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The sound of three cylinders…

Now this is something that could be rather promising… This video is supposedly of the BMW i8 doing a quick run through the gears with its Active Sound Design technology (fake noise…) turned OFF! If that is actually true, then the sound coming from BMW’s little 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine is FREAKIN’ EPIC! If it […]

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Alfa 4c to hold up traffic…

While the Alfa Romeo 4C is a thoroughly stunning-looking little car – it was recently voted “Most Beautiful Car of 2013” – and quite frequently stops traffic with those looks, it will now officially be holding up a different sort of traffic. The 4C has just been announced as the official Safety Car for the […]

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Development Diary Update!

Hello again, everyone. I know it’s been a while, but rest assured, the only reason I haven’t been updating you guys regularly on the game progress is because I’ve been, um… progressing the game! Things have changed a fair bit. I came to the realisation that I was developing a game around an In App […]

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ECTO-1

We heard this morning that Harold Ramis has died. This makes us here at OVERSTEER very sad as, apart from the fact that the world has lost a comedy genius, it also probably puts an end to any possibility of Ghostbusters 3, as Bill Murray still refuses to have anything to do with it… sigh… […]

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McLaren 650S revealed!

First the teaser pic was released, then the “unexpected” leak saw the new McLaren 650S revealed in grainy, low-res form. Now McLaren has released actual pics and details of its new mid-range supercar. As expected the 650S slots in between the 12C and the sold-out P1 hypercar in terms of price, performance and looks. Basically […]

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Water wheels

According to Wikipedia,  the source of all that is dubious, doubtful and wildly inaccurate, Kiwi tycoon Alan Gibbs started messing around with amphibious vehicles after he became “frustrated by the extreme tidal nature of the Kaipara Harbour, that forms the western boundary of his farm”. Which leads one to assume he wanted to develop a […]

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Yet another McLaren!

McLaren just keeps those new supercars coming, in line with the company’s stated desire to release a new car every year. And, yes, we do realise that is a massively open-ended statement that prompts more questions than it answers… Anyway, McLaren has just announced the latest car in its line up – called the 650S […]

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The eye of the beholder

Well, they do say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but you would have to be a wee bit of a soulless wasteland of a human being, lacking in even the most basic of essential human emotions to not appreciate the elegance of the pretty little Alfa Romeo 4C. Which is probably […]

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Flash Rods!

From the “why has no-one thought of this before?” category we bring you possibly the best desk-top accessory possible for anyone who owns a computer and is even the least bit interested in cars – Flash Rods! Combining either a 64GB flash drive and a 1/24 scale model car or a 750GB hard drive and […]

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