Which driving game puts armchair racers on pole? E-type Jaguar Restoration Manual

GAMING petrolheads have never had it so good, with 2017 heralding a new era of cracking motor racing titles.

Whatever you want – from rallying to street racing and F1 – there’s something on offer for everyone. And leading the tyre-smoking charge is this pair: Project CARS 2 and Forza Motorsport 7.

They’re both direct rivals to the latest iteration of Gran Turismo and offer a huge variety of cars and tracks for gamers to master – but which is best?

For the wealth of options and the beautiful graphics it offers, Forza is hard to beat; and for the casual gamer or younger driver, it’s a lot easier to pick up and play than Project CARS 2.

But for hardcore racers, the behindthe-wheel gameplay and brilliant feedback from each individual model makes Project CARS 2 the one to go for.

Price: £40 (Crowood Press, www.crowood.com) Rating:

THINK of this as a Haynes manual on steroids and you won’t be far wrong. High-quality photographs and in-depth, step-by-step procedures talk you through the total restoration of an E-type. Most classic car owners could only dream of a manual of this quality to help their projects. All we’d prefer is line drawings rather than photos for occasionally tricky processes.

“There’s something for everyone, from rallying to street racing and F1”