A spellbindingly pretty Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta from 1969 has won the Gran Turismo Award at the 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The 512 was a 5.0 V12 race car, with 25 examples made between 1969 and 1970, and was a direct rival to the Porsche 917 – a car that will be in Gran…Continue reading “Classic Ferrari wins Gran Turismo Award at 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance”»
Genesis is a luxury car automaker part of the Hyundai Motor Group and recently launched in the USA and Europe to take on the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. Now, to help spread awareness, it’s teamed up with Gran Turismo creators Polyphony Digital to create a series of virtual concept vehicles. This includes the…Continue reading “Premium Hyundai spin-off, Genesis, has created concept cars with Gran Turismo”»
Sony appears to be handing out access codes to an upcoming Gran Turismo 7 beta. Ish. This is part of an ‘Experience PlayStation Quest’, on the PlayStation website for Italian users and has been circulating across social media this morning. A simple idea, you sign in to the website using your PlayStation account and then…Continue reading “Hang on a minute, is that a Gran Turismo 7 beta?”»
Nearly 12 months ago, Sony live-streamed its ‘the future of gaming show’. A mere seven minutes into the big showcase, Gran Turismo 7 was revealed. Including the seventh numbered instalment of the revered PlayStation-exclusive racing series within the initial PS5 launch event can be interpreted in many ways. For me, it showed the continued commitment…Continue reading “What we’d like to see from Gran Turismo 7”»
Well, this is a turn up for the books. It sounds as if Gran Turismo 7 could be in development to both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. In a Q&A published on the PlayStation Blog, Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, covers all sorts of topics, but buried deep within it is one small note…Continue reading “Gran Turismo 7 may be coming to PS4 alongside PS5”»
It’s hard to say what makes a great racetrack. Indeed, a simple oval can be better than another very similar oval, perhaps due to track camber or elevation. But there are limits to what can be achieved in the real world. Video games, of course, have no such boundaries. Anything that can be imagined can…Continue reading “The five best fictional racetracks of all time”»
One of the most anticipated racing games of the new console generation, Gran Turismo 7, will now be releasing in 2022. GT7 was part of Sony’s big PS5 reveal event back in 2020 and it looked to show actual gameplay as opposed to in-engine target footage. We even caught glimpses of the menus and layout…Continue reading “Gran Turismo 7 moved to 2022”»
By all accounts, 2020 will go down as a bumper year for the racing video game genre. From F1 2020 to Ride 4 and WRC 9, there was something for all tastes. Indie darlings Hotshot Racing, art of rally and Inertial Drift added colour, while continual updates to simulation stalwarts kept those with their race-face…Continue reading “The ultimate racing video game 2021 preview”»
Stunning Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV revealed as part of the VGT programme The latest car in the long-running Vision Gran Turismo series has been revealed, and for many, it may seem familiar. The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV is a battery electric endurance race car that features four electric motors to deliver a massive…Continue reading “Stunning Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV revealed as part of the VGT programme”»
