Michael Leary

Last month, GT Sport players went without any new content. While Updates 1.54 and 1.55 arrived in January, both focused on bug fixes and system tweaks.

The first update of 2020 has arrived to RaceRoom Racing Experience, and with it comes a brand new circuit. Located in the city of Shaoxing in the eastern province of Zhejiang, China, say hello to the Zhejiang Circuit.

At this year’s Unpacked event in San Francisco, Samsung announced a partnership with Xbox, continuing the South Korean tech company’s partnership with Microsoft that began last year.

Last September, iRacing’s Steve Myers confirmed the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport would make its way to the PC racing sim. Now, we can set our sights on taking the GT4-class racing machine for a spin in March.

The official car reveals for the 2020 season of Formula One begin today, with Ferrari the first up to bat.

Codemasters has shared a new gameplay trailer showing off the contents of GRID’s second season. Announced last month, the Season 2 expansion arrives on February 12. With it comes six brand-new cars, an expanded career mode, and a new circuit with multiple configurations.

Haas is the first Formula One team to break cover on its 2020 contender, the VF-20, and it wears a familiar livery.

The next generation of gaming kicks off later this year with new consoles from Microsoft and Sony. According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, Microsoft is already looking to set its sights higher in preparation for the future.

It’s been a long ride, but the wait is almost over. Last month, the official website for the Isle of Man TT let it slip that the game would launch in March. Various game stores around the world corroborated the release window, even with varying shipping dates between March 19-29.

Last year saw the soft-launch of the highly-anticipated AI feature in iRacing. At the time, only the Porsche 911 GT3 and a selection of circuits were able to show the feature off. Following that, Skip Barber and the Mazda MX-5 series also got a chance to use the competent AI in the PC racing sim.

The Intercontinental GT Pack DLC coming to Assetto Corsa Competizione finally has a release date, so mark your calendars for next Tuesday, February 4.

The 2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO has set an all-time lap record at Tsukuba Circuit. Nissan’s new flagship version of the R35 set a blistering time of 59.3 seconds — not a bad way to celebrate its 13th birthday.

Kunos Simulazioni continues to tease the upcoming Intercontinental GT Pack DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione. The pack, which features content from the 2019 season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, will add four new circuits to the game.

Next month’s Xbox Games With Gold lineup will feature Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge. Announced by Major Nelson, players can get their hands on the title throughout the entire month of February.

With today’s digital release of ‘Ford v Ferrari’, it seems Microsoft has a little incentive up its sleeve. To celebrate the occasion, those that purchase the film on Microsoft Movies & TV will receive the 1968 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback Coupe. Not a real one, of course, rather a digital one for use in Forza Horizon 4.

The first Need for Speed: Heat update of 2020 is here. With it comes new features, quality of life updates, and bug fixes. Let’s take a closer look at what the update brings to the table when it is released at 09:00 GMT on January 28.

Codemasters’ DiRT Rally 2.0 has continued to run strong, with Season 4 kicking off last November. The fourth season has brought new rally venues and, of course, new cars to the game.

Netflix has confirmed the second season of the no-holds-barred documentary Formula 1: Drive to Survive will premiere on the streaming service on February 28.

Two days ago, Kunos Simulazioni shared several stunning in-game screenshots of Suzuka Circuit coming to Assetto Corsa Competizione in the Intercontinental GT Pack DLC.

Thrustmaster fans, rejoice! It seems the American brand, owned by France’s Guillemot Corporation since 1999, will finally offer a high-end load cell pedal set for sim racers. Say hello to the Thrustmaster ‘Load Cell and Magnetics’ pedal, or T-LCM for short.