Interesting looking back through previous Edge 10/10s and thinking "yep, I can see that". Suspect some have aged better than others though. (The mag's second 10 was Gran Turismo, which is still good, but was immediately eclipsed by its successor - which didn't get a 10)

As game mods go, Gran Turismo 2 Beige Edition has to be the most #WeirdcarBS of them all www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSBG...

It's not often I've never heard of a car, but before writing this feature the MSO HS was genuinely one I'd never heard of. Very cool project basically including all the things the team wanted to include on the 675LT. www.evo.co.uk/mclaren/675l...

Know as a fan of prototypes that @sniffpetrol.com will enjoy these of the X3 undergoing testing in 2001. 16/5/01 issue for those who wish to seek it out.

Drove the Honda Super N the other day. Review should be online at some point soon, but in the meantime, here's a clip of the virtual gearshifts in BOOST mode. I'd actually welcome a bit more virtual noise, it's pretty subtle but not unpleasant.

Re: "4D" plates on @smithandsniff.bsky.social OTOSOT, I've always thought they looked like text in a magazine when there's been an alignment issue at the printers. The raised letters give them a kind of fuzzy shadow which looks like the ink hasn't all been printed in the same place.

More from the hot hatch test - Yaris, Civic, and Golf cabins. Yaris had the mad rally handbrake, and I dig the no-nonsense dash. Civic's got such a great interior. Golf still a bit screen-focused, but better than it was.

Wild seeing so many people mention the small back seat here. It's a *coupe*. Few classes of car have so consistently had small back seats. Every previous generation of Prelude for one. Audi TTs? Good luck if you have legs. Porsche 911? Lousy.

Curborough today. Excuse wind noise and general jank, hastily duct taped the Insta 360 to the wind deflector (which, unsurprisingly, is subject to wind) as I didn't have a suitable helmet mount. 1:06.1, so 3.1sec quicker than I managed in the Rallye.

Couple of snaps of the Golf Edition 50, also in the hot hatch test in the current issue of evo. Was a bit sunnier over the few days I had this one.

Anyone feeling "£695 and no MOT since 2018 project Safrane" brave? www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

Trying driving game demos in Steam Next Fest so you don't have to: Formula 2.5: Retro-style F1 racer. Has the 80s style but short on Pole Position/Outrun style fun. Slow Roads: Procedurally generated drive-endlessly thing. Smooth and chilled but possibly a bit *too* devoid of gameplay.

Still going strong at 170k. If diesel wasn't so expensive at the mo and tax on older stuff not so painful I'd be quite tempted by this. Seems looked-after bar little bits of rust, MOT history's decent (though outstanding recall - Takata?), and looks smart in red www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/...

After writing this a month or so ago I discovered in the hotter weather that the aircon in the MX-5 was indeed *actually* shit even when I did turn it on, so got it serviced today. Only had about 1/10th the refrigerant it should've done. More effective now, unsurprisingly.

Had to double check. Not actually as fast as last year's event - 381 laps, compared to 387 - but more cars on the lead lap, with seven compared to four. Most laps completed is still 1971 and 2010 (397), and most cars finishing on the lead lap was nine, in 2024.

Quite the choice of words given the subject matter.

I didn't manage to catch the F1 in the end but it goes without saying that I'm mega chuffed by the result there too. Just as important for Lewis's confidence as the win at Silverstone in 2024 I think, both came after long droughts, but something extra special about it being for Ferrari.

Really pleased to see Toyota take that win. Must've been one of the fastest-paced Le Mans in a while, given so few accidents, and only ten seconds gap to BMW in the end shows it was flat out for everyone. Should hopefully shut up the people who reckoned their previous wins were "easy".

Ten minutes left at Le Mans and there's about 10sec between the cars in 1st and 2nd in Hypercar, 20sec between GT3s, and 30sec between LMP2s. It's been a close one...

Look I'm not saying there's a silver bullet for poor driving standards, but just to be on the safe side we should probably crush all the Ford Rangers and permanently ban all their owners from driving, because it couldn't hurt.

Not at Le Mans this year, but visited last year. Brought a film camera rather than the X-T2 so I wouldn't spend the entire weekend looking through a viewfinder. Took a total of 60 shots across two rolls of film instead of having to trudge through thousands.

Tired: kei truck Wired: kei camper www.castle-motors.co.uk/used-cars/ma...

Sadly I'm too fat for this t-shirt now but I'll be wearing it in spirit today.

