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Probably the number one question in our community — and the first one we’re asked by anyone in the real world — is when Gran Turismo 7 is coming out. We still don’t know, but another article on the official PlayStation Blog seems to have dropped a hint that it’s sooner rather than later.

Fans of Criterion Games’ classic Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit are in for a treat next month, as a remastered version heads to current-gen consoles. The game, appropriately called Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, lands on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 6, with a version for the Nintendo Switch arriving a week later on November 13.

You’ll be racking up the air miles in GT Sport this week, as the newest set of Daily Races will see you jetting around the globe to three real-world race tracks — on three different continents.

According to a social media post from a UK-based Japanese car specialist, Codemasters has been capturing some details of the Autozam AZ-1 for an upcoming game.

Fans hoping for another look at the next game in the long-running Need for Speed series may not have all that much longer to wait. Something — although we’re not quite sure what — is due to happen next Monday, October 5.

There’s five weeks to go until DIRT 5 launches on current-gen consoles and PC, and the content reveal keeps on coming. We’ve seen several clips of the game over the last few weeks, and today we get a glimpse of another.

Autumn officially returns to Forza Horizon 4 to kick off a new season and a new month. Among the falling leaves sits new content and new events around the UK.

This year’s F1 Esports competition starts in just under two weeks, but if you want to find yourself in the hot seat next year the process begins right now.

If you like your racing game action well onto the arcade patch of the Venn diagram of driving, October looks set to be a decent month for you. Need for Speed Payback, the 2017 release from Ghost Games, will head to PlayStation Plus as one of the month’s two free games.

If you were looking for a new racing game to pick up and play this weekend, you’re in luck. Beginning today, PlayStation’s “Games of a Generation” sale is live and we’ve rounded up the best deals on racing games.

If you’re one of the console cadre of Assetto Corsa Competizione, there’s some good news for you today. The long-awaited GT4 Pack DLC is available right now, from both the PlayStation Store and the Microsoft Store for the respective consoles.

With the PlayStation 5 launch hoving into view, Sony has made a major change to its official landing page for the console. The update refreshes the look of that area of the site, but also gives more information on a variety of both first- and third-party games coming to PS5. Among the titles involved in the update is Gran Turismo 7.

GTPlanet’s European members who were unable to secure their PlayStation 5 pre-orders this week are in for a treat, courtesy of a treat. PlayStation has teamed up with gamer’s-favorite snack, Doritos, to give away more than 200 PlayStation 5s, both through instant wins in special packs and an unusual Augmented Reality (AR) quest.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service continues to grow, and next month sees the addition of a fan favorite. With DiRT Rally 2.0 leaving the service on October 1, it begs the question: what’s going to take its place for sim racers? Now there’s an answer, Forza Motorsport 7.

It’s full speed ahead as the Xbox Series X launches on Tuesday, November 10. If you were unable to secure your own during initial pre-orders, there’s still a chance yet — though it involves getting in touch with your inner speed demon.

The DIRT 5 hype train continues this week, with another look at some of the content coming to current-gen consoles and PC on November 6.

Despite GT Sport coming up on three years old now, there’s still the occasional new thing cropping up, and this week’s Daily Races are a case in point. There’s three new races for you to get to grips with over the next seven days, and among them a circuit never seen before in these events.

GTPlanet’s users are among some of the most dedicated, obsessed, and downright crazy players in the world. They do all sorts of unusual things in their devotion to the games they play, but this has to be one of the more ludicrous we’ve seen. WestRoadZ, a GTP user coming up on six years, is attempting a live-streamed speed run of the Gran Turismo Sport Platinum trophy.

Codemasters has revealed more information on DIRT 5’s mysterious “Vampire” teased with last month’s Playgrounds unveiling. It transpires that it’s a new multiplayer mode, based on DIRT 3’s Outbreak mode.

Earlier this summer we reported on how Forza Horizon 4 will take advantage of the Xbox Series X, when the console launches in just over six weeks. FH4 will use the XSX’s capabilities to benefit from faster load times and higher visual fidelity with longer draw distances — all at native 4K resolution and 60 frames per second, rather than the either/or on the Xbox One X.