Gran Turismo Sport

Hands up who remembered that that Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was in GT Sport? Okay, how about Sardegna Road Track A II? I bet you can’t recite the track layout from memory.  Even our favourite venue has a forgettable layout in the form of East II. It’s not all that short and still excludes the cool banked hairpin.  My brain just cannot…Continue reading “Forgettable layouts: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 11th October 2021”»

The highly entertaining, mid-season Showdown event was once again a demonstration of why Gran Turismo esports is so enjoyable. Setting up the second half of the season beautifully, on Sunday the main championships returned with their established format of Manufacturers and Nations action. Manufacturers Cup Qualifying After Japanese rule in Germany last time out, things…Continue reading “Gran Turismo World Series returns with Porsche’s Serrano and Italy’s Gallo on top”»

By now, most of the world knows that battery electric vehicles are quick in a straight line. No longer the reserve of tuned Dodge Chargers or Ford Mustangs, American drag strips now hum to the sound of Plaid Mode Teslas.  But, in order to be truly adopted by motoring enthusiasts, you need more than eye-watering acceleration. You need brakes that…Continue reading “Shocking performance: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 4th October 2021”»

Version 1.68 of Gran Turismo Sport has now hit for PS4 and PS5 players, and as expected, it doesn’t add anything major. But, in some ways it’s also surprising, as “improved connection stability” for the Lobby game mode has been implemented. Recently, updates for GT Sport have been so trivial that the last patch added…Continue reading “GT Sport update improves online lobby performance”»

Of all the vehicles available within GT Sport to take around Mount Panorama, a Toyota pick-up would be the bottom of my list.  It isn’t even a true Ford F-150 Raptor rival either, so the TRD Pro Tundra has upgraded suspension and tyres designed primarily for off-road, not track, use.  But, here we are, a field…Continue reading “An unlikely combination: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 27th September 2021”»

Front-wheel-drive cars are a bone of contention with the Gr.4 class of Gran Turismo Sport. As they chew their front tyres up, when compared to rear-wheel-drive machines in the same class, often the BoP system provides them with beneficial straight-line speed.  But, in the first Daily Race for this week, all cars send power to their front axles, meaning…Continue reading “Struggling for traction: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 20th September 2021”»

The Renault Sport Clio V6 24V from 2000 is a firm favourite of mine, and it seems too of Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi, as it returns once again to the GT Sport online Daily Races roster. Instead of five seats and a boot, it has its engine mounted in the rear. Technically, it’s…Continue reading “Let the pendulum swing, GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 13th September 2021”»

The rumours were swirling. A Gran Turismo Sport game update on the same day as a PlayStation Showcase. What could it mean? A new car? More news on GT7? No, not quite. The 146mb 1.67 update to GT Sport brings with it one single bullet point: Some in-game logos have been updated. It’s what you’ve…Continue reading “GT Sport version 1.67 updates in-game logos”»

I would be willing to wager that a Daihatsu Copen has never been on the Goodwood Motor Circuit before. The diminutive folding-hardtop convertible from the early noughties is a real curio, and here in its 659cc guise, poses zero through to any land speed records.  It’s hard to think of a less appropriate car for the seeping corners…Continue reading “The perfect mishmash, GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 6th September 2021”»