Join Fanatec CEO Thomas Jackermeier from the SimRacing Expo 2022 to run through the peripheral and equipment manufacturers' past 25 years, its biggest achievements and what's next. He shares some fascinating insights into the supply-chain challenges of the past two years, the launch of more affordable direct drive wheel bases and why it's creating a karting track on the new HQ's roof! Ever wonder what motivates Fanatec to innovate? Listen to this episode to find out as Jackermeier joins...

On this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast, we’re at the World Finals of the Gran Turismo World Series from Monaco. This is the title-deciding esports event for the world’s quickest Gran Turismo drivers. The weekend incorporated the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup Grand Final, the Manufacturers Cup final and the Nations Cup final – the one that effectively determines the overall world champion driver. It also included the launch of a brand new Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo car, an opportunity to...

Williams Esports carries the distinction of being Wiliams Racing’s only form of motorsport outside of Formula 1. The team competes in the pinnacle of single-seaters and racing esports. That’s it. It shows just how intrinsically important virtual racing is to the Grove company, originally founded by Frank Williams in 1977. Now under Dorilton Capital stewardship, its esports squad is pushing the limits of what’s achievable in sim racing – both in terms of the sheer quantity of events...

There's no other driving game quite like Intertial Drift. The vision of Michael O'Kane, and developed alongside Tom Mathews, aka Level 91 Entertainment, the two-person team launched the twin-stick drift title in 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Following some free car additions in the latter stages of 2021, the game is back with a new Twilight Rivals downloadable content pack, and a Twilight Rivals Edition that includes the DLC plus 4K resolution and up to 120fps...

Joining us for this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast is Lindsey Eckhouse, Director of Licensing, Ecommerce and Esports at McLaren Racing. Responsible for both the real-world racing team's appearance within video games and its virtual competition outlets, in this instance the McLaren Shadow team and the Logitech G Challenge competition. Lindsey explains how the company picks and chooses the right virtual implementations that engage and also represent McLaren's values. So that means F1...

Hello and welcome to yet another Traxion.GG Podcast episode featuring Jimmy Broadbent. This is a bonus companion episode to go alongside the in-depth piece covering content creation and Formula 1. This was recorded just after the final race of the Praga Cup championship in October 2022, which Broadbent and team-mate Gordie Mutch won, taking home the inaugural title.  Running the works Praga entry supported by Fanatec, the duo won both races in the East Midlands to seal the crown in...

Pls no punterino and welcome to an episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast.  Joining Thomas Harrison-Lord today is Jimmy Broadbent, over 800,000 sim racing and motorsport YouTube subscribers and counting. The pre-eminent virtual racing content creator is here to discuss his Praga exploits this season, but also his live sidecast on AMP during Formula 1 weekends, Fast & Loose, the current state of F1 games and the struggle to create popular, relevant video content. This was recorded before the...

When WRC Generations – the official game of the World Rally Championship - launches in November, it will mark the end of Parisien developer Kylotonn’s involvement in the franchise. We visited its studio in France recently to discuss the development of its upcoming, final, WRC game and hear from the development team about its creation and how the studio has evolved over the past eight years. We will be joined by three members of KT Racing as they near the title’s release, starting with...

Joining us this week is Paul Crawford, Esports Manager at Motorsport UK.  For those who aren’t aware, Motorsport UK is the governing body for all four-wheeled motorsport in the United Kingdom.  It’s now committed to sim racing and racing esports, so here you will hear Thomas Harrison-Lord and colleague Ross McGregor speak to Paul about an upcoming Motorspork UK organised sim racing esports competition, but also the organisation’s goals for the virtual world and its exciting future plans for a...

Joining us this week is the founder and CEO of Trak Racer, Matt Sten, the global – of Australian origin – sim racing and flight simulator accessory manufacturer.  It has partnerships with the Alpine Formula 1 team and Airbus, and perhaps is best known for creating cockpits and wheel stands for those who want to take their virtual racing that bit further.  We’ve reviewed its TR8 Pro Cockpit and FS3 wheel stand on the Traxion.GG website and YouTube Channel before.  I wanted to gain an insight...

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest’s 24 Hours Hours of Le Mans will celebrate 100 years since its first running in 2023, but before then it will also honour its third ever 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race too.  On the run-up to the big racing esports event – which will see over 40 cars, across two categories, driven by 140 competitors – there is also the Le Mans Virtual Series, organised and run by Motorsport Games and the ACO.  Yes, the same Motorsport Games group that Traxion.GG is part of,...

Paulo Gomes, Studio and Game Director at Saber Porto is joining us today. It’s developing the upcoming racing game and simulation Dakar Desert Rally, and we had a chat at the Gamescom show recently. Hopefully, you’ll be able to gather Paulo’s passion and dedication for this project, a brand new officially licenced title for the real-world Dakar rally raid. Set in an open-world Saudi Arabian environment, it mixes five vehicle categories – truck, car, motorcycle, quad bike and SSV – plus the...

Joining us on this episode are representatives of sim racing equipment manufacturer Next Level Racing and world-renowned car company Ford. The two companies are working together on a line of Ford GT and Team Fordzilla virtual racing cockpits and seats – but more than that, they are trying to expand the audience for our beloved past-time. Both were present at Gamescom, a German show that covers the general gaming industry and usually has less of a racing game presence. But not this year,...

