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  1. Humble Bundle Burn Rubber Sale: Big Discounts On Racing Sims & Games

    Humble Bundle Burn Rubber Sale: Big Discounts On Racing Sims & Games

    Sim racers can save big during the Humble Bundle Burn Rubber Sale: Racing titles and DLC are discounted by as much as 90 percent. Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni / Humble Bundle Lots of titles, lots of discounts: The Humble Bundle Burn Rubber Sale is on, and as the name implies, it focuses on...
  2. Le Mans Ultimate Hybrid Guide: Efficiency Over Power

    Le Mans Ultimate Hybrid Guide: Efficiency Over Power

    More power – or not? Our Le Mans Ultimate Hybrid Guide gives you an overview over the system found in most Hypercars. Modern racing cars are complicated. And while they are no LMP1-level space ships, the current breed of Hypercars racing in WEC and IMSA are quite complex in their own right...
  3. F1 24 Release Date Announced, 2024 Liveries in F1 23

    F1 24 Release Date Announced, 2024 Liveries in F1 23

    It appears that the information of a recent leak regarding the F1 24 announcement was correct – sort of. After quietly adding the title to their website, EA has announced the release date and pre-order bonuses. Image credit: EA Sports Earlier in the month, X user billbil-kun revealed that EA...
    • Yannik Haustein
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • announcement f1 24 news sim racing
    • Comments: 40
    • Category: F1 2x
  4. Daihatsu P-5: The 1960s Sportscar You Probably Never Heard Of

    Daihatsu P-5: The 1960s Sportscar You Probably Never Heard Of

    Car choice in sim racing is nearly endless – which also means that players can get their hands on the virtual wheels of lesser-known vehicles, like the Daihatsu P-5 for Assetto Corsa. Image credit: @Historic Sim Studios LLC When most people think of 1960s sportscar racing, brutes like the...
  5. AMS2 F1 Livery Packs: 2024 & 1992 Seasons Released

    AMS2 F1 Livery Packs: 2024 & 1992 Seasons Released

    The RaceDepartment community has been hard at work again, resulting in the release of two great AMS2 F1 livery packs. Automobilista 2 racers get to enjoy Formula One in its past and present forms. There is no denying that Automobilista 2 is the go-to racing sim for historic Formula One content...
  6. Le Mans Ultimate Track Guides

    Le Mans Ultimate Track Guides

    In our series of track guides for the newly released Le Mans Ultimate, we will be talking you through how to tackle all tracks - now featuring all seven circuits in LMU. Image credit: Studio 397 Last updated: March 4, 2024, 18:20 CET If you have found this article, chances are you might be...
    • OverTake.gg
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    • 28 min read
    • endurance le mans ultimate portimao sim racing track guide
    • Comments: 77
    • Category: Le Mans Ultimate
  7. Le Mans Ultimate Classes: Overview Of Hypercar, LMP2 & GTE

    Le Mans Ultimate Classes: Overview Of Hypercar, LMP2 & GTE

    Sim racers have three Le Mans Ultimate classes to choose from when firing up the official WEC game. Here’s what each class is all about. Seasoned WEC veterans will know the ins and outs of the World Championship’s classes, but many sim racers are only getting started with the series and its...
  8. Le Mans Ultimate: Missing Features We’d Love To See

    Le Mans Ultimate: Missing Features We’d Love To See

    As expected, the list of Le Mans Ultimate missing features is still rather long after its Early Access release. More is to come, surely – here’s what we would like to see. With only the Online and Race Weekend modes available on Early Access launch, the list of Le Mans Ultimate missing features...
  9. ACC GT2 Pack Hits Consoles On February 27

    ACC GT2 Pack Hits Consoles On February 27

    The ACC GT2 Pack DLC has been available in the PC version for a month – now, console racers can look forward to the latest Assetto Corsa Competizione content as well. Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni Console racers had to have a lot of patience in the past when it came to Assetto Corsa...
  10. 5 English Tracks That Could be Added to iRacing

    5 English Tracks That Could be Added to iRacing

    In iRacing‘s latest developments update blog post, they mentioned that their scanning team would be making their way to the United Kingdom to scan two new tracks. Which ones could they be? Image credit: iRacing.com With 2024 Season 2 of iRacing on the horizon, new tracks are inbound. The...
    • Luca Munroe
    • Article
    • 6 min read
    • community iracing sim racing tracks
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: iRacing
  11. First Le Mans Ultimate Hotfix Deployed, Adds Triple Screen Settings

