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The online services for Gran Turismo 6 will be unavailable during a special maintenance period starting Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 09:00 GMT/UTC and lasting approximately two hours.

To go with the first Senna Tribute slideshow unveiled today, more information about what will be contained in the late May update has also been revealed.

As the GP3 season gets underway tomorrow, Jann Mardenborough starts his next step towards a career in F1.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring three new time trial events exclusive to the Pagani Huayra, Suzuki Cappuccino, and the Renault Megane R.S..

GTPlanet is partnering with GTChannel and PlaySeat USA to host a special online race event – streamed live on GTChannel’s popular YouTube network – and there are over $1,000 in prizes up for grabs.

In memory of the 20th anniversary of the passing of Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna, Polyphony Digital have formally unveiled their plans to support the Ayrton Senna Institute, developed in close cooperation with Senna’s family.

With Gran Turismo 5’s online services set to be discontinued on May 31, 2014, Polyphony Digital have announced they will be hosting one last special event to celebrate the title.

The Gran Turismo documentary KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide has taken top honors at the 2014 Gaming Marketing Summit.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring three new time trial events exclusive to the Land Rover/Range Rover Evoque, Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32, R33, R34) non-racing cars, and the Shelby GT350.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring a series of four expert level racing events exclusive to NASCAR, with no more than 650PP and no better than Racing/Hard compounds or less.

GT Academy is back – and it’s bigger, badder and will likely be more competitive than ever before.

This guest contribution is by Nick McMillen, 2013 United States GT Academy Champion. This is the account of his journey as one of the newest Nismo Athletes. Look out for future articles from our racing driver contributor coming soon as he experiences and progresses through his professional career.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring a series of two racing events exclusive to Ferrari’s F2007 and F10 Formula 1 cars with no more than 883PP and no better than Racing/Hard compounds or less for this week’s time trial, and racing cars with no better than Comfort/Soft compounds or less for this week’s drift trial.

Nissan has officially confirmed the GT Academy program is coming to the “Great White North” this year! After a long wait, GT Academy has “let Canada in” (with the province of Québec excluded for legal reasons), as the country joins the United States for the 2014 North American region of the global competition on April 21st.

Hybrids, hacking, modding – call it what you will, the practice of fiddling with the car stable of Gran Turismo outside the usual confines of the game is almost as old as the series itself.

Gamers, start your engines – we’re just a week away from the next edition of GT Academy.

With both the Pro-Am driver and team championship titles captured in 2013, the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN will mount their defence of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza this weekend.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring three new time trial events exclusive to the Tajima E-Runner Pikes Peak Special, Mazda RX-7 (FD) non-racing cars, and non-racing car Peugeots.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring a series of five expert level racing events featuring real race tracks from around the world. Any car is eligible provided it have no more than 730PP and no better than Racing/Hard compounds or less.