Unprecedented times mean unprecedented measures. The world is now attempting to practice “self-isolation” — keeping away from other people in order to protect each other from infection.
It’s all-change again as a new week is upon us, and brings a new set of Daily Races in GT Sport. This week’s trio contains two sets of race cars, and something a little bit more… pony.
It might be hard to believe, but our community has hosted over 50 GT Sport Livery Editor competitions since GTPlanet user syntex123 launched the official contests two years ago.
If you’ve been playing GT Sport online this week, you’re unlikely to have escaped with your Sportsmanship Rating intact. The Daily Races in particular have become a graveyard of reputations, with severe penalties handed out like free candy, and Driver Ratings plunging due to SR resets.
Another major sporting event has fallen victim to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this time in the world of esports. GT Sport’s second World Tour 2020 event, scheduled to take place at the Nurburgring in May on the weekend of the 24h race there, is off.
Some of GT Sport’s top-ranked players, and prominent game streamers, are taking to social media this week to talk about the game — and not in a good way. As the official FIA season started this week, leading players are taking aim at one aspect in particular: the penalty system.
Mazda fans waiting for information on the RX-Vision GT3 Concept need wait no more. The race car will be coming to GT Sport this May, via a free game update.
If you want to stand at the top of the GT Sport world at the end of this year, it all starts here. The first races of the official 2020 FIA Certified Online Championship season start this week, with the first of four blocks of ten races from now until September.
For the next two weeks in the GT Sport Time Trials, players will be following the rule of three. With two new events, both on road courses, there’s plenty to get to grips with through the next 14 days.
Since GT Sport launched back in October 2017, the Polyphony Digital team has brought an impressive number of new circuits to the game. From old favorites like Laguna Seca and Spa-Francorchamps, to new fictional tracks like Sardegna Road and Tokyo street circuits, there’s been a steady stream of new asphalt to learn.
This fortnight’s GT Sport Time Trials bring two more interesting challenges. Starring for the next two weeks are a road car and a race car, but it’s the street machine that’s the faster of the two.