Jordan Greer

If you’ve had a go in any version of the SRT Tomahawk – the newest Vision GT concept car in Gran Turismo 6 – you know how crazy it is. The “X” model takes things to the furthest extreme, producing over 2,590hp with the use of “experimental technologies”.

Polyphony Digital’s work has been put on display at the National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan, as part of a new Manga*Anime*Games exhibit in the museum. The exhibit, which showcases the relationship between artists’ work, society, and technology, uses Gran Turismo to demonstrate the technical techniques of the artists that bring the game to life.

It’s time for one of the biggest races in the 2015 GTPlanet Endurance Series’ calendar: the 24 Hours of Le Mans! The race kicks off today (June 27) at 13:00 GMT/UTC (click here to convert this to your local time), and will be live-streamed right here via GTPlanet’s YouTube channel.

The latest update for Gran Turismo 6, version 1.20, has just gone live, and brings with it an update to the Goodwood Hill Climb course and one of the more hotly anticipated Vision GT cars: the radical SRT Tomahawk.

There’s been a lot of interest and debate over the new Logitech G29 steering wheel that was formally unveiled a few weeks ago, but not much in the way of hands-on impressions.

Since its inclusion in Gran Turismo 6 was first announced back in 2013, the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed has had a close relationship with the franchise. As many will recall, last year saw the in-game track updated to include the 2014 “Central Feature” sculpture at Goodwood – a soaring art installation that features different manufacturers and changes each year.

NISMO Athlete and 2014 Nissan GT Academy winner Nic Hammann kicks off his first racing season for Nissan in a big way, co-driving with Russian GT Academy champ Mark Shulzhitskiy in an RJN Nissan GT-R GT3 NISMO racer in the first-ever Blancpain Sprint Series event at Moscow Raceway in Russia July 3 to 4.

In celebration of Forza’s 10th anniversary this year, Microsoft have announced a special edition of the Xbox One: the “Forza Motorsport 6 Limited Edition” console. As explained in the video above, it’ll feature a special blue color, inspired by the new game’s cover car, the Ford GT.

Nissan’s Alex Buncombe (GB), Katsumasa Chiyo (JAP) and Wolfgang Reip (BEL) took a commanding victory in Saturday’s 1000km Blancpain Endurance Series race, which ran into the night at Paul Ricard in France. This was the first overall Blancpain Endurance Series win for Nissan and the best possible warm up for next month’s Spa 24 Hours for Nissan GT Academy Team RJN.

Sim-racing accessory manufacturer Fanatec has just announced a new version of their “ClubSport Pedals”, a popular upgrade used by many GTPlanet members.

For the past 15 years, Porsche gaming fans haven’t had much to get excited about. The famous German marque rarely appears in video games thanks to a special, strange exclusivity contract with Electronic Arts. Not much is known about the details of the agreement (IGN went in-depth on the topic earlier this year), but to summarize: a video game can’t include a Porsche without EA’s blessing.

Nissan’s much-anticipated Le Mans challenger, the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO, made its race debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend. Such is the scale of the challenge to enter the top endurance class, Nissan set a target of getting one of it’s three cars to the finish of the 24-hour race.

Since the Forza Motorsport 6 announcements at Microsoft’s E3 press conference landed earlier today, a lot more information about the new game has hit the web. One of the most interesting sources is a lengthy article from Ars Technica, who had a chance to visit Turn 10’s studios last week for an exclusive interview with Dan Greenawalt and other developers on the team.

Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 6 was first announced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, where it was revealed with the all-new Ford GT that will be gracing the game’s cover. Today, Forza 6’s first official trailer was revealed during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 along with a few more tidbits of information.

It’s the biggest week of the year for the video game industry: the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) kicks off in Los Angeles today with special press conferences from the largest players in the industry, namely Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.

The “Course Maker” in GT6 remains as one of the game’s last unreleased features – and the one fans are anticipating the most. We haven’t heard much about the new tool in GT6, though, which is expected to be a significant upgrade over the course maker we last saw in GT5.

In a JeuxVideo interview published last week from the Peugeot Vision GT launch event in Paris, Kazunori Yamauchi gave a direct answer when asked about the possibility of the Peugeot 208 Pikes Peak coming to the Gran Turismo series: yes.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know this is a big weekend for the world of motorsports, as the 24 Hours of Le Mans kicks off on Saturday. To help celebrate the event, Polyphony Digital has added two special new Quick Match race events to Gran Turismo 6, which feature both the old and new versions of Circuit de la Sarthe.

After several leaks, Logitech have officially announced their return to the sim-racing hardware market with the G29 and G920 steering wheels. The two models are roughly identical, though the G29 is compatible with both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, while the G920 is compatible with the Xbox One and does not include the same red adjustable dial. Both models will also be compatible with the PC.

This is it! There’s just a few days left in the final round of GT Academy 2015, and it’s proving to be one of the most challenging in the program’s history, as players wrangle the Nissan GT-R LM around a Circuit de la Sarthe invaded by cones.