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  1. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Are Graphics Important?

    Sim racers often say the thrill of virtual racing is in the on track experience, but how much importance should be placed on graphics in modern racing games? Often we find a racing title has either one or the other - great graphics and poor physics, or less than ideal visuals and a sublime...
  2. Paul Jeffrey

    F1 2017 Have Your Say: The New F1 2017 Game - Good, Bad or Indifferent?

    For this edition of our 'Have Your Say' feature of articles we want to know your thoughts on F1 2017, the latest Codemasters official Formula One game. Released to much fanfare throughout the racing game world, F1 2017 finally hit the store shelves on Friday morning for Xbox One, PlayStation 4...
  3. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Your First Racing Game

    Everyone remembers their first love, and racing games are no different. With such a wealth of content on offer today, can you cast your mind back and remember the very first? No doubt about it, "sim racing" has advanced practically beyond imagination since those tentative first days of Pole...
  4. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Robert Kubica F1 Dream - Best Left in Past, or Potential Winner?

    Robert Kubica made an emotional return to F1 duty in Hungary on Wednesday, however is the test a serious indication of a return, or should the Polish driver leave the sport with his star still bright? At 32 years of age and having been out of competitive action coming up to 7 years ahead of the...
  5. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Is The Future Electric?

    With Formula E enjoying a mass migration of big name manufacturers in recent weeks, coupled with some high profile withdrawals from mainstream motorsport, is the future electric? Some argue that electric power in general, and Formula E in particular are the sustainable future of motorsports...
  6. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Hamilton London No Show, Backlash Deserved or Unfair?

    Despite attendance from all current drivers of the 2017 F1 grid, Lewis Hamilton failed to show at the recent ‘F1 Live’ event in London. Was the Englishman right in his no show, and has the backlash from fans been justified? With the British Grand Prix weekend now in full swing, Lewis Hamilton...
  7. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Hamilton, Talent or Car Responsible for Success?

    Controversy! In this edition of 'Have Your Say' we want to know if you think Lewis Hamilton won in 2014 and '15 due to sheer talent, or was it more the superiority of his Mercedes car... I have been around racing for a long time.. more years than I would car to admit in fact, and often I hear...
  8. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Wet Weather Sim Racing - Is It Even Necessary?

    We often hear cries from the community about sim X not having rain effects, but do we even need weather in a modern simulation? Looking at the numbers, it appears that very few people actually enjoy racing online in wet conditions, with many drivers struggling to compete effectively with their...
  9. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Is Bigger Necessarily Better?

    We all like our toys, but does high end equipment in sim racing translate to better lap time? Discuss. The basic requirements to go sim racing in any sort of reasonable fashion are simple - games machine (either PC or console) / wheel & pedals / monitor (or TV) and the sim itself. However as...
  10. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Tell Us Who You Rate as the All Time Best British F1 Driver

    Lewis Hamilton continues to extend his lead in the 2017 Formula One standings, but who do you rate as the all time best from Great Britain? Motorsport in Great Britain is a thriving industry that provides thousands of jobs to the engineering sector, as well as producing an incredible number of...
  11. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: To Pre Order or Not Pre Order, That is the Question!

    With several heavily hyped racing games on the horizon, we want you to ponder the big questions in life... 'Have Your Say' this week asks - to Pre Order or Not Pre Order... 2017 has been a good year for simulation and racing games in general, with plenty of new content having seen the light of...
  12. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: DLC Culture, Has it Gone Too Far?

    With the growing trend in the gaming industry to release DLC after DLC, has it now gone too far, and do you miss the old days of everything on a single disk? Pre order bonus, sponsored car packs, special events, new cars, new tracks, new features, it seems like anything and everything is fair...
  13. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Acceptable Risk or Dangerous Liability? The Isle of Man TT

    In an ever growing climate of political correctness and risk aversion, has the time come to call an end to the dangers of the Isle of Man TT road race, or should racers have the right to take risks in pursuit of the sport they love? Everyone knows motorsport is dangerous, it says so on the back...
  14. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Show Us Your Livery!

    Got a team livery you want to show off? Well here you go then, post away in this weekends Have Your Say! Sim racing is an incredible "eSport" where gamers have the opportunity to participate in a virtual representation of a sport we all love. With the development of the simulation software and...
  15. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: The Next Big F1 Star

    As several key names from the old guard look to step off into the sunset in the next couple of years, who do you think is the next 'big thing' on the Formula One horizon? The old adage "if you are good enough, you are old enough" has never rung truer in Formula One circles than it does today...
  16. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: What You Play When You're Not Sim Racing

    Saturday, the weekend is fresh, motorsport is on telly and it's still a week away until the Grand Prix. Sounds like a good time for another 'Have Your Say' article right? We though so too.. Rumour has it that other games not involving racing virtual cars exist. This isn't my own personal...
  17. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Can Women be Competitive in Modern Formula One Racing?

    For our latest weekly 'Have Your Say' community question we touch on an often controversial and somewhat emotive topic - the potential for a female driver to enter and succeed in Formula One... Female racing drivers are nothing new to motorsport, you just have to look at the impact made by...
  18. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Your Favourite Era of Formula One Racing

    In this weeks edition of 'Have Your Say' we would like to know what you considered to be the golden age of Formula One racing... Be it personal preference, age, driver allegiances, personal memories or simply because you like the look of the cars, every racing fan has a personal favourite era /...
  19. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: How Can Formula One Improve Fan Interaction?

    In our latest 'Have Your Say' article we wonder how Formula One could do more to improve the way it interacts with fans of the sport. All sports rely on one thing to improve and grow - the fans. Sport is nothing without fans, from those paying the big money to attend the race in person, to TV...
  20. Paul Jeffrey

    Have Your Say: Tell Us Your Best RaceDepartment Moments

    It's the weekend (yey) and that can only mean one thing... Have Your Say returns! This time the task is a little closer to home than usual... We've run a variety of different questions over the past few weeks covering a number of diverse topics such as real motorsports, sim racing, games and...

What are you planning to upgrade this Black friday?

  • PC

  • PC Hardware (ram, gpu etc)

  • More games (sims)

  • Wheel

  • Shifter

  • Brake pedals

  • Wheel, shifter and brake in bundle

  • Rig

  • Something else?


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