Nurburgring

Gran Turismo World Series commentator Jimmy Broadbent and well-known GT streamer Steve “Super GT” Brown were part of a team that scored a class victory at the first event of the 2024 Nurburgring Endurance Series (Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie, or NLS), racing a GT4-category BMW M4.

Kunos Simulazioni has, over the weekend, revealed the worst-kept secret in racing games: the full 24hr Nurburgring track is coming to Assetto Corsa Competizione.

The official Forza Motorsport social media accounts have confirmed what we already suspected, announcing that the Nurburgring circuit location will be part of the title at launch — but the famous Nordschleife will be coming at a later date.

Bragging rights for the lap record at the Nurburgring Nordschleife are back in German hands, but it’s not Porsche that’s reclaimed its title. Instead it’s Mercedes which has finally grabbed the record, with a 6:48.047 official lap time.

It’s almost a Christmas tradition now. In the family downtime during the holidays, someone busts out the board games and a perfectly civil evening becomes a blazing row over landing on a hotel or going to jail. Yes, it’s the Christmas Monopoly argument, during which marriages are broken and in-laws become outlaws.

We’re all guilty of saying it, or something like it. “I know this road so well I could drive it blindfolded”.

It’s almost a tradition now for the GT Sport World Tour events: new event, new content.

When Volkswagen sent the ID R electric racer up Pikes Peak and dismantled the all-time record, it seemed like it’d be a one-off. After all, Volkswagen had built the car with the specific aim of beating the electric record for the climb.

A few years back there was something of a war going on for the fastest front-wheel drive car at the Nurburgring. Three manufacturers — SEAT, Honda, and Renault — were heading to the Green Hell almost weekly to claim the title.

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.

The iRacing Endurance Le Mans Series – or to put it another way, my favourite online racing series in sim racing at present. With its 6 hour races and multiclass format, including my beloved hybrid LMP1 class, it was always going to win me over.

If there’s one constant in the automotive world, it’s a company’s desire to set a lap time at the Nurburgring.

The never-ending quest for a ridiculously specific Nürburgring lap record has a new contender. Jaguar announced that its XE SV Project 8 now can claim the title Ring King for sedans with a time of 7:21.23.

Porsche announced today that it’s brought the crown for the “King of the Ring” back to Germany. Using the latest 911 GT2 RS, the company lapped the Nürburgring faster than any other street-legal sports cars has.

Back in July, we told you about a private team that set out to break the Nürburgring record with a Viper ACR. Since the story ran though, the team went on to improve its record run. 

New footage has given us a complete look at GT Sport’s remodeled Nürburgring N24 layout ahead of the game’s release next month.

Sony and Polyphony Digital may not be making a big presentation at this year’s Gamescom, but that doesn’t mean we won’t get to see anything new from Gran Turismo.

A private team finally gave Viper fans something they’ve waited for: a Nürburgring time.

Subaru claims it’s the new king of the Nürburgring when it comes to sedans. The WRX STI Type RA NBR Special has lapped the Ring in a blistering 6:57.5 — only half a second slower than the Porsche 918 Spyder.

Hyundai took the wraps off its first dedicated hot hatch yesterday. The i30 N is its 271 hp volley into the hot hatch wars, and on first impression, it sounds like the Korean company means business.