The Traxion Control Sim Racing Podcast

The Traxion team is back from the SimRacing Expo Frankfurt 2026, with John Munro and Thomas Harrison-Lord downloading their (very tired) impressions. Fresh equipment, new game updates and a slew of developer and manufacturer interviews, it was the biggest and best SimRacing Expo to date. Here, Assetto Corsa EVO free-roam hands-on impressions, Simucube and Simagic ‘ActivePedals’ (or PedalActives) t...

Following its recent update, sim racing title RaceRoom now has the ability to take the platform to a whole new level. Here, Traxion’s Thomas Harrison-Lord speaks to Jean-François Chardon, Head of Studio for KW Studios, RaceRoom’s creators. With the outfit claiming that its latest patch is the “biggest for the sim ever”, we investigate why that is, and get the scoop on a confirmed career mode, sing...

Marco Massarutto, Co-Founder and Executive Manager at Kunos Simulazioni, speaks to Traxion about Assetto Corsa EVO’s free-roam mode, but also modding and important serious multiplayer racing features. Driver swaps? Endurance races? Free roam multiplayer races? Modding using new free roam tools? Initial map size? Progression regret? These questions are answered. Let us know your thoughts in the com...

It's pandemonium at Traxion HQ as the team prepare for this years SimRacing Expo in Frankfurt. Clearly, it's equally frantic across the whole industry, as game developers and hardware manufacturers line up their latest new content launches, in time for the show. Amidst the plethora of DLC announcements and social media steering wheel teasers, Playground Games confused us all with a U-Turn on the P...

A double dose of double-barreled Northerner today as John Danvers-Munro returns alongside Tom Harrison-Lord to discuss all things racing games and sim racing. This week, the boys talk Singapore and the Gran Turismo World Series event following THL's fleeting visit at the weekend. It wasn't just GT7 news coming out of Asia, with Thrustmaster also unveiling its latest officially licensed Gran Turism...

Tom and Ross discuss the most important news in sim racing and video games over the past seven days, which this time includes significant Assetto Corsa EVO and F1 Sim Racing topics. For the former, free-roam is set for an initial rollout soon, confirmed for its next early access update. Meanwhile, for the latter, the end could be nigh (in its current form, anyway) for the sport’s virtual pinnacle....

The SimRacing Expo Frankfurt 2026 is set to be the largest SimRacing Expo ever. In this episode, John and Tom are joined by Danny Giusa and Luke Crane of the event’s organisers, South West Vision. Together, they discuss what to expect from this year’s event, whether you’re visiting in person or watching along from home. For the first time ever, the SimRacing Expo will have a world premiere day on...

This week on the Traxion Control Podcast, Tom and John discuss the free car added to Automobilista 2, its F1 licensing woes, Assetto Corsa Rally’s community message about livery mods and engine changes, Le Mans Ultimate’s career and netcode and what’s next for Project Motor Racing. As ever, the duo also run through some community comments and questions, and let us know your thoughts in the comment...

We now finally have Traxion merchandise! To browse our collection of T-shirts, mugs, magnets and more, simply head over to: https://shop.traxion.gg/ Use code TRAXION10 at checkout for an early-bird 10% discount! Gran Turismo 7 seemingly has a longer shelf-life than expected, with a two-part Spec IV update on the way later this year. There are 12 cars and two tracks, but more importantly, some key...

We now finally have Traxion merchandise! To browse our collection of T-shirts, mugs, magnets and more, simply head over to: shop.traxion.gg And don't forget to use code TRAXION10 at checkout for an early bird 10% discount! Last week, Tom and Tom travelled to Germany for Gamescom 2026, and the racing game industry was firing on all cylinders! In this episode, they discuss their initial thoughts on...

We now finally have Traxion merchandise! To browse our collection of T-shirts, mugs, magnets and more, simply head over to: shop.traxion.gg And don't forget to use code TRAXION10 at checkout for an early bird 10% discount! Off the back of our comprehensive Automobilista retrospective, our guest on this week's Traxion Control Podcast is the game's Physics Lead, Niels Heusinkveld. Naturally, we disc...

The Traxion. GG website has been awash with Gran Turismo 7 news this week, and to dissect it all, the three so-called 'amigos' are back for this episode of the Traxion Control Podcast. Join Tom, Tom and John as they discuss, on top of the mountain of GT7 news, a new motorbike-based project from Moza, a significant sales milestone for Le Mans Ultimate and your reactions to the Saudi takeover of Ele...

When Corsair announced it was acquiring Trak Racer's assets as part of a 50 million dollar buyout, you would be forgiven for thinking it was the biggest gaming purchasing of the week. Now, multiply that figure by 1000...... Nope, you still haven't reached the figures involved in another buyout this week... We already knew EA was being taken over by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lak...

