TouchGen: You suspect there was always going to be a trade-off for ‘Real Racing 3’ when EA acquired Firemint. What the franchise now gains in authenticity and pizzazz, it can be argued it loses in a little bit of soul. Nowhere is this better displayed than with the visual quality of the game; a few months ago, I was seen on these very same TouchGen pages slobbering like a lusty teenager about how great looking EA’s other recent racing title ‘Need For Speed: Most Wanted’ was. And I meant everything I said at the time, it’s a beautiful game.
The popular, and authentic, mobile racing game Real Racing 3 will continue to add to its roster of cars and events in January 2022 with the version 10.1 update – and the Lamborghini Huracán STO is the headline act.
The mobile round of the qualification time trials for the McLaren Shadow Project is now open.
Using EA’s Real Racing 3, entrants can take part in one of three time trials in August, September, and October this year.
McLaren has today announced the launch of the McLaren Shadow Project, supported by Logitech G, HTC Vive, Sparco Gaming and Alienware.
Coming off the back of the Mclaren World’s Fastest Gamer competition in 2017, won by Rudy van Buren, who is now simulator test driver for McLaren F1 – McLaren is set to dip their toes back into esports in a big way with their new esports initiative, Shadow Project. This new global sim racing event will feature players across multiple games, including Xbox One title Forza Motorsport, Real Racing 3 on mobile, iRacing and rFactor 2 on the PC.
