Racing Dreams: Crashing a Valkyrie AMR on the 2025 Nordschleife

There is close-to nothing more embarrassing than running an online race in Automobilista 2 on the Nürburgring and ending up crashing in the very last corner out of the 82 that this racetrack is made up of.

Sure, the differences really aren't that big and for the Automobilista 2 studio to charge $10 for an upgraded 2025 version of the Nordschleife can be seen as pure greed, but the fact is that the license cost for the track itself today amounts to £100K (one-off cost) and considering how extremely well-made this version is, we here at Gamereactor believe that the 2025 Nürburgring Nordschleife is worth every penny in this fantastic game.

In the video below, I drive my new favourite car, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR, around the loop in a crowded online race and of course manage to crash the car in the corner just before the finish line.

Gamereactor's 6DOF Full motion racing rig consists of an SR3 system from Swedish Simrig mounted on an X1-Pro Cockpit from Simlab and then placed on top of a Traction Plus Platform from Next Level Racing. This is powered by an HP Omen 45L with Intel Core Ultra9 and Nvidia RTX 5090, and as a monitor we use three LG CX 55" OLED TVs. The wheel base is a Fanatec DD2 with a Podium M4 GT steering wheel, a Fanatec Podium Monte Carlo Rally + Podium Button Module and Heusinkveld's Ultimate Plus pedals.

Racing Dreams is a series of video clips and articles where Swedish editor-in-chief Petter Hegevall shares his passionate interest in simulation racing.

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