Ride Digital Deluxe for Steam Users Only!

Ride Digital Deluxe for Steam Users Only!

The Steam community is getting some love from Milestone with the upcoming Ride video game by the way of a Digital Deluxe Edition for Steam only. This isn't much different from what we see with Playstation and Microsoft leveraging special weapons, extra missions or outfits etc.. to get customors to buy a the game from a certain platform. It's great to see Steam is now getting this type of customer base pull.

The Digital Deluxe Edition contents will include: Why We Ride (the movie in digital copy), Season Pass, Making of Booklet and the Official Soundtrack. Sounds like a great value so far although no price has been announced nor can you actually pre-order the game on Steam yet.
Ride is on track to release March 27 with a Steam demo this Friday March 20th. Link: RIDE

Read below or go directly the the Ride blog for the below information.

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes

“Why We Ride” (2014) directed by Brian H. Carroll, with Kenny Roberts, Ten Simon, Mert Lawwill, Troy Lee and Melisa Paris. This documentary film captures the passion of motorcycle riding, and shows the camaraderie of friends and families who ride together. As told by many racers, riders, and pioneers of the sport, and their relatives, the story weaves its way through generations of motorcyclists who live each day to the fullest on their bikes.

Season Pass: The RIDE Season Pass gives you access to all four add-on packs for the game, including the two that have already been announced and two that will be revealed shortly, allowing you to race on more than 15 additional bike models manufactured between 1998 and 2015.

Making-Of Booklet (English Only): This book takes you behind the scenes of producing the RIDE videogame, explaining how, from conception to realization, Milestone created its first ever proprietary IP. The book covers a range of topics, from the creation of the tracks to bike and rider customisation, and from the history of each of the 14 manufacturers to the development of the game physics.

Official Soundtrack: All 17 tracks from the official RIDE soundtrack (in .mp3 format) to listen to wherever you are.

Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo 2nd Dev Diary

Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo Dev Diary #2

Check out the 2nd edition to the upcoming Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo. Let us know what your excited about in this new dirt rally sim.

Sector3 Custom Championship w/ CTS-V

RaceRoom Custom Championship Preview

Check out Sector 3/RaceRoom preview of creating your own custom championship while show casing the soon to be Cadillac CTS-V. Many of us are really looking forward to this addition of creating your own custom championship as it will really add some great replay value. I would imagine there will be some great online championship battles going on after this release. Can't wait!

Project Cars XBOXOne Footage

Check out Project Cars XboxOne Footage

You defiantly can tell this is next gen now! 

Project Cars PS4 Career Mode

Project CARS on PS4: How does career mode work?

Ride Moves to March 27th 2015

To help silence the rumors Milestone announced on Twitter today that Ride will be moved a week out from 20th of March to now the 27th of March 2015.

Not to bad really as the Ride demo comes out for us to play a week before March 18th 2015 on Steam and PS4 with Xbox One following shortly after by a few days, Milestone says.

Come on Milestone, I'm ready to RIDE!

PST Pedals Coming Soon!

ProtoSimTech's Pedals Coming Very Soon!

Looking forward to some new pedals on the market? These have been in the making for 2 years. Never have I seen a manufacture take such care and pay attention to this level of detail as PST has, all while letting us follow along with their Vlog. 

The first batch of 20 will come powder coated. Due to the expense and trying to keep these pedals affordable for all to experience, the future batches will come bead blasted leaving a really nice finish. Chris Smith is investigating options like anodizing as well, but don't let that hold you up because these pedals look Awesome!

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a pair of these pedals to review. I'm really interested in the clutch mechanism being used. I'm also keen to more brake feel with the adjustable brake and optional harder brake bushing that comes with it. Did I mention PST even includes all the necessary hardware to make adjustments? 

If I'm lucky I'll be able to get a set and get back with you all, as these are very popular. Lets see if they can live up to the hype. I'm pretty sure they can!

About the Pedals

• Aluminum and Stainless Steel Construction
• 50KG Load Cell - Brake Pedal
• Industrial Quality Potentiometers (rated for millions of turns) - Throttle and Clutch Pedals
• Multiple Pedal Face Positions
• Adjustable Pedal Height
• Adjustable Spring Tension
• Adjustable Pedal Travel
• Adjustable Potentiometer Travel
• Adjustable Clutch "Feel"
• Can Be Inverted or Placed Right Side Up (with each pedal separately)
• Adjustable Load Cell Position (for lighter or heavier braking)
• Clutch Mechanism Can Be Removed While Retaining Full Clutch Functionality

Tech Stuff

Made for solid aluminum and stainless steel hardware to last a lifetime of abuse. The circuit board is produced by Derek Speare (DSD) so you know PST is asking for only the best!

Potentiometers used for the Throttle and Clutch.

• Resistance (Ohms) : 100K
• Power (Watts) : 0.5, 1/2W
• Tolerance : +/- 10%
• Number of Turns : Single
• Rotation : 295 Degrees
• Adjustment type : Side Adjustment
• Actuator Type : Slotted Shaft
• Actuator Diameter : 0.250" (6.35mm)
• Size - Body : Square - 0.524" x 0.500" Face x 0.441" L (13.30mm x 12.70mm x 11.20mm)

Load Cell used for the Brakes.