We have six guests on this week’s episode, as we visited Milton Keyes in the English Midlands, the home industrial estates and dual carriageways, but also the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team. At its base also lives the Oracle Red Bull Racing Erena, where the drivers for the upcoming F1 Esports Series Pro Championship have been training ahead of the upcoming season. In this episode you’ll head from Red Bull Racing drivers Marcel Kiefer, Frede Rasmusen and Liam Parnell, followed by the new-look...

In this episode of the Traxion.GG podcast, we are joined by André Eriksen, founder and CEO of the Asetek group and therefore Asetek SimSports. Talk about making waves, the Danish company’s first product – the hydraulic Invicta sim racing pedals – shook the industry with its baking feedback, and here we discuss the company’s future plans for sim racing domination. New wheels and wheel bases in a three-tiered range. Future Pagani-licenced products alongside a cockpit. Eriksen also recaps the...

The fourth season of the Traxon.GG Podcast has come to a close - thank you to everyone who made this our most listened-to run so far and to who went on the show to discuss sim racing and racing video games. Over the past 15 episodes, we spoke to the great and the good from our little corner of video game fandom, from independent game developers to racing esports event organisers and everything in-between. Fret not - we will be back with a new season later in the year, with planning already...

A sim racing print magazine, a yearly awards ceremony and now an esports competition with a difference - the Virtual Competition Organisation, aka VCO Esports, has a lot going on, and its aims are to enhance our community. Joining us on this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast is VCO CEO Florian Haasper, who explains how his BMW Motorsport and sports journalism background are helping push VCO and his agency bürosüd plus to new levels. We discuss Munich's new role as a sim racing hub, how the...

On this week's Traxion.GG Podcast we are joined by Jesper Pedersen, co-founder, and Michi Hoyer, racer, of the Burst Esport squad to discuss how a professional sim racing esports teams earns a living, stays competitive and punches above its weight. Competing in several rFactor 2 competitions such as the Le Mans Virtual Series and Formula Pro Series, the Danish squad has been expanding its horizons of late competition in the multi-platform VCO Esports Racing League and looking to take part in...

On this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast we are going to be talking about French sportscars, specifically Alpine sportscars. The company makes the delectable A110 at present but has big plans for shaking up the car market. Sim racing and esports are part of those plans, so listen as we speak to established professional sim racer (with Veloce Esports) and real-world British GT race winner James Baldwin plus Guillaume Vergnas head of partnerships and esports at Alpine, to try and find out...

With F1 Manager 2022 on the way in August – the 30th to be precise – we were invited down to the creator’s Cambridge studios to try the game and speak to some of the development team. Joining us on this episode of the Traxion.GG Podcast are Frontier Development’s Adam Woods, the title’s Executive Producer and Andy Fletcher, F1 Manager 2022’s Game Director. Hear how important the Formula 1 licence is to the team, the challenge of balancing realism with accessibility and what happens if you...

On this episode of the Traxion.GG podcast we are joined by Morris Hebecker, CEO and Co-founder of new sim racing platform RENNSPORT. In this interview hear confirmation that the latter feature is not an NFT or blockchain-based venture and how you will be able to play an early build of this game sooner rather than later. Think of it as a brand new driving game that simulates racing, aiming to be the next Assetto Corsa Competizione or RaceRoom Racing Experience. It is unique, however, built...

Joining us today on the Traxion.GG Podcast is Jarno Opmeer, one of the quickest sim racers in the world. He’s a two-time, back-to-back, F1 Esports Series Pro champion and a Mercedes-AMG Esports driver. Earlier this year he won the eRace of Champions event and just wrapped up the Premier Sim Gaming League title for the fourth time.  His career so far isn’t the normal route, coming from a karting and Formula 4 and Renault Academy motorsport background. Since then, he’s 100 per cent focussed on...

Joining us today on the Traxion.GG Podcast is the BMW’s Head of Sim Racing, Rudolf Dittrich. Dittrich has worked for BMW’s M Motorsport division in the past, his last role before stepping into the virtual racing world being Head of Vehicle Development. On this episode, he explains that BMW believes sim racing to be another branch of motorsport and equally as important to the business. The prevalence of BMW vehicles in racing games and sims is no coincidence, therefore, with BMW cars and...

Joining us today on the Traxion.GG Podcast is the Senior Creative Director for the new and upcoming official Formula 1 game – EA SPORTS F1 22. Lee Mather has been working on the F1 games now since the very first one created by Codemasters, F1 2010. With over a decade’s experience working on these titles, we thought there was no one better to discuss F1 22 with. In this chat, we will discuss some key elements, like who made the VR functionality, how the online cross-platform multiplayer will...

Joining us today on the Traxion.GG Podcast is David Brabham, son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Sir Jack Brabham. This is pertinent to our conversation as David is continuing over 70 years of Brabham lineage through new and exciting areas – be that a track and road car, Brabham liveried racing simulators and a brand new racing esports team. He has a long and fêted career in motorsport, racing in Formula 1 for Brabham and Simtek, but also two class victories and an overall win at the...