Ryan Hirons
Ryan is Car Throttle's News and Features Editor, landing here in 2023. When he’s not writing cars, you’ll find Ryan pretending to drive them on Gran Turismo or playing with radio-controlled ones.
Articles by Ryan Hirons
News
14/08/24
This GT1 Rennversion was just one of nine customer race cars built, and it even made an appearance at Le Mans
Motorsport
14/08/24
The Chevron B1417 will be the spec car for the new TOCA Junior Championship, set to kick off next year
Features
11/08/24
Is it time for the most forgotten of the Volkswagen Golf GTIs to shine? We’ve spent some time with one to find out
Reviews
07/08/24
The Q6 E-Tron is an important car for Audi as its first car on the Premium Platform Electric architecture. But is it worth consideration for anyone else? We get behind the wheel
News
06/08/24
The more driver-focused version of the latest Golf GTI doesn’t cost as much as we feared
Gaming
05/08/24
The sequel to Wreckfest promises an overhauled physics engine with more realistic destruction and a local split-screen mode
Features
03/08/24
The new-look GTI Treffen is on Volkswagen’s doorstep in Wolfsburg, Germany, and we paid the inaugural event a visit
Gaming
25/07/24
Wondering which tracks to tackle on Gran Turismo 7? This complete list lays out your options…
Gaming
25/07/24
Eiger Nordwand returns along with seven new cars and a reworked physics system
Gaming
25/07/24
Direct drive racing wheels are becoming the de facto choice for sim racers. But what are they, exactly, and do you need one? We explain
Japanese
24/07/24
In the ‘90s and leading into the ‘00s, Japanese car manufacturers had an agreement to limit every car to 276bhp. Why, though, and did anyone really stick to it? We explain
Videos
24/07/24
It's fair to say the Nissan 350Z gets a bit of a kicking from a lot of people. You hear complaints that it's heavy, not all that engaging and that the VQ35-DE sounds a bit naff. Are those criticisms fair, though? That's what we're looking to find out. Alex has been behind the wheel of three very different 350Zs - a low-mileage, bog-standard car, a super-rare Nismo S-Tune GT and a one-off, supercharged 'GT-S' - to get a flavour of the platform.
Gaming
24/07/24
2024’s iteration of the F1 Manager series has landed, and with the game-changing Create a Team mode. We’ve been playing to see if it’s worth your time…
Gaming
23/07/24
Arriving as Moza’s new flagship wheel, the Vision GS has a self-levelling LED touchscreen, forged carbon fibre shifter paddles and more controls than we can wrap our heads around
Reviews
19/07/24
Affordable city cars are few and far between these days, though the Kia Picanto remains. We’ve been behind the wheel of the updated car to see if it’s still worthwhile
News
18/07/24
Most powerful Panamera yet arrives with a 0-62mph time of 2.9 seconds and a stonking ‘Ring lap time
News
18/07/24
300bhp and a six-speed manual? This is a crossover we can get behind. A shame it’s only available in Japan for now…
Gaming
18/07/24
Microsoft promised big discounts on Horizon 4 before its delisting in December. The first of those on Xbox is here…
News
16/07/24
The one-off electric hypercar barely managed to start the Festival of Speed’s hillclimb before ploughing into a hay bale
Features
13/07/24
We've said goodbye to our Toyota GR86. Here are a few things we've learned over the last three months
News
12/07/24
Latest AMG GT gets the Pro treatment, bringing a lift in power and tweaked aerodynamics
Gaming
10/07/24
Currently known as iRacing Arcade, it’ll be developed by Original Fire Games, known for Circuit Superstars
Gaming
10/07/24
Update 10 will be the first Forza Motorsport update to be split in two, although no word on new content as of yet
Gaming
08/07/24
To celebrate 30 years since the first Ridge Racer game hit consoles, Bandai Namco held a club night with music from the franchise. Call us jealous