There’s noticeable lag between the iPad and Apple TV when using AirPlay, which may be an issue for games where timing is important, such as Rock Band, but didn’t seem to set us back while playing Firemint’s racing game.Īre you excited about the AirPlay mirroring feature? Let us know in the comments. iPad Games on Apple TV: Firemint Announces Real Racing 2 HD with iOS 5 AirPlay Mirroring By Federico Viticci One of Scott Forstall’s big iOS 5 announcements at the WWDC ‘11 keynote on Monday was the possibility for iPad 2 owners to wirelessly mirror the entire device’s screen to an Apple TV on a local network. Zach Honig from Engadget writes:įor this game (and we imagine many more to come), you use the iPad as the controller - both while navigating through menus and in race mode - while the game appears only on your TV (though the tablet does display some vitals, and a map of the track). Real Racing 2 HD gets a series of visual enhancements when run on iPad 2, not least of which is support for native 1080p HDTV output via the 35 HDMI dongle.

Enjoy a rich, next-gen game with the most advanced cross-platform social and competitive racing community ever. The latest version of Real Racing 2 HD also supports dual screen gaming, so you can not only use your iPad 2 as the controller, but also checkout the real-time racing telemetry displayed on the iPad 2 screen. Real Racing 2 HD will soon receive an update that lets you port the game from your iPad to your TV in 1080p, using the tablet as a steering wheel. THE PREMIER RACING EXPERIENCE Powered by the remarkable Mint 3 Engine, Real Racing 3 features detailed car damage, fully functioning rear view mirrors, and dynamic reflections for truly HD racing. In fact, it looks like developers don’t have to make any code changes to support AirPlay mirroring as Engadget has already posted a hands-on video of Real Racing 2 HD using the AirPlay mirroring feature (it works seamlessly if you’ve iOS 5 installed on iPad 2 and Apple TV 2G).

announcing that their iPad game – Real Racing 2 HD will support AirPlay Mirroring. So it was not surprising to see Firemint – developer of popular iOS games such as Real Racing, Flight Control etc. One of the killer features of iOS 5 for iPad 2 users is AirPlay Mirroring, which allows users to wirelessly mirror slides, movies, photos, apps or everything else that they see on the iPad 2 screen to an HDTV via Apple TV 2G.

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