Brendan Rorrison

PlayStation Europe is celebrating this summer with a host of PS4 title reductions in its Summer Sale. Discounts can be found on the European PlayStation Stores and there are multiple price-cuts that may take your fancy.

As sim racing trickles more into the mainstream, one aspect that escapes a lot of players is the idea of race day tuning. A decent car set-up can often be the difference between failure and victory, so it’s an important aspect of our hobby. Project CARS 2 is aiming to bridge that knowledge gap with a Race Engineer feature.

A recent commercial released by Audi features a nice easter egg for Gran Turismo fans. Centered around a drag race, the ad utilizes the classic pre-race countdown sound effects.

Rallycross is more popular than ever in the racing genre. The hybrid racing discipline has featured in DiRT 4 so far this year and will also appear in Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS 2. Following up from the addition of dirt driving, iRacing has given us a glimpse of its upcoming rallycross feature.

FIA’s Formula E championship is due to bring in some big names over the next two years, as Audi and BMW join the ranks. The German manufacturers broke earlier this week.

After months of delay, Assetto Corsa is finally up to version 1.14 on Xbox One. Kunos Simulazioni and 505 Games released the patch into the wild earlier today.

Slightly Mad Studios has detailed the full track list you can expect from Project CARS 2. Featuring 60 tracks and 130 variations in total, the title boasts the largest amount of circuits so far this generation.

It has been a staggering 11 years since the last proper Micro Machines console game. The local multiplayer champion last graced our consoles during the PS2-era with Micro Machines V4. Micro Machines: World Series aims to revitalize the tiny toy racer for a new audience but unfortunately teeters between fun and frustration way too often.

Fans of diecast car models will be able to expand their collection with Microsoft’s upcoming Forza Motorsport 7.

Slightly Mad Studios’ Creative Director Andy Tudor has insisted that GT Sport and Forza Motorsport 7 are playing catch up to the Project CARS series. The soundbite comes from an interview conducted at E3 last month.

The latest build of GT Sport shown at the Goodwood Festival of Speed has given us a glimpse at the title’s pit stop mechanics. Captured by GTPlanet user Aderrm, the video shows how pitting currently works in the latest GT title.

Project CARS 2 will include a series first by introducing live pit stops during races. As per a new blog post on the official game site, pitting has been vastly expanded since the first title.

Forza Motorsport 7 has been awarded E3 “Racing Game of The Show” by the Games Critic Awards judge panel. To take the crown, Turn 10’s latest entry in the Motorsport series beat out stiff competition from the likes of GT Sport and Project CARS 2.

Among the news onslaught that arrived with E3 2017, GT Sport added another real-life racing track to its roster — Australia’s Mount Panorama Circuit. Otherwise known as Bathurst, the track is a scenic climb, offering some of the best views in motorsport from the peak of the hill.

With the announcement of a fall release window, Polyphony Digital has revved up the GT Sport PR machine and set it into action. As part of this, CEO Kazunori Yamauchi recently appeared in a new IGN video looking at how GT Sport aims to re-capture that Gran Turismo magic.

Excited for Project CARS 2 but want to see how the latest build of the game is shaping up? We’ve got you covered, as we take a look at two unique gameplay clips. One showing some nice drifting in VR and the other a drive through a snowy Red Bull Ring.

June has been a busy month for the team at Codemasters. DiRT 4 was released into the public’s hands, Micro Machines: World Tour is due to launch next week and F1 2017 took to the stage for E3. The industry veteran hit Los Angeles to talk about the title and turn some heads with what it has in store this August.

Games media outlet GameSpot has posted a new video interview with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi. The discussion took place during last week’s E3 expo and includes some notes of interest throughout.

DiRT 4 always faced a challenging road to release. After the immensely successful DiRT Rally, Codemasters now had two sets of fan to please: the thrill-loving mainline series fans and those enthralled by the hardcore spin-off. The good news then, is that DiRT 4 manages to impress on both sides generally but that doesn’t mean it’s without its blemishes.

Image Space Incorporated’s rFactor Pro package has added an exciting new map to its portfolio: the French capital of Paris.