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The potential for virtual racing esports to feature in marquee sporting celebrations is something that has been the subject of substantial attention in recent years. It’s a subject that the International Olympic Committee has discussed, and Japan’s National Sporting Festival now includes Gran Turismo Sport as one of its events annually.

The latest Gran Turismo Sport update arrived earlier today, bringing along some new content and a few changes under the hood. However, there’s a much more significant and surprising change afoot, which could radically alter the official 2020 FIA Season for many hopeful finalists.

After three years of partnership, Swiss timepiece manufacturer TAG Heuer appears to have parted ways with Gran Turismo Sport.

With the world still on pause, drivers are missing being able to take their pride and joy out on to the open road. As a result, many have turned to racing games to scratch that driving itch. McLaren has now issued a rallying call to gamers to join a new online initiative.

The latest game update for Gran Turismo Sport has arrived, bringing a brand-new car to the game.

A fresh blanket of snow has covered the UK for another week in Forza Horizon 4, as Winter has made its return. Deep among the drifts lies another helping of events and new content.

In order to celebrate the arrival of the new Mazda RX-Vision GT3 to Gran Turismo Sport this week, Sony and Mazda are bringing a couple of in-game competitions to keep fans busy.

There’s a new GT Sport update coming tomorrow, May 22, and it introduces a car first teased at the 2019 World Final in Monaco.

If you’ve got to go fast, this fortnight’s GT Sport Time Trials will be right up your street. Both events feature some of the quickest machines in the game, and in the real world too, set on fictional high-speed circuits.

A Volvo designer Instagram account has revealed the existence of a Vision Gran Turismo car which has never seen the light of day. The account, “wedesignvolvo“, is about as close to official as you can get, run by Volvo designers. While they are unable to head into work at the moment, the team is sharing its old work on social media.

If you’ve been waiting eagerly to get a look at Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 5, we might have some good news for you. According to some pretty solid industry chatter, the Japanese electronics brand is getting set to whip those covers off — in a little over two weeks.

There’s a new set of three GT Sport Daily Races for players this week, and it’s a rare week without a road car. All three events are for track ready machines only, with a little twist — and we hope you like Racing Hard tires.

Kazunori Yamauchi has taken to Twitter to reveal that there’s a new GT Sport update heading our way this coming week. Although he cautioned us at the beginning of the year that GT Sport updates may get less frequent, this makes a second successive month with a content update.

There’s more great esports racing to come this weekend, as the real world continues to take a back seat to the virtual. While IndyCar and NASCAR are no longer with us — NASCAR resuming its meat-space action this weekend — there’s plenty of action across multiple disciplines.

The organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has announced that it will stage this year’s race, for the first time, entirely in the digital realm. Going by the name “24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual”, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) says it will be the biggest esports endurance race ever seen.

One of the most exciting pieces of sim racing news this year is that Assetto Corsa Competizione is coming to console. Announced in March, the GT3-focused sim will finally arrive on Xbox and PS4 in June, just over a year after its first release.

In what’s becoming a yearly event, Fanatec has unveiled a new, limited edition version of its ClubSport F1 steering wheel. The F1 2020 wheel, limited to just 2,020 units, is available for preorder today, with the first wheels shipping out on July 7.

The weather is changing, which means it’s once again time for Autumn to settle across the UK in Forza Horizon 4. This month’s rally-themed content continues with a new set of events scattered around the festival.

Three-time British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) champion Matt Neal appears to have confirmed that there is a new game based on the championship in development. One of the best-known national touring car championships in the world, the BTCC has been the subject of racing games before, notably 1997’s TOCA Touring Car Championship.

Formula 1 may still be on pause before the 2020 season officially begins, but that hasn’t stopped Codemasters from ramping up preparations for launching F1 2020. The first in-game trailer has also dropped, showing us what players can expect on track.