Gran Turismo Sport

The Sound of Music was the highest-grossing film, the war in Vietnam continued to worsen and Swinging London was at its peak. 1965 was a mixed bag then, but it did also bring us the Mini-Cooper ‘S’ that is in GT Sport. Stripped out to save weight, a roll cage for added structural rigidity and…Continue reading “This week’s GT Sport Daily Races are 40 years apart”»

Of all the current racing games available – or still receiving updates – GT Sport is one I keep going back to. Don’t get me wrong, I adore the vehicle handling in Assetto Corsa Competizione and the dry-stone wall physics in Forza Horizon 4. I’m several seasons deep into a My Team career in F1…Continue reading “The 10 best tracks in GT Sport”»

The Aston Martin Valkyrie is set to be one of the all-time greatest production road cars. Still in development, and behind schedule, the low-slung hypercar has an F1-style seating position, a 6.5-litre V12 naturally aspirated engine created by Cosworth that revs to 10,500rpm alongside hybrid assistance and a no-compromise design – the brainchild of the…Continue reading “It’s Rise of the Valkyries in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»

After a thrilling first World Series of 2021 and an Olympic Event of great success, Gran Turismo esports returned on Sunday with two more races of Manufacturers’ Cup and Nations Cup variety. With Porsche and Italy taking the spoils last month through the efforts of Angel Inostroza and Olympic victor Valerio Gallo respectively, fans awaited…Continue reading “Subaru’s Miyazono and Hungary’s Blazsán win FIA GT World Series Round 2”»

Pocono Raceway is a unique oval racing venue located in Pennsylvania. NASCAR raced there last month, and IndyCar has raced there in the past. It’s known as the ‘The Tricky Triangle’ because, from above, it looks like a polygon with three edges and certainly isn’t a traditional oval shape. Sadly, this famed track that opened…Continue reading “Master the alternative Tricky Triangle in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»

New cars don’t come along very often in GT Sport these days, as the Polyphony Digital team is hurriedly working on Gran Turismo 7. New naturally aspirated sports cars don’t come along very often these days either, as the world pivots towards electrified technology. So, when today’s version 1.66 update for the now over-three-year-old game…Continue reading “Driving the new Toyota GR86 in GT Sport”»

This week on the ranked online races within GT Sport, the playlist includes made varied locations, start with Japan in the east and ending with Sardinia in the west.  In the east, we kick off with Suzuka International Racing Course for Race A, located south of Nagoya in central Japan and run by the curiously titled Mobilityland Corporation – a wholly-owned subsidiary…Continue reading “Travel from east to west in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»

The second round of the 2021 FIA Gran Turismo Championship Online Series will begin in earnest on 7th July.  Split across two series, as per usual, the 2021 Manufacturer Series Season 2 will be the first to get going with an 18 lap Gr.4 race around Autódromo de Interlagos. This is then followed on 10th July 2021 with the first 2021 Nations Cup Series Season…Continue reading “2021 FIA Gran Turismo Championship Online Series Season 2 calendar unveiled”»

The three variants of Circuit de Sainte-Croix – a fictional venue set within France, despite ‘Sainte-Croix’ being a real place in Switzerland –were added to GT Sport via a free update in July 2018 to little or no fanfare. The layouts seem to be confusing, lacked flow and felt like three different circuits somehow welded…Continue reading “Experience a hidden gem in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»