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Igor Fraga appears to have escaped serious injury after his #64 Modulo Nakajima Racing Honda was launched into the air and flipped on the main straight at Fuji Speedway, in an accident that red-flagged the start of Super GT’s fourth round on Sunday.

If you spent any time in the Toyota dealership in the original Gran Turismo, you’ll remember the TRD 3000GT: the wide-body A80 Supra that sat at the top of the brand’s lineup looking like it had escaped from the JGTC grid. Now, one of the real things (and arguably the most historically unusual of them all) is for sale.

Igor Fraga picked up a second career Super Formula victory this weekend, winning a rescheduled sprint race at Fuji Speedway. It was comfortably his best weekend yet in the series, and it’s vaulted the Gran Turismo legend up to third in the championship standings.

The 54th running of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring kicks off today, and for a race that has had a close connection with the Gran Turismo world for decades, this year’s edition is unusually significant.

Back in 2024, GTPlanet member Obelisk did something that a lot of Gran Turismo fans dream about: he went out and bought a real-life version of a car he’d fallen in love with through the series.

Honda’s bombshell announcement that it is pulling the plug on its planned North American EV lineup has sent shockwaves through the auto industry, and there’s a particular piece of collateral damage that hits close to home for Gran Turismo fans: the Afeela 1.

Fresh off the back of a successful end to his 2025 Super Formula Championship season, former Gran Turismo champion Igor Fraga has already confirmed a busy racing calendar for 2026.

Igor Fraga has scored his first ever win in the Super Formula series, taking victory during the rearranged final event at Suzuka in by far his most successful weekend of the season.

Gran Turismo series founder Kazunori Yamauchi turned 58 years old last week, and over the weekend has been revealing some of what he did to celebrate the occasion — including a unique road trip with some members of the Porsche family.

Renowned toy manufacturer Mattel is moving in further on the plastic building block market with a new product line under the “Mattel Brick Shop” banner, launching with a range of Hot Wheels sets in various scales this summer.

Today in headlines we never even imagined the possibility of conceiving of writing, classic arcade racing game OutRun is, according to reports from Hollywood, on its way to the silver screen in a flick to be directed by Transformers helmsman Michael Bay.

GT Academy champion Jann Mardenborough is making a return to competitive racing with a season-long seat in a factory-backed Ford Mustang GT3 for the 2025 GT World Challenge.

I’m excited to announce the launch of SpeedBites.com, a new website and email newsletter which summarizes the latest automotive and motorsports headlines into bite-sized, easy-to-read stories, published in a new issue every weekday.

If you’ve ever wanted to own the most outrageous video game tie-in car possible then this one’s for you: a rat-rod Chevrolet C10 built as a promotional vehicle for the 2016 launch of Carmageddon: Max Damage has popped up for sale in the UK via Bonhams Cars Online.

After one of the longest will they/won’t they periods in motorsport, Aston Martin has finally whipped the covers off its Valkyrie Hypercar ready for the 2025 season.

The Genesis Vision Gran Turismo car has transitioned from a virtual concept to the real thing, wowing the crowds at the 2025 Bathurst 12hr with a demonstration lap in the hands of Le Mans legend Jacky Ickx.

Following a season as a reserve for Ponos Nakajima Racing, Gran Turismo World Series winner Igor Fraga will have a full-time drive in Super Formula for 2025.