Not sure if this is reassuring or not @victoriascott.bsky.social but listening to the Stellantis platform sharing bit on the podcast, I'd say the Euro arm actually has a decent track record of differentiating cars on the same platform (certainly visually). All these are on the current "CMP" platform

Tonight's cosy driving game demo, Over The Hill. Same folks as Art Of Rally (obvious from the graphics) but I actually think the aesthetic and third-person camera view suit a slow-paced 4x4 game better. Sort of like a non-frustrating Spintires/Mudrunner. Multiplayer will be fun I think.

On the one hand, 4.2 million yen is quite a lot for only 606cc. On the other, 11,000rpm tachometer and four carbs www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...

Don't have ten grand knocking about for a daily driver right now, but if I did, I reckon this would be a pretty decent way to spend it torque-gt.co.uk/pages/showro...

I'm gonna be picky here and counter with something that's even better (though still not perfect). Compared to the E30, the Volvo's front overhang is too long, there's too much metal between arch and shoulder line, the DLO doesn't sit on the shoulder line...

Excellent! Thanks Juanma (and Kiwi). Shouldn't be too long until the RX-7 one is landing too, all being well...

Couple of shots of the Civic Type R Ultimate Edition, which you'll find in the latest issue of @evo-magazine.bsky.social, on sale now. Helped out with the test involving this, the Golf GTI Edition 50, and the GR Yaris Aero Performance.

45 mins in the demo of Kaido Genkai. Seems promising so far - handling is decent, graphics look good and run smoothly, J-Pop soundtrack is cute. Open-world story-based format - races and jobs dotted around the map, that kinda thing. Better than I was expecting!

Drove a TT Quattro Sport again recently for an upcoming feature, and I've gone right back down the rabbit hole. Love the way they look, and one of the all-time great interiors enhanced further with those Pole Positions and the Alcantara wheel www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32711940...

It's cool, but I reckon the Supersport is cooler at probably half the price (or less). A very rare case for a roadster where I think the styling is immeasurably improved by putting a roof on it too - the roofline of the Supersport's hardtop is just perfect.

the main problem with video as a format is that it's too slow at dispensing information. I can read much faster than you can talk and there's no way you can address this without becoming incomprehensible to most of the audience.

Wandered out to get lunch (perfectly timed with a downpour) and one of these went past me. Knew the Kia Stonic existed, didn't know it'd had a facelift to ape the rest of the range. As normal boring everyday cars go it looked great though, really confident stance and proportions, smart details.

What a horrendous experience. L322 possibly one of those vehicles where the worst part isn't what can potentially go wrong with the car itself, but the people you have to deal with - garages, buyers etc - on the periphery.

Given my postman's propensity for folding stuff in half to fit it through my perfectly decently-sized letterbox (today it was a magazine; thanks for that, dipshit), I know to avoid ordering a headgasket, lest they replicate that situation mentioned on @smithandsniff.bsky.social a while back.

This seems absurd. Attractive building likely built to last hundreds of years, and could be easily adapted into something else.

I didn't realise this might have been literal.

One of those races where everything happens in the final ten laps.

If you've been looking for a Proper Motor Car, I believe this should do the trick angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/276...

Surely all the truck one could ever need bringatrailer.com/listing/1991...

Gaming is NOT a male only hobby. Gaming is for everyone. Tired of dudes trying to gatekeep a hobby that anyone can enjoy.

Shame about the potato resolution but love this little KP31 Toyota Publica. It's like a condensed Corolla TE27 www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...

I'm making three styling picks here - 124 Coupe, Coupe, and Barchetta - and one based on experience, the 100HP. 100HP might be the best Fiat this side of the millennium.

Dipped back into Enthusia. Generally enjoyable game let down by mushy and imprecise controls and some weird gameplay decisions (someone looked at Gran Turismo's prize car system and decided to make it even more frustrating). Enjoyably varied car selection though.

Latest Evo podcast is on the subject of restomods. Driven a handful - MZR 240Z, Rocketeer MX-5, a Vicarage MkII convertible (built for Noel Gallagher). Less unobtanium than most (though you could still spend six figures on each of them).

Some recent @shittychallenge.bsky.social photos of the Mazda from the Pentax Optio S30. It's really not actually that shitty, though the second pic shows that at its widest (38mm) there's quite a lot of barrel distortion.

The car pronunciation discussion on @smithandsniff.bsky.social OTOSOT reminds me that as a kid I pronounced Integra, as in the Honda, with the emphasis on the first syllable, IN-teg-ra rather than in-TEG-ra. Before stuff had been featured on TV you kinda just had to guess.

Had kei sports cars on the mind recently, so here's another snap of the S660 I rented last year.