Turn 10 has continued releasing previews of the 30-car Porsche DLC pack for Forza Motorsport 4 that will be released later this month.

The new previews reveal several iconic cars, including the Troy Lee-designed Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-RSR, Porsche’s ultra-successful 956 Group C challenger and the 550 Spyder, one of Porsche’s first racing cars.

Furthermore, a first video of the new Porsches in action has been released as well, showing the Flying Lizard car in action at Laguna Seca.

The Porsche expansion pack will be available starting May 22, due to the amount of content it will be more expensive than regular DLC packs as the pack will sell for 1800 Microsoft Points (roughly 20 US Dollars).

Turn 10 Studios released a first video teaser of the newest addition to their Forza Motorsport franchise for Xbox 360 – Forza Horizon.

Now, the title has been officially announced and as the dropped “Motorsport” part from the title suggests, Horizon is taking the Forza franchise to a new direction.

Instead of the racing & collecting approach Forza Motorsport followed, Horizon will be an open-world driving game as seen in the first screenshot released.

Mak Corp has released a new video trailer of their F1 2008 mod project.

Made by BSNismo, the trailer shows the mod’s cars in action in rFactor, the mod will be released both for rFactor & rFactor 2 with first moving footage of the rFactor 2 version expected soon.

Originally planned for rFactor, the team has decided to release the mod both for rFactor & rFactor 2, the mod will come with unique dry & wet physics for each car as well as individual sounds for each vehicle.

This time, the comparison shows off Hockenheim as he has taken real-life footage from the first DTM round at the German Grand Prix venue to compare with Project CARS.

Hockenheim is among the Project CARS content instantly available to try in the latest development builds for team members. Team Membership is available for a one-time payment of 25€, entitling members to a weekly development build of Project CARS with all the latest content.

For more info on membership pricing and benefits, please check out the WMD website.

Turn 10 has revealed a new car that is part of the 30-car Porsche DLC pack for Forza Motorsport 4 that will be released later this month.

The new preview shows the 1995 Porsche 911 GT2 at Hockenheim, the pack will feature a mix of street & racing machinery, several of the cars will be completely new to the Forza franchise.

The pack will not just consist of cars though as 20 new Porsche-centric career events will be added alongside 10 new Xbox LIVE achievements.

The Porsche expansion pack will be available starting May 22, due to the amount of content it will be more expensive than regular DLC packs as the pack will sell for 1800 Microsoft Points (roughly 20 US Dollars).

In 2009, Fanatec introduced the ClubSport pedals with sophisticated features such as a load-cell brake and brake pedal vibration.

Since then, Fanatec has expanded their line of pedal sets as the ClubSports have received smaller brothers with the CSR & CSR elite pedal sets. With them successfully introduced, it was time to overhaul the long-running ClubSports to a new version.

The proven base design of the pedals remains unchanged, coming in a new black and brushed aluminum look. More important are the technical changes as the V2 ClubSports comes with a new hydraulic brake.

To accomplish this, the load-cell brake has been equipped with an oil dampener for an even more realistic feeling. Users can adjust the brake pedal by changing the silicone oil and the viscosity alongside the spring tension. The brake pedal has also been made stiffer and comes with less travel for improved feeling.

The clutch has also been overhauled as it now comes with a degressive clutch mechanism developed by Teki Ei-Ichi. The new ClubSports will be shipping together with the new ClubSport wheel, Fanatec has set the price to 249,95 Euros/Dollars, upgrade kits for old ClubSport pedal sets won’t be available.

Seahawks1Fan has released his interesting video review of the Nvidia GTX680 graphics card.

While graphic card reviews are widespread on the net, this one is a little different as it focuses on the needs of sim racers and tests the card with the latest sim racing titles, including rFactor 2, iRacing and Project CARS.

If you like the work he has done to produce this review, consider voting for him at Inside Sim Racing to become Fanatec community tester.

Below is the newest reality check video made by DigiProst, showing a lap around Mount Panorama in a powerful open-wheeler both in Project CARS & real life.

Bathurst is among the Project CARS content instantly available to try in the latest development builds for team members. Team Membership is available for a one-time payment of 25€, entitling members to a weekly development build of Project CARS with all the latest content.

For more info on membership pricing and benefits, please check out the WMD website.

iOpener Enabled gathers real-time GPS data from racing cars and transfers their position on track into a racing simulation, allowing sim racers to compete against real life racing drivers either live while the race is going on or later on in a saved racing session.

The technology was extensively tested in 2009 using hundreds of community beta testers. While first tests started out rather small with iOpener Enabled tin top racers during test sessions at Zolder, at the height of its popularity iOpener Enabled cars were even racing in a FIA GT Championship practice session, allowing sim racers to virtually join a prestigious racing series.

After the public tests had been completed, iOpener announced to be working on a dedicated iOpener game and things got a bit quiet. This changes now as Fabio Gallo, who has taken over the CEO position from Andy Lürling, has posted a new message on Facebook:

Thanks to everyone who stayed tuned during a long hiatus.

Our company has undergone major changes in ownership, governance and management, but it is still very much alive and kicking.

The iOpener Enabled technology is working exactly as intended.

Ignite Skill Gaming’s SimRaceWay brand has announced to be working on an official Indycar series title.

The company has signed a licensing agreement with Indycar, allowing them to create titles with all cars & tracks of both the Indycar Series and Indy Lights, not just for the current season but future years as well.

The iconic Indy 500 race is part of the agreement as well, other than that info on the new title is still rather rare. The current SimRaceWay game is based on ISI’s trusted gMotor 2 engine, it remains to be seen whether the new Indycar title will be using the rather aged engine as well.