Gran Turismo Sport

GT Sport continues to be a popular choice for accessible esports competitions. Following on from the current FIA Championships, Red Bull Homestretch and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup competitions, the Olympic Virtual Series Motor Sport Event is now available within the game. The Virtual Olympic Games is an initiative by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…Continue reading “You can now qualify for the (virtual) Olympics in GT Sport”»

Looking for something fun to watch this week? Red Bull Homestretch returns in 2021 for more virtual racing on Gran Turismo Sport with a very notable roster of motorsport and non-motorsport celebrities.  Names such as Travis Pastrana, Pierre Gasly, Timmy Hansen and Scott Speed will be going against one another in a three-event series on…Continue reading “Red Bull Homestretch, limited GT Sport esports series returns 13th May”»

A new game update is available for GT Sport, and with it brings a series of small, but noticeable changes. Weighing in at 3.293 GB and following a period of tell-tale server maintenance in the early hours of this morning, version 1.65 brings ‘several changes’ to the main Sport Mode for the upcoming ‘Olympic Virtual…Continue reading “GT Sport update 1.65 preps the game for the Olympics”»

Some of the world’s best race circuits are in Gran Turismo Sport, and fittingly in this week’s Daily Races, you’ll be visiting three of the finest to duke it out for virtual supremacy. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca has a special place in the heart of many Gran Turismo fans, being the first officially licensed circuit…Continue reading “This week’s GT Sport Daily Races feature some of the greatest circuits”»

Since 1964, the Porsche 911 has been the high-water mark of 2+2 sports cars, even though its engine is arguably in the wrong place. Sub-optimal, in Ron Dennis speak. Yet, despite the obvious engineering challenges, the rear-mounted flat-six is the defining feature, something that makes the 911 unique and still the top of the class…Continue reading “Somebody call 911, this week’s GT Sport races are now live”»

Between 1910-1920, Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama and Meitaro Takuchi founded the Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works. Its first car was called the DAT, taking the first letter from each of the creator’s surnames. A few years later, it created a new smaller car called the Datson – quite literally meaning the ‘son of DAT’. Around the…Continue reading “Honour Nissan’s revival in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»

Gran Turismo will be used as part of a new esports competition running alongside the Tokyo Olympics. Running from the 13th May to the 23rd June 2021, the new Olympic Virtual Series has the aim of “mobilising virtual sport, esports and gaming enthusiasts in order to reach new Olympic audiences.” The official statement doesn’t specify…Continue reading “The Olympic Virtual Series will feature Gran Turismo”»

I remember the call fondly which saw me brought in to commentate on the FIA Gran Turismo Championships. Preceding that moment had been a succession of unlikely circumstances where both Polyphony Digital’s primary and secondary choices of lead commentator for their English broadcasts had been made unavailable for a time. I had been recommended through…Continue reading “How the FIA Gran Turismo Championships enhance a legendary brand”»

A clever advertising campaign, that’s all it was. Launched in 2002, it featured French footballer Thierry Henry proclaiming that the Renault Clio had ‘va va voom’. It encapsulated something subjective, a feeling. It was saying while other cars may have more space, be safer, quicker, more economical, a Clio had a charm that you couldn’t…Continue reading “This week’s GT Sport Daily Races feature va va voom”»