Top Gear game for the iPhone and iPad to be released soon
As if we haven’t had enough of Top Gear already, it looks like our favorite car show is in the process of invading our iPhones and iPads in the coming future.
While we’re not surprised that this is happening – after all, we’ve seen these guys in t-shirts, mugs, mousepads, and even lunch boxes – we’re a little anxious to know what kind of game it’s going to be or how it’s going to be presented. Is it going to be a full-on racing game? Is it going to be something along the lines of car trivia? Or is it going to have elements of both and a whole lot more? Heck, will the Stig make an appearance on the game and if so, which Stig will it be?
The good news is that we won’t have to wait long – unlike that Sony-produced racing game that had more delays than Jeremy Clarkson has hair strands – as it is expected to be made available sometime in the next few months.
Top Gear game for the iPhone and iPad to be released soon originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:00 EST.
Vote for 2009’s best driving game in Spike TV’s VG Awards
Spike TV’s annual Video Game Awards is set to take place on December 12 and as you can expect, one of the most hotly-contested categories is that of the year’s best driving game.
After what we could imagine as months of deliberation and thousands of hours playing these games, Spike has whittled the contenders down to four games: Gran Turismo PSP, Forza 3, Need for Speed: Shift, and DiRT 2.
We have to admit that it’s a little tough to pick out a winner especially since we’ve spent an inordinate amount of time playing – and enjoying – all of these games so deciding on the best one is like choosing who your favorite kid is. Not easy, right?
Fortunately – or unfortunately, depending on your perspective – the notable absence of Gran Turismo 5 has made the inevitable choice a tad less difficult. But then again, we really wouldn’t know because GT5, for all of the hype and posturing, hasn’t been released yet.
At the end of the day, we’re going to have to come up with our own vote, but suffice to say, we probably wouldn’t cast it until a few hours before the deadline passes.
Vote for 2009’s best driving game in Spike TV’s VG Awards originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 26 November 2009 13:00 EST.
SEGA Outrun arcade game combines with three-wheeled scooter to literally become a drivable game
There’s something innately kooky about being an contemporary artist. For the most part, a lot of these people have come with the weirdest and most oddly-sighted creations known to man.
Take Garnet Hertz, for instance. He calls himself a contemporary artist and his latest creation is definitely more than just ‘contemporary’. What he did was take a Sega Outrun arcade game and fused it with a three-wheeled scooter to create – yes, you guessed it – a drivable arcade game.
To spice up his new creation, Herntz also added an iPhone and a customized GPS software in his creation. What for, you ask? To the best of our rationalizing capabilities, the GPS software finds the vanishing point of the road ahead and, with the use of Google Maps, puts the game’s Testarossa into a live-action setting.
According to Herntz himself, the whole project was born out of two concepts: Un-Simulation of Driving and GPS Navigation Parallax & Mixed Reality.
Continued after the jump.
SEGA Outrun arcade game combines with three-wheeled scooter to literally become a drivable game originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 14 November 2009 11:15 EST.
Video: Ford Mustang ‘10 Unleashed on Need for Speed gamers
You’re playing a racing game and you’re beating all challengers that come your way. In the middle of you dominant run, you start thinking to yourself, ‘hey, I can totally do this in real life and make everyone eat my dust’.
Well, for better or for worse, sometimes you get what you ask for.
This is what a couple of Need for Speed gamers found themselves in after being picked by Ford’s Mustang 10 Unleashed to unleash to burn rubber on a real race track. After hosting a tournament that featured the best Need for Speed players in the world, the four gamers who came out on top were treated with a very special prize: racing a real 2010 Ford Mustang.
But before being exposed to the world of real car racing, the four gamers were taught at the Fast lane Racing School about the nuances of real car racing – and not those that they’ve dominated on the video game circuit. After their crash course, the four gamers were then put the test against the 2010 Mustang.
Find out how they fared in the video.
Thanks for the tip Ben!
More video after the jump.
Video: Ford Mustang ‘10 Unleashed on Need for Speed gamers originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 12 November 2009 08:00 EST.
New screenshots of Gran Turismo 5 surfaces
Just in case the wait for Gran Turismo 5 has left you chomping your nails in anticipation, it’s always a good idea to remember just what you’re waiting for. These new screenshots of the game come in 18 megapixels, which, if you don’t know, is as crisp as it can get.
The realism is uncanny, even for our pretty lofty standards, and seeing these photos does beg the question: how much longer do we have to wait?
Seeing these photos has made the wait that much more excruciating.
New screenshots of Gran Turismo 5 surfaces originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 16:00 EST.
Video: Rexona’s cardboard car tuning
In today’s day and age, car tuners have gone to great lengths to ensure that their creations are of top-notch quality. Rarely do you come across a car tuner that veers away from their mission of outfitting these vehicles with something thats nothing short of remarkable.
But then, there are days when you stumble upon something like this.
In a marketing campaign promoting a car game for Rexona Men in Brazil, Rexona did the ultimate job of fine-tuning their promo cars using cardboard. Say what?
The cardboard-tuned cars come fully equipped with ’fully-modded’ front and rear bumpers, as well as, a cardboard rear spoiler.
Now of course, this is just a campaign to drum up interest for their Rexona Men deodorant, which comes with an actual racing game that you can play on their website.
It’s pretty funny now, but just in case, let’s pray that this isn’t the start of a cardboard tuning revolution.
Video: Rexona’s cardboard car tuning originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 6 December 2009 12:00 EST.
Video: Home-made racing simulator rocks our senses!
Remember that two-hundred ton F1 simulator Ferrari has tucked somewhere in their research facility?
Turns out, you can probably make your own F1 Simulator and fit it inside your bedroom. All you need to have is a flat-screen HDTV, some pretty extensive knowledge of physics and robotics, and it’ll probably be advantageous to also know how to build the damned thing from scratch.
Don’t think it’s impossible to do because this really lucky dude has one working just fine – mighty fine, even.
But hey, if you have neither the capabilities nor the finances to build such an awesome simulator, it’s not the end of the world. But you’d probably be green with envy too – just like we are – of this guy hamming it up Wipeout-style.
Video: Home-made racing simulator rocks our senses! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 6 March 2010 10:53 EST.