When you hear about Ford’s EcoBoost engine, the first thing that comes to most people’s minds is economy. But one does not purchase a Ford GT for economy, one purchases it for the power. And much like a recent politician, the new Ford GT claims to give the people what they want.

2017’s impressive line up of racing games just got even better as Codemasters just announced the fourth main-line iteration of its DiRT series. Fresh off the success of DiRT Rally (which is getting a PS VR update soon), it seems Codies isn’t wasting time, and has set a release date of June 9 this year, with the game hitting PS4, XB1, and PC.

With recent Xbox sales going on, and Project Cars being confirmed as free on Games with Gold for February, you must be wondering when Sony will come for your wallet. Worry no more, as the company has just launched the PS Essentials sale!

Polyphony have pulled the trigger on the latest Seasonal Events for Gran Turismo 6. This week’s events are a combination of time trial and drifting challenges, testing your mettle at a variety of racing venues. Whether it be tuned or purpose-built racing machines, this week’s events has a little bit of something for everyone.

4K gaming is already on the rise thanks to the PlayStation 4 Pro having an early start. Released last year in November, the higher-spec Sony console already has a number of titles taking advantage of the additional headroom, and is further enhanced when VR is factored into the equation. The other half of this 4K race remains absent for the time being: Microsoft.

Last week, we reported on the many Driveclub discounts you can currently find on the PlayStation Store in the EU, If Evolution Studios’ title doesn’t quite tickle your fancy, there’s also some other racers on sale until February 8 across the PlayStation ecosystem. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you’ll get a further 10% off these prices too.

Earlier this month, in the midst of the release of the Rockstar Car Pack for Forza Horizon 3, Turn 10 accidentally gave its PC users a whole lot more; an entire debug version of the title, exclusively saved for development purposes for the in-house team.

Another money-saving opportunity for racing fans has arisen, as Microsoft announced a new Xbox One S bundle containing a download for Forza Horizon 3 (which can be used for both PC and Xbox). Two packages with varying hard drive capacities will be offered starting at $299 for 500 GB and $349 for 1 TB. Both bundles also include a 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial.

This year has certainly been kind to racers on the Xbox One so far: just earlier this month the Forza Horizon 3 Car Pass was up grabs to Live subscribers for 40% off, and it appears the Xbox team has already outlined its plans for February. Another racing game will be the highlight, this time offered for free through the Games with Gold program.

Gran Turismo Sport was playable at the Taipei Game Show this past weekend—on the new PlayStation 4 Pro no less. While the build doesn’t appear to be much different from the one shown at the PlayStation Experience last December, it nonetheless shows us some new aspects of the game.

In recent years, Formula 1 has faced the harsh challenge of trying to engage a young audience. Due to the high prices of the events themselves, and the general barrier of interacting with the series, F1 can often feel like it’s in a world of its own. However, Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost believes that there is an answer for developing the relationship between the younger generation and the historic motorsport—and it involves the world of eSports.

With the spotlight being shined on racing eSports events like the upcoming ESL Multi-Class Championship, it should come as little surprise that Project CARS’ successor will be featuring a driver rating system to help filter different players by their abilities in online races.

Late last week, news broke that Assetto Corsa developer Kunos Simulazioni has been purchased by 505 Games parent company Digital Bros. A salient detail was hidden within the comprehensive Trend Online report, however: sales figures.

Following yesterday’s surprising news that Kunos Simulazioni has been acquired by Digital Bros, there have been a lot of questions regarding the future of Assetto Corsa within the sim racing community. Marco Massarutto has taken to Facebook to lay those concerns to rest.

A few weeks back, some of the fastest drivers in sim racing descended upon Las Vegas for a chance to win big money in the Visa Vegas eRace. While the race itself was a controversial event in the spotlight, it did afford us the light-hearted entertainment above.

When the team behind Assetto Corsa began speaking of its plans for Assetto Corsa in 2017, no one could have seen this one coming: Kunos Simulazioni is being acquired by Digital Bros, the parent company of 505 Games based in Milan, Italy.

When it comes to a good-value racing game on PlayStation 4, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better game than Driveclub. With plenty of tracks and cars being added for free and at a premium, owning all the content gives you a serious amount of virtual cars, events and tracks to play around with. To make the various parts of Driveclub—the base game, Bikes expansion, and Season Pass—more appealing to players new and old, The UK and European PlayStation Stores both currently offer limited-time price reductions on the game.

The world of iRacing has had a good start to 2017. Following the huge announcement of Porsche joining the PC simulation’s car roster, the team behind the subscription-based racer has now begun to tease the long-awaited addition of dirt driving within the game. Although it’s just a small glimpse of what is to come, it’s certainly exciting.

Last month, user Yui-san gave us the gift of a misty-eyed stroll down memory lane for the holidays with his gallery of 23 racing games recreated in Forza Horizon 3. For the next installment in his series, the photographer has derived inspiration from iconic cars of television and movies.

In our world of racing games, many players have different preferences as to what peripherals they choose to drive their virtual machines with. Some folks swear by using a wheel and won’t bother playing with anything else. Other people are content with using the standard controller supplied with a game console. The mouse, on the other hand, is probably something that you haven’t seen being used to play a racing game in any serious capacity—until now.