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There's a lot to look forward to in Need For Speed: The Run. They've got Porsches, an interesting plot, and, oh, did we forget to mention a completely digital Christina Hendricks? That's a lot of polygons. But doesn't it feel like something's missing? More »
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Even if you never wanted to design an urban racecourse and share it with a network of like-minded urban-racecourse designers, you can still play Mini Maps, Mini's new Google Maps-fed Facebook game. Just putter around Sheboygan, Wisconsin in a chocolate-brown Mini S with a Swiss flag on its roof. That's what I did. More »
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Three hits of news on the Forza 4 front today. First, Turn 10 Studios has revealed the official shot of the game box art. Second, they've announced that the "Hero car" for the game is the Ferrari 458 Italia. Third, they've announced the five pre-order cars — along with "showroom" shots of each. I can't tell you more about this "showroom" function — or even if it'll be called that in the game — but I can say these are absolutely in-game renderings. More »
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The hyperrealism in the groundbreaking 1940's police detective game L.A. Noire extends to the 95 era appropriate production and concept cars that populate the gritty game environment. Here are over 60 of the real vehicles from the game. More »
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Facebook's game for the car-obsessed cubicle worker, Car Town, is adding a new digital car to help you take down that pesky McLaren F1: a Pagani Zonda. Time to get those interns to start cranking out more paint jobs. More »
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After five years of development, Gran Turismo 5 is finally here. For three days we've ignored family, friends and hygiene test driving it to see if it's the most realistic racing game ever. It is. But should you buy it? More »
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Polyphony Digital's latest offering for fans the oft-delayed Gran Turismo 5 game is this full video reveal of the Red Bull X1, including Sebastian Vettel's test laps. This thing sounds like bionic hyenas mixing plutonium smoothies. More »
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When Gran Turismo 5 finally arrives, it will include the Red Bull X1 prototype, the answer to the question of "What if you designed a race car with an unlimited budget and no regard for rules?" Gas turbine, engage. More »
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The eagerly-awaited racing simulation Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed yet again. But according to Sony, not for long. More »
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Log onto Facebook and you'll notice your car-obsessed friends, and even non-enthusiasts, racing McLaren F1s in a game called Car Town. Jalopnik spoke with the game's creators to bring you these tips and tricks to building the ultimate Facebook garage. More »
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Here's a fun challenge: Name these 42 brand logos as fast as possible for bragging rights in the comments. Matt finished with 6:18 left, I brain-farted on Holden and finished at 5:10. How fast are you? [Sporcle] More »
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We've got some lovely screen shots Test Drive Unlimited 2. The follow-up to the original has, you guessed it, faster cars, better graphics and more ways to simulate the digital lifestyle of an auto journalist. More »
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The time has come to reveal the second of our two Forza Motorsport 3 downloadable content packs. This time, however, we're going to make you work for it. Wanna win some free stuff? More »
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We can think of a lot of fun uses for an E30 BMW M3, but the guys at Studie, a Yokohama speed shop, thought it best to use this one as a full-sized Playstation racing controller. Only in Japan. More »
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Making its way around the Jalopnik HQ today is the link to Break.com's game Tiger Woods Wife Outrun where you help Tiger escape a very angry-looking Ellin by guiding his Escalade through the obstacles. What's your top score? More »
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Garnet Hertz of the Pasadena Art Center College of Design is installing wheels, motors, and other equipment necessary to turn an OutRun arcade cabinet into an actual running car that renders on-screen what's happening in real life using GPS sensors. More »
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The biggest automotive showdown this year: Forza versus Gran Turismo. Since GT5 will, like, never come out, we've decided to pit the car list from Forza Motorsport 3 against the only other suitable alternative — Gran Turismo for PSP. More »
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Audi's planning to indoctrinate young volk with Vertical Run, a free game for the PS3. The game is probably the only chance anyone will have to drive the 3,319 Lb-Ft Audi e-tron electric super car concept. [WorldCarFans] More »
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If you're a Monopoly fan, Wednesday will be a big day, as Hasbro and Google will release "Monopoly City Streets" upon the world. It's a massive online game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the gaming board. More »
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Sony's released the first screenshots from the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5. In addition to slick graphics, expect 1,000 vehicles, realistic damage and a whole mess o' GT-R love, including this Nismo GT-R Super GT. Gallery below. More »
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AOL's gaming site Joystiq has exclusive video of the newest addition to Forza Motorsport 3 — the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Are you ready to take the wheel of the $1.6 million, 1000 HP hyper car? More »
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If you're an iPhone or iPod Touch owner partial to gratuitous violence in driving games, rejoice, Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars iPhone edition coming this Fall. Yes, it's still old school with an overhead view. [Gizmodo] More »
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Our real-life cars are great, but we can't usually use them to catch funky crooks or evil spies, and we can't race them in Formula One — or in 2560 or 1967. Luckily, there's video games! Here's our twenty favorites. More »
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Just because you grow up doesn't mean you have to abandon the finer things in life — like playing with cars and kickball. Some readers put the two together for a hilariously good time. (Clay, you're a great American) More »
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Microsoft released a couple dozen new Forza 3 in-game screen shots this week including the Corvette ZR1, the Rahal-Letterman M3 GT2, a Reventon, a '97 Skyline R35 V-Spec, an Audi A4 Touring car and Ford SVT Cobra R. Gallery below. More »
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Another week, another batch of jaw-dropping screen shots from Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 3. This weeks travels brought back all the best from the JDM so they could do battle on the famed Suzuka Circuit — in a Toyota Yaris? Yes. More »
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Over the weekend, the developers from Turn 10 released these gorgeously detailed, high-resolution images of their new Forza Motorsport 3 racer, all but confirming the inclusion of the Le Mans famed Circuit De La Sarthe. [Update: one lap video] More »
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Because the DVD players and in-car PS3s were starting to bore the kids, three students at the Berlin University of the Arts have created a video game that uses what's going on outside a car's window, incorporating it into the game. Behold CARCADE! Utilizing a webcam and a laptop, the program detects the landscape outside the window and then lets players zoom around the obstacles. The game is currently in demo form but shows off some fairly awesome technology. [Carcade via Gizmodo] More »
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