Posts Tagged ‘ps3’

Audi employees earn big $8,000+ bonuses

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Audi had a fantastic year of sales in 2007. Among a number of record-setting statistics, sales rose 7.9 percent to $33.6 billion euros ($51.5 billion). Fortunately for Audi employees, the automaker recognizes that its fantastic fiscal performance wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of ......

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue releases official track and car list, new features

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
With things like cheap gas and the value of a dollar slowly being taken from us, it's good to see that somebody wants to give us something. For the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Polyphony has thrown in features the Japanese version didn't get.There's a drift mode that judges drivers on ......

GranTurismo geeks rejoice! New Logitech Driving Force Wheel for PS3

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Alex just bought a PS3, John already has one, and I'm trying to convince the Misses that after Blu-Ray won the war against HD-DVD we're due to replace our aging console with a new unit from Sony. Logitech just upped the ante with the release of its new Driving Force GT Wheel, but I highly doubt that......

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to drop April 17th

Monday, November 19th, 2007
click above for more high-res screen shots from GT 5 PrologueI got a PlayStation 3 this Christmas from Santa who must've mistaken me on his list for a much more deserving child. Yippy for me, though. The PS3 is the most powerful game console in the world, yet it sits idle in my entertainment center ......

Gran Turismo 5 celebrates the ‘Vette with new scans

Friday, October 12th, 2007
Click the image above for a hi-res gallery of the 1960 Corvette from GT5GT5 will come with a 1960 Corvette, and we heartily applaud the inclusion. The car looks like it's had an afternoon session at a tuner shop -- nothing fancy, just a slight drop, some rims and wider tires. The rims could be a bi......

VIDEO: Alex Roy interviews Gran Turismo’s Kazunori Yamauchi on Garage 419

Monday, October 1st, 2007
The newest episode of Garage 419 is up and The Driver, Alex Roy, had a chance to sit down with the inimitable director of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi. The topics of conversation range from new cars, weather modeling, vehicle dynamics, plans for damage ('bout time), Mr. Yamauchi's favorite track ......

New racing game announced from creators of DiRT

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
If current driving games have left your pulse cruising in the slow lane, then Codemasters, the company behind the well-received DiRT rally game, believes it has the racing game for you: Grid. Using an evolution of the engine from DiRT, Grid is all about racing. And if you think "racing game" means ......

Christmas gift ideas for McLaren fans

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Christmas is just around the corner, the shopping season officially kicked off today, and McLaren (perhaps borrowing yet another page from Ferrari?) has come up with some really pricey tschotskes for the Formula 1 fans on your gift list. The team's online store has several items like this hand-paint......

What GT5 Prologue has in store for you

Saturday, August 11th, 2007
As previously reported, the demo of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be available to download October 20th through November 11th for those of you lucky enough to be PS3-equipped. Now, we've got the details about what vehicles you'll be able to virtually flog while battling out with 16 other contenders a......

Virtual Wheel-ality: Porsche 911 Turbo S game controller

Saturday, July 28th, 2007
In a perfect world, everyone who wanted a car like the Porsche 911 Turbo S would get one. In the real world, sadly, not everyone can afford the six-figure price of admission. Fortunately there's virtual reality in between, where enthusiasts can toy with cars like the Turbo S in video games. To bridg......