Sebastian Vettel Repeats As F1 World Champion

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Red Bull Renault star Sebastian Vettel tied up his second world championship in two years with a third place finish in yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix. While the title race had been all but locked up for the past several events, it was still mathematically possible for McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button to grab the title at the start of yesterday’s race. To do so, however, Button would have needed a victory in every remaining race, with Vettel finishing in tenth spot or lower. Read more

GT Academy Debuts Tonight: Will You Watch?

The premise is simple: take the 16 fastest virtual drivers from Gran Turismo 5, then see if racing a car on a gaming system can translate into racing a car in real life. Along the way, there’s plenty of drama, including a military style obstacle course in the mud, and enough conflicting personalities to keep the show interesting.

Just by watching the 2:00 trailer below, I can tell you that these guys are in for a rude awakening, and not one of them seems to know what being a professional racer is all about. One contestant comments, “To be a professional race car driver, you never work another day in your life;” try telling that to guys like Dan Wheldon and Nick Heidfeld. When your doing promotional appearances in strange cities for days on end, or hustling a new sponsor so you can afford a ride next year, that looks suspiciously like work to me. Read more

Dear Playstation: “Gran Turismo 5 Is Gonna Be Awesome”

With the NEW set release date of November 24, 2010, Gran Turismo 5 begs to be the best racing simulation game ever. All of the hype and speculation around its release date over the past couple years has had everyone up in arms where some were resorting to playing Forza 3 on the Xbox 360 while hope of an actual release of GT5 faded into the background. Now with a confirmed release date, GT5 looks to be ‘awesome’ as the kid in the commercial below puts it. The GT5 commercial below is rather hilarious featuring Kevin Butler as Sony’s VP of ‘Add More Awesome’ says he is not going to give back the press fleet of cars they used for the making of the game. I don’t blame him, GT5 does look like it has plenty of awesome but we won’t know for sure until two days from now. Now if I could only afford that new 3D TV I saw in the store over the weekend so I can enjoy GT5 in full 3D HDTV bliss. Enjoy the commercial below!

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Gran Turismo 5 Showcases the Toyota FT-86G Concept

While many of us are sick and tired of waiting for Gran Turismo 5 to be released, they have teased us to death with clips of the hot new cars to be included in the new game for PS3. The Toyota FT-86 is another item that we just cannot wait for. GT5 has released a trailer of the FT-86G, a “Sports” Concept version of the FT-86 Concept. The video below shows the FT-86G all trimmed out like you have never seen before in hi-resolution glory on the PlayStation 3. The engine still does not sound like the typical Subaru flat-4 but look at that front-mount intercooler! Hmmm. Enjoy the video and extremely high-resolution (8MP) images below!

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Video: Toyota FT-86 Concept In Action on Gran Turismo 5

No doubt that the upcoming PS3 game, Gran Turismo 5 will be a hit. But wouldn’t be an even greater hit if it included the new Toyota FT-86 Concept car that everyone is ranting and raving over this week? Well, the good news is, The Toyota FT-86 will be in the GT5 game. The bad news is, GT5 is not out yet. WE may have to wait until after Christmas to get our hands on it but then again, some sources say we will get GT5 beforehand. Until then, enjoy the video of the Toyota FT-86 Concept in action on Gran Turismo 5 below!

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GT5 and Forza Motorsport 3 Pay Tribute to the Ferrari 458 Italia – Videos

The two newest rivalry racing games to hit the Xbox 360 and Play Station 3 (PS3) pay tribute to the new Ferrari 458 Italia in two demonstration videos. Gamers and car enthusiasts are still trying to decide which will be the best simulation/racing game to hit the market yet. Below are two new videos portraying the new Ferrari 458 Italia on both video games to help you make your decision. Enjoy!

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Video Game Comparison: Forza Motorsport 3 vs. Gran Turismo 5 w/ Poll

Someone had to do it, so why not ask a few of my gaming buddies what they think about the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 when put up against Forza Motorsport 3 or vice-versa. Obviously, if you own an Xbox 360 you are partial to Forza Motorsport and then if you own a PS3, then you would naturally take a liking to the Gran Turismo franchise.

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Forza Motorsport 3: The Race Is On

The race is literally ON! A new preview of Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3 was introduced just recently and now Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360 has injected the market with some serious car-porn-in-motion with new images and a video trailer.

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