The Traxion Control Sim Racing Podcast

In this latest episode of the Traxion. GG podcast, we are joined by none other than Jimmy Broadbent – the leading sim racing online content creator, former shed-dweller and now also a real-world motorsport competitor. He’s currently competing in the 2022 Praga Cup for Fanatec Praga Team 87 alongside Geordie Mutch and the duo are sitting second in the standings after a podium at Oulton Park recentl...

Enjoy a conversation with Dune Casu, the founder of Funselektor Labs, creator of Absolute Drift and 'art of rally'.Here we discuss the inspiration behind his two popular racing games, in particular where the visual style and love for rally originated from. As an independent game developer found out how he created his first game and used that as an opportunity to enter the industry. He currently re...

In this episode of the Traxion. GG podcast, we speak to Federico Carlo Riccardo Spada, the Hot Wheels Unleashed lead developer at Milestone. He's worked for over five years at the Milanese game developer, before working on this hugely successful racer that has re-energised this segment of the racing game genre. Hot Wheels unleashed recently sold over one million copies, was profitable from only it...

We spoke to Romain Grosjean about his Andretti Autosport deal for the 2022 IndyCar season, his passion for sim racing and the future of his eponymous team, R8G Esports. Listen as we discuss how he decided to back young talent through creating an esports team and hopefully one day creating real-world opportunities. Grosjean is a keen following of racing esports and participates when his busy real-w...

Join Monisha Kaltenborn, former Sauber Formula One Team CEO, Team Principal and Co-owner, who delivers insights into the future of virtual racing as the now CEO of Racing Unleashed – an innovative sim racing outfit that creates motion rigs, esports competitions, driver training and driving lounges.  Having expanded around central Europe through 2021, we hear about the plans for a global expansion,...

Hear from Nataliia Dmytriievska and Jared Samuelson, part of the team behind soft-physics simulator and driving game BeamNG.drive as we discuss its origins, the meaning of its name, developmental challenges and what the future holds.  For those unaware, BeamNG.drive – or BeamNG or just Beam for short – is available via Early Access for Steam, and has been since 2015 following a demo in 2013, initi...

In this episode of the Traxion. GG Podcast, we speak to the team behind the upcoming racing game GRID Legends by EA and Codemasters. Chris Smith, Creative Director and Steven Brand, Associate Creative Director, on the title chat through the vision, their aims and what's new for the GRID series. Hear about the new story mode, Driven To Glory, but also how the handling has changed compared to the la...

Three-time, and 2021, British Rally Champion Matt Edwards speaks to Traxion. GG about his career, his victorious season and his involvement in rallying esports events.  Newly crowned the best rally driver in Britain for this year, and taking part in the Jersey eRally, Matt explains the differences between real-world motorsport and sim rallying, plus where he’d like the genre to progress in the fut...

Kevin Siggy has been there, seen that. The racing esports journeyman is incredibly experienced, starting out in series such as GPVWC as a teenager and witnessing the rapid evolution of the genre. The Slovenian is now based in the Netherlands where he races for the fêted Team Redline – one of the most successful racing esports squads of all time. In 2021 alone, he has competed successfully in V10R...

With the latest Gran Turismo 7 'Behind The Scenes' video series setting alight forums and social media thanks to the slow teasing of upcoming features, we dig deeper and explore our hopes and dreams for the upcoming Sony-exclusive racing game. We've seen, through a number of Kazunori Yamauchi interviews, that Deep Forest Raceway and Apricot Hill Raceway may be returning, alongside several new-to-G...

Mortiz Löhner has made a successful leap from sim racing into real-world motorsport - and you can too. No, really. Löhner's tale is one that many of us can relate to. He grew up in a motorsport-following family with a game console. He then used that to become successful in the virtual world - three times an ADAC GT Masters Esports Champion within RaceRoom and currently competing in the REMUS GT3 C...

Anthony, aka BushiAntz, has been creating F1 game content since 2019, so who better to ask if the game series and esports events are headed in the right direction? We delve into the recent track and feature additions, who we think will win the F1 Esports Series Pro Championship crown and the real-world Formula 1 title. Please follow or subscribe on your podcast app of choice and if you enjoyed thi...

