Jordan Greer

Gran Turismo 5’s B-Spec mode unfortunately returns to the game’s Seasonal Events this week, but at least you’ll have some nice scenery to watch as your fastest drivers make their way around the Côte d’Azur and Monza circuits. Here’s a closer look at the details:

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Each month, over half a million people visit GTPlanet using Google’s Chrome browser, making it the most popular way to access the site. Now, it’s going to be easier than ever for Chrome users to stay on top of news from the “world of Gran Turismo” with GTPlanet’s new Chrome extension!

As announced earlier this week, GT Academy 2012 is about to kick off next month in four different regions around the globe.

Two of Gran Turismo 5’s most legendary and popular circuits are both taking the stage in this week’s Time & Drift Trial Seasonal Events! Here’s all the details:

Gran Turismo 5’s reverse London circuit brings some interesting new variety to this week’s A-Spec Seasonal Events. Here’s a complete look at the new races:

New Time and Drift Trials are now available in Gran Turismo 5’s Seasonal Events, which feature German cars. Here’s a closer look at what’s new:

When Polyphony Digital launched Gran Turismo 5‘s new Photostream service in Asia two weeks ago, they also mentioned the game’s previously announced “March 2012 update” had been postponed.

In what will surely be much to the chagrin of increasingly restless Gran Turismo 5 fans, B-Spec has once again been featured in the game’s latest Seasonal Events. Here’s a closer look at the new races for your fastest B-Spec driver:

Gran Turismo 5’s latest Seasonal Events have just gone live, which feature “Italian Non-Racecars” in new Time and Drift Trials. Here’s a closer look at the new events:

2010 GT Academy champion Jordan Tresson was all set to make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, behind the wheel of Signatech Nissan’s new LMP2 car. Alas, it was not meant to be.

After a few weeks of much-bemoaned B-Spec Seasonal Events in Gran Turismo 5, Polyphony Digital has put you back in the driver’s seat with three new A-Spec races, available now:

New Time and Drift Trials have just gone live in GT5’s latest Seasonal Events, which feature pre-1979 Japanese cars and Spa Francorchamps. Here’s all the details:

Sony has announced a lengthy scheduled maintenance event for the PlayStation Network. The downtime begins at 20:00 UTC/GMT today (March 4th), and is expected to last more than 14 hours, until approximately 10:00 UTC/GMT on Monday, March 5th (convert this to your local timezone here).

This week’s Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event update brings three new B-Spec races to the game. Here’s a closer look at:

The latest batch of Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Events have just become available, consisting of new Time and Drift trial events. Here’s all the details:

GTPlanet member Abraxas went on a trip to Austria and Italy last year, with a special goal: to visit and photograph some of Gran Turismo 5’s most impressive Photomode locations in the real-world, then compare them to Polyphony Digital’s work.

As previously announced by Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo 5 version 2.05 is now available. It weighs in at 25MB, and apparently brings with it only one publicly documented change, according to Polyphony Digital’s website:

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kazunori Yamauchi shows some love for Gran Turismo fans by sharing news about the game’s 2.05 update. A rough translation of Kazunori’s tweet via Yahoo! Babel Fish confirms the release dates:

The latest version of Gran Turismo 5, version 2.04, is now available. Weighing in at 79MB in size, the update focuses on fixing a wide range of software issues and bugs. Here’s the complete list of changes as announced by Polyphony Digital: