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It’s the final week of Forza Horizon 5’s Series 22, with one final chance to collect all of the prizes on offer before the action shifts to the mysterious Series 23 next week.

In a special TDU Connect event broadcast today, KT Racing has shown off the first gameplay footage of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown and revealed both a new launch window and the existence of an upcoming closed beta.

Film industry guests invited to a special, advanced screening of the upcoming Gran Turismo movie have been full of praise for the Neill Blomkamp-directed feature, highlighting it as an enjoyable flick that defies the usual game-to-movie expectations.

Update (12/07): Angel has posted on Instagram and Twitter to confirm that – most importantly – he is okay, but facing more surgery for an ankle fracture after being knocked off his motorbike outside his home.

The latest selection of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, running across the next week and featuring tracks with long main straights.

Polyphony Digital studio head and Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that the original working title for the game was, simply, “Sim Racing”.

Days after we learned that Nacon seems to have delayed Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown once more, pushing the title back to spring 2024, the publisher has announced a special online event on July 12 dedicated to the game.

Rain is pouring all over the festival as a new Autumn season is underway in Forza Horizon 4. As the second week of Series 63 speeds forward, players are braving the downpours to keep adding to their victory tallies in the latest events.

Forza Horizon 5’s Series 22 rumbles into its third week this week, bringing a new set of events, challenges, and rewards as the action continues to focus on upgrading your cars.

A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, running across the next seven days and focusing on reverse track variants.

An intriguing announcement from the Stephane Ratel Organization (SRO) has raised the possibility that one of the world’s toughest endurance circuits, the Nurburgring 24hr circuit, will be coming to Assetto Corsa Competizione in the future.

It has been a while since we’ve heard anything about Gran Turismo Sophy, the all-new artificial intelligence system developed by Sony AI in collaboration with Polyphony Digital. After making its debut as part of a limited-time “Race Together” special event in Gran Turismo 7 update 1.29 back in March, the Sony AI team has been quietly evaluating all of the data they collected and figuring out how to make the new agent better.

Thrustmaster has revealed the latest product in its driving peripheral range, with the new entry-level TH8S Shifter Add-On available for pre-order now ahead of first deliveries later this month.

The Gran Turismo movie will receive an early premiere in July, making a debut as part of the Micheaux Film Festival, ahead of its global public release schedule in August.

Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi will deliver a special presentation a conference, titled “Motorsport of the Future: Between Real and Virtual”, in Paris in July.

It’s another Great British Summer as a brand new season kicks off in Forza Horizon 4. Series 63 officially begins, meaning another mixed bag of events and content is up for grabs over the next four weeks.

Autumn arrives in Mexico this week to herald the second week of Forza Horizon 5’s Series 22: Upgrade Heroes.

The latest update for Gran Turismo 7, v1.35, is now available, adding three new vehicles from very different performance brackets as well as a surprise expansion of one of the game’s more unusual play modes.

Updated (28/06): PlayStation has subsequently confirmed the full contents, as expected, in a PlayStation Blog post.

Milestone has dropped a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming title Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 Turbocharged, showcasing new features, tuning options, physics, environments, and even some cars ahead of its October launch.