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Forza 3 celebrates the Ferraris in our lives, joins GT5 in celebration of the 458 Italia

There are 29 Ferraris in Forza Motorsport 3, from the 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO to today's 599 GTB. And just for good measure, the kind folks at Forza threw in a few dream(ier) rides, including modern FIA GT cars, as well as the F40 and F50 Competizione models. You want more? Done. You'll be able to download the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia just in time for the holidays. Ah, but what if you don't have an XBox? If you're one of the scores of devoted Gran Turismo fans, you won't be left out in the cold. Polyphony Digital is also including the ... Read more →

Want to take the Audi e-tron for a test drive? Grab your Playstation 3 Jonathon Ramsey

You might expect a car with four motors and 3,319 lb-ft of torque to take a great deal of electronics and skill with the right foot to drive properly. If so, you got the electronics part right at ...

VIDEO: Codemasters' F1 2009 for Wii launching with Race Wheel Noah Joseph

Kitschy titles like Mario Kart aside, Nintendo's Wii console has never attempted to earn the driving clout that Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's xBox consoles so vehemently compete for. That ...

Steering wheel for the... iPhone? Jonathon Ramsey

If you've been trying to raise your high score on that iPhone or iPod Touch racing game but you just can't get your chi going without a steering wheel, this baby could be for you. Made by CTA ...

VIDEOS: Need for Speed SHIFT includes Lexus LF-A, BMW M3 GT2, lots of awesome Noah Joseph

The holidays come for auto freaks several times a year, and we call those times auto shows. But with the motor show calendar on break for the summer, we got an unexpected injection of octane from ...

VIDEO: Codemasters' FUEL features 5,000+ square miles of drivable terrain 6 months ago on Autoblog

Getting tired of driving over the same virtual circuits over and over again? Sure, it's a good way to get to know a track, but if can get tiresome. That's why Codemasters – the game studio behind DiRT, Grid and the upcoming F1 series – is releasing Fuel. The arcade-style racing game ...

REPORT: GT5 to get weather changes, night racing - and yes, damage rendering [w/POLL] 6 months ago on Autoblog

Audi is obviously looking forward to being in the coming Gran Turismo 5. After all, the Quattro company has created a website to promote its car on the Nürburgring in real life and in the game, and it interviewed GT5 mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi about what fans can expect. Yamauchi-san ...

Codemasters releases details on upcoming F1 games 7 months ago on Autoblog

Start saving your sick days: Codemasters is working on the next generation of Formula One racing games, and the future looks fast. The software development company responsible for such favorite racing titles as DiRT, Grid and the TOCA series obtained the rights to make the game from Formula One ...

Ferrari offering free PC game download for Tifosi 7 months ago on Autoblog

It's like a dream-come-true for tifosi everywhere, hearing the words "Ferrari" and "free" in the same sentence, but Ferrari has posted a free racing simulator on their website. Ferrari Virtual Race can be downloaded straight from the automaker's website, allowing PC users to pilot a virtual 599 GTB ...

Study suggests driving cars in video games could lead to more purchases in real-life 9 months ago on Autoblog

When playing car racing video games, do you find yourself choosing vehicles or brands that you've owned in the past? We are definitely guilty as charged on this count, but it seems that this sort of logic works the other way too. People that play popular games like Gran Turismo and Project ...

Need for Speed franchise splitting into trio 10 months ago on Autoblog

Electronic Arts, the folks who recently brought us Need for Speed: Undercover, are now working on three (possibly four) new titles in the franchise. According to EA, they're just trying to "keep the game fresh and the players entertained." If you're a cynic, you're getting another plate of ...

Carcade concept turns passenger's view into video game 1 year ago on Autoblog

Imagine riding along in your family's car as a kid. Your hand is out the window and slicing through the air as you explore the concepts of drag and lift. As a child you might work that hand to rise and fall around the objects on the horizon, dodging treetops and ducking below bridges in the ...

How you say "enough" in French: Citroen releases sixth GT teaser 1 year ago on Autoblog

In a move more "Um, yeah..." than "Oh yeah!", Citroen has released the sixth teaser image of the car that will, one of these days, be revealed entirely to the world, all at once, front and back. We aren't even sure if this qualifies as a tease, since getting a glimpse at a front end we've ...

Hanging back: GT by Citroen rear comes up for air 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's time for your next dose of the GT by Citroen concept. To the commenter who wrote that the front of the car looks like a catfish -- well, in a victory for symmetry, the back of the car looks like a catfish, too, and a couple of other gilled sea creatures. No matter its fishy similarities, ...

More intensity: 4th Citroen GT teaser image 1 year ago on Autoblog

The cloak on the GT by Citroen has been pulled back again to reveal a little more sheetmetal. Call us crazy, but we have the feeling this car is going to put the "Whoa, that's wild..." back into concept cars. This little corner shows off two vastly different personalities: look at the center ...

Coming to a console near you: Need for Speed: Undercover 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view video after the jump The trailer for Need for Speed: Undercover is out, and it is 60 straight seconds of "We want." The in-game texture looks primo and the storyline sections are a nice mix full-motion and rendered video. We have no idea what the game involves yet, so we can ...

Coming to a console near you: Midnight Club: Los Angeles 1 year ago on Autoblog

Way back in nineties, this particular blogger had to get rid of his PlayStation because he was spending far too many nights on GranTurismo. Something about knocking a tenth of a second off our best time in the Mazda Demio was as addictive as air. Last Friday we spent an hour in front of the ...

