Gaming

The Gran Turismo Sport beta came to an end last week. Over the course of four months, players across the globe were able to get a taste of Polyphony’s upcoming game. More importantly, the players were able to provide feedback before the game’s October launch. With the beta now behind us, let’s take a look at what exactly we learned during the testing phase.

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.

This weekend’s Forzathon will offer players the chance to grab the highly expensive Lykan HyperSport alongside the usual credits and XP. It’s one of the more expensive cars in Forza Horizon 3, so if you want a freebie, check out the tasks below.

704Games has unloaded the next trailer for NASCAR Heat 2, featuring the Camping World Truck Series. It also provides our first real gameplay footage of Eldora Speedway.

Codemasters has revealed the latest batch of classic open-wheelers coming to F1 2017. All four hail from the McLaren team, and complete the 12-strong lineup of older models in the game.

Earlier this year, Fanatec unveiled its latest product, the CSL Elite. No, not the one we reviewed last year — a new model, featuring official support for the most popular console this generation, the PlayStation 4.

Over the past weekend, EVO 2017 landed in Las Vegas with thousands of professional fighting game enthusiasts in tow. The long running esports competition is now in its 16th year and seems more popular then ever. Recently released viewership figures for the 18-49 demographic prove this further as the event beat out IndyCar’s Iowa race on July 9!

PlayStation Europe is celebrating this summer with a host of PS4 title reductions in its Summer Sale. Discounts can be found on the European PlayStation Stores and there are multiple price-cuts that may take your fancy.

F1 2017 is shaping up to be the biggest leap for the Codemasters series yet. Whether it be the return of classic machines from the sport’s past or an equal focus on realism and fantasy, this year’s official F1 game will have plenty to offer players next month.

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.

Turn 10 has revealed the first batch of Forza Motorsport 7′s huge car list. It’s a big one, with 167 cars now confirmed for the game prior to its October launch.

As sim racing trickles more into the mainstream, one aspect that escapes a lot of players is the idea of race day tuning. A decent car set-up can often be the difference between failure and victory, so it’s an important aspect of our hobby. Project CARS 2 is aiming to bridge that knowledge gap with a Race Engineer feature.

We’re now barely two months out from Project CARS 2’s September 22 release. To keep the pre-release hype on boil, Slightly Mad Studios has eased the limitations on shared videos from the community. With the floodgates open, we’ve combed through all the footage and found what we think are the best.

A recent commercial released by Audi features a nice easter egg for Gran Turismo fans. Centered around a drag race, the ad utilizes the classic pre-race countdown sound effects.

Since the release of Gran Turismo Sport in October of 2017 (marked by an epic launch party in Modena, Italy) we’ve learned there will be a regular stream of new cars making their way to the game. To help keep you informed, GTPlanet maintains this always-up-to-date list of each make and model currently in Sport.

Last week Polyphony Digital quietly announced an official release date for Gran Turismo Sport. The mid-October date brought with it an updated website, one which now states over 150 cars will be part of the game from launch.

It isn’t everyday when the idea of being wrong about something excites you. That “something” refers to the release date of Gran Turismo Sport. Believed to hit store shelves in November at the earliest, GT Sport is now confirmed for October.

The seventh generation of video game consoles has been an unprecedented one. While not an entirely new concept, this generation introduced refreshed consoles in the form of the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X.

After a few months of silence, Milestone has released the first developer diary for its upcoming off-road racer Gravel. The bad news first: it’s no longer releasing this year.

Rallycross is more popular than ever in the racing genre. The hybrid racing discipline has featured in DiRT 4 so far this year and will also appear in Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS 2. Following up from the addition of dirt driving, iRacing has given us a glimpse of its upcoming rallycross feature.