The Traxion Control Sim Racing Podcast

The biggest feature of the F1 2021 game is arguable the all-new Braking Point narrative-led mode.  Playing through a story that mixes cinematics, incidental details and gameplay challenges, you take on the role of young upstart, Aiden Jackson, as he progresses from Formula 2 to a midfield Formula 1 team.  You get to select from one of five F1 teams to partner with and joining you as an experienced...

We enlisted YOUR help to decide the racing games YOU think should return. In this podcast episode, we discuss the games that the Traxion community replied with upon asking the question. From Diddy Kong Racing to Ridge Racer and everything in-between, we had a shedload of incredible answers that sent us straight down memory lane, and some that resulted in a quick Google search as we frantically tri...

On this week’s Traxion. GG Podcast, Tom sat down with Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Electronic Arts, to talk about the new Formula 1 video game that will be out soon. Traxion has been covering F1 2021 with some early access for a few weeks now, detailing a bunch of the new features that will grace the new game. They’ll talk about all of that, Mather’s background in the Codemasters F1 gam...

It’s been a long journey, from Early Access back in 2018, to PS4 and Xbox One versions in 2020 and finally – for now – the British GT DLC in 2021, but Assetto Corsa Competizione seems to be in the form of its life right now. With extraordinarily active player counts, and next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X version slated for later in the year, this latest episode of The Traxion Podcast explores why suc...

We’re back with a brand new episode of the Traxion. GG podcast, and this week we discuss games that have aged like a fine wine. Dodgy episode title aside, this is pertinent, as we live in an age where games are updated, refined, patched and added to post-launch, which means that the original Metacritic becomes less and less relevant. ‘Games as a service’ is a term that exists. Some simulators work...

E3, the biggest gaming media event of the year is upon us! Following the Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live, the extended Traxion team discusses what to expect as racing game fans from the event.  Sure, the Covid-19 pandemic has clipped its wings a bit, no press or public within giant theatres celebrating gaming robs us of some atmosphere, but there will still be a long weekend packed full of live stre...

Jon Armstrong is a busy person. Alongside competing in the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship alongside co-driver Phil Hall for the Codemasters DiRT Rally Team, he’s also a game designer at Codemasters during the week.    For those who perhaps aren’t aware, Jon starting rallying and working is way up the championships, competing in Ireland, the British Rally Championship, the Junior European Ral...

Wreckfest, the game that keeps on giving us plenty to talk about. It’s very, very good… but why?  Well, we’ll get into that now, I suppose. Presenting the latest episode of The Traxion. GG Podcast, all about Wreckfest. The title recently re-released on PlayStation 5, and it’s got us all back in our feelings for one of the greatest racing… err… crashing games out there.  Agree? Disagree? Let us kno...

I’ve got one, you’ve got one, I’m sure that everyone has one. Opinions, I mean. Bad opinions, to be exact. Unpopular opinions are the popular topic this week in the latest episode of the Traxion. GG Podcast, and we’ll be giving our hot takes regarding some of your favourite racing titles on the market, as well as general beliefs in the racing game world. We’re out to hurt feelings this week, so we...

We all love a great arcade racing game, right? Using power-ups, bashing off walls, drifting to victory. Or, do we?  Are we all enabling our best race face, complaining about track limits and tweaking our bump stop rates instead?  What about those games that fit in between the two?  Or, how about this for a revolutionary idea… you can enjoy all three types of games? This is what we propose in the l...

Andrew Wilson has a lot on his plate. There are the yearly Madden NFL, FIFA and NBA sports titles, the ever-popular free-to-play battle royale title Apex Legends, upcoming Mass Effect remasters, the EA Play subscription and the recent $1.2 billion purchase of British racing game studio, Codemasters.  Home to GRID, DIRT, Micro Machines, Formula 1 and Slightly Mad Studios, there is now a long list o...

In this week’s Traxion Podcast episode, we deviate from the usual theme and discuss the recent big news from the world of racing games, sims and peripherals. Hear the team discuss and speculate about F1 2021, Fanatec, WRC 10, Thrustmaster, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, MotoGP 21 and RiMS Racing are among the topics.  Traditionally, there is a news splurge for E3 around June for video games, wi...

