently going down a storm so if you fancy getting in on the action then you could do a lot worse than visiting the good folk at ShopTo.Net.
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Gran Turismo 5 UK release date confirmed, Japan gets Blue PS3 bundle
Gamescom 2010: GT Races into stores November 18 August 2010 12:59 GMT TweetAfter what has seemed like an lifetime, waiting for Gran Turismo 5 to drive on to the PlayStation 3, Sony has confirmed that car fans will be able to get their fix of the car driving game come November.
Sony has confirmed that the game will...
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