The New Porsche 911 RSR Features Its Largest Flat-Six Yet
Porsche has given its 911 RSR a thorough remodel to prepare it for a WEC title defense next year. The German marque showed off its new GTE contender at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, and one of the chief updates involves a new, more powerful heart.
Tom Brooks, the ‘Voice of GT Sport’, is Restoring a Jaguar E-Type on YouTube
Whether you realize it or not, if you’ve followed GTPlanet or Gran Turismo over the past few years, you have probably heard Tom Brooks. After commentating on many of our own early live-streamed racing series, Tom was hired by Polyphony Digital and became the “voice of Gran Turismo Sport“.
The De Tomaso P72 is One Sexy Stick-Shift Supercar
De Tomaso returned at the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this week with this, the P72. The limited-run supercar pays homage to an obscure part of the brand’s history, going old-school in a surprising way: with three pedals.
DiRT Rally 2.0 Updates: Porsche 911 and Lancia 037 Available, v1.6 Arrives Next Week
Codemasters continued the evolution of DiRT Rally 2.0 earlier this week. Another duo of cars has joined the lineup, and the developer has also outlined what players can expect with the next game version, due next week.
GT Sport’s Goodwood Circuit Chicane Exploit Fixed, Leaderboards Wiped
As no doubt spoiled by the title: racers, rejoice! Polyphony Digital has put an end to a nasty exploit around the Goodwood Motor Circuit in GT Sport.
Ford GT Mk II Unveiled at Goodwood
Ford has sharpened up its GT supercar and unveiled a new track-focused variant at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new GT “Mk II” is the result of development between Ford Performance and Multimatic, who developed the Le Mans-winning GTE race car.
This Week’s Forza Horizon 4 Season Change: Summer Shifts into Top Gear
A new month has begun, which also means a new season change in Forza Horizon 4. Summer has returned to the UK, bringing new events and content with it.
Gran Turismo Sport 1.40 Balance of Performance (BoP) Changes Detailed
With the release of Gran Turismo Sport update 1.40 on June 27, a selection of cars in the game have seen their Balance of Performance (BoP) adjusted to equalize performance in their respective categories. Earlier today, Polyphony Digital published an official list of changes to all 23 affected vehicles.
FIA European Truck Racing Championship Hauls off the Line July 18
In April, Bigben Interactive announced its plans to release an official game for the FIA Euro Truck Racing Championship. Suffice to say, this will be a sim racer exclusively featuring hulking big rigs, the first of its kind. It joins the likes of official WRC, Blancpain GT, and Formula 1 games in the genre.
Forza Motorsport 7 Development Will End After August Update
With this month’s update out in the wild, players will soon bid farewell to further updates for Forza Motorsport 7. After two years, Turn 10 has confirmed development on FM7 will end following next month’s update.
GRID Officially Delayed to October 11
Codemasters announced today that its reborn racer GRID will be launching four weeks later than originally planned, with a new release date of October 11.
Wreckfest Smashes Onto PS4 and XB1 August 27
After a delay pushed it into this year, Bugbear Entertainment’s Wreckfest is officially coming to consoles by summer’s end.
Ten Things You Must See at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is arguably the biggest public celebration of motoring in the world. For four days each year, the Duke of Richmond’s famous family residence, Goodwood House, becomes a focal point for any kind of road vehicle — from 19th Century pioneers to modern-day electric race cars and all points in-between.
Forza Motorsport 7 July Update Now Available: Collision-Based Penalties Debut
This month’s Forza Motorsport 7 update has arrived. It’s a small one too, focusing in on a new aspect of the Forza Race Regulations system: penalties for collisions.
Next Gran Turismo Will be a ‘Combination of Past, Present, and Future’
We recently got the opportunity to sit down with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi. The round-table chat took place during a break in the schedule at the Nurburgring World Tour event, and you can read the first part of the discussion here.
Flying Race Car Series to Debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed, Launching 2020
If it’s the future, where’s our flying cars? Well, it turns out that they’re right here or, more specifically, the Goodwood Aerodrome, this weekend.
Forza Horizon 4 Series 11 Preview: Top Gear, Merc G63 6×6 and More
Playground Games has begun July with a preview of the next major Forza Horizon 4 update. Series 11 arrives tomorrow, July 2, and it’s bringing a whole bunch of Top Gear with it.
Competitors and Viewers Criticize Stewarding at FIA GT Championship’s Nurburgring World Tour
We’re all coming down from the excitement of the most recent GT Sport World Tour events. Watching both finals come down to last-corner decision was pretty heart-stopping stuff, and top quality entertainment of the kind that the same weekend’s French Grand Prix resoundingly failed to deliver.
GT Sport Daily Races: In With The New (And a Little Bit of Old)
If you’re in the mood for trying something new, this week’s Daily Races will be music to your ears.
Certain F1 2019 Customizable Liveries Cost $2 Each
F1 2019 is now available across the globe. It introduces a variety of new features to Codemasters’ long-standing franchise, including a rather controversial one: microtransactions.