Gran Turismo

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”»

There are some undisputed classics in the racing genre, yet you can’t play them all on a PS5 or Xbox Series X. You can play them on PC via emulation, of course, but even that can cause trouble for some of these titles and it’s legally dodgy too. So this article looks at 10 of…Continue reading “The best way to play 10 classic racing games”»

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”»

We reported a few weeks ago the plan for the 2021 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships, which includes multiple seasons and stages, but now we have the schedule for the first online season of both the Manufacturer Series and the Nations Cup.  It all kicks off on the 21st April 2021, which is when the first Manufacturer Series…Continue reading “2021 FIA Gran Turismo Championship Season 1 schedule announced”»

The word ‘Volkswagen’ literally translates from German into English as ‘people’s car’. Many of us already know that, but you don’t really need to translate it to see. All you need to understand is that in German a ‘v’ is pronounced as an ‘f’. You’re supposed to pronounce the brand as ‘folkswagen’, and now you’ve seen that written down, folks + wagon = people’s car. …Continue reading “The people’s car returns in the latest GT Sport Daily races”»

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”»

If like me, you love a spot of karting within GT Sport, then the new time trial around Broad Bean Raceway (that’s how you name a circuit, by the way) should be right up your street. The only trouble is, once you’ve got up to speed, the entire lap of the not-oval-oval is entirely flat…Continue reading “The latest GT Sport Time Trials contrast the sublime and the ridiculous”»