If there’s one brand that drives a wedge between petrolheads the world over, it’s Alfa Romeo. Not because a surprising number of people who think they like cars can’t spell it, but because of a symbolic trope. Some say you can’t really be a petrolhead until you’ve owned one, others think that’s bunk.

UPDATE: The original Instagram post by Girardo & Co has been deleted.

PC players of Project CARS 2 found a surprise this morning. Slightly Mad Studios has pushed out the latest update — dubbed 5.0 — on the platform first, and it comes with a bonus car.

After many rounds of online qualifying, the DiRT Esports World Championships is reaching its final stages. 36 drivers have made the cut for the next phase of competition and it’s only going to heat up from here.

Since 2002 the Top Gear Test Track, at Dunsfold in Surrey, stood among the ranks of tracks like the Nürburgring for benchmark lap times. Now that status is in jeopardy, and Top Gear may also soon find itself homeless.

One of the most requested cars on GTPlanet for a little over four years was the BMW M3 (E30). With the arrival of v1.15 of GT Sport, the community rejoiced at finally getting its hands on the elusive car. Now for this week’s Want, we take a look at the real thing.

It appears 2017’s F1 esports championship was only a taster. Earlier today, Formula One announced the 2018 competition, and it promises to be an even bigger event than last year.

The latest update to Forza 7’s Specialty Dealer has shuffled its stock once again. As we’ve no doubt come to expect, the repeats continue unabated.

The latest round of the WRC Esports Championship is now live. After a frantic trip to Barcelona, the calendar shifts over to France for one of the toughest challenges so far.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sony has taken mercy on players (and its servers, probably). The full 24GB download is no more: v1.16 weighs in at an otherwise normal 107MB. If your original gargantuan download is still going, simply cancel it and start the update process again to get the single most current patch. The rest of the article is from its original publishing.

The biggest esport initiative in Forza history has started. With over $250,000 in prizes up for grabs, the 2018 Forza Racing Championship season should provide plenty of close racing.

With less than week until its reveal, Audi has shown a new glimpse of its upcoming Vision GT car.

With the first quarter of 2018 done and dusted, Xbox is kicking off Spring with a sale. Naturally this means plenty of savings in our favorite genre, and we’ve collected all the best deals here.

The updates to GT Sport are coming thick and fast this Spring. Hot on the heels of the v1.15 content update, we’re due another patch this week.

Right on cue, Polyphony Digital has update the GT Sport Mileage Exchange update, bringing fresh paint and a change to vehicle offerings.

Is it April already? According to the calendar, and a bunch of bizarre automotive news bits, it is.

This week’s Project CARS 2 Community Event is now live. After a fairly mental karting challenge at the Nurburgring, this week returns to a more simple combo: take the wheel of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE on Silverstone for a British showdown.

April Fools’ Day is a special time of year where giant global car manufacturers get a chance to show their human side.

On days like today, Fox Mulder’s “trust no one” warning feels especially relevant. It’s April Fools’, and that means plenty of tall tales. The crew at Turn 10 is embracing the trickster attitude however, with a variety of silly events opening up in Forza Motorsport 7 today.

Amongst the many goodies included in the latest GT Sport update, one was especially welcome for sim enthusiasts. Fanatec’s fantastic CSL Elite wheel is now officially supported by the title. It’s a big deal for those who own the wheel and now potential buyers have an even stronger case to pick one up. Fanatec is going one step further too, with a special Easter deal this week for the peripheral.