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by GrinWithoutaKat » Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:22 am

Is that was the logo is about? I do like monster trucks....

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by Monkey Man » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:59 pm




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by Robbo-92 » Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:42 am

Even though I downloaded Assetto Corsa with Game Pass I really wanted to drive the DLC cars, weirdly enough it works out £2 cheaper to just buy the ultimate edition rather than just buying the season pass.

I only wanted AC to lap the Nurburgring ring anyway :lol:

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by DarkRula » Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:18 am

That Hot Wheels gameplay looks a bit slow from the trailer, but then the livestreamed showed a few clips that looked faster, so I guess there's different speed modes and only the slowest was used in the trailer. Looks fun, for sure.

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by Robbo-92 » Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:54 pm

Not tried it with my wheel but Assetto Corsa seems very good from my 20 or so minutes driving round the highlands in an Escort (a Ford before anyone gets any ideas!).

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by Victor Mildew » Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:07 pm

Robbo-92 wrote:Not tried it with my wheel but Assetto Corsa seems very good from my 20 or so minutes driving round the highlands in an Escort (a Ford before anyone gets any ideas!).


It's one of the best handling sims I'd say. There's something very forgiving about the handling which make it very satisfying to attack on every corner, whereas some other games seem to be gooseberry fool for anything other than driving at 90%.

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by Robbo-92 » Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:26 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:
Robbo-92 wrote:Not tried it with my wheel but Assetto Corsa seems very good from my 20 or so minutes driving round the highlands in an Escort (a Ford before anyone gets any ideas!).


It's one of the best handling sims I'd say. There's something very forgiving about the handling which make it very satisfying to attack on every corner, whereas some other games seem to be gooseberry fool for anything other than driving at 90%.


It does seem very good, Competizione is good, but the variety of cars on offer in this appeals to me more really. Didn’t realise there was Imola and Mugello in AC too.

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by Robbo-92 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:23 pm

WRC 10 has just been announced, coming out 2nd of September 2021, later on Switch (which while I won’t be getting it for Switch, its still great they’re supporting the system!). I’ll probably leave getting WRC 9 and just get this near launch instead.

twitter.com/wrcthegame/status/1381955329118863360


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by The Doom Spoon » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:54 pm

Love the idea of rally games, but I find them to be very focused to wheel users, something I can't fit in my man cave sadly! The main games I play are Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon as I find them quite controller friendly, what other racing games would you say are decent for controller use?

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by Robbo-92 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:59 pm

The current F1 games are very pad friendly if you enjoy F1 barring Monaco, also WRC 8 was very good on a pad on my Switch so I’d like to think they’ve not messed up the handling on a pad with WRC 9! I can’t recall the username but someone on here got WRC 9 on their PS5 and seemed very happy with how it controlled on the pad.

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by The Doom Spoon » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:28 pm

Amazing! Am I right in saying WRC 8 is on Gamepass? It was a couple months a go, might give it a go see how I feel and consider getting 10 when it releases!

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by Robbo-92 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:10 pm

Just looked and it’s definitely not on Game Pass now, at least on the Xbox anyway.

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by Monkey Man » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:16 pm

WRC 8 was free with Gold in July 2020.

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by Robbo-92 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:32 pm

Gutted I missed grabbing WRC 8 for free :(

In other news, F1 2021 has been announced (but not really shown),

twitter.com/formula1game/status/1382710309115297792


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by Monkey Man » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:19 pm

Asphalt Franchise Crosses One Billion Downloads Across All Platforms; Additionally, Asphalt 9: Legends Coming to Xbox Platforms

Paris, France, April 15, 2021 - Gameloft, leader in the creation and publishing of games, is thrilled to announce that the Asphalt franchise, one of the longest-standing, world’s most downloaded, multi-awarded arcade racing franchise, has reached the milestone of one billion downloads across all platforms. Entering into its 16th Anniversary, the Asphalt franchise launched in 2005 with Asphalt Urban GT, originally made available on Java-based feature phones, the N-Gage, and Nintendo DS, with the most recent addition being the latest smash hit Asphalt 9: Legends, available on the App Store, Google Play, Microsoft Store, Nintendo Switch, and macOS.

In addition, Gameloft is thrilled to announce that Asphalt 9: Legends will soon be launching, free-to-play, on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One Consoles with cross-play and cross-save support for players on Windows 10. More details to be announced soon.

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PostRe: GR Racing Game Thread - BTCC Game coming 2021
by Robbo-92 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:29 pm

Been playing plenty of F1 this evening, it’s such a good game. Need to try some Assetto Corsa with my wheel while it’s setup too.

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by kerr9000 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:30 am

Just started Dirt 5 and enjoying it , although it asks for a lot of drifting and I'm not the best at drifting to be honest.

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by Robbo-92 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:35 pm

Played plenty more F1 today, can definitely tell I’m getting used to it a lot more again as I’ve notched the ai back up to nearing 90, got my first win at Canada when I had it set to 85. Still lower it for the practice stuff though, the lap times they think you can get while saving fuel, tyres, ERS etc is daft on the higher difficulties. Austria up next, it’s after this race I might get a contract with another team, hoping for Red Bull considering I’m in the Alpha Tauri.

Edit, currently halfway through the British Grand Prix on F1 2020, put the AI up to 90 and qualified 3rd on the medium tyre (really don’t see the point in going straight for the soft, may as well try the medium and see how close you are to the front as it gives you the far better strategy, or at least it does for myself anyway!), just switched to the soft before watching the actual F1 this weekend. Probably far from realistic, but it feels immense to play, probably one of the best racing games I’ve played, the AI is really good too for the most part.

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by DarkRula » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:38 am

Anyone from the UK wanting WRC 9 (I know you've been considering it Robbo), well an interesting error has got it down to £7.99. But now a 60% discount has been applied, bringing it to less than £4. No idea when such will be corrected, but jump on the chance now.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/04/w ... xbox_store

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by DarkRula » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:48 pm

Don't think we have a thread for the new Test Drive Unlimited game, but Solar Crown just got a cinematic trailer, with more info promised in July.



Look at all those logos at the end there... wait... Is that the Switch logo? Native support or just a cloud version, do we reckon?

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