• Rated Load : 50KG
• Input Resistance (Ohms) : 405 +/- 6
• Output Resistance (Ohms) : 350 +/- 3
• Use Temp Range (Celsius): -10 ~ +40
• Cable Length : 0.42m

Circuit Board 

• 12 bit controller with intergrated load cell amplifer: 36 button inputs, 5x12bit analogue axis inputs, one integrated analogue load cell channel with variable gain control
• 12 bit controller- standard: 36 button inputs, 5 x 12 bit analogue axis inputs
• Dimensions: 12 bit controllers measure 60mm x 47mm

Pricing

• 3 Pedal Set: $379 (Plus shipping and Handling)
• 2 Pedal Set: $319 (Plus shipping and Handling)

If you want to catch up on the history of the pedals check out:
PST YouTube channel       Website

Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo on Steam!

Available on Steam

Official Website

Milestone announces today Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo on Steam! It will be available this Autumn 2015 for Xbox One, PS4, PC and Steam. No word on price yet, but you can follow it on Steam and add to your Wishlist. I did!

So what's it about?

Well.. Rally racing of course. Not just any Rally game. This simulator is bringing us the most exciting challenges driving the best rally cars from the past and present day. Expect to be charted across the globe to conquer the toughest terrains beating your rivals and end up on the podium, all in the life of a legendary 9 time Rally World Champion Sébastien Loeb.

Simulator Modes

First introduced in Jan 2015 see my blog about it, Milestone is on a roll for 2015 and plans are to excite us with spectacular side ways drifting action on the toughest terrains that built a legend. We are to expect the following modes.

• Career mode: Lets you live the gritty life of a rally driver fighting for a place on Sébastien Loeb's team where he will mentor and teach you how to be a champion.
• Offline mode: Lets you practice, practice, practice to get your driving skills up to par. 

The Cars

Customize your car with 20 different liveries being able to apply special materials to the bodywork along with race numbers, plate and stickers.

• 50+ car models from 1960's to Present
• 20+ car manufacturers 

The Tracks

Follow in the tire tracks as Sébastien Loeb over 300 kilometers of tracks for the first time ever created. You will feel ever bump and dip in the roads. Take on the ever demanding 20 kilometer Pikes Peak that is recreated using GPS data, Video Footage and Photographs. 

• 300 Kilometres of tracks
• 8 different rallies
• 5 rallycross tracks
• Pikes Peak track

GAME MODES

Get ready to race through mud, snow and on asphalt while experiencing different driving conditions during the Dawn, Noon, Sunset and Night racing!

• 15 different game modes!
•  RallyCross
• Head to head
• Special Events (which I'm guessing make up the rest) 

I'm excited to try this new Rally out later this year. Stay tuned for more updates on this channel. Until then check out the intro video from Milestone.

The Crew Goes Vintage Early Access Today

The Crew Game

The Crew is bringing us more cool early DLC starting today for us early access holders. The rest of the crew(lol) get's these cars March 17th. Take a look at the Chevy Corvette C3 and C2 and Spyket C8 Aileron. These will be loads of fun in the open world and all available in FS/PERF packages.

CHEVROLET CORVETTE C3

SPYKER C8 AILERON

CHEVROLET CORVETTE C2

2015 Hennessey Mustang Hits 195 mph!

2015 Hennessey Mustang Runs 195 MPH!

HPE700 Supercharged Upgrade for the 

2015 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L V8

Limited Edition - Only 500 Units Will Be Built for the 2015 Model Year

Bad Ass! When are we going to get this beast into the Sim Racing World. Seems Saleen has made it's way to racing sims through Forza and Gran Turismo. Don't get me wrong I love the Saleens, but would also like to see a Texas based company Hennessey on the Sim scene with all their awesome creations.

Hennessey takes the ordinary sports car or any vehicle and transforms them into a complete engineered beast of a package. From the above everyday Mustang 5.0 conversion to the high end exotic Nissan GTR's to Ford Raptor's and much much more. You dream it and they build it.

Check out the Specs here and from Hennessey:

Power
• 717 bhp @ 7,000 rpm
• 632 lb-ft torque @ 4,400 rpm

Performance
• 0-60 mph: 3.6 sec.
• ¼ mile: 11.2 @ 131 mph

HPE700 Supercharged 5.0L V8 Engine Upgrade
• 2.9 Liter Supercharger System
• Upgraded Fuel Injectors
• All Necessary Gaskets & Fluids
• Professional Installation
• HPE Engine Management Calibration
• Dyno Tuning & Road Testing
• Hennessey Exterior Badging
• HPE700 Exterior Badging
• Supercharged Exterior Badging
• Hennessey Premium Floormats
• Hennessey Embroidered Headrests
• Serial-Numbered Dash & Engine Plaques
• 3 Year / 36,000 Mile Limited Warranty

CarbonAero
• CarbonAero Front Splitter
• CarbonAero Side Sills
• CarbonAero Rear Lip Spoiler

Additional Upgrades
• Hennessey H10 Lightweight 19-inch wheels (Mounted on factory tires)
• Hennessey H10 Lightweight 20-inch wheels (Mounted on factory tires)
• Brembo 1

5.1 in. Front Brake System Upgrade
• Stainless Steel Exhaust System