F1 2019’s Multiplayer League System Sounds Like Exactly What the Genre Needs
In a preview event earlier this week, Codemasters gave the assembled media — including GTPlanet — its first hands-on experience with F1 2019. We also heard about new features coming to this year’s title, including a very in-depth multiplayer league system.
Jeep’s Trackhawk is the World’s Fastest SUV… on Ice
At this year’s Baikal Ice Motor Sports Festival, Jeep proved that its Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is the fastest SUV in the world. Well, on ice at least.
This Week’s Forza Horizon 4 Season Change: Spring Into a Corsa VXR
The snow has melted once again, and Spring has taken its place in Forza Horizon 4. The latest batch of content and events will continue to keep players busy for this week.
Super GT to Live Stream 2019 Season on Motorsport.tv
Fans looking to watch live coverage of the 2019 Autobacs Super GT season will have to wait no more.
Toyota Supra Goes Nuts In Its First Official Race
Given the time and money Toyota has spent on developing the new GR Supra, you’d have to be nuts to challenge it to a race. Specifically, you’d have to be peanuts.
Investors Withdraw from Mad Box Game Console Because of Google Stadia
Slightly Mad Studios took much of the gaming world by surprise in January when it announced it would produce its own console.
New IndyCar Content (Finally?) Coming to Forza Motorsport 7; More Details May 7
The next Forza Monthly live stream, scheduled for May 7, just got even more exciting. As we reported last month, information about the “next Forza Motorsport” is set to be revealed on the show, and now it appears there is even more to look forward to with a special feature on an IndyCar legend.
This Ford F-100 Restomod Is Vintage Americana With the Heart of a Mercedes-Benz
The Mercedes-Benz X-Class is not a bad truck. However, if you’re a fan of vintage trucks it’s not really something you’d give a second glance to. This week’s Want fixes this though. With the body of a Ford F100 and the soul of an SLK, it’s where Americana and Euro-style clash.
The Thrustmaster T150 Review: New Dad, New Take on Sim Racing
Last autumn I started the journey of fatherhood. If you have kids yourself, you know what this means. If you don’t though, the best way I describe it is your entire world gets turned upside-down in the best way possible.
Aston Martin Reveals the Manual-Only Vantage AMR
Aston Martin has revealed the new, higher performance version of its entry-level Vantage — and, importantly, its manual gearbox.
Valentino Rossi Stars in MotoGP 19’s First Gameplay Trailer
We’re only five weeks away from the launch of the 2019 version of the official MotoGP game, and developer Milestone has treated us to a first gameplay video.
Watch Porsche’s 911 GT2 RS Monster Road America in Record Time
It should come as no surprise to anyone to learn that the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is fast. A sub-seven-minute lap of the Nurburgring is not within reach of many cars, but the GT2 RS blows that mark out of the water.
The Nurburgring of Japan: Toyota’s New Purpose-Built Country Road Test Course
Toyota has a bit of a love affair with the Nurburgring. It’s far from alone, but when it tags its top tier sports cars with the “Meisters of the Nurburgring” badge, you know it means business.
Car Mechanic Simulator Arrives on Consoles on June 25
Budding mechanics can look forward to getting their virtual hands dirty this June, as Car Mechanic Simulator arrives for Playstation 4 and Xbox One on June 25. The game has been available for PC users for some time under the title of Car Mechanic Simulator 2018.
Fast and Furious 9 Adds John Cena to Replace The Rock
By now you’ll likely have seen the ludicrous trailer for insane Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw. The movie takes the eponymous characters, played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham, from the more recent installments and puts them into their own vaguely car-related action blockbuster.
Buy Fanatec’s Latest Limited Edition Wheel, Get F1 2019 For a Dollar
Fanatec is back with an evolution of its ClubSport Formula wheel. And you can even get a brand new game with it, for a buck.
GT Sport Daily Races: Old School Gran Turismo Cool (and Some Race Cars)
Polyphony Digital has mixed up the selection somewhat for this week’s Daily Races, with an unusual race format we’ve not seen before.
FIA Formula 2 Championship Officially Confirmed for F1 2019
After the briefest of teases during F1 2019’s reveal, Codemasters has confirmed the FIA Formula 2 Championship will be a part of the game.
Mopar Addresses the Hellephant in the Room by Pricing Its 1,000hp Crate Engine
Last year at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mopar wowed the crowd with its Hellephant crate engine. However, one thing FCA left off the spec sheet was the price. Now we know just how much a 1,000 Mopar ponies will run you.
Is Lotus Set To Return to Gran Turismo Sport?
When GT Sport launched back in October 2017, we thought it was a little bit light on content. Polyphony Digital has been addressing that, piece by piece, with free updates over the game’s life, but there’s one thing still notably absent: Lotus.