As CGM’s resident sim-racing enthusiast, October and November were shaping up to be good months, with the releases of NASCAR 25, RENNSPORT, and Project Motor Racing all dropping before the end of November. After the lukewarm NASCAR 25 dropped, I was looking forward to playing RENNSPORT next to get back into racing on proper tracks with proper racing cars.
I wanted to get a feel for how the cars performed on both controller and using wheel & pedals, so I immediately hopped into the rookie championship on my controller, using the BMW M2 and tried my hand at the practice session. In the single-player championships, there are three sections to each race: practice, qualifying, and the race itself. The practice and qualifying sessions are 10 minutes each and can be skipped at any time if you just want to get to the race.
I spent nearly the entire practice session trying to wrestle my car around the Founder’s Track, which was designed specifically for this game and shaped like... Read more