A former NASCAR Cup Series champion, a two-time Daytona 500 winner, a Hall of Fame inductee and current driver in SRX, Bill Elliott has a storied career. He's also got plenty to say about video games and sim racing, as he once had his own game in the early 1990s, and his son Chase Elliott – 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Champion – uses simulators to stay sharp. Listen to the latest episode of the Traxion...

Forza Horizon 5 is launching soon. Like, really soon. 9th November 2021 to be precise. Well, okay, a few days before that if you buy the $99.99/£84.99 Premium Edition that comes with early access so you can play on 5th November. There’s been a deluge of information about this game in the weeks running up to launch. New cars, new Festival Playlists, new Showcase events, the new environment and new...

Stylised racing simulator Circuit Superstars releases in its final form for PC via Steam and Xbox One today, 12th October 2021 and so we spoke to the Original Fire development team about their journey so far, the initial reception, how they feel now the game is available and what's next. In this episode, join us as we speak to Caro Mastretta – Founder and Studio Lead, Carlos Mastretta – Founder an...

This week on the Traxion. GG podcast, we are joined by Hot Wheels Unleashed’s Lead Game Designer Federico Cardini, who works for developer Milestone in Milan.  We discuss the upcoming racing game, which features diecast models racing around miniaturised circuits, a track editor a livery creator and an extensive post-release roadmap and split-screen multiplayer. We learn how the team managed to sec...

We visited the 2021 Esports WRC Grand Final in Athens to speak to the drivers, the organisers and the WRC 10 game developers. Find out what it takes to become a virtual rally champion, why the World Rally Championship takes esports so seriously and what it takes to put on such a big live event. Also, we speak to the WRC 10 Game Director for the full lowdown on the latest game and what the future h...

Following the explosion of racing esports in 2020, as motorsport series around the world turned to virtual events to keep fans engaged, we look at the current state of professional esports in 2021 and see if the buddle has burst.  Are people still watching live virtual motorsport events? Which championships are succeeding? Is there growth or decline overall?  Even if you aren’t deeply invested in...

Last Friday witnessed a profusion of Assetto Corsa news, be that Assetto Competizione coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, Assetto Corsa Mobile releasing on the 31st of August or the new cars, a new track and visual improvements coming to ACC on all platforms. But, the reception amongst some parties was a little mixed. John and Tom discuss why they think that shouldn’t be the case, and why there’s p...

Joining us this week on the Traxion Podcast is ROBO46 to talk about motorcycle sim racing. We cover all the big hitters on the market at the minute and, discuss the pros and cons and consider where we think the genre is heading.  MotoGP, RiMS Racing, TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge, TrackDayR and Ride 4 are all talked about – so if you aren’t into bike games, you can get up to speed and see what...

With art of rally now releasing on console, Xbox and Nintendo Switch out now and PlayStation coming soon, here’s why the Traxion team has fallen head over heels for the unique take on rallying and why you should pick it up. Maybe it’s the art style, or the handling, or the attention to detail or the rally call-backs? Perhaps a combination of all those elements? Listen to the latest Traxion Podcast...

GRID Legends is a blockbuster new racing game from EA and Codemasters that centres around an extended reality story, but what came before this 2022 release?  Lots of other GRID games, of course!  In this episode of the Traxion Podcast, we run through the TOCA lineage of the GRID series, which of the main GRID games we think was the best and why you should care about the future of the franchise.  I...

Rudy van Buren has twice finished on the podium this season in the highly competitive Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, but his career path to this point has been far from conventional.  Starting out in karting, Rudy then focused his effort on sim racing, where his natural talent shone through. This culminated in two GPVWC titles in 2017, the Superleague and International Touring Cup and winning th...

Joining us this week on the Traxion. GG podcast is Jack Basford, founder and CEO iGP Games, creator of iGP Manager – a leading single-seater management game.  Originally released back in 2011, the free-to-play online-league-based title is available via any web browser, or through PC, iOS and Android apps, all of which synch together. Earlier in 2021, a new 3D race feature was added to the game too...

Last week, Motorsport Games spoke to IGN about the upcoming NASCAR game, the first in an all-new series that replaces the existing NASCAR Heat franchise.  Utilising the tyre and handling physics of PC-sim platform rFactor 2 and the Unreal game engine for graphics, a selection of static images has been revealed showing off the new look and additional attention to detail.  Not much else has been rev...