If you’ve been keeping an eye on Gran Turismo Twitter today, you’ll have spotted something rather unusual. A Tweet posted by racing driver Teruaki Kato showing the GT Sport World Tour stage build at the Toyota Mega Web venue has revealed a very unexpected equipment change.

Update: We’ve changed this article to reflect the extra Achievements added since launch, in the Series 7 and Series 14 game updates.

We’re fast coming up on the last World Tour event before the grand final in Monaco, so it’s time to take another look at our driver rankings.

Following Monday’s preview livestream, Playground Games has released the latest update for Forza Horizon 4.

After being rescued from the financial doldrums, the project to get a car to drive to 1000mph is reaching its final stages.

The next update to Assetto Corsa Competizione is on its way, and it’s bringing some neat content. Dubbed v1.1, the update promises “major changes”, along with news car and a new track, as part of a free bundle.

Playground Games has given us a sneak preview of what to expect this week on Forza Horizon 4. Series 15 is around the corner and will bring a new set of special events and content.

A tight, tactical battle has seen Williams claim the title in the first season of GTPlanet League, beating Team Redline in the final.

Defending GT Sport World Champion Igor Fraga put in an impressive showing in Italy over the weekend to round out his Formula Regional Championship season in style.

There’s a bit of a globe-trotting theme to this week’s GT Sport Daily Races, as we take in real race tracks — all with F1 history — across the globe.

It’s taken more than a month to get here, but the grand final is now upon us. Eight matches, 18 races, and 26 drivers, and it all comes down to Sunday evening’s head-to-head between Williams and Team Redline.

Starting today, ten gamers from around the world of virtual motorsport will be competing for the chance to win a year-long race contract.

We’re excited about the season finale of the GTPlanet League on Sunday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a special prize: an official Gran Turismo t-shirt!

We’re still a week away from the next World Tour event, but already Polyphony Digital is teasing some of the new content it might bring.

Hyundai has unveiled the latest vehicle in its “N” brand of performance cars, and it’s fair to say it’s not exactly what we were expecting.

Birds are singing and the sun is shining, meaning that Spring has returned to Forza Horizon 4. This week will bring the curtain down on Series 14, so players will have seven more days to grab the latest content on hand.

It doesn’t seem like it, but two years has now passed since GT Sport landed on our consoles. After a long wait that became unexpectedly longer, Polyphony Digital’s first racer on the PlayStation 4 finally arrived almost four years into the console’s life.

Please put your flags at half mast, for the reported demise of a fallen engine. According to British publication Autocar, Mercedes-AMG is dropping the characteristic V8 engine from its range, starting with the next version of the mid-size C63 in 2022.

Jann Mardenborough is a man who can claim to be the world’s fastest gamer. The Brit won the third GT Academy competition back in 2011, and since then has been plying his trade in some of the world’s top racing series. At 210mph down the Hunaudieres in the ill-fated Nissan GT-R LM NISMO, chances are he’s driven quicker than any gamer before — or since.

Google’s new streamed gaming service, Stadia, will officially launch on November 19, at least for those customers who’ve already bought the Founder’s Edition package.