GGL had a chance to speak with Dakota “G2_Wolf” Watterson, winner of the Virtual Racing Season, about his practice and gaming habits, and views on the VRS. Wolf has been racing in Trackmania Nations Forever for quite some time and readily shared some details. Let’s get into it.
GGL: First, can you introduce yourself to our readers?
Dakota Watterson: Hi, I’m Dakota, 16, and a student.
GGL: How does it feel to have won the GGL Virtual Racing Season?
Watterson: I’m quite surprised considering who my opponent was for the finals. Seeing an ingame rank in the single digits is pretty intimidating, even for me.
GGL: Will you be able to make it to the Daytona 500 using the trip that you won?
Watterson: I’ll probably be going. I mean, why not? It’s a free trip.
GGL: How often did you practice Trackmania Nations Forever to secure your win?
Watterson: For the qualifying ladders, I didn’t really practice at all. During the finals brackets, I spent maybe 30 minutes practicing the maps for each match, and spent a couple hours practicing for the Finals match.
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After a long and grueling competition, G2_Wolf has come out on top of GGL’s Virtual Racing Season, beating NFSxMaster in the finals.
Neither player is a slouch in the game, and NFSxMaster made G2_Wolf earn his 2-1 win.
Thanks to his efforts, G2_Wolf wins a trip to the 2009 Daytona 500! Meanwhile, NFSxMaster wins a trip to one of the 2009 Sprint Cup events. The same goes for the third through tenth place finishers.
Congrats to all competitors for a well-played season!
If playing racing games with a controller feels unnatural to you, you’re not alone. Purely from a driving perspective, a console controller looks nothing like the a steering wheel, and if you’re looking to inject a modicum of realism into your driving experience you’ll need to pick up a racing wheel.
With that in mind, Logitech sent GGL its new Driving Force Wireless wheel for the PlayStation 3 to put through the paces.
Is it at a high level? Let’s find out.
What’s in the box
The Driving Force Wireless is a one-piece setup with no pedals. That’s right, no pedals. Included in the box is the wheel, power adapter (yes, there’s one cord) and a 2.4Ghz wireless USB receiver that plugs into the PS3.
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GGL’s Virtual Racing Season, sponsored by Bosch, has reached its final four stage and only the most grizzled competitors remain.
Let’s have a look at the remaining matchups. Trust me when I tell you that they are comprised of familiar names…
Two Trackmania titans will collide after carving a swath of destruction through the bracket. Who’s will be the best player on the day they meet?
NFSxMaster has made it this far, but is he ready for KiFire? There’s no telling anymore and all bets are off.
Stay tuned to VRS as we head down the stretch to the finish!
GGL’s Virtual Racing Season has whittled down its competitors to the elite eight phase, with most of the big names remaining in the field. At the end, there can be only one, but for now, here are our remaining matchups:
eMJay has lived up to his #1 seed in making it this far, while zsta has also 3-0′d all of his opponents to reach this point. I’m calling it a toss up…we’ll see.
I’ll put $100 on G2_Wolf. Any takers?
Polas already advanced to the final four after winning this match, so, I’ll predict a win for him! Way to get it done early, though…
The multigaming master has advanced to face…who is willy456? Is he a dark horse contender or a pretender? We’ll find out on this edition of…As the VRS Turns!
GGL’s Virtual Racing Season is headed into its final stage, a final Trackmania Nations Forever bracket with a max of 64 players. Gamers from across the racing genre have gathered together to see who is the best in Nadeo’s free arcade racer.
The bracket will host 6 rounds of play, eliminating players along the way. Here are the round deadlines:
Round 1 (64 players down to 32): Wednesday 10/29/08 at 9:00pm EST
Round 2 (32 down to 16): Sunday 11/2/08 at 9:00pm EST
Round 3 (16 down to 8): Thursday 11/6/08 at 9:00pm EST
Round 4 (8 down to 4): Monday, 11/10/08 at 9:00pm EST
Round 5 (4 down to 2): Friday 11/14/08 at 9:00pm EST
Round 5 (2 down to 1): Sunday 11/16/08 at 9:00pm EST
You can view the final bracket at this link on the VRS site.
Now, without further ado, the seeds!
1. eMJay0910
2. quentin
3. bighunz13
4. G2_Wolf
5. XIG Big j632
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Once only known for its PC editions, Trackmania DS is looking to revitalize racing games on Nintendo’s juggernaut handheld.
EDGE got its hands on a preview edition of Trackmania DS, and the game is apparently everything DS racers so far haven’t been: Fast, pretty and intuitive.
TrackMania DS, in replicating its PC source material so meticulously, is something of a technical feat. Locked at a steady 60 frames per second, it’s also the fastest racer on DS. The instant restart feature, so integral to the ‘one more go’ appeal of TrackMania, is present and correct – a tap of the X button is all that’s needed to return to the starting line.
The game also includes the fabled track editor, the lifeblood of the Trackmania community. Unfortunately, it won’t allow you to upload tracks using the DS’s WiFi connection, but you can share tracks locally.
Read the full preview at EDGE.
