Nick Saunders

How well do you think you know the tracks of Gran Turismo 7? Test your mettle in our image-based quiz and try to achieve a GT-based licence level.

Now that engine swaps are easy, yet expensive, to access, we revel in the incongruity of some of the maddest upgrades available within Gran Turismo 7.

Titanium pistons, carbon propeller shafts and high lift camshafts – here’s how to obtain ‘S Parts’ within Gran Turismo 7 and where they’re stored.

Here’s how to swap a car’s engine within Gran Turismo 7, and also how to procure engines and where they are stored.

There are thousands of community-made liveries and paint schemes you can apply to your cars in Gran Turismo 7. Here’s how to search, edit and apply them to your collection.

Online racing is something that I have a great affinity for, and I have been doing it ever since network-connected racing came to consoles. Gran Turismo has been especially great for that over the years in its different iterations, starting with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and although the Gran Turismo 7 online system is still…Continue reading “A guide to Gran Turismo 7’s online lobbies”»

Here’s how to add a horn to your car in Gran Turismo 7 with a controller or a wheel, PS4 or PS5 – road vehicles only, though.

With the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 7 edging ever closer, I was thinking about if this version of Gran Turismo will have any of the vehicular surprises that have littered the illustrious series’ history. Now, I’m not talking about the latest offerings from the automotive supercar brands or that slight variation…Continue reading “The weird and wonderful world of Gran Turismo’s cars”»

There is something intrinsic to motor racing that has all but disappeared in the virtual world of racing games. Can you guess what it is? Well, the title of this article probably gave it away but yes, it is commentary and specifically in-race commentary. It’s hard to imagine watching your favourite form of motorsport without…Continue reading “Should commentary in racing games make a comeback?”»

I have been thinking lately about certain inadequacies with current racing games and what it would be like if I could design a game myself without any of the constraints or limitations that are put on us by the pesky realities of things like licensing or the current state of technology. So, with that tantalising…Continue reading “A dream racing game, without limitations”»