Inside Sim Racing has an exclusive interview with Gjon Camaj of ISI. We hope you enjoy!

It’s been a long time coming, and Gjon Camaj has finally unveiled rFactor2 UI screenshots! You can check them out exclusively at RaceSimCentral.

If you look at the task bar, you’ll see the version number, “0.783,” which shows that we really aren’t that far off from the final version.

Here’s some great news for rFactor fans; Gjon Camaj is visiting Darin and crew at Inside Sim Racing tomorrow. While we can only speculate on the release date of rF2, we can hopefully get a few answers of the hotly anticipated sim title. Visit RaceSimCentral for the most recent updates starting tomorrow.

ISI has given us a holiday treat by releasing new screenshots that show the progress they have made since the last update. Gameplay is evident for the first time, showing how hard ISI has worked to deliver great weather effects, reflections, and accurate shadows on a variety of textures.
The best pic for us is the Renault, which is a mod from the Rfactor community. We hope importation of rfactor mods into RF2 is as straight forward as possible, since the library of mods is extensive and the community is highly active.

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Dirt fans exist in large numbers. Yet most race servers are dedicated to races that specifically deal with tarmac. However that trend looks like it is going to change, with Gjon revealing a few teaser screen shots that contain good ol’ Mother Earth. If dynamic weather does come to Rfactor2, that dirt could quickly turn into mud, which would make the experience that much more interesting. As with previous screen shots, the textures have more depth and detail (just look at the Cactus waving Hi!).

Excerpt from their press release:
Over the past week, MAK-Corp’s leader Petros Mak had taken the time to contact the Simraceway.com (hereinafter refered to as SRW) management to get some official clarification in regards to what the management of SRW have planned for the changeover from the much loved rFactorcentral to Simraceway. As many of you will know, certain groups had started a boycott action against simraceway and the blog post on virtualr.net received quite a lot of responses from many of the community, myself included. What has come to my attention however is that the entire Boycott fiasco could have been avoided with a simple email to simraceway for more clarification. After receiving great details about simraceway, Petros Mak has gotten the authorization to clear the issues up in the community by making a news article here at MAK-Corp to detail the misconceptions that arose in the community.

The most important thing in the swith from rFc to SRW is that there will be absolutely no changes in the free aspect of the site. SRW will continue to provide free showcasing and downloading of mods in the exact same manner that rFactorcentral is currently doing. So to make it clear one more time, that aspect WILL NOT CHANGE! SRW will retain the free showcasing and downloading as rFc currently has. A lot of people in the community as well as mod groups were led to believe that SRW would charge a fee for downloading mods, this is NOT the case.

To read more, please click here

Brazil is well known for having one of the most integral parts of our ecosystem; the Amazon rain forest. It is teeming with life, providing scientists and locals an unadulterated environment to discover new species. One fortunate soul, named Jorge Okamoto, who also happens to be an avid simracer, was able to spot the G27 in its natural habitat. Judging from the screenshots taken, the G27 is clearly an evolution of the G25, with more buttons and a series of LED lights, providing simracers shifting lights.

Like it’s G25 cousin, the steering wheel does not travel alone. It is accompanied by a shifter and pedal set that helps ward off any predators, as well as providing value that other steering wheel makers dream of matching. It is safe to assume that this G27 critter will be a common sight and will be available to buy at a local retailer very soon, bundled in a breathable box supplied by Logitech.

Here’s how it played out. Seriously:

Simraceway has recently launched their modder feature set. Here is an excerpt:

New Features;
Developers’ corner: A totally new section of the site dedicated solely to modding. It includes a
gMotor developer’s Wiki, ‘how to videos’, developer news section and collaboration tools.

1 click Install: Ability for mods to be downloaded from our high speed file servers and
automatically installed without any fuss, confusion or error.

Mod Syndication: Allows modders or mod users (if a modder permits this function to their mod
listing) to share a mod’s download link on any other website or blog.

To read the full PDF click this link: simraceway

Somewhere in the series of tubes between Lolcatz and Somalian schemes, lies Ken Block. Block is no ordinary mortal, which is why we are only allowed to witness his awe in pixelation. Witnessing these acts in real life, or simply hitting the “hq” button will probably lead to levels of euphoria that are only reserved for banned substances. Yet Top Gear, probably with the help of an emotionless STIG, got Captain Slow in the passenger seat with Ken Block to witness what Crown Victoria drivers would call sheer lunacy. Throw in the amazing cinematography that Top Gear is renowned for, and we have a priceless spectacle.

Rfactorcentral is going through a metamorphosis to emerge as Simraceway. This coincidentally resides with a recent email by the Rfactorcentral team that celebrated its 150,000,000th page view (I’m slightly jealous). More information is yet to come. However I have visited Simraceway, and was greeted by a suspicious looking countdown that could have easily come out of a Dark Night sequel or at the very least a HTC cell phone. The press release sheds a little more light:

All Rfactorcentral features will remain free on the new site. (Thank God!)

New features, including support for multiple titles.

Pete’s excited by it.

Let the anticipation begin.

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