There’s a calm in the air at the moment as there’s yet another motor show around the corner. The Los Angeles Auto Show will throw open its doors in two weeks, and we can expect a slew of new models and production-ready concepts.
The third iteration of GT Sport’s pre-season FIA Championship test is now underway. Players can race in the trial tournaments November 19–25 with multiple race starts throughout each daily round.
Much like Microsoft, Sony has kicked off Black Friday early for select players. And just like the Xbox deals, there’s some great savings to be had for racing fans.
Market research group NPD has released October 2017’s US video game sales rankings. It was a busy month for releases across the board but racing titles continued to sell through the month with the arrival of two hyped up releases. However, the results turn out to be quite surprising and not what you might have expected.
Scuderia Toro Rosso confirms Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will drive for the team in 2018. The announcement introduces stability to the team following the driver hot-swapping.
Drift maniac Chris Forsberg has revealed that his Nissan 370Z will appear in GT Sport. The news comes from an Instagram post by the American, detailing a visit from Polyphony Digital to scan the car.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest review from a former member of staff here at GTPlanet. Jerome purchased the RSeat himself and offered to share his review with the community.
When the dust settles on another year of gaming, all eyes in the hobby turn to The Game Awards. As the crowning ceremony in the industry, nominations are made every year in a variety of categories including the prestigious Game of The Year award. Three racing titles are in contention for the 2017 Sports/Racing category.
We’re back with another round of the GTPlanet Forza Motorsport 7 Photo Mode Competition. Just like the Project CARS 2 comp from Monday, we’ve got a new, user-submitted theme — but first, you’ll need to vote on last week’s entries.
This week’s Wednesday Want is a little different from usual. Normally it involves our team plucking a car from our thousands-strong Car Suggestions forum and giving it some time in the spotlight, but this week we’ve found something truly special in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.
There’s plenty of automotive world records out there. Most of the ones that dominate the news are lap records or racing wins. But what about something a little less serious? Well, Sir Chris Hoy thought he’d have a go at the 60-second donut world record in his Caterham.
This week’s Project CARS 2 Community Events double down on the fun. There’s two challenges for the next seven days, and they’re quite different in their approaches.