Drive the Lotus Evora... virtually... in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Lotus Evora, which you can't drive on real streets yet, has already been driven in GT5. Attendees at the British Motor Show got a chance to put Lotus' latest over the kerbs, thanks to a tie-in between the folks at Hethel and those at game developer Polyphony. If you didn't attend the show, fear ...

Race Driver: Grid to feature eBay Motors marketplace in-game 1 year ago on Autoblog

Advertising has been creeping into video games for a while now, but in most racing games is relegated to billboards that we hardly notice while whizzing by and concentrating on our line for the next turn. Codemasters, however, is working with in-game ad firm Engage to take video game advertising to ...

Video: Alfa Mi.To asks: Are you ready to play? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hey, the pseudo-video-game as a car ad technique worked well enough for Pontiac, so why shouldn't Alfa Romeo give it a try too? While we think Alfa's take on arcade-style driving enjoyment is clever, it's not quite as cool as the G8's Spy Hunter recreation, which, as children of the era of excess, ...

Forget Gran Turismo, Bus Driver is greatest next-gen driving sim 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more screen shots of Bus Driver When I was in Kindergarten, I rode Bus 11. It was an oil-burning 32-passenger GMC that was ready for retirement by 1982. It was driven by Sarge. I'm not sure why she was called Sarge, but her demeanor definitely lived up to the moniker. Frequent ...

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue one expensive demo 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Gran Turismo series is one of the most successful franchises in all of gamedome, and the racing game's fifth installment will be available in Japan on December 13, just two weeks before Christmas. If that seems like a long time to wait for GT5's release, we have some good news. Demos of the ...

German drivers urinate in the Autobahn of bathrooms 2 years ago on Autoblog

Drinking and driving has been a dangerous gamble taken by millions of motorists around the globe since the first cars hit the road. Police have gotten very good at spotting, arresting, and prosecuting offenders, but many still slip through the cracks, and thousands of innocent people die in ...

VIDEO: Transformers the Game... aw, hell yeah! 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more screenshots of Transformers: the Game As excited as we are to watch Michael Bay's vision come to fruitiion on the celulloid big screen this summer, we're even more excited about the accompanying Transformers video game that will likely be released on many next-gen ...

STUDY: Video driving games promote risky behavior in real life 2 years ago on Autoblog

Does a three-hour marathon session of Burnout Revenge on the Xbox 360 give you the urge to go wreak automotive havoc on an unsuspecting public? Perhaps not, but you might be more inclined to run a red light or wantonly speed according to a new study that confirms the correlation between racing ...

DCX could own Ecto 2 in new Ghostbusters video game 2 years ago on Autoblog

A few videos recently uploaded to YouTube show what appear to be development work on a new Ghostbusters videogame that features none other than a stretch Chrysler 300 Touring playing the part of an updated Ecto wagon, i.e. the Ecto 2. We're all about videogames here at Autoblog and we're also down ...

Honda's Tetris-tastic Jazz/Fit commercial 3 years ago on Autoblog

Who could forget Tetris, that most addictive and iconic of video games. Honda calls on our nostalgia with this ad for its European-market Jazz (which debuted at Detroit as the Fit for the North American market). The jazzy TV spot shows how much you can fit in the versatile 5-door Honda hatch. ...

Ford Bold Moves: the video game 3 years ago on Autoblog

If you're a video game freak and a Mustang fan, chances are you're going to pick up Ford Bold Moves: Street Racing for the PS2, XBox 360 or PC no matter what kind of reviews it gets. Manufacturer specific driving games are not a new thing, even for Ford who is now on its third version of the Ford ...

Drag Tag - virtual drag racing with your own car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Drag Tag is an indoor facility in Australia where you can virtually drag race your own car using a patented dyno, hold-down, steering and visualization simulator. Design, developed and operated in Australia, Drag Tag uses its own specially-designed hold-down system to keep your car strapped on the ...

Atari chooses gamer-designed concept for Test Drive Unlimited 3 years ago on Autoblog

Atari's newest title, Test Drive Unlimited, will allow gamers to choose from some of the most sought after rides of the last decade. Included in the 90 licensed cars and bikes available for virtual flogging will be David Sichtermann's four-wheeled, mighty-morphin' one-seater. Judging by the above ...

Atari challenges gamers to design their perfect car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Legendary video game firm Atari is celebrating its latest driving simulator with its 'Test Drive Unlimited - Be a Car Designer' sweepstakes. The contest challenges car buffs, gamers, designers and artists to create their own dream car. The prize? The winner will receive $2,500, and their design ...

Timewaster Of The Day: Top Gear Car Darts 3 years ago on Autoblog

Looking to blow off a little steam over your lunch hour? We've got just the thing-- car darts. In a riff on one of the UK television show's stunts (in which the hosts launched a series of beaters into a quarry, creating a memorably bizarre version of the corner pub favorite), ...

*Updated* -Tech entrepreneur Steffan Eriksson arrested on charges stemming from EnzoGate 3 years ago on Autoblog

Stefan Eriksson, the Swedish video game impresario at the center of February's EnzoGate in Malibu, California has been booked on "suspicion of grand theft," and is being held without bail. This, after detectives searched his Bel-Air residence on Saturday night. It isn't clear what the ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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