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VIDEO: Gran Turismo PSP opening movie - Here come the supercars

The folks who have crafted Gran Turismo for Sony's PSP have put together an opening movie sequence, and as you might imagine, it is chock full of supercars. And we mean bursting-at-its-pixelated-seams with just about every hot car you could ever want to drive on the road, the dirt, and the track. The rendered moments are drop dead (especially for a handheld), but even the gameplay intercuts look pretty sweet. Click through to the jump and check it out – it will give you something to until GT5 comes out. Thanks for the tip, Will! ... Read more →

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

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 ...

0-60 builds its own Need For Speed racing cabinet, tells you how Jonny Lieberman

For the first time in a long time, we sat down and played a racing game the other night. Fine, it wasn't a racing game -- it was the VirtualGT racing simulator. What did we learn? Georgia ought to ...

VIDEO: Ken Block takes unsuspecting DiRT 2 players out on hot laps Jonathon Ramsey

DiRT 2 had a coming out party in the UK and not only did Ken Block join the festivities, he decided to surprise some big-talking gamers with a couple of hot laps. If we could take anything from ...

New racing game announced for... Sega Dreamcast?!?!?! Jonathon Ramsey

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/New_Racing_Game_Announced_For_Sega_Dreamcast_w_vid'; Hypothetically, let's say you're bored with all the realistic gameplay and endless tuning options of ...

VIDEO: Need for Speed: Shift adds legendary Car Battle game mode 1 month ago on Autoblog

Need for Speed: Shift has added a Car Battle mode that pits some of the fastest, fittest, downright nastiest machinery out there in head-to-head matchups. Fifteen different matchups are possible with cars like the Ford GT going against the Dodge Viper, Cayman and M3 sports car racers battling it ...

Autoblog Video Exclusive: Bugatti Veyron joins Forza Motorsport 3 2 months ago on Autoblog

Forza Motorsport 3 developer Turn 10 Studios has decided to share some exclusive video footage with Autoblog (and our sister site Joystiq) that features one of our favorite cars: the Bugatti Veyron. When the game is released, you'll be able to take the wheel of the world's most expensive 'bug' ...

Steering wheel for the... iPhone? 3 months ago on Autoblog

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 Digital, you clip the phone into a holder, clip the holder into the wheel, and channel your Herr ...

DiRT 2 will honor Colin McRae in-game 4 months ago on Autoblog

Former WRC driver Colin McRae died just before the game bearing his brand, DiRT, was released. That game didn't get a chance to honor the 1995 WRC champion, but the game's sequel, DiRT 2, will make up for that. In addition to a host of off-road events that you can run in a variety of off-road ...

Ferrari offering free PC game download for Tifosi 6 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 ...

VIDEO: Sega's classic OutRun returning on XBox Live 7 months ago on Autoblog

With many worried that government regulations will soon strangle the concept of having fun in an actual car, it's convenient that game makers are developing more ways to have fun with virtual cars. SEGA is updating that old arcade classic OutRun with the latest in automaker metal, and the new ...

Next GRiD? Joystiq gets hands-on with Need for Speed SHIFT 8 months ago on Autoblog

Any day of the week between 10 PM and 12 AM EST, you can probably find me on Xbox Live playing GRiD (FYI... my gamer tag is simply Autoblog), and Autoblog Executive Editor Chris Paukert often jumps in for the fun as well. We love this driving game from Codemasters for its balance of accuracy ...

New SuperCar Challenge for PS3 under development 8 months ago on Autoblog

System 3 has a follow-up title to last year's Ferrari Challenge: SuperCar Challenge. The new game will offer 40 cars to choose from, not all of which are Ferraris this team. The roster will include such cars as the Aston Martin DBR9, Lamborghini Murcielago RGT, McLaren F1, Maserati MC12 and, of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paris 2008: The GT by Citroen. No, the whole thing this time 1 year ago on Autoblog

The day is here, the GTbyCitroen has got over its shyness and is ready to be seen by the world. Par for the French, the GT is funky -- and we're not even going to get into the seventh teaser for the car in which the car was completely covered. Contrary to the rakishness of its looks, it's also ...

