Aidan Lilienfeld

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By day, Aidan is a professional editor and was a former reporter for Japan's Asahi Shimbun. By night, he is an avid PC gamer and expert in all things racing and grand strategy. One day he will put his games journalism earnings into the Subaru Impreza 22B STI of his dreams.

Latest articles by Aidan Lilienfeld

Attendees at the 2026 SimRacing Expo.

SimRacing Expo's first-ever US event proves driving sims have finally hit the American mainstream

By Aidan Lilienfeld published

news Can't afford a $15 million F1 car? Sim racing can get you seat time.

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EU5 key art

My first campaign in Europa Universalis 5 may have ruined the entire series for me

By Aidan Lilienfeld published

Opinion I have 1,700 hours in EU4—now I don't feel like I can go back, but EU5 has to change if I'm going to play it again.

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'I always knew it was going to go away eventually:' Anthem producer Mark Darrah gives his take on Stop Killing Games ahead of his own project shutting down forever

By Aidan Lilienfeld published

news Darrah says that if we want to Stop Killing Games, there will be some tradeoffs—but maybe they’re worth it.

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Cars have had real-life DLC for a while, but now Volkswagen’s gone full pay to win, locking a car's max horsepower behind a subscription

By Aidan Lilienfeld published

news Pre-order now and save 10% on your horsepower subscription.

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Real-life rally racing is dying and triple-A rally games are dead, but the sport's gotten a second life thanks to these excellent indie racers

By Aidan Lilienfeld published

aftermarket For the love of dirt-road racing.

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