Racing articles

🏁 Forza Horizon 5 is coming to PlayStation 5 this spring. Another Xbox crown jewel landing on Sony’s console raises some interesting questions about the future of the games industry. If all the studios Microsoft bought are too costly to run on Xbox sales alone and their games must be released more widely, what reason will be left to buy an Xbox to begin with?

Gran Turismo review

I love Gran Turismo - I’ve been playing it since the 90s. But if you asked me to choose a video game series for a film adaptation, it would be near the bottom of my list. After all, racing games are full of on-track action, but no matter how good...

Battling for the drivers' championship at F1 Arcade in London

I recently had the opportunity to visit a place I’d been dying to see since it opened at the start of this year - the F1 Arcade in London. Essentially a bar crammed full of sim racing setups, the website made it look like a dream for a keen virtual...

F1 22: How to choose the perfect difficulty and assists

Half of the enjoyment of any racing game comes from achieving the perfect balance between your own ability, the challenge of keeping the car under control at fast speeds, and the competition offered by your AI rivals. F1 22 is no exception, and having recently purchased the game, I thought...

F1 22 is better than the internet says

F1 22’s free-to-play weekend came at a tough time for Codemasters and EA - at least as far as my evaluation was concerned. Coming hot off the heels of my retrospective on the PS1 classic Formula 1 97, they had their work cut out to impress me - but impress...

Formula 1 97 (PS1) retrospective

I was shocked on multiple levels to find that one of my favourite childhood games recently celebrated its 25th birthday. Developed by Bizarre Creations, Formula 1 97 was the official game of the 1997 Formula 1 championship, the follow-up to the 1995 original (which was simply titled Formula 1), and...

F1 Manager 2022 is like a revival of old movie games

There was a time, certainly in the 2000s but also arguably as early as the 1980s - I’m looking at you, ET - when most video games based on films were disappointments. There were some notable exceptions, like the excellent Spider-Man 2, but all too often movie tie-ins were dull,...

F1 22's announcement video was a colossal waste of time

Racing game fans across Reddit and Twitter were excited this week after EA revealed that not only did they have the Imola Grand Prix to look forward to this weekend, but on Thursday they would also get a glimpse of the latest game in the Codemasters F1 series: the hotly...

Gran Turismo 7: A guide to race strategy and pit stops

Gran Turismo 7’s strategy system is both a blessing and a curse. With everything handled during the race, you never reach the halfway mark and realise you forgot to configure it, but on the other hand it becomes difficult to plan ahead and you’re forced to make a lot of...

Gran Turismo 7 (PS4) review

Writing a review for Gran Turismo 7 having observed what has happened to it in the three weeks since its release is a hugely difficult task. The truth is that there is a fantastic racing game here – possibly the best ever. But in writing a review it is impossible...