Motorsports fans, driving enthusiasts, and video-game players have heard a lot in recent years about the realism of racing games and simulators. But just how valuable are these increasingly ...

Testing a real car on a real track is an expensive, ever-diminishing privilege. That's where ultra-realistic racing sims come in. A professional-grade racing simulator’s job is to mirror every aspect ...

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If you get your run right, a four-lap Indianapolis 500 qualifying attempt looks deceptively simple: Hold down your right foot for about three minutes, turn left 16 times, and don't lift. Make a small ...

Which is harder, a million-dollar sim or a game like iRacing? The answer might surprise. Until COVID-19 turned up and ruined things, Formula E's sixth season was going pretty well for Jaguar Racing ...

Throughout the history of racing, drivers had taken the "baptism by fire" approach to learning how to handle a car on track. That's not for any reason other than there was no other way—until now.

Having driven pro simulators, a real car and the likes of GT, Forza and iRacing, I think this guy is somewhat over-stating the differences. There absolutely *is* a difference - it's not the same. But ...

Despite my deep passion and ambition, two things preclude me from becoming a race car driver: a pile of money and innate talent. While racing is arguably the only sport in which an abundance of the ...

The makers of the most impressive home racing simulator we've tested join forces with a leader in VR tech to push digital-racing realism to new heights. Antuan started out in the automotive industry ...

Back in the summer of 2019, I went to the Silverstone racetrack in the British countryside, where Mercedes-AMG had taken over the circuit to shuffle journalists through actual race cars, driven by ...

Take a look at gaming-wheel options in the affordable sim-racing category, and you get a couple of impressions. The cheapest, sub-$200 gaming-wheel setups on the market are simply not very realistic, ...

With so much of the world in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, live sporting events have gone by the wayside — and motor sports are no exception. In fact, car races were among the first events to ...