How does a former graphic designer get to travel the world and talk about motorsport for a living?   Well, to answer that question we sat down for a chat with the only ex-designer-come-commentator that was free the other week – Andrew Coley.   The only person to commentate on every World Rallycross event held to date and part of the Extreme E team for the inaugural season, he oozes motorsport. His...

It’s a Monday and that means time for another episode of The Traxion podcast! We hope you enjoyed our bonus episode last Thursday which saw Tom and Justin react to the F1 2021 launch. So for this week’s regular podcast episode, number nine in this season, it’s Tom and John. They discuss the differences between a ‘remaster’ and a ‘remake’ and how the lines are more blurred than ever. Then they go t...

F1 2021, this season’s official Formula 1 game, has been revealed by EA and Codemasters and there is plenty to talk about – not least of which the title releasing on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC.The lead feature seems to be Braking Point, a brand-new story mode featuring the return of Devon Butler who first appeared in F1 2019. That game was the first attempt by the F1 games to introduce...

Forza Horizon 4, aka the game that keeps on giving. Created by Playground Games, supported by Sumo Digital, as we approach its third year on sale there are still monthly car additions.  On top of that, the game was recently released on Steam and an even larger PC audience can now experience the UK-based open-world racer.  All three of our podcast team have played this game recently, with Justin Su...

KartKraft, a karting simulator currently in Early Access on PC, has been making waves in the sim community of late thanks to its staggering attention to detail and realistic driving physics.    Recently acquired by Motorsport Games, we spoke to the Director of Studio for the newly formed Motorsport Games Australia to learn more about the game's origins story, but also what the future holds.    Qui...

A controversial topic, spurred on by the GT World Challenge using esports to form part of the Teams’ Championship points within 2021 and with many esports competitions previously offering real-world driving or training, we dive in head-first on the latest Traxion Podcast episode.  Does sim racing open more doors? Is there a genuine crossover between the virtual world and the real one? What skills...

In this episode of the Traxion podcast, we’re here to discuss games that time has not been kind to. These are great racing games that were over-looked and now time has forgotten them.  Well, time might have, but us three nerds haven’t! This is a good one, even if we do say so ourselves, as we dip into the memory bank of nostalgia to each pick out two racing titles that deserved more. We’d love to...

Juan Pablo Montoya’s motorsport achieves are varied and very well known. You are probably aware of them already, but just for the avoidance of doubt... International F3000 champion 1998, CART series champion 1999, two Indy 500 wins in 2000 and 2015, seven Formula 1 race victories including the Monaco Grand Prix, two NASCAR Cup Series race triumphs, the Race of Champions, three 24 Hours of Daytona...

As we approach the start of another Formula 1 season, the Traxion team go back in time to discuss their favourite F1 game memories, spanning three generations of games.  The F1 games have a long and storied history, with titles on the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and GameBoy, plus the storied Grand Prix games on PC by Geoff Crammond. The full history of premier class single-seater motorsports deserve...

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This is going to sting a little. But it's okay, only for 45 minutes or so. You see, in the latest episode of the Traxion podcast, we discuss what we think are the best cars in games. We know, it's contentious and you definitely disagree with us. This is why we put a little twist on proceeding. So, we each get to pick what we think is the best car in gaming, and then which cars we think are underra...

With the news that Motorsport Games intends to acquire Studio 397 and with it, rFactor 2, our very own Tom Harrison-Lord had the chance to speak with Marcel Offermans, Managing Director of Studio 397, and Paul Coleman, Director of Design for Motorsport Games, to get some more information. The big question on many sim racing fans minds is: what does Motorsport Games buying the rFactor 2 developer m...

In Episode 2 of the Traxion Podcast, Justin Sutton, John Munro and Tom Harrison-Lord discuss Upcoming Racing Games of 2021, and which titles they are looking forward to most. Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/traxiongg  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traxionggFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/traxiongg Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...