GT Sport

Picture the scene. It is 8 am in Japan’s hustling and bustling capital. You’ve saved up all of your sales commission to buy your dream Audi TT and it’s time to set off to work through the concrete jungle of skyscrapers and neon lights. But strangely, there are only 11 other cars on the road,…Continue reading “Monday morning commute: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 1st November 2021”»

With Gran Turismo 7 now less than five months away, and new teasers seemingly on a bi-weekly basis at this point, the venerable GT Sport Daily Races are still being updated and we’re still having fun racing within them. But, we’ve seen most, if not all, of this week’s playlist recently. Specifically, Race A, where…Continue reading “Going through the motions: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 25th October 2021”»

The entry list for the 2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup has been revealed, and among the familiar top-level Gran Turismo drivers, there are a few surprises. For the unimitated, the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup has been a year-long competition with GT Sport, where drivers around the globe compete for a spot in a…Continue reading “Finalists for the 2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup revealed”»

There’s a distinctly French flavour to this week’s online ranked racing within Gran Turismo Sport. There’s a French sports car, a French circuit and… the Nürburgring. Ah.  But bear with me here, because even the race within Germany has a certain je ne sais quoi to it.  Strangely, when I write about a French GT Sport theme it’s because of the regular use of the Clio…Continue reading “Bon appétit: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 18th October 2021”»

Hands up who remembered that that Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was in GT Sport? Okay, how about Sardegna Road Track A II? I bet you can’t recite the track layout from memory.  Even our favourite venue has a forgettable layout in the form of East II. It’s not all that short and still excludes the cool banked hairpin.  My brain just cannot…Continue reading “Forgettable layouts: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 11th October 2021”»

The highly entertaining, mid-season Showdown event was once again a demonstration of why Gran Turismo esports is so enjoyable. Setting up the second half of the season beautifully, on Sunday the main championships returned with their established format of Manufacturers and Nations action. Manufacturers Cup Qualifying After Japanese rule in Germany last time out, things…Continue reading “Gran Turismo World Series returns with Porsche’s Serrano and Italy’s Gallo on top”»

By now, most of the world knows that battery electric vehicles are quick in a straight line. No longer the reserve of tuned Dodge Chargers or Ford Mustangs, American drag strips now hum to the sound of Plaid Mode Teslas.  But, in order to be truly adopted by motoring enthusiasts, you need more than eye-watering acceleration. You need brakes that…Continue reading “Shocking performance: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 4th October 2021”»

Version 1.68 of Gran Turismo Sport has now hit for PS4 and PS5 players, and as expected, it doesn’t add anything major. But, in some ways it’s also surprising, as “improved connection stability” for the Lobby game mode has been implemented. Recently, updates for GT Sport have been so trivial that the last patch added…Continue reading “GT Sport update improves online lobby performance”»

Of all the vehicles available within GT Sport to take around Mount Panorama, a Toyota pick-up would be the bottom of my list.  It isn’t even a true Ford F-150 Raptor rival either, so the TRD Pro Tundra has upgraded suspension and tyres designed primarily for off-road, not track, use.  But, here we are, a field…Continue reading “An unlikely combination: GT Sport Daily Races, w/c 27th September 2021”»