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 ...

VIDEO and new PICS: Citroen GT in stereoscopic darkness 1 year ago on Autoblog

Citroen has let slip another drip in the GT by Citroen reveal, and this time it's a video showing off the dramatic shapes of "The Drive of Your Life." Dig those mirrors, and the glasshouse swept back in monumental fashion. Whatever is pushing the car's massive rims apparently needs a lot of ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Audi R8 puts angels in danger in Midnight Club: LA 1 year ago on Autoblog

Midnight Club: LA is on its way, and the developers at Rockstar Games just released a new video of an Audi R8 doing its thing through the concrete jungle. The name of the game: arcade. Or better names might be 'free-for-all' and 'pedestrians, watch out!' It's cut like an MTV video, so it's hard to ...

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 ...

Real-time virtual racing against live professionals coming soon 1 year ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue releases official track and car list, new features 1 year ago on Autoblog

With things like cheap gas and the value of a dollar slowly being taken from us, it's good to see that somebody wants to give us something. For the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Polyphony has thrown in features the Japanese version didn't get. There's a drift mode that judges drivers ...

Pole Position: Remix for your iPod 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view screenshots from Pole Position: Remix NAMCO, the video game company that brought us some of the cheesiest yet most compelling video game titles of all time, is releasing Pole Position: Remix specifically for your little iPod. This is the game's 25th anniversary year, and the ...

New racing game announced from creators of DiRT 1 year ago on Autoblog

If current driving games have left your pulse cruising in the slow lane, then Codemasters, the company behind the well-received DiRT rally game, believes it has the racing game for you: Grid. Using an evolution of the engine from DiRT, Grid is all about racing. And if you think "racing game" ...

Project Gotham Racing 4 - game versus reality 2 years ago on Autoblog

Project Gotham Racing 4 has the video game version of the question, "Is it real or is it Memorex?" They've created a split-screen video of the latest Gotham racer next to actual hi-def footage of the live cars churning through the streets of New York City. When it comes to the car scenes, even when ...

VIDEO: Project Gotham 4 hits the airwaves 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery Back in July, we brought you a series of videos showing the making of the latest TV commercial for the upcoming XBOX 360 title, Project Gotham Racing 4. As you might recall, a Ferrari F430 was harmed during filming. Its closed-course playmates were a Tesla Roadster, ...

Ultimate Initial D-themed arcade driving game 2 years ago on Autoblog

Sega, the once heavyweight console maker now buried deep beneath the letters Wii, X, and PS, still pulls its weight in the arcade arena. Sega's Joypolis in Odaiba, Japan has an Initial D driving game based on the anime series that has the bodies of three actual cars mounted in front of a 90-inch ...

VIDEO: Add some real gauges to your racing sim 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're not sure whether to peg this guy as a true nerd or an auto enthusiast-god. It's probably a little of both. This race simulator fan has taken the gauge, tachometer and speedometer out of a real live car, spliced together a bunch of wire and USB cables, and managed to come up with this ...

VIDEO: Pole Position commericial, circa the '80s 2 years ago on Autoblog

When kids nowadays roll their eyes when hearing about how tough we had it when WE were kids, they frequently think we might be exaggerating, especially when we talk about video games. Pong was inconceivably archaic, but the games that showed up in the next few years from the once-dominant Atari ...

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 ...

How to design car toys for high-tech kids 3 years ago on Autoblog

HotWheels Radar Gun ($24.99) Gary Swisher is the guy who has everybody's dream job -- he's the design chief for HotWheels, Tyco and Matchbox, and he's in charge of designing the cool and timeless dream cars in miniature that we only wish we could have when we grow up. He's also the guy ...

Chrysler's Jeff Bell bails for the crisp Seattle weather 3 years ago on Autoblog

Well, maybe it's not the weather, but rather a rosy offer from Microsoft that's got him moving westward. Chrysler Group's Jeff Bell, most recently a vice president of product strategy and VP of marketing before that, is leaving Chrysler for a job at Microsoft. Bell, a video game enthusiast, can be ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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