Gran Turismo

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”»

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?”»

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”»

For the first time ever, esports has made its way into the Olympic picture. Timed exactly a month before Tokyo 2020 gets underway, some of the FIA Gran Turismo Championships stars had the opportunity to add another trophy to their cabinets through the Olympic Virtual Series Motor Sport Event – a three-race mini-GT Sport championship…Continue reading “Valerio Gallo wins inaugural Olympic Virtual Series motorsport event”»

Premium build quality. Bauhaus design. Nose-heavy handling. Let’s roll out all the automotive journalist stereotypes for this week’s GT Sport Daily Races.  You see, in all three events, you can drive an Audi. From a modern classic TT to the current R8 GT3 race car, the four rings proudly adorn the facias of said vehicles, representing the merger of…Continue reading “Drive Ingolstadt’s finest in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»