The news has been rumbling around the web for a while, but as of today, May 22, 2012 Porsche and Forza Motorsport fans can download the Porsche Expansion Pack for Forza Motorsport 4 on the XBox 360. 1600 Microsoft points, or $20 bucks, will get you 30 new Porsches (of which 7 of them are new from Forza Motorsport 3) 20 "brand new Porsche-centric events (in Forza you're life/career is measured in …
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Today’s post is written by frequent contributor Andrew Granieri. Andrew is a Techncial Writer who lives with his lovely wife in Ohio. His Porsche 944 pulls double-duty as a summer track car as well as a venerable winter weather vehicle. Coincidentally, those are his two favorite driving conditions.
Andrew's Review of the Fanatec GT2 Race Wheel
With Porsche’s blessing and license, Fanatec …
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It's no surprise that they can. In fact, many a driver we've spoken to discuss using various games on PlayStation and Xbox in order to familiarize themselves with a track they don't have a lot of time on. Just this week, in a press release from Porsche Motorsports, Toronto native Marco Cirone, who will participate in the upcoming IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge on the Montreal F1 course, was quoted as …
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That was the subject line of an email sent by a friend of ours just the other day. Some of you may remember Mike from his help reviewing the Fanatec Turbo Wheel and his amazing home set-up. If not, be sure to take a minute and read that post to come up to speed.
Anyway, Mike decided to sign up for a month of iRacing and the email below are his thoughts. Mike will tell you right out that …
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With all the noise being made about the which car is faster around the ring, Porsche or Nissan, it's about time someone stepped up to the plate with a solution that lets us determine the winner for ourselves. I offered up a different solution a few weeks back, but so far neither Porsche or Nissan seem to be biting.
In the interim, check out the latest shot at a solution from iMotor. Okay, so …
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Just about a month ago I asked the question Can Driving Games help you Improve Your Track Skills? A few of you wrote in and said you thought that most definitely they do. One person suggested that it was a great way to learn a track (similar to walking a track prior to a race) and a few of you thought it might be good to help with eye hand coordination.
The question and post mentioned above …
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The answer just may depend on how your system is set-up. Most people I know complain that they lose all “seat of the pants” feedback when it comes to car racing simulators and video games. With the introduction of Fanatec’s Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel, that objection may just go away.
Fanatec's Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel is an officially Porsche licensed product
Created by the German company …
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