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December 23, 2022 is a very special day for the Gran Turismo franchise. Exactly 25 years ago, in 1997, the original Gran Turismo hit store shelves in Japan and changed car culture and racing games forever. The impact of the series has been felt around the world, and fans have been posting their own tributes and stories in our forums to reveal how GT has affected their lives.

The full schedule for the 2022/23 Exhibition Series of the Gran Turismo 7 Online Championship has been announced, with a handful of changes as the series previews the upcoming esports event.

The Jaguar XJ220, once the fastest production car in the world, has been spotted in some behind-the-scenes images from a recent Polyphony Digital studio tour, seemingly scanned in Gran Turismo 7-level detail.

Autumn takes a hold over the UK for another week in Forza Horizon 4 during this Christmas period. If you’re unable to make it to the festivities in Mexico, there’s still plenty of activities to keep you busy from wrapping presents.

Polyphony Digital has released a special announcement marking the 25th anniversary of the Gran Turismo series, revealing that more than 90 million copies of Gran Turismo games have made their way into players’ hands thus far.

A new season sweeps in across Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico today, with more new events and challenges to cover the festive period — and to give you an excuse to avoid any irritating relatives.

The latest PlayStation Store sale is now live, offering significant discounts on many games and DLC items right over the holiday period and into January.

Following a public vote conducted on the official PlayStation Blog site, Gran Turismo 7 has scooped the Best Sports Game in the 2022 Game of the Year awards.

After revealing the GTR Revival project only in September, with a new studio and placeholder logo, project lead Ian Bell has shown off more details and information about the title.

The new Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races are now available, taking players through the next week of online action and across the start of the festive period.

A new deep-dive from Suzuki into the creation of its Vision Gran Turismo has revealed that the racing car version only came into being due to a Gran Turismo World Tour finalist — who then played a key role in its development.

Fanatec’s direct drive Gran Turismo DD Pro is available for customers in Europe and the USA to order again, with first deliveries expected in or before February 2023.

After more than a month of filming driving scenes, production of the Gran Turismo movie has wrapped at the Hungaroring — with Jann Mardenborough seemingly taking on a role within the film about his racing career.

The recent Gran Turismo World Final in Monaco was a chance for the attending media outlets to sit down with series creator Kazunori Yamauchi for some round-table interviews.

The countdown to Christmas is on, and Forza Horizon 4 is kicking off the preparations with a brand new Summer season. We’re now into Series 56, meaning that there is a freshly baked remix of content across the festival that will help see players into the new year over the next four weeks.

The latest season in Forza Horizon 5 starts today, bringing a new set of events for the week as well as some very stormy weather as players look to celebrate the upcoming festive period.

After a break of nearly two months, ranked online competition will return to Gran Turismo 7 on December 28 with the 2022-23 Online Exhibition Series.