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Gameplay footage of the officially licensed World Rally Championship game, WRC 5 have emerged during E3 during an interview with Team VVV.

A new Community Event is now available in Project CARS, taking in the dramatic rolling hills of Sonoma.

Kunos Simulazioni has confirmed the content of the upcoming bonus pack DLC that will be made available at no additional charge, and will include five brand new cars as well as a new circuit – Circuit Park Zandvoort.

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Polyphony Digital has posted a maintenance announcement set to commence next Thursday, June 25th, starting 2200GMT/UTC (click here to convert this to your local time zone) and lasting for approximately two hours. As always, you’ll be unable to use the game’s online features during the maintenance period.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring beginner, intermediate, and expert level challenges featuring sports and race cars – with new prizes unlike those offered in previous weeks. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, and tips and tricks.

Update 1.18 is now available to download for Driveclub. Weighing in at 420 MB, the update brings with it new accolades, more driver levels, a fix for the “Hoon-a-Tic” trophy, and many more improvement to the game based on community feedback.

Sim-racing accessory manufacturer Fanatec has just announced a new version of their “ClubSport Pedals”, a popular upgrade used by many GTPlanet members.

For the past 15 years, Porsche gaming fans haven’t had much to get excited about. The famous German marque rarely appears in video games thanks to a special, strange exclusivity contract with Electronic Arts. Not much is known about the details of the agreement (IGN went in-depth on the topic earlier this year), but to summarize: a video game can’t include a Porsche without EA’s blessing.

Since the Forza Motorsport 6 announcements at Microsoft’s E3 press conference landed earlier today, a lot more information about the new game has hit the web. One of the most interesting sources is a lengthy article from Ars Technica, who had a chance to visit Turn 10’s studios last week for an exclusive interview with Dan Greenawalt and other developers on the team.

Developer Milestone have released some details of the upcoming rally title Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo, along with ‘Work In Progress’ footage. Claiming that you will be able to “play as Sebastien Loeb and live the best moments of his career” across 300 kilometers of road, spanning 8 different rally tracks, 5 rallycross tracks, and even the Pikes Peak Hill Climb course.

Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 6 was first announced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, where it was revealed with the all-new Ford GT that will be gracing the game’s cover. Today, Forza 6’s first official trailer was revealed during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 along with a few more tidbits of information.

It’s the biggest week of the year for the video game industry: the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) kicks off in Los Angeles today with special press conferences from the largest players in the industry, namely Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.

The “Course Maker” in GT6 remains as one of the game’s last unreleased features – and the one fans are anticipating the most. We haven’t heard much about the new tool in GT6, though, which is expected to be a significant upgrade over the course maker we last saw in GT5.

In a JeuxVideo interview published last week from the Peugeot Vision GT launch event in Paris, Kazunori Yamauchi gave a direct answer when asked about the possibility of the Peugeot 208 Pikes Peak coming to the Gran Turismo series: yes.

If you want to keep up with the entire Le Mans 24 Hours but none of the available TV or streaming options suit you – or you don’t have enough caffeine and matchsticks to last the duration – let GTPlanet help out.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know this is a big weekend for the world of motorsports, as the 24 Hours of Le Mans kicks off on Saturday. To help celebrate the event, Polyphony Digital has added two special new Quick Match race events to Gran Turismo 6, which feature both the old and new versions of Circuit de la Sarthe.

The much anticipated 1.4 patch for Project CARS is now rolling out, with the PC and PS4 versions already available, no word yet on when the XBox One version will be released. Andy Garton, SMS Development Director, confirmed the PS4 version, saying “The PS4 patch is now ready and will be released asap today.”

After several leaks, Logitech have officially announced their return to the sim-racing hardware market with the G29 and G920 steering wheels. The two models are roughly identical, though the G29 is compatible with both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, while the G920 is compatible with the Xbox One and does not include the same red adjustable dial. Both models will also be compatible with the PC.