Racing à la Kart: a review of Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart makes its debut on the Wii with some great new elements and a strong online offering. The kart racer is still surviving in the HD era.Read More...

With 8 Dead, Drag Racing Gets Hard Look

The popularity of illegal street racing seems to be on the rise.

Logitech unveils Speed Force Wireless racing wheel for Wii

Up until now, Wii-owning racers have been stuck with the Wii Wheel, Brando's Wii Multi-Axis Racing System or something they cooked up in arts and crafts. Now, however, Logitech is providing a much better option for serious track stars. The Speed Force Wireless racing wheel is the first force-feedback wheel for Nintendo's latest console, and while it was designed to work with Need For Speed Undercover, it'll do just fine with future force-feedback racing titles as well. Disgustingly, you still have to plug a USB receiver into your Wii before this thing will work, but we guess that's the breaks, huh? Look for this one to pop up in November (US and Europe) for $99.99. Full release after the break.Continue reading Logitech unveils Speed Force Wireless racing wheel for WiiPermalink | Email this | Comments

'Grid' takes the checkered flag in racing games (AP)

AP - With gasoline prices at $4 a gallon and rising, the leisurely Sunday drive is turning back into a luxury. But there is an alternative: The automotive video game. And the only fuel you need is the electricity that powers your TV and your game console.

REVIEW: 'Grid': summer's racing games

With gasoline prices at $4 a gallon and rising, the leisurely Sunday drive is turning back into a luxury. But there is an alternative: The automotive video game. And the only fuel you need is the electricity that powers your TV and your game console.

Exclusive: Working out the future with Shigeru Miyamoto

JAPAN has come up with some cruel and unusual punishments over the years: toilets that blast you where and when you least expect, the TV game show Endurance and Hello Kitty, the popular cartoon cat character. Nothing is more terrifying, though, than the latest product to emerge from the laboratories of Tokyo and Kyoto.