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  1. Is Your Local Track in Sim Racing?

    Is Your Local Track in Sim Racing?

    As games add more and more circuits to their line-ups, they must delve into the more niche locations. That is how RaceRoom got my two most local tracks, but what is your most local venue in sim racing? Too often are motorsport and its fandom limited to the upper echelons of the sport, with...
    • Angus Martin
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    • assetto corsa colmun community question opinion raceroom
    • Comments: 93
    • Category: Misc
  2. Community Question: What Do You Think About Unconventional Race Formats?

    Community Question: What Do You Think About Unconventional Race Formats?

    Racing formats are relatively straight forward in most cases. But are more unconventional structures something to pursue as well from time to time? Image credit: Honda Newsroom The essence of racing is easily explained: Whoever covers a set distance the fastest or the most distance in a set...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question indycar race formats sim racing
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Other Games
  3. Community Question: What Are You Looking For In A Custom Livery?

    Community Question: What Are You Looking For In A Custom Livery?

    Custom liveries are very popular in sim racing, but there are many different types - and countless designs. We want to know: What are you looking for in a custom livery for your virtual race car? Header image: Vaillante McLaren 720S Evo for ACC by @Whalenap Sometimes, stock liveries just are...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question liveries mods sim racing
    • Comments: 32
    • Category: Misc
  4. EA Player-Voiced Character Patent: Sim Racing Potential?

    EA Player-Voiced Character Patent: Sim Racing Potential?

    An EA patent enabling player-voiced characters was recently unearthed. An interesting piece of tech, let’s look into its sim racing potential for both F1 and WRC game series. A few weeks ago, gaming site VeryAli Gaming stumbled upon a new EA patent with great potential. Essentially, it allows...
    • Angus Martin
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    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Other Games
  5. What Location Would You Feature in a Free Roam Racing Sim?

    What Location Would You Feature in a Free Roam Racing Sim?

    With Test Drive Unlimited and Taxi Life, Nacon is all about 1:1 scale locations in games. Where would you set a free roam sim racing game with a 1:1 scale real world location map? Image credit: Nacon This week, Nacon has announced an all-new driving game. Yes, the publisher does currently have...
    • Angus Martin
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    • community community question free roam open world opinion racing games sim racing
    • Comments: 54
    • Category: Other Games
  6. When are Track Updates in Sim Racing Needed?

    When are Track Updates in Sim Racing Needed?

    Tracks in many racing games are out of date and in need of an update. Or is it just unnecessary? We were wondering when changes to circuits warrant reflecting those in games. Image credit: iRacing.com If you have been playing the F1 games as of late, you will notice that certain tracks do not...
    • Luca Munroe
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    • circuit community question overtake.gg sim racing
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: Other Games
  7. What Do You Like to Do Most in BeamNG.drive?

    What Do You Like to Do Most in BeamNG.drive?

    BeamNG.drive is a wide-open sandbox with lots to do. We want to know: What are your favourite activities in the soft body crash-a-lot game? Image credit: BeamNG Each month, BeamNG.drive is one of if not the most popular games on Steam. In fact at OverTake, we keep a regular eye on the charts...
    • Angus Martin
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    • beamng.drive column community question opinion sim racing
    • Comments: 52
    • Category: BeamNG
  8. Faster or Slower - What Is Your Multiclass Racing Preference?

    Faster or Slower - What Is Your Multiclass Racing Preference?

    Conquering an endurance race over multiple hours can be quite a challenge if just one class of cars is competing, but once others hit the track at the same time, the experience gains new dimensions: Multiclass racing tends to be exciting, but tough - which end of the speed chart do you prefer to...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question endurance multiclass racing sim racing
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Misc
  9. What Would You Like to See in Sim Racing Esports?

    What Would You Like to See in Sim Racing Esports?

    With the growth in popularity over the last few years, sim racing has also seen the rise of its own esports scene. While many flock to the streams and live events to see the biggest teams and drivers compete on virtual racing tracks, others do not find it as appealing. We want to know: What...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question esports gt3 sim racing
    • Comments: 53
    • Category: Misc
  10. Two or Three Pedals - What Do You Prefer?

    Two or Three Pedals - What Do You Prefer?

