Gran Turismo Sport

There’s not long left now until Gran Turismo 7, but the online ranked menu for GT Sport is still updating with weird and wonderful concoctions. So often, racing videos games are obsessed with either one licenced real-world motorsport championship or the unobtanium of supercars and hypercars. Gran Turismo games feature those, but they also have…Continue reading “Unorthodox approach: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 7th February 2022”»

As we near the end of Gran Turismo Sport Daily Races reporting, and the start of a final send-off tournament within the game, this week’s playlist also highlights a car company that has seen end times – but is moving on to something new.  TVR.  With a name that stands for Trevor, after the company’s eponymous…Continue reading “Blackpool’s finest: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 31st January 2022”»

Nearly 10 million players, at the last time of counting, 96 articles on Traxion.GG and a pioneering ranked online racing mode – it’s been a good innings for Gran Turismo Sport, but it’s all about the end. Not in a negative sense, of course, but because Gran Turismo 7 is just around the corner, launching…Continue reading “Wave goodbye to GT Sport, ‘Road to GT7’ series its last official event”»

Next year will mark the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, first run in 1923. 99 years ago it was called the ‘Grand Prix of Speed and Endurance/Rudge-Withworth Cup’, with 33 cars on the grid and only two drivers per entry. André Lagache and René Léonard were the inaugural winners.  Since then the race has evolved quite a bit, and so have video games. It’s fitting…Continue reading “99 years later: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 24th January 2022”»

We’re now just seven sets of GT Sport Daily Races, including this week’s, until the release of Gran Turismo 7 on Friday 4th March 2022.  This game’s ranked online Sport Mode will most likely continue after the release of the latest Polyphony Digital racer, but all attention will undoubtedly move across to the new game.  That’s why I’m counting down…Continue reading “End times: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 17th January 2022”»

If you were tasked with thinking of an ideal car to race around Circuit de la Sarthe – home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race – I’m sure you would think of a hybrid Toyota prototype or a Porsche GTE race car.  But the weird and wonderful folks at Polyphony Digital came up for this…Continue reading “A strange combination: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 10th January 2022”»

Welcome to 2022, congratulations on making it through last year. For the Gran Turismo series, these next few months are pivotal, as we wind down articles about GT Sport’s online Daily Races menu, and start to ramp up what Gran Turismo 7 has in store for us. With this in mind, old recopies are being…Continue reading “An all Austrian affair: GT Sport Daily Races w/c 3rd January 2022”»

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”»

For the first time in its history, the Gran Turismo Championships was going to be held exclusively online. A bitter pill for some to swallow. The series, famed for its LAN events, however, had prepared itself well and the results would prove to be spectacular in nature. The season would cover four ‘FIA World Series’…Continue reading “Gran Turismo FIA Championships 2021 season review”»