Gaming

The official PlayStation Blog has revealed the top downloads from its digital store front over the course of 2017. There are a lot of big names on the charts, with a notable exception: the racing game genre.

It’s a new year, and since 2011, that’s meant a Forza game arriving in the final third of the calendar. The rumor mill has already begun swirling, but it might be a bit pre-mature.

Xbox Live Gold members can pick up two discounts on substantial Forza DLC. With reductions for Motorsport 7 and Horizon 3, those looking to enhance their experience should have a look at what the sale has to offer.

An eagle-eyed GT Sport player has taken screenshots of the game’s visual tire wear in action. The images capture various states of use during gameplay.

The Forza Motorsport 7 Specialty Dealer stock has shuffled again. If you’ve been keeping track over the last few weeks — and read the title — you can guess what the deal is this time around.

2017 is in the books. It was an amazing twelve months — which you can relive here — but right now, we want to look forward. This year has a lot of potential.

Forza 7 players anxious for the latest batch of new cars can rest easy. The next seven-car pack will be arriving January 16, according to community manager Brian Ekberg.

The folks at Ghost Games rang in the new year with Need for Speed Payback news. As it turns out, a fan-favorite feature is returning in the form of online free roam.

With 2017 now in the rear-view mirror, the final UK sales chart for the year has been released. With the chart covering sales up to December 30, it’s impressive to see, GT Sport back in the top 10.

World Gaming is kicking off the new year with a special Gran Turismo Sport competition for Canadian gamers, and it’s all about Porsche.

This week’s Project CARS 2 Community Event Takes us to Japan for a run on its fictional Suzuka clone Sakitto. Running from January 1–8, players will be driving the drifty Toyota GT86 Rocket Bunny Edition.

Polyphony Digital has again updated the Mileage Exchange in GT Sport, sticking to its major/minor two-week schedule.

It’s been pretty hard to miss the connection between GT Sport and Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton’s brand logo appears in the game’s Brand Central, and you’ll see the British F1 World Champion’s face — or car — frequently on the main menu wallpapers.

As we get the champagne on ice in preparation for New Year’s Eve, we’re taking a look back at the frankly historic last 12 months. 2017 was a great year to be a sim racer, and we’ve got a ton of supporting evidence.

It’s the time of end of the year lists. Eurogamer’s just published its own, and sim racers will spot a familiar name on it.

As we draw closer to year’s end, Kunos is wrapping up 2017 with an end of the year blog. The entry is once again put together by Marco Massarutto, and while it offers an overview of the game’s history, it’s what it hints at for the future that has our attention.

Now that we’ve eaten just about all the Christmas treats we can manage, we’re back with another round of GT Sport test drives.

By now, you’re familiar with what’s going on here: last week Bonus Pack 3 made its way to Assetto Corsa. With it came seven new all-Italian vehicles and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Since Gran Turismo 4, one of the strengths of the GT series has been its user-generated Photomode. The ability to take photographs of your cars in the game and output them as images for your desktop, or even your wall, is a draw for many.

GT Sport is a radical departure from previous Gran Turismo titles. The focus on esports, although controversial, essentially dictates the form the game took.