Gran Turismo Series

A new official GT6 video has been released, showcasing the game’s new GPS Data Visualizer – this time, with professional drifter Dai Yoshihara behind the wheel of a 2013 Scion FR-S equipped with the CAN-Gateway ECU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKRcaimr5ZA

Sony Europe has confirmed the location and date of the Gran Turismo 6 launch party event, to be held in Ronda, Spain and the nearby Ascari Race Resort on December 2-3, 2013, a few days before the international GT6 release date of December 6.

Sony Europe’s PlayStation Blog has just confirmed that both the Standard and Anniversary editions of Gran Turismo 6 will be available as a digital download in the PlayStation Store.

Mercedes-Benz’s first Vision Gran Turismo project has now been fully revealed, ahead of its official debut next week at the grand opening of the Mercedes‑Benz Research & Development Center in Sunnyvale, California on November 19.

GTPlanet was invited to test Gran Turismo 6’s new GPS Data Visualizer functionality during a special preview event at Willow Springs. As part of the event, I had the honor of being one the first members of the public to try out the new feature and to drive a version of the Scion FR-S equipped with a GT6-compatible ECU.

Yesterday, Mercedes-Benz offered a first peek of their Vision Gran Turismo project via an image posted on their Facebook page.

A peek at one of the first cars in the Vision Gran Turismo project has just been revealed on Mercedes-Benz’s official Facebook page.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring a series of two racing events exclusive to front and rear wheel driven cars with no more than 450PP for this week’s time trial and Comfort/Soft compounds for both trial events.

Enjoy this gallery of 179 high-resolution images of cars featured in Gran Turismo 6. For a complete listing of all 1,197 cars appearing in the game, check out the full GT6 car list.

In last weeks’ GT6 info blowout, a radical and exciting new feature was quietly confirmed to be coming in an update for the game and its companion mobile apps:

Last week, GTPlanet was invited to Willow Springs Raceway to try out Gran Turismo 6’s new GPS Data Logger functionality. We also got another surprise – the “full” version of the game was on display, and those of us at the event would be the first people outside of Polyphony Digital to get our hands on it.

In last week’s GT6 info blowout, a large collection of menu screenshots were released which show some of the game’s new features in action.

As you might have noticed when looking over the GT6 car list revealed last week, the game is set to feature one of the most significant and unique vehicles in the world universe.

The 11th annual GT Awards were held in Las Vegas last night, where a car on display at SEMA was chosen to be included in a future Gran Turismo game.

Gran Turismo 6 may be closing in, but there’s still life left in GT5 and that much is proven with the availability of this week’s latest Seasonal Events, featuring a series of five expert level racing events exclusive to Japanese Kei cars with no more than 355PP and no better than Comfort/Soft compounds or less.

The 2013 Gran Turismo Awards are at SEMA in Las Vegas this week, and the finalists have just been revealed.

Uh oh! A bit of drama may be in the works regarding the Nissan DeltaWing in Gran Turismo 6.

As part of yesterday’s GT6 info blowout, Polyphony Digital released a short trailer which highlights the game’s new weather system, time transitions, and astronomical simulation features.

The official Gran Turismo website has just been updated today with an information blowout, highlighting some of the major new features of the game: