Gran Turismo Series

Kazunori Yamauchi sported a Spanish soccer jersey at one point during a media session in Barcelona today at GameLab 2012, and some of his early interviews with local news outlets are now being published.

Gran Turismo 5’s new Seasonal Events are now live, featuring British cars in Time and Drift trials. Here’s all the details:

Kazunori Yamauchi will be attending GameLab 2012, a video game developer’s conference to be held this weekend in Barcelona, Spain. He will be receiving an Honor Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and will be delivering a speech on the Gran Turismo series and GT Academy.

Gran Turismo 5’s new downloadable content, which was leaked to include Twin Ring Motegi and the Scion FR-S, has just been officially confirmed via the official PlayStation Blog.

Following on from the Tweet detailing GT Academy‘s online participation, Kazunori Yamauchi has also Tweeted figures about GT5’s cumulative online racing to date – a truly staggering 36.4 billion miles in the 577 days since launch!

The official Italian Gran Turismo website has just published (UPDATE: this content has since been removed) new details about Gran Turismo 5’s upcoming downloadable content.

New A-Spec races are now available in GT5’s latest Seasonal Events, which feature 4WD cars of no more than 530PP. Here’s a closer look at what’s new:

The Gran Turismo 5 Asia Online Tournament 2012, an official competition similar to GT Academy hosted by PlayStation Asia, concluded last weekend with an event at the Sepang Circuit.

A Gran Turismo game has been released for every single piece of PlayStation-branded hardware to date, with the notable exception of Sony’s latest hand-held device, the PlayStation Vita. That may be about to change.

Just in time for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans – in which two GT Academy champions will be competing – the Circuit de la Sarthe takes the spotlight in the latest GT5 Seasonal Events:

A large new set of A-Spec races have now been included in GT5’s Seasonal Events, featuring front-engine, rear-wheel-drive cars with no more than 500PP.

As expected, no new Gran Turismo games were announced at E3 2012, which is being held this week in Los Angeles.

Following the Gran Turismo network maintenance this morning (01.00 – 03.00 GMT/UTC), a small game update has been released.

New Time and Drift Trials have just gone live in Gran Turismo 5’s Seasonal Events, placing the spotlight on French cars. Here’s a closer look at what’s new:

Polyphony Digital diverts from their usual pattern with the latest GT5 Seasonal Event, featuring FF cars with no more than 430PP.

A new update for Gran Turismo 5, version 2.06, has just been launched and is now available for download.

After 24 hours of all-weather driving and some unbelievable twists and turns, Team GT Academy safely brought home their #123 Nissan GT-R first in their SP8T class and 30th overall.

As reported yesterday, the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours gets underway at 16:00 CEST (14:00 GMT) today, with the Team GT Academy car 47th on the 171-car grid – and first in the SP8T class.

12 months after he scored a class victory for Schulze motorsport, Gran Turismo founder Kazunori Yamauchi returns to the Nürburgring 24hr race but this time he has another famous Gran Turismo name accompanying him.

Three new Seasonal Events, featuring Time Trials, Drift Trials, and a new B-Spec race, are now available in Gran Turismo 5: