Adam Ismail

As we speak, Slightly Mad Studios is putting the finishing touches on Project CARS 2. While the game should be in our hands in just a few weeks’ time, its soundtrack was only recently finalized. A newly-released video has given us an inside look at the process behind the upcoming sim racer’s dramatic score.

For this installment of Mirror Mode, we celebrate the upcoming release of F1 2017 with a look back at one of the most influential F1 games of all time.

Last weekend, lucky gamers and members of the press had their first opportunity to try Sega World Drivers Championship, an upcoming arcade racer developed in a close partnership with Super GT. A number of YouTube videos, images, and early impressions of the game have already begun to surface following the event’s conclusion on Sunday.

Something pretty remarkable is set to happen this fall, when Nintendo releases the SNES Classic Edition. No, it’s not that you won’t be able to buy one, nor is it the fact that unscrupulous scalpers will try and bleed every red cent from your childhood nostalgia.

RaceRoom is joining the Porsche party. Nine race cars from the famed German marque are making their way to Sector3 Studio’s simulator in the next year, and the first three will arrive before the end of 2017.

As the fantastical, arcade-minded sibling of the Forza Motorsport series, Forza Horizon has received some pretty weird cars in its history. It started innocently enough, with a couple rides plucked out of The Fast and The Furious. Then Horizon 3 received Halo’s Warthog. More recently we got Hot Wheels cars, and at this point it seems all bets are off. Apparently, anything is possible in the Outback.

The UK government is expected to announce a proposal today to ban the sale of all cars powered by gasoline and diesel after the year 2040.

Last year, Sega made its return to racing with Daytona Championship USA, a modern take on the highest-grossing arcade game of all time. It seems there’s more to the company’s plans, however, as this week it’s unveiled another new racer — and this one really is new in the truest sense of the word.

Welcome to Mirror Mode, GTPlanet’s series that shines a spotlight on retro racing games. This time, we explore one of the most influential sim racers of the PlayStation generation: Colin McRae Rally 2.0.

Motorsport Manager is going back to its roots. The racing management simulator that first debuted on mobile in 2014 and was brought to PC last year is returning to the small screen in the form of Motorsport Manager Mobile 2. It launches today for iOS.

Imagine if a company made software that could run Forza Horizon 3 flawlessly on PS4 Pro. Now imagine if it widely distributed that software for a small fee, and required only a retail copy of the game to operate — no modding or hacking required on the part of the customer.

Welcome to Mirror Mode, GTPlanet’s new series that shines a spotlight on retro racing games. For our second installment, we’re revisiting one of the most unique sixth-generation driving titles: Auto Modellista.

One of Project CARS 2’s most talked-about additions is LiveTrack 3.0, a suite of environmental simulation features that make the circuit a dynamic, changing entity throughout the course of an event weekend. Earlier this week, developer Slightly Mad Studios revealed more LiveTrack 3.0 details to GTPlanet at E3.

The latest trailer for Gran Turismo Sport that dropped prior to Sony’s E3 conference on Tuesday featured sprawling birds-eye views of some of the game’s newest locales, like Lake Maggiore. Though, if you were focused on the action down on the track, you may have missed a subtle hint at something in the sky.

Welcome to Mirror Mode, GTPlanet’s new series that shines a spotlight on retro racing games. For our first installment, we’re taking a look back at one of the competitors Gran Turismo inspired during the franchise’s early years: Sega GT.

With 322 race starts to his name, Rubens Barrichello handily owns the title of most experienced Formula One driver. Despite never winning the driver’s championship, the Brazilian did finish second in points in 2002 and 2004 as Michael Schumacher’s teammate at Ferrari, and more recently third in 2009 during Brawn GP’s whirlwind single-season campaign.

With Dirt 4 and F1 2017 around the corner, not to mention the likes of Forza Motorsport 7, Gran Turismo Sport, and Project Cars 2 set to drop later in the year, the second half of 2017 is shaping up to be something special. That also means major sales for racing games already on the market players might’ve missed the first time around.

Project Cars fans were given a treat back in March. Following the reveal of the McLaren 720S at the Geneva Motor Show, Slightly Mad Studios announced the British supercar would be coming to the next installment of the dev’s racing franchise.

Getting into a sim racing is a commitment, one many people understandably have a hard time making because of the cost involved. Sure, you can play with a controller, but the full experience — and often the fastest times — belong to those who shell out big bucks for the best gear.

It’s easy to forget precisely how much work goes into making games these days.