If you grew up in Europe in the 1980s, chances are you’ve spent a lot of time in a Nissan Micra. The boxy hatchback was a firm favorite for driving schools and mums. It was easy to drive, easy to park and, unfortunately, never that good.

The latest Project CARS 2 Community Event is offering quite an ice challenge to players. If last week’s offering was a typical sim racing hot lap event, this is quite the opposite.

Sector3 Studios has revealed a new batch of previews for the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car coming to RaceRoom this month.

Forza Motorsport 7’s Community Bounty Hunter returns this month, and the target is none other than the man in charge at Xbox, Phil Spencer.

There’s few things more synonymous with the season than deals. European PS4 players can take advantage of the latest one, which offers a sizeable discount on Project CARS 2.

As the year rumbles to a close and the press offices take well-earned breaks from people pestering them for information, news coming from the automotive sector is typically thin on the ground.

The newest sub-brand from Toyota, Gazoo Racing, is bringing an interesting concept car to the Tokyo Auto Salon next month.

PlayStation has revealed the November PS Store top download charts. Somewhat surprisingly, Need for Speed Payback is the sole racing game representative in the top 20.

After a year away, The Grand Tour returned to Amazon Prime last week. The second episode just aired Thursday, and it introduced viewers to the new resident Eboladrome hot shoe.

If a recent report is to be believed, Codemasters may be hitting the London Stock Exchange and becoming a public company. The team behind the DiRT, Formula 1 and Micro Machines franchises currently operates privately.

The good news keeps on rolling. Earlier today we discussed the GT team recently scanning Bruce Levens’ 1951 Ford Coupe but it doesn’t end there. GT Awards winners aren’t the only cars Polyphony seemingly has eyes for.

It’s safe to say that there’s a little bit of a love affair going on between Polyphony Digital and the Nissan GT-R.

Ghost Games has detailed the first big content update coming to Need For Speed Payback, with the open world racer adding a host of free and paid content next week. Let’s break down what players should expect on December 19.

We’ve been able to take a quick peek under GT Sport’s hood recently. This comes courtesy of a freak incident that’s allowed one GTPlanet user access to the game’s Debug Menu.

With the next update for GT Sport due any day now, players might have something else to look forward to as we approach 2018. If you guessed more cars, you could be onto something.

Anyone who loves their car knows that automatic car washes suck. The spinning nylon brushes beat on your paintwork and whip the dirt around, leaving awful swirl marks.

A GTPlanet user has uncovered a host of new vehicles which could make their way to Forza Motorsport 7. The list of cars was found hidden in an XML file for car audio in the title and could indicate upcoming DLC.

North Americans now have access to the first week of sales on Sony’s digital store front. For racing fans, there’s already a solid selection of games to snap up as the mercury heads south.

Those looking to pick up Sony’s virtual reality headset can do it for the lowest price yet this week. Not only that, they’ll also get a copy of Gran Turismo Sport.

iRacing is having a special holiday sale to mark the season to be jolly. New subscribers can reap 50% off various packages for the rest of the year.