Anki Drive Brings Artificial Intelligence and Racing Games Into Physical Reality via iPhone

We only know of a few ways one can play with a toy car - by holding it down with one’s hand, and moving it around to resemble realistic motion, making noises and stories along the way. Then we have video games, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to challenge you and the story is already there – however, here your opponents are virtual, and by definition less real. Read more »

Fresh Details About the Upcoming Gran Turismo 6 – Demo Out Next Week! [w/Video]

Any new Gran Turismo game is a hot topic, even if the next one is predicted to be an improved version of the current game, as it will not be designed to run on the new PlayStation 4 console, so it will have to really push the current-gen tech to the very limit.

However, nowadays it’s about more than just the game itself, because we have the GT Academy, 2013 edition, which has been made an integral part of the experience you buy into with GT5 (and 6).

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Open-Source Off-Road Simulator Called Rigs of Rods Shows the Power of Free Software

Since we began featuring various racing games and other automotive-related simulations, it is definitely a good idea to mention Rigs of Rods, or RoR, an open source off-roading simulator which has been in the works for many years. In its current state it’s stable and playable – previous versions were much buggier than this, so the progress is evident, especially if one has been following its development from the very beginning. Read more »

DriveClub Online Racing Game Gets New Trailers at E3 [w/Videos]

With so many promising driving and racing games just around the corner, each offering its own specific blend of qualities/features, you’d think newcomers to the genre would be frightened to even try.

However, UK-based Evolution Studios, known for the off-road series MotorStorm, is now moving into on-road racing with what they are calling a mix of social networking and driving/racing, which will try to really create a community around it on which it will feed and grow. It’s called DriveClub.

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Forza 5 Gets Intelligent Cloud-Based AI Which Learns and Adapts

We are very fortunate to inhabit this planet at this very moment in history, as it really is a very unique time. Sure, there are problems with North Korea, and the economy in some parts of the world may be shaky, but when it comes to progress through technology, in any field, all seems to be going very strong.

Like the automotive industry itself, which has grown into a massive octopus composed of intermingling companies and corporations, the gaming industry has also expanded and grown, as have their products – this is very evident at this year’s edition of the E3 games convention which has featured a host of promising titles, of which we’ve featured the ones with cars. It seems that 2013-2014 is a really prolific period for game development.

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Watchdogs Open World Game Promises a Lot – E3 Trailer Shows Drive, Action and Stealth Scenes

This year’s edition of E3 has been peppered with nice little promos, teaser and gameplay videos for various upcoming racing/driving games. Some are more focused on the actual driving part, like Need for Speed: Rivals, while others have a more Hollywood-style approach and lots of action, as is the case with The Crew.

However, my personal favorite and most eagerly-anticipated game is Ubisoft’s Watchdogs. At first, you may dismiss it as a mere Grand Theft Auto (GTA) clone, which in some ways it is. That is a very broad way of putting it, though, and this new game is far more serious in its character than any of the more light-hearted GTA games.

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Need for Speed: Rivals Debuts at E3 with Trailer and Gameplay Video

The "Need for Speed: Rivals" racing game is the spiritual successor for the 1999 smash-hit "Need for Speed: High Stakes" (a classic of the racing genre), or at least that's what EA says regarding the twentieth installment in the long-running series – yes, there have been twenty of them, thus far.

Having gone through a street-racing phase with several of the older games, NFS is back to its core, featuring the never-ending battle between cops and the ones they chase.

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Ubisoft Confirms Release of The Crew Open-World Driving Game for Early 2014

There are a few titles we have our eyes on at this year’s edition of the E3 games conference held in Los Angeles, California, and aside from our predictable interest for Gran Turismo 6, an announcement from publisher Ubisoft has made us even more excited.

They showed off an announcement trailer for an upcoming open-world car action game, called ‘The Crew’. Based a bit on the storyline of the more recent Fast&Furious movies, the game will put the player in the shoes of an outlaw, at the wheel what promises to be a wide selection of vehicles.

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New Videos of Sony's Gran Turismo 6 From E3 2013

Gran Turismo 6 is arguably a highly-anticipated game for current PS3 and future PS4 owners who love/loved the fifth game, and indeed the entire series. Any car person could get into playing it, as the level of driving realism (i.e. the difficulty) can be adjusted for all tastes and skill levels.

Now, despite the fact that some have said that this new iteration of the series is more of a 5.5 than a fully-fledged 6, but since 5 was just such a large and complete package, we think people won’t mind it…

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Spintires: An Interesting Off-Road Simulator Looking for Kickstarter Funding

Good off-road simulators for the PC are hard to come by, and pretty much all of the good ones are independently developed, or indie games. This means that they are created by teams of enthusiasts who are not pleased with the mainstream offerings and who want to make a game they would want to play, not a game with mass appeal like the big publishers do. Read more »

Need for Speed: Rivals Racing Game Announced, Shows Impressive Graphical Fidelity in Teaser

There has been a lot of talk about the Need for Speed movie recently, and you’ll hear the name even more now that "Need for Speed: Rivals" racing game has been announced through a short teaser trailer designed to impress with the excellent graphics backed up by the “All Footage From Game Engine” message, which basically means that this is how the final game will look like. Read more »