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Autoblog Holiday Giveaway 1/5: Win our Racing Games!

John Neff — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:30:00 EST

Enter SweepstakesIt wouldn't be the holidays without Autoblog's annual series of giveaways to close out the year with some good cheer. This year we have five giveaways, starting with today's prize, our collection of racing games from this past year.

Thanks to Senior Editor Seyth Miersma, who has really stepped up Autoblog's review coverage of racing games, we've amassed a nice collection of this year's hottest titles, including Forza Horizon, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Nascar The Game: Inside Line and F1 Race Stars for the Xbox 360, and F1 2012 for the PlayStation3.

Seyth needs to make room for next year's crop of racing games, so we're giving away all of his review copies from 2012 to one of you.

Click here to enter and make sure to read the rules below.

The Rules:

Click here to enter. Requires that you Like the Autoblog Facebook page. Additional entries can be earned if your friends use a unique URL given to you to enter.
Sweepstakes is open to residents of the United States (excluding Hawaii and Alaska), the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec), 18 or older!
The winner will be chosen randomly. One winner will win Forza Horizon, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Nascar The Game: Inside Line and F1 Race Stars for the Xbox 360, and F1 2012 for the PlayStation3 valued at $459.92.
If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within five days of being contacted. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
The full list of rules, in all its legalese glory, can be found here.
Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST.

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Report: 24 new track logos discovered on Gran Turismo 5 website

Chris Shunk — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:28:00 EST

Filed under: Videos, Toys/Games

Gran-Turismo 5 promo at El Capitan - Click above to watch the video after the jump

There are some truly fanatical Gran Turismo gamers out there. Case in point? GT Planet Gamer Yonis was searching the GT5 website when he unlocked the key to a treasure trove of unused track titles. Yonis reportedly stumbled upon the image directory in a GT5-specific part of the site, and none of the tracks are available on the game.

Our first thought when we saw the track logos was that the folks at Polyphony Digital could find it in their hearts to offer the tracks at a future update. GT Planet points out that El Capitan was already spotted at the Red Bull "Horse Power" trailer, so we know at least some of these tracks can be on the way to our PS3s. Another possibility is that Polyphony Digital could be saving the tracks for a later pay-for-play add-on to GT5 like the Need for Speed franchise did with the Ferrari Racing Pack for Shift.

Head over to GT Planet to check out all 24 track logos, and you can hit the jump to watch the GT5 trailer with El Capitan one more time.

[Source: GT Planet]

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Real-time virtual racing against live professionals coming soon

Chris Shunk — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:28:00 EST

Filed under: Gadgets, Etc.

Gaming systems like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have advanced graphics capabilities that make racing games look almost like you're doing the real thing. While today's games are everything we've ever hoped for, iOpener Media appears ready to take the next step by letting gamers actually participate in race day. The Netherlands-based company has created a way of utilizing GPS signals of professional drivers from a live event to let gamers go head to head with the world's best on their TVs. Sweet! This technology could very soon give you the ability to participate virtually in a real race, provided that iOpener Media has set up track-side servers to communicate car positioning over the Internet and into your gaming console. The system is so accurate, it can determine the location of every vehicle in the race to within 30 cm.

iOpener Media doesn't intend to build the actual games, but it will offer its technology to game developers. It will also provide virtual reality software that blends real and virtual worlds by creating on-the-fly, real-looking crashes and take-over maneuvers that simulate the interaction between real and fake cars.

While such a game would give you a much better experience of racing in a real event, it isn't perfect. For example, Lewis Hamilton will never see you, so he won't react to your every move. Also, any real drivers that run into your virtual open wheel will go on untouched while you fly into a cement barrier. But it's still a new take on driving games, and if it provides enough real-life experience, hard-core gamers will love it. And the best part is that the technology has already been tested with an F1 car, and it could very well be a reality in time for the next Christmas shopping season. Thanks for the tip, Patrick!

[Source: BBC News]

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