PlayStation Spain has organized an official national championship for Gran Turismo players resident in the country, which takes place later this month.

According to Polyphony Digital studio boss Kazunori Yamauchi, the total lifetime player count for Gran Turismo Sport now stands at 9.5 million users. Yamauchi shared this figure as part of an interview with Japanese journalist Toshifume Watanabi, for the Japanese regional version of Octane magazine, published this last weekend.

Polyphony Digital has already confirmed the 2021 FIA Gran Turismo Online Championship and, although we haven’t seen an official calendar yet, preparations are well underway. That includes new Balance of Performance (BOP) calculations for the various vehicles involved ahead of the first racing action of the season.

A new set of GT Sport Daily Races has arrived for the week, with two quite similar events and something rather different. You’ll be heading to Australia for a serious challenge at a well-known endurance event, and two point-and-squirt races at Japanese circuits.

Kazunori Yamauchi has again reaffirmed that Gran Turismo 7 will be a main sequence title in the mold of previous games in the series.

Jaguar is set to create another “continuation” model, this time of the Le Mans-winning C-Type, and has launched an online configurator for potential customers to create their perfect specification.

One of the most entertaining and controversial of 2020’s hastily arranged esports events will return in March, as the NASCAR Pro Invitational comes back for a second season.

The latest coming of winter marks the start of a fresh new season in Forza Horizon 4. A new set of events and prizes are ready and waiting all around the UK.

After having to put a pause on proceedings in 2020, the FIA Motorsport Games will return this year, with more events than before.

There’s another set of new GT Sport Time Trials upon us for the next two weeks, and we’re going to suggest taking the brave pills for one of the events.

The Mercedes AMG F1 Esports team has signed reigning world champion Jarno Opmeer to its squad for the 2021 season, replacing Ferrari-bound 2018 and 2019 champion Brendon Leigh.

Following its PC debut back in November, the latest DLC pack for Assetto Corsa Competizione has arrived today for console gamers too.

The next generation of Gran Turismo, GT7, is set to arrive this year, but racing wheel manufacturer Fanatec is expecting it later rather than sooner. While Sony’s promotional material is anticipating a launch in the first half of the year, Fanatec thinks the second half is more likely.

Racing peripheral manufacturer Fanatec has indicated that it’s preparing to enter a new market segment, with a new product range for PlayStation 5 coming later this year.

As a 14-year-old, I was fascinated by the internet and wanted to create a website for my favorite video game: Gran Turismo 2.

After successful high-speed tests in 2019 seemed to put its troubles behind it, the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project is once again in need of a new owner.

After more than 25 years in production, during which it became the brand’s best selling car ever, the Lotus Elise is set to retire later this year.

This week’s new set of GT Sport Daily Races will take players to three race tracks around the world, all linked by a history of wine-making. You’ll be taking in Italy, California, and the county of Kent in the United Kingdom for the next seven days.

This year’s GT World Challenge will see one of the strangest real-world/esports crossovers to date, as pro racing drivers could win points towards their championship challenge from sim racing.

The first race in the new Hypercar era of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will take place in Portugal in April, after the championship’s organizers dropped Sebring from the calendar.