community
-
Formula Easter in Assetto Corsa: A Peek Behind The Curtain
Despite the Cold War, Russia and the Eastern Bloc have a fascinating motorsport history. This Formula Easter mod for Assetto Corsa brilliantly showcases this era. After the Second World War, the world divided into two major groups. The West is best remembered for its easy-going lifestyle and...- Angus Martin
- Article
- 4 min read
- assetto corsa assetto corsa mods community formula easter mod
- Comments: 8
- Category: Games
-
Tutorial: How To Run Custom Liveries in ACC
Have you ever wanted to run your own custom livery in Assetto Corsa Competizione? Here is how you can not only apply livery files to the game, but have them seen by others as well! Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni With the news that Assetto Corsa Competizione was finally getting the...- Luca (OverTake)
- Article
- 4 min read
- assetto corsa competitizone assetto corsa competizione skins community liveries tutorial
- Comments: 2
- Category: Misc
-
Jimmy Broadbent’s Fundraising Race For Mental Health Returns
Our favourite blond-haired, Skyline-driving former shed-dwelling sim racer (Jimmy Broadbent, if that wasn’t obvious enough already…) is back with another epic 24 23-hour race to raise funds for mental health charity Mind. First held in 2019 in memory of the late Alan Broadbent, the fifth...- Thomas Harrison-Lord
- Article
- 2 min read
- charity community iracing jimmy broadbent
- Comments: 5
- Category: Misc
-
Top RaceDepartment Community Mods & Fixes For EA Sports WRC
The EA Sports WRC launch was difficult at best, but a month on, the community is doing its best to fix the game with mods. Here are our top picks. Image credit: EA Sports The first in its series, EA Sports WRC suffered a controversial initial release. A fun game, but featuring performance...- Angus Martin
- Article
- 4 min read
- community ea sports wrc modding mods rally
- Comments: 6
- Category: Games
-
Low Fuel Motorsport Adds Assetto Corsa
After garnering prominence from providing ACC players with quick and ready racing, Low Fuel Motorsport are now doing the same with the original Assetto Corsa. Image credit: Random Callsign Arguably one of the most beloved titles in the sim racing community is Assetto Corsa. Despite releasing...- Luca (OverTake)
- Article
- 2 min read
- assetto corsa community low fuel motorsports news sim racing
- Comments: 46
- Category: Games
-
iRacing to Debut Varied Weekly Challenge Series
For iRacing players who are into various types of car racing, there is a new series just for you! The brand new iRacing Weekly Challenge will appear on the schedule in Season 1 of 2024. Image credit: iRacing.com If you are part of the iRacing service and participate in one series, you may very...- Luca (OverTake)
- Article
- 2 min read
- community competitive iracing news sim racing
- Comments: 5
- Category: Games
-
Riverside For Assetto Corsa: A Long-Lost US Road Racing Gem
Despite their oval racing stereotype, the United States have plenty of excellent road courses as well. One of them, however, is lost forever – luckily, there is a version of Riverside for Assetto Corsa. The Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 are likely the most famous US-based races. Both of...- Yannik Haustein
- Article
- 4 min read
- assetto corsa community mod riverside sim racing
- Comments: 33
- Category: Games
-
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
- Article
- 3 min read
- community community question free roam open world opinion racing games sim racing
- Comments: 54
- Category: Games
-
Community Feedback: Did EA Sports WRC Release Too Soon?
EA Sports WRC released to a collection of positive reviews yesterday on day one of early access. But as time goes on, community feedback highlights many performance issues which raises the question, did EA Sports WRC release too early? Image credit: EA Sports Yesterday, Codemasters and EA...- Angus Martin
- Article
- 4 min read
- bugs community ea sports wrc performance rally review
- Comments: 83
- Category: Games
-
How to Play EA Sports WRC Early
We are just two weeks away from players getting their hands on EA Sports WRC, so here’s how to play this exciting new rally game early. Image credit: EA Sports Announced last month with a November release date, EA Sports WRC has quickly become one of the most anticipated racing games of 2023...- Angus Martin
- Article
- 3 min read
- codemasters community ea sports ea sports wrc guide how to rally
- Comments: 39
- Category: Games
-
Community Showcase: Send Us Clips of Your Best Overtakes!
Battling for position has to be one of the most exciting things in sim racing: Chasing your opponent for laps on end to finally find a gap and pull off the overtake - it hardly gets more satisfying than that in a clean on-track tussle. This is why we want to shine the spotlight on the best...- Yannik Haustein
- Article
- 1 min read
- clips community overtakes sim racing
- Category: Misc
-
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
- Article
- 2 min read
- advice community community question opinion question simracing
- Comments: 91
- Category: Games
-
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
- Article
- 3 min read
- community community question hardware simracing
- Comments: 96
- Category: Games
-
Raceroom On the Edge Pack: Which Car Do You Prefer?
This week, Raceroom Racing Experience launched its latest DLC pack. Featuring three new cars of different shapes and sizes, there's something for everyone. But which one is your favourite? Image Credit: KW Studios This week, Raceroom launched its latest DLC pack bringing three new cars to the...- Angus Martin
- Article
- 2 min read
- community dlc news r3e raceroom raceroom racing experience release simracing
- Comments: 30
- Category: Games
-
The Importance of Modding in Sim Racing
Why do people mod their racing games? Why go through the arduous tasks involved with creating a piece of software? And how does history fit into all this? Let’s explore the breath that keeps sim racing alive and evolving. The Obvious: Modding Brings Content When talking about different sim...- Julian Strasser
- Article
- 3 min read
- assetto corsa community modding
- Comments: 85
- Category: Games
-
What Would You Like to See in Assetto Corsa 2?
We're still years away from the release of Assetto Corsa 2, but we've started a (suggestions) forum here at RaceDepartment for you to share and support ideas for the upcoming sim. During Kunos' big summer announcement of the Gen 9 console port of Assetto Corsa Competizione, there were vague but...- Mike Smith
- Article
- 3 min read
- assetto corsa 2 community forum forums racedepartment suggestions
- Category: Games
-
F1 2021 updated to version 1.05
Codemasters’ latest installment of the F1 series has been updated to version 1.05 and has received a wide array of fixes but has not addressed the controversial curb related issues. F1 2021 on PC and Playstation has moved to version 1.05. Currently, this update has been deployed only on PC and...- Mike Smith
- Article
- 2 min read
- codemasters community f1 2021 game update pc playstation reviews steam xbox
- Comments: 10
- Category: Games
-
Fantasy 2022 pack old version wrong one
i had a typo in posting everything, sorry guys, now is fixed and in the right racedepartment's category- Hubert fan
- Resource
- 2022 alfa romeo alpha tauri community ferrari formula 1 mclaren mercededs renault williams
- Category: AC Skins
-
Platinum Racing Community
Hi all!! Platinum Racing Community is an Iracing community which hosts leagues, fun races and has a racing team. We just finished season 2 of our league (Platinum Racing League). 27-5 starts Season 3 with the GT3's fixed. We also have an indycar league together with VOR: Platinum Indycar series... -
MCLAREN 720s GT3 - SNOW SCHATTEN ESPORTS 1
Hello everyone! This is our McLaren 720s GT3 livery for the 2020 Esports competitions. Feel free to use it and have some fun on track. And if you really enjoyed our colours, take a screenshot and tag us on social media. Instagram Twitter Facebook- Yuri Bascope
- Resource
- 720 community mclaren skin snow schatten
- Category: ACC Skins