    Sim racing rigs are as diverse as the people behind their racing wheels: Everyone has different preferences, which results in different hardware combinations and setups. As modern racing cars use paddles to shift gears, the clutch pedal is an increasingly rare sight in cockpits both on track and...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • clutch pedal community question hardware pedals sim racing
    • Comments: 56
    • Category: Hardware
  11. Gloves or No Gloves - What Do You Prefer?

    Gloves or No Gloves - What Do You Prefer?

    Preferences in the world of sim racing are plentiful: Different sims and different hardware are just the tip of the iceberg of choices they have to make, and what to wear is another element that each person has a different view on. We want to know: Do you race with or without gloves? Image...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question gloves poll sim racing
    • Comments: 82
    • Category: Misc
  12. Racing at Night: Fear of the Dark or Performance Tunnel?

    Racing at Night: Fear of the Dark or Performance Tunnel?

    Getting to grips with all sorts of changing conditions is essential in racing, especially in endurance events. Of course, this does not just mean weather, but also the day/night cycle and changing visibility as it gets darker. Racing at night tends to look spectacular, but can be much more...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • 3 min read
    • community question endurance night race sim racing
    • Comments: 29
    • Category: Misc
  13. Any Year, Any Series: Which Retro Sim Would You Love to See?

    Any Year, Any Series: Which Retro Sim Would You Love to See?

    Sim racing offers an almost infinite number of content combinations, spread across multiple titles. Today's grab bag approach has not always been the go-to for racing simulations, however, as dedicated titles for certain series' seasons used to be the norm. We want to know: If this approach was...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question formula 1 group b group c sim racing wrc
    • Comments: 112
    • Category: Misc
  14. Fixed Or Open Setups - What Do You Prefer?

    Fixed Or Open Setups - What Do You Prefer?

    Sim racing can be complicated: Being fast on track is one thing, adjusting your setup to gain a tenth or two and get more comfortable with certain aspects of your car is another – and it can possibly scare newcomers away if they know that they have to sift through pages of setup options. Fixed...
    • Yannik Haustein
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    • community question fixed setups setup sim racing
    • Comments: 99
    • Category: Misc
  15. What's one tip you would give fellow simracers?

    What's one tip you would give fellow simracers?

    More and more racing fans become simracers everyday. But our community is a complex one that can leave newcomers like a bunny in the headlights. What is one tip you would give fellow simracers? Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni The simracing community is certainly a growing one. Less so than in...
    • Angus Martin
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    • advice community community question opinion question simracing
    • Comments: 91
    • Category: Other Games
  16. What is the most important piece of simracing hardware to you?

    What is the most important piece of simracing hardware to you?

    Wheel bases, sim rig chassis, bucket seats, handbrakes, wheel rims and the list goes on. There are so many bits of hardware one can buy for a racing simulator. But which is the most important to you? Image Credit: Kunos Simulazioni Now as popular as ever, simracing has reached a point where...
    • Angus Martin
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    • community community question hardware simracing
    • Comments: 96
    • Category: Other Games
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    F1 2021 little advice :)

    Hi everyone, I wanted some advice on f1. I really like f1 2017 and 2021. I'm very undecided which of the two to play because I really like them both. I've seen around the web and many say that the most beautiful / best is 2020, but I honestly didn't understand what's so special about it compared...
  18. Paul Jeffrey

    Community Question | Which Fantasy Track Would You Build In Real Life?

    Imagine you had all the money in the world, and decided to build yourself a racetrack - not any racetrack, but an exact replica of one of the many fantasy tracks available within the world of virtual motorsport. That's the question raised to me by RaceDepartment user @Ofitus21 earlier today...
  19. Paul Jeffrey

    Community Question | Have You Ever Run An Endurance Race?

    I love endurance racing! But does our community? By endurance racing, I mean an event over 4 hours in racing time - either as a solo driver, or part of a larger driving team. Personally I think 4 hours is a sprint, but hey, we have to put a limit on the article somewhere, don't we? The...
  20. Paul Jeffrey

    Community Question | Which Continent Hosts Your Favourite Tracks?

    Racetracks are everywhere in the world. Big name or national the choices are near endless. With such a selection available, which continent has the largest collection of your favourite? Old school or modern? Fast and flowing or tight and technical? A mix of both? Well known and famous or...

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