Michael Leary

The final WRS championship of 2015 is at its penultimate juncture, with the fourth of five races starting today. Above, you can catch the live stream (care of staff member and racer @PASM), kicking off at 20:00 GMT/UTC.

The way has been paved for the final car pack of the year as revealed in the 7.0 Update for Project CARS that went live yesterday, and Slightly Mad Studios are looking to end the year in a mad dash with the Renault Sport Car Pack coming to the game Tuesday, December 22nd.

The final major update of the year for Project CARS is upon us, and Slightly Mad Studios intends to end the year with a considerable bang and loud exhaust notes.

Shown earlier today, Kunos has pulled the cover off one of the stars in the upcoming Dream Pack 3, the Ford Escort RS 1600. Born from a partnership between Ford and Lotus in the late 60’s, the Escort was powered by a 1.6L Cosworth BDA Inline-4 which drove it to a number of rally and GT race victories.

Codemasters has released the most significant update for DiRT Rally yet, version 1.0, otherwise known as the ‘Winter Wonderland Pack’. The update ends the early access phase of DiRT rally, thus marking its official launch onto Steam.

Earlier this year, Kunos Simulazioni confirmed work was being done to bring “the best circuit in the world”, Brands Hatch, to Assetto Corsa. Kunos have confirmed that Brands Hatch will be coming to the game alongside seven new rides in Dream Pack 3 due on December 15th.

When we first learned that developer Kunos Simulazioni would be bringing the highly-praised PC simulator Assetto Corsa to consoles in 2016 the very first question many expressed was “Are the physics going to be affected?”. That question was soon answered by Marco Massarutto, Licensing Project Manager at Kunos Simulazioni, exclaiming that the games physics would be given first priority and that the game had the same feelings, dynamism and force feedback of the PC version.

Update 1.25 is now available to download for Driveclub. Weighing in at 400MB the update introduces the Mercedes-AMG S 65 Coupé and the KTM 1290 Super Duke R as new accolade rewards, a new easy difficulty setting for all tour events, new options for private lobbies, and more based on the continuous feedback from the community.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing this week’s super lap and drift trial challenges. The events feature classic European cars representative of the ‘golden age’ of motoring, race cars, 4WD non-race cars, and Japanese racing machines proving their worth.

GT6 has remained untouched since the long-awaited Course Maker was introduced to the game in Update 1.21, and now has announced a short maintenance period for next week.

As foretold in a teaser earlier this month, Audi’s R8 V10 Plus is now available in Assetto Corsa courtesy of the latest 1.3.5 update.

The Classic Lotus Expansion is now available for Project CARS in a continual effort by Slightly Mad Studios to keep the game feeling new with fresh monthly content. This month’s content delivers what is surely to pique the interest of those feeling the game needs that little bit of classic flair by introducing several classic Lotus race cars: the 1963 Lotus Type 25 Climax, 1965 Lotus Type 38 Ford, 1965 Lotus Type 40 Ford, and finally the 1967 Lotus Type 51.

This is it, the final days and week of the year and what a year it’s been to say the very least. There’s still a few surprises here and there to close out the year, of that I’m almost certain, but even if the year closes with nary a peek more of what’s to come, this will have been one of the most active years in the gaming community in recent memory.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing this week’s beginner, intermediate, and expert level challenges. The events feature non-race cars and race cars dancing a fine line between outright power and superior balance.

The 6.0 Update is now available to PlayStation 4 owners and is beginning to roll out to Xbox One owners as of today.

T, what’s been going on with the Spotlight lately? The schedule has been erratic, there hasn’t been a Member of the Week in almost a month, and I feel the content hasn’t been up to the otherwise usual standards.

Slightly Mad Studios continues their monthly support for Project CARS with the latest major update now available to PC owners, this time leaving PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners looking toward what’s to come.

Kunos Simulazioni have revealed on the offiicial Assetto Corsa Facebook page that new content is on the way to the game. That content, pictured above, is the Audi R8 V10 Plus and unlike its GT3 class brethren that was introduced in last month’s Dream Pack 2 expansion, the R8 V10 Plus will be made available to everyone as free bonus content.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6 showcasing this week’s super lap and drift trial challenges. The events feature race cars from 1980’s and onward, non-race cars, pre-1970 non-race cars, and rally machines that have competed in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, tips and tricks, and much more.

Codemasters continues to keep DiRT Rally above the competition with monthly updates that move the early access title closer and closer to the feel of a finished product. This month is no exception as the team have released their latest major update to the game currently available on PC, version 0.9, otherwise known as the Modern Masters Pack.