Atari, Rombax Games and Bigben Interactive have revealed the full track list of their upcoming Test Drive Ferrari Racing Legends title that is due to be released in March.

The title will include a wide variety of tracks, including such notable tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Spa Francorchamps, Monza & the Hockenheimring. Furthermore, several tracks will be available as historical versions as well to go along with the historic cars available in the title.

Track List

• Circuit de Catalunya – Spain GP
• Circuit de Catalunya – Spain National
• Circuit de Spa Francorchamps GP (1980) – Belgium
• Circuit de Spa Francorchamps GP (2004) – Belgium
• Casino Riviera-Cote d’Azur – France
• Cote d’Azur Monte Grande – France
• Cote d’Azur Monument Loop – France
• Cote d’Azur Port Boucle – France
• Donington Park GP (2009) – United Kingdom
• Donington Park National (2009) – United Kingdom
• Enna Pergusa – Italy
• Fiorano – Italy
• Fiorano Alternate – Italy
• Hockenheimring – Germany GP
• Hockenheimring GP (1982) – Germany
• Hockenheimring National – Germany
• Hockenheimring Short – Germany
• Imola (1981) – Italy

Turn 10 have released an interesting making off video of their Forza Motorsport 4 title for Xbox 360 that was released last fall.

Fanatec has released a new beta version of their driver package for all their PC wheels, including the Porsche line and the recently-released CSR & CSR Elite.

The new driver addresses various issues as listed below, it’s available both as 32bit & 64bit version.

Slightly Mad Studios have added a new membership tier to their WMD-powered Project CARS title as members can now choose to upgrade to “Full Member” level.

Full Members receive the same benefits as Team Members, including a weekly development build of Project CARS and full access to the busy WMD forums. On top of that, Full Members are also entitled to receive the finished retail version of Project CARS free of charge once it hits the shelves.

EA has launched a sale on their Origin platform, including a very interesting offer for sim racers as Slightly Mad Studios’ Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed now sells for just 5€.

Shift 2 Unleashed was released back in March 2011 and features a mix of road going cars and racing machinery, including the FIA GT1 & GT3 championship and lots of iconic tracks including the Nordschleife.

Even though Shift 2 is surely no thoroughbred simulation, the fast-paced career mode and lots of quality content make it easy to get your money’s worth – Especially if it sells for just 5€. 

A new feature will appeal to all the Gran Turismo shutterbugs, named “Photo Stream”.  This feature allows you to share your finest images, anonymously, with the entire Gran Turismo community through an as-yet unpublished URL:

With the coming Gran Turismo 5 update planned for March 2012, we will be starting a new service on gran-turismo.com worldwide, called “Gran Turismo 5 Photo Stream”.

In GT5 Photo Stream, photographs taken in the photo mode of Gran Turismo 5 and set to “Share” will be shown in a list on a webpage, and be made possible to view by anyone.

The photographs will continue to change periodically, the online ID’s of the photographer will NOT be shown or made public, and there is no evaluation system or the like for the photographs. This is a service which simply introduces what kinds of photographs are being taken in Gran Turismo 5 by players around the world.

Gaming PC's are making a come back due to the consoles lagging in gaming performance edge.  So we are seeing some pretty awesome gear coming out which would have filled a room and cost a fortune hitting the shelves.  I am not sure how much this "lappy" would weigh in but it would sure kick out some rev's for sim racing.

ORIGIN PC announced the availability of their new EON17-X desktop replacement laptop, the most powerful laptop for gamers, artists, and professionals. Today ORIGIN PC announces the world's first 3D laptop with dual graphics cards: The EON17-X3D featuring the latest Intel X79 chipset, 2nd generation Intel hexcore processors, and dual overclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards in SLI. The EON17-X3D marks the first 3D laptop from ORIGIN PC with a customizable backlit keyboard with three lighting zones and seven color options.

Rob over at Virtualr has produced another one of his great reviews.  This time its the much anticipated Fanatec CSR Elite wheel.

Check out the un-boxing video below and the review here.

Camshaft Software has released a new preview video of their car tycoon & design game Automation, showing off some graphical improvements made to the title’s engine designer, one of the title’s core components.

Automation lets you run your own car company all the way from post WWII to modern times, allowing players to build and sell all kinds of cars, from small hatchbacks to full blown supercars.

The title will feature a highly detailed car and engine designer, both of which are based on quite sophisticated physics. Aside from the building components, the title will feature a realistic & dynamic world market & realistic buyer demographics.

Polyphony Digital has released a new version of their popular Gran Turismo 5 racing title.

This month’s update focuses very much on bug fixing and other improvements, including better online performance and improved support for Thrustmaster’s T500 RS steering wheel.

Changelog

• Improved the performance of online races to provide a better racing experience. However, please note that using voice chat with 12 or more players can reduce screen refresh intervals.
• Reduced wobbling of the screen when using the Chase view (The Chase view is when the car is viewed from the rear during races and replays, selected by using the SELECT button).
• Electric cars (opponent cars and your cars in B-Spec) will now pit-in automatically to recharge the battery.
• Reduced the amount of steering pull when using force feedback steering wheel controllers in banks on courses such as the Special Stage Route X Oval.
• When driving formula cars using the Logitech steering wheel controllers, the initial force feedback amount has been lessened and adjusted to make it easier to drive in a straight line.