Back in June 2018, Nissan and Italdesign came up with a very special birthday gift to themselves. Jointly celebrating 50 years of the Italian design house and the GT-R name, the two brands collaborated on a one-off vehicle: the Nissan GT-R50.

A Volvo designer Instagram account has revealed the existence of a Vision Gran Turismo car which has never seen the light of day. The account, “wedesignvolvo“, is about as close to official as you can get, run by Volvo designers. While they are unable to head into work at the moment, the team is sharing its old work on social media.

If you’ve been waiting eagerly to get a look at Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 5, we might have some good news for you. According to some pretty solid industry chatter, the Japanese electronics brand is getting set to whip those covers off — in a little over two weeks.

There’s a new set of three GT Sport Daily Races for players this week, and it’s a rare week without a road car. All three events are for track ready machines only, with a little twist — and we hope you like Racing Hard tires.

Kazunori Yamauchi has taken to Twitter to reveal that there’s a new GT Sport update heading our way this coming week. Although he cautioned us at the beginning of the year that GT Sport updates may get less frequent, this makes a second successive month with a content update.

There’s more great esports racing to come this weekend, as the real world continues to take a back seat to the virtual. While IndyCar and NASCAR are no longer with us — NASCAR resuming its meat-space action this weekend — there’s plenty of action across multiple disciplines.

The organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has announced that it will stage this year’s race, for the first time, entirely in the digital realm. Going by the name “24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual”, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) says it will be the biggest esports endurance race ever seen.

One of the most exciting pieces of sim racing news this year is that Assetto Corsa Competizione is coming to console. Announced in March, the GT3-focused sim will finally arrive on Xbox and PS4 in June, just over a year after its first release.

In what’s becoming a yearly event, Fanatec has unveiled a new, limited edition version of its ClubSport F1 steering wheel. The F1 2020 wheel, limited to just 2,020 units, is available for preorder today, with the first wheels shipping out on July 7.

The weather is changing, which means it’s once again time for Autumn to settle across the UK in Forza Horizon 4. This month’s rally-themed content continues with a new set of events scattered around the festival.

Three-time British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) champion Matt Neal appears to have confirmed that there is a new game based on the championship in development. One of the best-known national touring car championships in the world, the BTCC has been the subject of racing games before, notably 1997’s TOCA Touring Car Championship.

Formula 1 may still be on pause before the 2020 season officially begins, but that hasn’t stopped Codemasters from ramping up preparations for launching F1 2020. The first in-game trailer has also dropped, showing us what players can expect on track.

Energy drinks brand Red Bull is the latest company to stage a virtual race series for pro drivers and celebrities, but there’s a little twist. The event, called “Homestretch”, will use GT Sport for a six-week series, which Red Bull says is a “playful take” on the format.

Although we’re expecting the new PlayStation 5 to debut at the end of the year, we were thinking more November/December time — just ready for the big gaming boom at Christmas. What we weren’t expecting was for it to arrive in October, but that’s precisely what a job-posting for the electronics giant said.

The F1 world is in quite some disarray right now, with races cancelled and postponed all over the place. It’s all just got a little bit more chaotic with an extremely early start to the “silly season” of driver contracts, as Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel have jointly announced they are to part ways at the end of this season — before the first race of the season.

Gran Turismo’s ‘Vision Gran Turismo’ project has provided us with many weird and wonderful cars. Since the scheme first started, back with 2013’s Gran Turismo 6, we’ve seen automotive brands clamor to have their concept cars included. Some have even come back for a second attempt and, it turns out, Bugatti was one of those brands.

This week’s GT Sport Daily Races are now available, and bring a slightly unusual one-make race in a very rare all-real circuit line-up.

The next generation of gaming is just over the horizon, with both of the main players in the next-generation console market winding up the hype and anticipation. With that in mind I am excited to announce the new Gran Turismo 7 forum opens today on GTPlanet.

Virtual motorsport continues to come to the rescue of the real world this weekend, with plenty of action from series around the world. Whatever your particular motorsport preference, you’re likely to find something digital to fill the gap.

Following on from last week’s preview of the brand-new Circuit Zandvoort, Codemasters is again teasing us with F1 2020 content this week.