
Fanatec’s Giving Away $35,000 of Sim Racing Gear With 2018 Advent Calendar
They say it’s the season of giving. Fanatec is certainly taking this on board, as it’s announced a giveaway of one free item every day, starting now and running to Christmas Eve.

Gear.Club Unlimited 2 Hands-On Preview
It’s hard to believe it’s already been just over one year since Eden Games ported its popular mobile racer, Gear.Club, to the Switch. With its release, Nintendo’s hybrid console received its first semi-realistic racer — if “semi-realistic” can be defined by an absence of hovercrafts and cartoon mischief.

Win a Real Race Car Drive with Pfaff Forza Motorsport 7 WorldGaming Canadian Challenge
Pfaff and WorldGaming are back with another Canadian esport initiative this year. And this time the grand prize isn’t a trip to a race weekend — you could be the one behind the wheel of a race car.

Kazunori Yamauchi Monaco Interview Part 2: Expectations, Improvements, and a Slice of Luck
A very brief lull in the proceedings at the 2018 FIA-Certified GT Sport World Finals allowed GTPlanet to catch up with series founder Kazunori Yamauchi.

An Extreme Ferrari and Classic Jaguar Speed Into Forza Horizon 4 Today
Right on cue, two more cars have arrived in Forza Horizon 4 this week. The newest pairing includes a classic Jaguar and a track hardened Ferrari.

Autumn Descends Once More in Latest Forza Horizon 4 Seasonal Events
Autumn has returned once again in Forza Horizon 4. The new season brings more new events and content for players to get their hands on.

How Forza Motorsport 7 Uses Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry to Create Realistic Environments
At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Turn 10 took a deep dive into creating realistic environments for Forza Motorsport 7.

Ride 3 Now Available on PS4, XB1 and PC
Some folks may have got their hands on it a few days early thanks to special editions, but Milestone’s Ride 3 motorcycle racer is now available across all major platforms.

Suzuki Jimny First Drive Review: The Kei Car Monster Truck
The Suzuki Jimny has always been one of those cars. It’s the kind of car that those in the know love, despite many glaring flaws that put off regular folk – like Land Rover’s venerable Defender, or the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. In fact it’s a lot like the Defender and G-Class in many ways, only at one-third scale…

Major Changes Coming to Gran Turismo’s Sport Mode This Month
Even as Igor Fraga’s champagne is probably still chilled, Polyphony Digital has announced some significant format changes for Sport Mode, affecting the 2019 FIA Online Championship. The announcement, on the official website, details how PD’s planning to alter to how it organizes its signature feature.

Gran Turismo Sport Wins the 2018 TIGA Award for Best Audio Design
Gran Turismo Sport has received the title of “Best Audio Design” from the 2018 TIGA Games Industry Awards panel. It wasn’t up against the usual collection of racing games, however: this was across all genres.

The Rivian R1S Lets You Take Your Whole Family on an Electric Adventure
Just days after the debut of its R1T electric pick-up, Rivian is showing off a new model. This time around it’s an electric SUV called the R1S.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Ventures Eastward With the New Beyond the Baltic Sea DLC
The map for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is getting another expansion. This time sim truckers will venture further east than ever before with the new Beyond the Baltic Sea DLC.

‘Project CARS Pro’ Revealed with New Porsche 911 at L.A. Auto Show
Mere hours after Porsche pulled the sheets off its new, 992-gen 911, the new flagship is already in a sim racer. What’s more surprising, it’s a new title. Say hello to Project CARS Pro.

The Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro Is the Most Hardcore Version of the Coupe Yet
Mercedes-AMG apparently thought its GT R coupe was a bit too civilized. Now at the 2018 LA Auto Show, it’s rolling out an extreme version called the GT R Pro.

How GT Sport Uses Artificial Intelligence to Calculate Penalties & BoP
Despite all the action going on around us at Monaco, GTPlanet was able to sit down with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi. We had a few questions derived from queries on the our forums, which you can read about more in future articles.

Spintires: Mudrunner American Wilds Cruises Onto the Nintendo Switch
Last month, the American Wilds expansion landed for Spintires: Mudrunner on Steam, PS4, and Xbox One. However, if you had a Switch you were out of luck. That’s not the case any longer though as the game is now out on Nintendo’s system.

Jeep Gladiator Brings the Brand Back to the Pick-Up Market After 26 Years
In 1992, Jeep quit making the Comanche, the last pick-up truck for the brand. Now 26 years later, it’s reviving the pick-up part of its lineup with the Gladiator.

Audi Reveals All-Electric e-tron GT, With 580hp and 250-Mile Range
After a short spell of teasing us, Audi has revealed its new all-electric GT car at the LA Auto Show.

KTM, Lotus, and Porsche GT4 Cars Now Available in RaceRoom Racing Experience
Track day racing fans, rejoice. Earlier this month Sector3 Studios made the bombshell reveal that GT4 cars were coming to RaceRoom Racing Experience. Now all three cars are available for purchase in the PC sim.