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Here are the best driving games for Xbox in 2022

Published 14 April 2022
By David Mullen
The global semiconductor shortage that has brought chaos to the car industry has also wrought its own havoc on the games console business.
Dirt by Codemasters

Five best PlayStation driving games

Video games let us live out our virtual driving fantasies. Here are the best ones for PS4 and PS5.
Published 26 November 2021
The five best driving video games

The five best driving video games

F1 has replaced its postponed races with virtual ones, using the official F1 game as a platform. But what are the best driving games of all time?
Published 24 March 2020
Gran Turismo players have won their first FIA-sanctioned races in 2019

FIA Gran Turismo video game series returns

While last week's Formula One race was underway Down Under, another FIA racing series was kicking off... on the Gran Turismo Sport video game.
Published 19 March 2019
The Grand Tour Game has a poo-ometer

The Grand Tour Game has a poo-ometer

The forthcoming Grand Tour video game includes a section in which excursions from a racing circuit reduce your "poo score", according to car comm
Published 13 September 2018
You can now drive Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes F1 car in Gran Turismo Sport

Lewis Hamilton's 2017 F1 car now in GT Sport

GT Sport-playing Lewis Hamilton fans have extra reason to rejoice after his win yesterday, as his 2017 F1 car is now in the PS4 racing game.
Published 30 July 2018
Forza Horizon 4 street racing game will be set in Britain

Forza Horizon 4 game will be set on British roads

The newest entry in the long-running Forza Horizon "open world" racing series has been announced — with this year's game set in Britain.
Published 12 June 2018
Racing game showdown: GT Sport v Forza Motorsport 7 v Project Cars 2 (video)

Video: GT Sport v Forza 7 v Project Cars 2

Three new racing games are battling it out this Christmas, but which is best?
Published 03 November 2017
Forza Motorsport 7 game review

The Forza's strong: Forza Motorsport 7 game review

Ladies and gentlemen, remove your jackets of gaming allegiance and check them in at the cloakroom; it’s time to use the F-word: Forza.
Published 03 November 2017
Gran Turismo Sport game review

Gran Turismo Sport game review

Kazunori Yamauchi certainly kept us waiting, but finally the new Gran Turismo game is here for PS4.
Published 18 October 2017
Gran Turismo boss says he removed GT Mode as gamers are losing automotive know-how

Gran Turismo boss reveals why he removed GT Mode

The creator of one of the world’s most successful racing video game franchises has revealed that he changed the way players can customise cars...
Published 17 October 2017
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Test your knowledge: What was the first racing video...

It started with tennis, but soon after the blip-blip of that sport made it into the coin-op arcades, games pioneers began working on other sport-themed...
Published 10 October 2014
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DriveClub: the arcade racing game for simulation fans...

On the spectrum of racing games recently launched or coming in time for Christmas, with pure simulation (or reality) on the left and crash-bang-wallop...
Published 09 October 2014