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If you’re a racing game fan looking for some next-gen action on your new PlayStation 5 console, then we have some good news. Codemasters has now confirmed that the upcoming DIRT 5 will be a launch day title for PS5.

An update to the PlayStation Store over the weekend has confirmed that Gran Turismo Sport will be playable on the next-generation PlayStation 5 console.

After a few complicated races in recent weeks, this week’s new set of GT Sport Daily Races is a return to simpler times. It’s a case of picking how fast a race car you want and heading to the track.

Following a launch last year, the Japan Esports GT (JeGT) competition is returning for 2020, and in quite some style.

Spring is making another appearance this week, bringing a fresh season to Forza Horizon 4. Series 27 is now in the home stretch, but there’s one last helping of content before Series 28 arrives.

A special State of Play episode has revealed how the next-generation PlayStation 5’s user interface will function. The video, presented by Hideaki Nishino, PlayStation’s SVP in platform planning and management, with a walkthrough from Sid Shuman of SIE content communications, shows what players can expect when the console launches next month.

While it might seem like we’ve heard a lot about esports in the F1 games over this summer’s hastily re-arranged motorsport schedule, the official F1 Esports series is about to get underway.

Burger King appears to have revealed the start-up sound of the new PlayStation 5 in a new ad campaign for a promotional contest. The competition will allow BK customers in the USA (except those in Alaska and Hawaii) to win a PS5 console with qualifying purchases.

We’ve been hearing plenty about DIRT 5’s content recently. From cars and car classes to event types, game modes, and locations, it’s seemed like there’s a constant stream of information coming from Codemasters.

Gran Turismo Sport players will be a little spoiled for choice with time trial events this month. Not only is there an event offering direct qualification to the FIA Online Championship regional finals, there’s a new challenge from some of the fastest drivers in the world.

In an earlier livestream than normal, Playground Games has given us a sneak peek at the upcoming Series 28 update for Forza Horizon 4. The latest update is set to drop at its regular scheduled Tuesday time slot next week despite this early showing.

A new set of GT Sport Daily Races starts today, with something of a focus on cars with the engine in the middle. There’s three races as usual, with two mid-engined one-makes, and a racing car class that features the mid-mounted cars prominently.

A post on the official PlayStation Blog has detailed what PlayStation 5 users can expect from the system’s backward compatibility functions. The article, from Sony’s senior vice-president for platform planning and management, Hideaki Nishino, reveals precisely how the feature will function.

In a deviation from regular proceedings, Playground Games has decided to tease the next update for Forza Horizon 4 a little out of sequence compared to usual.

Although we feared it may not happen at all, thanks to the massive shake-up in the 2020 calendar, the Gran Turismo Sport FIA Online Championship will reach a conclusion and crown a winner after all.

Snow has returned to cover the UK and mark a new Winter season in Forza Horizon 4. Players will have a new set of events among the snow drifts to tackle as well as updated content.

There was a lot to take in if you were watching the official PlayStation 5 teardown video yesterday, not least the sheer size of the thing. However there was also a blink-and-you’ll-miss it moment that could prove significant, if not immediately then certainly across the console’s lifespan.

By this time next month we’ll probably be playing DIRT 5 for ourselves. With that November 6 launch date just around the corner, Codemasters is continuing to release new footage of the game — and despite all the videos so far, it’s still revealing new cars in new classes, and new locations.

There’s another set of new Time Trials starting in GT Sport, and taking us through the next two weeks. After some recent outings on dirt roads, it’s a return to two paved-surface events for the new set of trials, and a couple of very high performance motors to get to grips with.

If, like us, you’re ticking days off your calendar, you won’t need reminding that it’s 36 days until the PlayStation 5 launches (or 43 if you live in Europe). For a console that has been so secret for so long, Sony has started the promotional push with some vigor.