Rama was the series champion in 2023
The regional finals will take place on November 23
Victor Ancheta, Enzo Ison, and Matthew Ang will be our country's representatives to the 2025 Toyota Gazoo Racing Asia eSports GT Championship next month, after finishing as this year's winners in the national finals on October 12.This will be
You can get the chance to rewrite history, too
EA's F1 25 continues to roll out the post-launch updates like an ambitious aero department, and today announces season two of its live service content: 'Sprint Battle.'You can probably have a stab at the theme. Newly added Scenario Events
by Phil Iwaniuk
The improvements are highly technical but also insanely impressive
Six months into F1 24's life cycle, both the game and the sport it simulates have been through some significant changes. Hands up who had a pair of Hamilton victories, Max Verstappen's abrupt loss of pace and the full-time
by Phil Iwaniuk
Serious playtime
Who would've thought that being a gamer could actually become a profession? If anything, it has gotten a lot more serious over the years, and it's not just because of the cash prizes.Having been invited by Toyota to attend
This game’s starting to look like a work of art
It's hard to imagine a world in which Assetto Corsa Evo releases and isn't absolutely wondrous. The original 2014 AC is still a titan of sim sandbox racing thanks to its modding community, and 2018's Assetto Corsa Competizione remains
by Phil Iwaniuk
Available via Apex Racing Philippines
As much fun as sim-racing is, there's one thing that hinders a lot of people (myself included) from building their own rigs: Budget. It's not that you have to splurge big time just to enjoy a racing simulator but
TopGear.com tries out the Dynisma DMG-1
The instant we touch the throttle, we're immersed. The reality melts away-the sleepy Somerset B roads we drove down to reach Dynisma's HQ, the room full of pistons and people on computers, the embarrassing little cap they gave us
by Phil Iwaniuk
Coming later this February and it’ll be free to use for all players
To some, it's the ultimate test in motorsport. To others, it's a torture device that stopped them getting their S-license in Gran Turismo 4. Either way, the 20.8km Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit is coming to Forza Motorsport.Arriving in
by Phil Iwaniuk
Luis Moreno, Enzo Ison, and Francis Angelo Gonzales
The year 2023 was a big one for the Philippine sim-racing scene. At the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup Asia finals, our very own Luis Moreno earned a spot to compete at the global finals.While things unfortunately didn't go
You should try them out, too, but don’t blame us if they’re bad
We've never been terribly good at sticking to New Year's resolutions at the best of times, and our yearly promise to spend marginally less time in a darkened room playing racing video games is under serious threat already for 2024.
The event will be held in Malaysia
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) recently concluded the 2023 Toyota Gazoo Gran Turismo Cup Philippines (TR GT Cup PH) season and crowned champions across three different racing classes.The highlight of the National Finals was the Sporting Class. Crowned champion was Russel Reyes,
It’s the first ‘Motorsport’ title in six years, and we can’t wait for the launch
The danger when you're rebooting an established series is that you are so busy starting afresh, that you lose some key aspect of what made the series great. To borrow an ancient idiom, you throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Verstappen was in the lead before he got disconnected
Max Verstappen has vowed to never again compete in Le Mans Virtual-the sim-racing version of the famous 24-hour race-after server problems saw his team disconnected... while leading. Ouch.The reigning F1 champ had been on course for victory
by Joe Holding
He had a go at our sim-racing rig and took on Laguna Seca using the Toyota GR86
To those of you who used to watch Top Gear back in the day, we're sure you remember the popular A Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment. To be honest, we'd love to replicate that ourselves here at Top
This thing looks wild
It's now clear that Aston Martin is adept at engineering not only beautiful cars and competitive Formula 1 machines (sort of) but also insane sim-racing rigs. Remember the AMR-C01 Racing Simulator? Well, the British carmaker is now back with
Bet your ordinary rig’s got nothing on this thing
So you've got a busted car collecting dust in your garage, and you've got quite a bit of money to spend. Would you rather go through all the trouble of restoring it, or would you opt to just sell it
A new and improved version of Fanatec’s McLaren replica
Sim-racing enthusiasts, take note: the new Fanatec CSL McLaren GT3 V2 racing wheel is now available in the Philippines courtesy of Apex Sim Racing PH.This model from Fanatec is a detailed replica of the real McLaren GT3 race car's
It can be fitted with an actual RWB steering wheel, too
If you follow car enthusiast Angie Mead King, you probably know that these days, she's living the farm life somewhere we assume is a good distance away from the metro. Consequently, she doesn't get to drive around racetracks often anymore
The company is looking for drivers to compete under the HPD JAS Esports Pro Team
Honda is opening new opportunities for aspiring sim-racers who are looking to go pro. Through its partnership with Europe-based JAS Motorsport, Honda Performance Development (HPD) will start searching across several continents to recognize talented sim-racers.With the help of
‘Kaka-kompyuter mo ’yan!’
Still don't believe there's a future in sim-racing or in esports in general? Well, here's some disheartening news for you naysayers.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that this year, the first-ever Olympic Virtual Series (OVS)
