Whenever you start a new job you hope your first day is without incident. The last thing you ever want is something to damage your future career. For one AI though, its first day on the job was anything but smooth.

The second pre-season test for GT Sport’s FIA Championship has now begun. Following on from the first test last week, the exhibition championship allows drivers to get a taste of the real FIA tournaments due to kick off in early 2018. Competition will run November 12–18.

After six months of international competition, the search for the World’s Fastest Gamer comes down to 12 players and one week.

After all the rumors and leaks, we finally get a chance to see the wild 2018 Corvette ZR-1.

They say good things are worth waiting for, and we’ve got just that for you.

The penultimate race of the season had many stories waiting to be told. How would Felipe Massa perform in his final race in Brazil? How far up the field could Hamilton and Ricciardo get? Could Bottas hold off Vettel?

For the fifth interview in the series, we’re back to North America, but to one of our friends in the Great White North, Robbie Arthur, aka forum member RobbiefromBC. Robbie is a third generation racer from, you guessed it, Mission, British Columbia, Canada.

Every week we read loads of automotive news stories here at GTPlanet that we can’t fit into their own articles. In this weekly feature, we’ll be bringing you a quick round-up of things we might have otherwise missed.

The midfield battle continues to rage on in Formula One, with teams vying for the best position in the Constructors’ Championship — millions of Euros are at stake. With 333 points to his name, Lewis Hamilton is this year’s World Champion but there’s still plenty left to play for in the 2017 season. Valtteri Bottas is only 15 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers’ Championship as they jostle for the runner-up spot.

It appears the wait for GT Sport’s missing livery editor feature is coming to an end. The feature in question is the decal uploader, delayed to maintain server stability. Polyphony Digital shared the bad news one day before the game released in North America and Asia.

The first set of Forzathon challenges for Forza Motorsport 7 have officially begun. The popular series of events was a long-running staple in Forza Horizon 3 and has now made its way over to Motorsport.

The latest release from the long-running Need for Speed series is here. With plenty of action, Payback looks to entice gamers through street racing and in-depth customization.

One of the most successful elements in modern gaming was the introductions of achievements, or as they’re known on the PlayStation side of the fence: trophies. Some trophies are easier to win than others, but the elusive “Platinum Trophy” — only earned after a player has won all other trophies in a game — is always the most coveted.

It’s been almost a month since Gran Turismo Sport’s launch. Earlier this week, we reported strong sales for GT Sport in the UK charts with Polyphony Digital’s newest racer holding a respectable 5th place.

The current Honda NSX is a very impressive car. However, it also carries an equally impressive price tag which is out of the reach for most buyers. With the latest Vision GT offering from Honda however, we might have caught a glimpse of what can only be a baby NSX.

It’s that time of year again! The 2017 Gran Turismo Awards were held at SEMA last week, and another custom car was tapped to be featured in a future game.

There’s a new batch of aftermarket wheels and exclusive paint chips for players to spend their hard-earned Mileage Points on in GT Sport this week.

Sixteen Forzatographers submitted their shots last week, and now we’ll need your help picking the winner.

We’ve been spending more time with Forza Motorsport 7 recently, running on the new Xbox One X. This time, we’ve taken a few Porsches out for a drive.

A while back we reported on a (frankly fantastic) RC tribute of the Gran Turismo franchise. The creator of that video has paid homage to another veteran of the sim racing world, and this time around, the subject is Colin McRae Rally. This is a must watch.