Racing Car Gets Joke Half-Life 3 Sponsorship
The reader blog over at Jalopnik got a pretty sweet deal last month: for just a few bucks they could get their names on…
Our car-loving brethren at Jalopnik just got a big, beautiful change.
How To Drive Away From a Tsunami
Amazingly, videos of tsunami waves coming ashore in Japan this week showed many people driving away from the water. If…
The Strange Link Between Samurai Swords and Japan’s Nuclear Reactors
As fears rise in Japan about nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant, the first and best line of defense are the…
Gymkhana Makes Sense For A Racing Game, But Zombies?
The new racing video game, Dirt 3, includes its version of Gymkhana, the wild stunt-driving that's been called "drifting…
The Truth About Video Game Motorcycles
A few years ago, I unlocked a real-life achievement: Obtained motorcycle license.
Pretty Little Pictures
Trey Ratcliff sees the world with a gamer's eye.
Real Life Barely Looks Better Than Gran Turismo 5
We know that Gran Turismo 5 looks realistic. The people who made the PlayStation 3 game wanted us to see how close…
Man Hit By SUV While Playing Real-Life Frogger
A 23-year-old man was hit by a Lexus SUV Monday while trying to play a real-life version of Frogger across a South…
Shift 2 Unleashed Is Perfect Complement for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Despite the roaring success of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, a racing game that managed to yank me forcibly back into a…
A Glimpse at EA's Employee-Only Version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
A rarely covered perk of working at a major publisher includes getting some pretty sweet editions of your favorite…
Review: HKS Racing Controller Is A Hot Rod For Your Hands
There are two traditional options for racing game controllers: a gamepad and a wheel. The HKS Racing Controller is…
Half Way to Three Free Hot Pursuit Cars
Gamers have just six days left to earn three new free cars for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit.
Can A Video Game Make You Into An Elite Race Driver?
iRacing is an extremely realistic racing simulator. Its top driver won $10,000, despite never driving over 100 mph in…
Review: Gran Turismo 5 Is Premium Class
When I bought a PlayStation 2 my wife told me flat out, "If you are going to get a PS2, you need Gran Turismo." I knew…
Watch This Trailer One Million Times, Get Three Free Cars for Hot Pursuit
Criterion is delighted with the response to arcade racer Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, as they should be. So they're…
A Visual Guide To Racing Games
Whether you feel the need for speed or the need to make the car you're driving sounds as close to the real thing as…
Gran Turismo 5 Has a Release Date, For Reals, Really Reals, Seriously
OK, hold onto your hats and duct tape your socks on, Sony Computer Entertainment of America tells us that Gran Turismo…
This Guy's Car Is Now In Gran Turismo
Earlier this week, the Gran Turismo Awards were held as part of the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las…
How Microsoft Plans To Put A Video Game Controller In Everything
Microsoft is spending half a billion dollars to make sure that when you hear the word Kinect you think "the future of…