All eyes were on the 2010 GT Academy winner, Jordan Tresson, this weekend at Silverstone as he competed in his first race as an international racing driver. Teamed with experienced British Driver Alex Buncombe in a Nissan 370Z, Jordan tasted the harsh realities of motor sport as the pair endured the agony of two non-finishes and no points for the weekend.

Saturday’s race saw Jordan line up twelfth on the grid. He was able to make up two places when he avoided tangling with a couple of spinning cars during the race. At the midway point he handed the car to Alex Buncombe, who recorded a string of fast laps but, with minutes of the race remaining, lost the rear left wheel of the Nissan and was forced to retire from tenth place.
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PS3 Firmware 3.21 will be available this Thursday. It will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to security concerns, we’re now removing this feature.

For most of you, this won’t have any impact on how you use your PS3. If you are one of the few who use the “Other OS” feature, or if you belong to an organisation that does, then you can choose not to upgrade your system. However, doing so will mean that the following features will not be available:

• Ability to sign in to PlayStation Network and use network features that require signing in to PlayStation Network, such as online features of PS3 games and chat.
• Playback of PS3 software titles or Blu-ray Disc videos that require PS3 system software version 3.21 or later.
• Playback of copyright-protected videos that are stored on a media server (when DTCP-IP is enabled under Settings).
• Use of new features and improvements that are available on PS3 system software 3.21 or later.

If you currently use the “Other OS” feature and you wish to update to system software 3.21, make sure you back-up any data stored within the hard drive partition used by the “Other OS,” as they will not be able to access that data following the update.

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Hi guys,

My name’s Charlotte Panther. I’m in charge of PR here at SCEE Europe, and I work closely with our PlayStation.Blog team to make sure you get all the latest news from our activities and events. It’s been almost three months now since we launched PlayStation.Blog in Europe, so I wanted to give you a quick update on what’s been going on over here.

Many of you have asked when we’ll be launching the French, German, Italian and Spanish language versions of the blog. We’re still working hard on rolling out the regional versions. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to launch before gamescom as we’d originally hoped, but I wanted to let you know that we’re working closely with the local offices in each country, and things should be up and running around the Tokyo Game Show timeframe in September.

As you know, we’ve had many different people from all over the SCEE universe contributing to the EU version of PlayStation.Blog, and that will of course continue. But today I’ve got some exciting information to share with you. The good news is that because your response to the EU PlayStation.Blog has been so positive, we’ve been able to persuade the Powers-That-Be that we need to have someone in charge of the blog on a full-time basis, much like in the US.

And I’m happy to say we’ve found the perfect person in Jem Alexander. I know many of you will recognise the name, as Jem comes to us fresh from covering the PlayStation beat for the gaming blog, Joystiq, so I’m sure you’ll agree he’s the perfect man for the job!

I’ll let Jem introduce himself properly, but suffice it to say we’re really excited to have him on board just in time for gamescom. He’ll be hunting down all your favourite development teams and bringing you live news, direct from the show floor. Let’s just hope he’s brought along a good sense of humour and a comfy pair of shoes!

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