    First Le Mans Ultimate Hotfix Deployed, Adds Triple Screen Settings

    Just a day after the Early Access release, a Le Mans Ultimate hotfix has been deployed. The update addresses stability issues, adds proper triple screen settings, and more. Le Mans Ultimate has launched with its fair share of issues surrounding a very promising core. The official WEC game was...
  12. 8 Le Mans Ultimate Tips & Hidden Features

    8 Le Mans Ultimate Tips & Hidden Features

    With the game not always being straight-forward, here are 8 Le Mans Ultimate tips & hidden features to make your time with the WEC game a bit more pleasant. Le Mans Ultimate’s Early Access launch was the talk of the sim racing town without a shadow of a doubt. The official WEC game has a great...
  13. From iRacing To Daytona 500 Victory: William Byron Wins NASCARS Crown Jewel Event

    From iRacing To Daytona 500 Victory: William Byron Wins NASCARS Crown Jewel Event

    William Byron started his racing career in iRacing – and now, the 26-year-old is a real-life Daytona 500 winner! Image credit: NASCAR on X Sim racers making the move to real racing is not a new concept anymore. James Baldwin did it, as did Jimmy Broadbent, Moritz Löhner and numerous others...
  14. Interview With GPLaps: The Thrill Of Historic Sim Racing

    Interview With GPLaps: The Thrill Of Historic Sim Racing

    Sim racing is much more than modern cars and tracks – ‘GPLaps’ Jake William probably knows this better than anyone. Fellow racing history enthusiast Yannik sat down with him for a long chat – watch the interview here! Many tend to think about modern cars and tracks (or even esports) when it...
    • Yannik Haustein
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • gplaps interview sim racing
    • Comments: 36
    • Category: Misc
  15. Le Mans Ultimate Release Time Confirmed

    Le Mans Ultimate Release Time Confirmed

    With its Early Access release on February 20 around the corner, the Le Mans Ultimate release time has been confirmed. Here’s when you can get your hands on the official WEC game. Image credit: Studio 397 / Motorsport Games Endurance racing fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Le Mans...
  16. F1 24 Launch Date Leak, New Game Coming In May?

    F1 24 Launch Date Leak, New Game Coming In May?

    Formula One fans could be looking at a May launch date, as an F1 24 leak reportedly suggests. That would make for an even earlier release than that of F1 23. Image credit: EA Sports EA Sports and Codemasters went with a relatively early release date for F1 23, launching the title on June 16...
    • Yannik Haustein
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • f1 24 formula one news sim racing
    • Comments: 30
    • Category: F1 2x
  17. Sim Racing Setups: Where Are Our In-Game Engineers?

    Sim Racing Setups: Where Are Our In-Game Engineers?

    With setups being so complex across multiple sim racing titles and a good setup being worth huge amounts of time across a race, it can be rather daunting for those who do not know much about car setups. So we had an idea, rehashed from the MotoGP and Project CARS games. Image credit...
    • Luca Munroe
    • Article
    • 4 min read
    • assetto corsa competizione f1 23 iracing setups sim racing
    • Comments: 43
    • Category: Misc
  18. Assetto Corsa Nürburgring 1967: Spoilt For Choice

    Assetto Corsa Nürburgring 1967: Spoilt For Choice

    Assetto Corsa, Nürburgring 1967 – those two things go together like salt and pepper. Sim racers do not even just have one version, but rather two to choose from on RaceDepartment! When it comes to vintage Formula One, Grand Prix Legends seems to have defaulted the year to 1967. Cars from this...
  19. 2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards: Presenting Your Winners

    2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards: Presenting Your Winners

    With the 2023 RaceDepartment / OverTake Awards, we wanted to honor the best of the best in sim racing. You voted for your favorites – here are your winners! 2023 was full of exciting updates, saw much-anticipated game releases and incredible mods being created. Of course, there was more – so we...
    • Yannik Haustein
    • Article
    • 9 min read
    • community news racedepartment / overtake awards sim racing
    • Comments: 31
    • Category: Misc
  20. Forza Motorsport: Nordschleife Update Deployed With Numerous Fixes

    Forza Motorsport: Nordschleife Update Deployed With Numerous Fixes

    Racers had to be patient, but the Forza Motorsport Nordschleife is finally here: The February update adds the iconic Green Hell and implements a number of fixes for the game in general. Image credit (2): Turn 10 Studios / Xbox Game Studios When Forza Motorsport‘s initial lineup of tracks was...

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