Jordan Greer

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe kicked off a #BestOfGT week on Monday to celebrate 15 years of the Gran Turismo series. Via the EU PlayStation Blog:

An interview with Polyphony Digital’s Takuya Asano has shed light on the “Gran Turismo Explore Studio”, a specialized creative space designed to help the company develop collaborative projects with other brands such as those seen in the recently announced Vision Gran Turismo project.

If you’re interested in saving a bit of money on your copy of Gran Turismo 6, online retailer NewEgg is offering a sizable discount for pre-ordering the game with them.

Japanese consumers will get a bonus in the form of two 15th Anniversary Edition cars when they pre-order a copy of GT6 at a participating retailer, as announced on the official site earlier this week.

Last month’s Jalopnik Film Festival was an interesting and successful event for a lot of reasons. Although there were no major GT6 details announced or revealed, Kazunori Yamauchi spent a fair amount of time talking and interacting with journalists from a wide range of backgrounds.

Gran Turismo 6 was on display last weekend at the EB Expo in Sydney, Australia, and the demo included the just-announced Mount Panorama circuit.

Australia’s Mount Panorama Racing Circuit, widely known as one of the most challenging circuits in the world and home to the Bathurst 12 Hours and Bathurst 1000 races, has been officially confirmed for Gran Turismo 6.

Russian retailer “1C Interest” recently announced their special pre-order Gran Turismo 6 incentive, offering a collection of cars, in-game credits, a keychain, and more, as outlined here by GTPlanet member “Dionisiy”.

Round five of the FIA GT Series at the Circuito de Navarra in Northern Spain delivered a Pro-Am podium for Nissan GT Academy Team RJN when Wolfgang Reip and Steve Doherty took second place in the headline race on Sunday. Wolfie and Steve won GT Academy Europe and USA respectively in 2012 and just 12 months on are battling for top honours in an international category.

During the Tokyo Game Show last week, several media outlets were invited to tour Polyphony Digital’s new Tokyo offices (the company is actually headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan).

Official videos from last week’s Jalopnik Film Festival have now been published, and include an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi and a complete recording of the panel session with Yamauchi, Jim Glickenhaus, Tamir Moscovici, and Ken Block.

Last week’s Jalopnik Film Festival was a smashing success, and became a unique intersection between car culture, filmmaking, and the Gran Turismo series.

Polyphony Digital’s new engine sounds likely won’t be included in Gran Turismo 6 when the game is released this December. However, they could be changed in a future game update, according to an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi from EuroGamer.

Kazunori Yamauchi will be the star guest of the premier discussion panel at the Gran Turismo-sponsored Jalopnik Film Festival this Wednesday, September 18.

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has shared their latest interview with GT series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, and his comments have been translated by Polygon.

To enter the contest, draw up your dream track in your favorite image editor, and post it in the comments here before 5:00pm Eastern Time on Friday, September 13th. Jalopnik’s editors will select “the best one” next Monday and announce the winner. See the official contest rules for more information.

Gran Turismo 6 launch details were outlined for the Japanese market during a special PlayStation media session hosted by Sony on Monday.

Reuters recently published an interesting article which offers an interesting look at the fascinating but rarely-discussed business of racing games, which are becoming increasingly important as auto makers look to reach out to consumers.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Gran Turismo’s GPS “Data Logger” functionality, formally revealed at a joint press event between Polyphony Digital and Toyota at Fuji Speedway almost exactly one year ago.

Tickets are now available for the Jalopnik Film Festival, an automotive culture and film event to be held in New York City on September 18th and 19th.