Sonac has tackled the review of the next Fanatec product.

This time, he’ll takes a look at the new and more sturdy Fanatec CSR Shifter set that has been introduced with the CSR wheel. The set consists of a sequential shifter and a 6+1 shifter.

The French F1 Ligue team has released a new preview video of their F1 2012 mod for rFactor 2, showing first in-game footage of their work.

The video shows a test run of the Mercedes Grand Prix W03 at Sepang.

The mod will include all cars and drivers of the upcoming F1 2012 season. The 2012 generation of Formula One cars will feature a very distinctive nose design on most cars, creating some of the oddest looking F1 cars in recent years.

The Radiator Springs Racing Team has released a new preview video of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, the first-ever modding car for netKar Pro.

The video shows the Italian supercar in drift action at Zandvoort as the team is completing the beta tests with the car.

iRacing has released a rescanned version of the Daytona International Speedway, bringing the repaved version of the World Center of Racing to their online racing simulation.

The video below shows footage of the Riley Daytona Prototype around the Florida track both in iRacing and reality. The new Daytona is available for iRacing subscribers to purchase, owners of the old Daytona version receive the track for free.

DEM Racing Simulator’s DRS-F150 wheel is based on Thrustmaster’s Ferrari F1 wheel for the T500 RS.

DEM has equipped the wheel with missing features such as display, working rotary encoders and clutch paddles. Below is a first video of the wheel narrated in Italian, showing off the wheel at work.

Features

• Rubber Handles
• 6 Rotary Encoders
• 2 Rotary Switches
• 8 buttons
• Clutch with Hall sensors
• Optional Quick Release
• Light weight (1100 g without QR)
• Compatible with all major commercial wheels.

Turn 10 Studios have announced the newest content pack for the Xbox 360 racer.

The March Pirelli Car Pack will bring ten new cars to the title, including current machinery like the Wiesmann GT MF5, road-going classics like the BMW 850CSi and a real endurance-racing legend – The Ferrari 312P.

Included Cars

• 2011 Aston Martin V12 Zagato (Villa d’Este)
• 1971 Ferrari #2 Ferrari Automobili 312 P
• 2012 Ultima GTR
• 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS 396
• 2010 Renault Clio RS
• 1966 Ford Country Squire
• 1995 BMW 850CSi
• 1986 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
• 2011 Wiesmann GT MF5
• 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza

Atari, Rombax Games and Bigben Interactive have revealed the full track list of their upcoming Test Drive Ferrari Racing Legends title that is due to be released in March.

The title will include a wide variety of tracks, including such notable tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Spa Francorchamps, Monza & the Hockenheimring. Furthermore, several tracks will be available as historical versions as well to go along with the historic cars available in the title.

Track List

• Circuit de Catalunya – Spain GP
• Circuit de Catalunya – Spain National
• Circuit de Spa Francorchamps GP (1980) – Belgium
• Circuit de Spa Francorchamps GP (2004) – Belgium
• Casino Riviera-Cote d’Azur – France
• Cote d’Azur Monte Grande – France
• Cote d’Azur Monument Loop – France
• Cote d’Azur Port Boucle – France
• Donington Park GP (2009) – United Kingdom
• Donington Park National (2009) – United Kingdom
• Enna Pergusa – Italy
• Fiorano – Italy
• Fiorano Alternate – Italy
• Hockenheimring – Germany GP
• Hockenheimring GP (1982) – Germany
• Hockenheimring National – Germany
• Hockenheimring Short – Germany
• Imola (1981) – Italy

Turn 10 have released an interesting making off video of their Forza Motorsport 4 title for Xbox 360 that was released last fall.

Fanatec has released a new beta version of their driver package for all their PC wheels, including the Porsche line and the recently-released CSR & CSR Elite.

The new driver addresses various issues as listed below, it’s available both as 32bit & 64bit version.

Slightly Mad Studios have added a new membership tier to their WMD-powered Project CARS title as members can now choose to upgrade to “Full Member” level.

Full Members receive the same benefits as Team Members, including a weekly development build of Project CARS and full access to the busy WMD forums. On top of that, Full Members are also entitled to receive the finished retail version of Project CARS free of charge once it hits the shelves.