Williams announced Albon and Latifi two days after news of Bottas to Alfa, so in that sense, it’s possible. I suppose it comes down to how you describe “slightly better.” (Keep in mind, Bottas wasn’t just talking about this team’s performance this year — he was taking the last few years into account.) Also, Williams… Read more

I don’t think they had to reprofile the TM chicane, but I understand why they did. I can live with it though -- at the end of the day, it’s pretty much still the same Trial Mountain. Read more

I agree, it sucks. I just hope that they address it some way like 7 years from now, when the game’s servers are inevitably shut down. I feel like they must, but only time will tell. Read more

Kinja doesn’t like links, but it seems the issue is more to do with the FIA than Sony or PD’s wishes, from what I understand. Not that either side will admit as much: Read more

It wasn’t meant to be a slight at anyone who did! I would have. It just surprised me given that it’s on Game Pass. The fact the game still sold that well — and the premium version no less — is really impressive and a testament to its popularity. Read more

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Hey! That’s a super well-written review and if any racing game is for non-car folk, it’s Horizon. In fact I’d say anyone who is new to the series would be better served reading Ari’s review instead, because it approaches the game with fresh eyes without dwelling on trivial stuff like how the 22B’s face still doesn’t… Read more

I get the controller sentiment. Part of the issue is I instinctively choose Simulation handling when I play games like this, but in Forza’s case, sim physics are really meant only for wheel users. It makes managing oversteer really haphazard and disconnected on a pad. Sticking with Normal in FH5, I’ve had a really… Read more

Have to say I’m not a huge fan of the soundtrack. If you dug FH4's though, you’ll probably be into it. I’ll highlight a couple of neat things though:

1) There’s a song in the game called “Trial Mountain” by an electronic artist named Makoto. Makoto was featured in GT5's soundtrack, and of course Trial Mountain is a… Read more

Funny thing about that, which is hard for me to link to a video of cause comments and links don’t mix for whatever reason.

If you look up footage of Daytona Championship USA, it becomes immediately clear that that game’s version of Daytona International Speedway is actually the old Pocono-esque Three Seven Speedway… Read more

You’re pandering to me

And it’s working Read more

It is! All the previous radio stations are there, including my fave, Hospital Records Read more

You played Ridge Racer Full Scale!!! Read more

You can select any car in the game in the debug mode. The Mitsubishi is in the image at the top, but in the embedded video, the player chose a Corolla rally car. Read more

*for racing games, on a console. Netlink Daytona CCE and Sega Rally might have let you do that, but it was really, really rare. Among all the DC’s racing games, Speed Devils and Daytona 2001 are the only ones I recall having that feature. Read more

I had a thought about the 300 and Challenger, but they get a little bit of a pass because at least they’re pretty singular? Not that I’m a huge fan of either, but there’s nothing out there that really looks like them. They’re iconic at this point, for better or worse. The Q50, to me, could be confused with a range of… Read more

I support your fondness for it, I really do, but IMO the first Sega GT is Sega’s worst racer and it isn’t even close. That handling! It deserved so much better. Read more

I had intended this to be a strictly non-factual slideshow Read more

You’re speaking my language! Read more

You’re certainly not alone in that assessment, and I suspect the PS4 version will carry a lot of similarities to Sport. So will the PS5 one of course, but at least the PS5 version will hopefully take advantage of some of what that system can do. Read more