Gran Turismo Series

Gran Turismo Sport players will be a little spoiled for choice with time trial events this month. Not only is there an event offering direct qualification to the FIA Online Championship regional finals, there’s a new challenge from some of the fastest drivers in the world.

A new set of GT Sport Daily Races starts today, with something of a focus on cars with the engine in the middle. There’s three races as usual, with two mid-engined one-makes, and a racing car class that features the mid-mounted cars prominently.

Although we feared it may not happen at all, thanks to the massive shake-up in the 2020 calendar, the Gran Turismo Sport FIA Online Championship will reach a conclusion and crown a winner after all.

There’s another set of new Time Trials starting in GT Sport, and taking us through the next two weeks. After some recent outings on dirt roads, it’s a return to two paved-surface events for the new set of trials, and a couple of very high performance motors to get to grips with.

Probably the number one question in our community — and the first one we’re asked by anyone in the real world — is when Gran Turismo 7 is coming out. We still don’t know, but another article on the official PlayStation Blog seems to have dropped a hint that it’s sooner rather than later.

You’ll be racking up the air miles in GT Sport this week, as the newest set of Daily Races will see you jetting around the globe to three real-world race tracks — on three different continents.

With the PlayStation 5 launch hoving into view, Sony has made a major change to its official landing page for the console. The update refreshes the look of that area of the site, but also gives more information on a variety of both first- and third-party games coming to PS5. Among the titles involved in the update is Gran Turismo 7.

Despite GT Sport coming up on three years old now, there’s still the occasional new thing cropping up, and this week’s Daily Races are a case in point. There’s three new races for you to get to grips with over the next seven days, and among them a circuit never seen before in these events.

GTPlanet’s users are among some of the most dedicated, obsessed, and downright crazy players in the world. They do all sorts of unusual things in their devotion to the games they play, but this has to be one of the more ludicrous we’ve seen. WestRoadZ, a GTP user coming up on six years, is attempting a live-streamed speed run of the Gran Turismo Sport Platinum trophy.

Players waking up to GT Sport this morning will find a fresh set of Time Trials starting today, to challenge them over the next two weeks. It’s a mixed surface offering this time round, with players needing two different skill sets, and one of the most challenging circuits of all.

You’ll get a rare chance to test out your oval racing skills in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races, with a new set of three events.

This week’s GT Sport Daily Races, have an unusual twist with two events where the car is provided to you — and in both cases it’s a pick and mix, rather than a one-make race.

Back in August 2018, we brought you some rather interesting information on the inner workings of the Gran Turismo series: after two decades of almost exclusive in-house development, Polyphony Digital had decided to bring in some external talent by outsourcing some of its vehicle modeling tasks.

There’s a fresh set of GT Sport Time Trials starting today, and covering the next two weeks. It’s fair to say that the challenges on offer, though both set at real circuits, are about as far apart in speed terms as it’s possible to get in GT Sport.

After a successful first event in 2019, the Porsche Esports Racing Japan (PERJ) competition returns for a second season starting next month.

There’s no taking things slowly in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races, as all three events put you in race cars.

Niche sports and supercar manufacturer Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) has cast a fresh light onto that thorny issue of video game car licensing: money.

While we’re still patiently awaiting some news on the next Gran Turismo game, a report from Sony has revealed that the future of the famous PlayStation title might not be limited to the console at all.

Qualifying will be king in this week’s GT Sport Daily Races, as the action heads to three circuits where legitimate passing places are at a premium.

We’ve got some good news for Gran Turismo shutterbugs: it looks like the Scapes feature is not only coming back for Gran Turismo 7, but expanding.