Gran Turismo

It’s not every day you get an announcement of a new car within GT Sport these days. The last one was the amazing GR Yaris, which came ahead of its on-sale date and with a special online time trial. I even proclaimed it was my favourite car in all of racing video games. Last week,…Continue reading “GT Sport TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup 2021 includes new GR 86”»

One of the very best things about GT Sport as a game is its online FIA races. Each year there are several online battles to take part in, which for 2021 started with a practice Exhibition Series. It all culminates in a grand finale later in the year where FIA certified champions will be crowned….Continue reading “2021 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships format revealed”»

Cork is an often-under-used material made from bark tissue usually associated with securing wine within a bottle. But did you also know that it’s buoyant, Portugal harvests half of the world’s output and it’s used in the production of badminton shuttlecocks? You see, you came to Traxion for racing video game news, and you’ve ended…Continue reading “There are strong Mazda vibes in this week’s GT Sport Daily races”»

It may ‘only’ be a humble supermini, but really, underneath, it’s nothing of the sort. The Toyota GR Yaris is a special car. The sort that only comes along once in a lifetime. Maybe it will be the last of its kind. Born for the sole purpose of helping the Toyota World Rally Championship team,…Continue reading “Our current favourite car features in this week’s GT Sport Daily races”»

GT Sport has received an update this morning, following a period of tell-tale server maintenance in the early hours of the day. Version 1.64 of the flagship racing game, which recently hit 9.5 million users, sees minor refinements that are mainly centred around the online Sport mode which is currently being used for an FIA…Continue reading “GT Sport hits version 1.64 with latest update”»

There’s a divisive type of sweet, or candy, available in the UK known as Liquorice Allsorts. In a bag, you get a mixture of shapes, sizes and colours, but all are based around liquorice, and that isn’t for everyone. I distinctly remember trying it for the first time as a child and hating it. Now…Continue reading “The latest GT Sport Daily Races are a mixed bag”»

More than ever, I find it hard to concentrate. I blame a combination of social media’s instant gratification and access to anything in the world via my smartphone. Oh, and YouTube. Love YouTube and podcasts, both preferably on 1.5x speed. A few things that do get my focus are driving down the spectacular countryside roads…Continue reading “Why I keep coming back to GT Sport’s online FIA events”»

The Gran Turismo video game series loves a themed challenge for its single-player component. Be it Boxer Spirit in Gran Turismo 3, a Classic Muscle Car Championship in Gran Turismo 5 or the Midship Challenge in GT Sport. In each set of events, you need a specific type of car in order to compete. Midship…Continue reading “Midship Challenge returns in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races”»

The curious car manufacturer Subaru, a 68-year-old Japanese company headquartered in Tokyo, has always done things differently. Be it frameless doors on estate cars, symmetrical all-wheel drive on saloon cars and perhaps most famously, slapping a turbo onto a farmer’s car and winning multiple WRC manufacturer titles, turning the brand into an icon. It also…Continue reading “This week’s GT Sport Daily Races deliver a knock-out blow”»