This week, an interview episode, as we once again discuss Project Motor Racing. As discussed on recent episodes and on our website and newsletter, Ian Bell is no longer the CEO of the Straight4 Studios development team. That role is now held by Kevin Boland, moving from Chief Development Officer to the Chief Executive Role. So here, we asked about the change, and the recent Chief Creative Officer,...

Le Mans Ultimate has arguably been Julys hot topic in sim racing, for both good and bad reasons. Motorsport Games changed its decision to place its new Joker feature behind a subscription paywall following community backlash, but with the V1.4 update and two new US tracks to play with, will all be forgiven and forgotten? Other major news this week includes a CEO swap at Straight4 Studios (with the...

More cars and physics changes are coming to Assetto Corsa Rally! Le Mans Ultimate’s US DLC and Version 1.4 update are nearly here! Wreckreation 2 is a surprise sequel and we’ve driven it! We’ve also tested MXGP 26! It’s all here, plus your feedback on IndyCar documentaries, AC Rally’s stages, co-drivers and if there’s a video game market crash on the way… eeek! Let us know your thoughts in the com...

Le Mans Ultimate and Motorsport Games CEO Stephen Hood provides a progress report on single-player modes (career, championships), safety cars, 24-hour events, Le Mans Virtual and PS5/Xbox Series X|S. Plus, we run through the most-commonly asked LMU questions in the Traxion community. From smaller game features to the Garage 56 NASCAR, DLC pricing and ‘Project 2’, here’s the full interview. Let us...

On this week’s Traxion Control Podcast, the team discusses iRacing subscription price increase, its IndyCar game moving to 2027, Criterion Games leaving the racing game scene and your feedback on physical game media and Gran Turismo 8, plus a debate about the N64’s controller. Naturally… Join Thomas Harrison-Lord, Tom Bunten, Ross McGregor and Martin Bigg from the Traxion team. iRacing subscriptio...

On this week’s Traxion Control Podcast, John Munro and Thomas Harrison-Lord cover your Le Mans Ultimate US Track Pass feedback and what it could mean for the future of the title, plus if a Gran Turismo 7 survey is actually about Gran Turismo 8, or even 9?! Then there’s the sad death of physical PlayStation game production, RaceRoom and Automobilista 2 new car news, and a Wreckfest 2 community ques...

Assetto Corsa Rally has added multiplayer, but how is it, and what do the Traxion team want to see from the sim next? Then there’s the FIA’s new hillclimb competition, should the FIA create such events? How about Star Wars: Galactic Racer, is it any good? All these questions are answered by Thomas Harrison-Lord, Ross McGregor and John Munro on this episode of the Traxion Control Podcast. We also a...

There are new details about NASCAR 26, and Assetto Corsa Rally has confirmed new stages. These new stories spark a debate among the Traxion team about the future of yearly sports releases, what we’d like to see from Assetto Corsa Rally next, whether or not a console update for Assetto Corsa Competizione was worth it and if Pikes Peak will ever, ever, make it into Gran Turismo 7. As ever, let us kn...

Thomas Harrison-Lord is taking a well deserved day off, but the racing game world never stops! He joined John at Le Mans last week to take a look at a very exclusive replica sim racing wheel, but while they were there, they noted a fairly sizeable sim racing presence at the special 24H event. Automobilista 2 has also been in the news, with an extensive, and somewhat confusing update and content re...

Accessible, fun and outlandish racing video games are making a resurgence. Hot on the heels of Forza Horizon 6 comes CLUTCH, a Crazy Taxi reboot, a Yooka-Laylee karting spin-off, open-world Hot Wheels and the return of Stuntman. It comes during a busy Summer Game Fest - but don’t worry, sim racing fans, we also answer your questions about what should come next for Motorsport Games after Le Mans Ul...

The Traxion team run through the major highlights from the first-ever SimRacing Expo Charlotte, from Trak Racer's innovative motorcycle simulator, to new Project Motor Racing and iRacing Arcade updates, plus a slew of motion rigs, shifters and wheels. What was your highlight from our coverage? Let us know in the comments below! SimRacing Expo Charlotte confirmed for 2027: https://traxion.gg/simrac...

During the SimRacing Expo Charlotte, Traxion spoke to Asetek (and Asetek Racing) CEO André Eriksen about the company’s recent purchase by CQXA holdings. He’s open about the changes to the company and what it means for the future of the sim racing equipment division. He also provides an update on Xbox devices, PlayStation and the long-awaited ABS pedal module. Let us know what you think about Asete...