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Driving is easily the most competitive genre within our industry, read our picks and ultimate winner for the Best Racer of 2009.

You’re speeding through the famous tunnel overlooking the Monaco Waterfront at two hundred miles per hour. Ahead of you, Jenson Button, so far he’s been top dog, receiving all the plaudits and praise, little does he know that you’ve been gaining precious second upon second and at the next chicane you’ll strike.
He makes a mess [...]

As a games critic, journalist or whatever I tend to call myself, it’s my job to tell the truth about games. However sometimes it’s a truth that I don’t want to tell, this is the case with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Let’s start with the honesty, shall we? I didn’t finish OP: DR, I tried, [...]

Rally games have always been a niché and their twitchy controls and time trial orientated nature will probably lead them to stay niché. The original DiRT proved this and with a clean European aesthetic with Helvetica plastered all over it that was hardly going to entice your average gamer. That’s why it’s a surprise to [...]

One of the best rally games of the last five years was Colin McRae DiRT. Powered by the graphically capable EGO engine, DiRT combined loose driving with a plethora of classes and vehicles. It did however feel like it had an identity crisis coupled with a lack of substantial multiplayer. DiRT 2 looks to fix [...]

Now that Codemasters have nabbed the F1 license from the claws of Sony we will start to see F1 visit every platform imaginable. F1 2009 is the Wii and PSP version of the game while F1 2010 will be the 360 and PS3 versions.
According to the latest issue of Edge the game will feature…
Five control [...]

As much as it’s frowned upon I’m going to draw a direct comparison for Overlord 2. Normally I wouldn’t be so up front with a review but Overlord 2 is essentially an eviller but slightly less charming version of Nintendo’s unappreciated Pikmin. And while at the second time of asking it does a much better [...]

Nothing major here really except for a very important date for your diaries. Codemasters simply announced release dates for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS versions of Colin McRae DiRT 2. 11th September for UK while America get it slightly earlier on the 8th.

Yep, for anyone still wondering what Fuel is like you finally have your chance to jump in and play some off-road racing. A free demo is set for release later today at 2pm for PC, Xbox Live and PSN. It includes the following…
The FUEL demo enables players to take on the Ocean Rush career event, [...]