The 54th running of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring kicks off today, and for a race that has had a close connection with the Gran Turismo world for decades, this year’s edition is unusually significant.

A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges goes live this Friday, May 15, when your console clock ticks past midnight. Five events, seven days to clear them, and the usual stack of bonus tickets waiting for anyone who works through the list.

This week’s new Online Time Trial brings something a little different. Alongside the regular new event, Polyphony has added a special tie-in with Round 1 of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series in Milan on May 23, and it pays double the standard credit rate.

After the longest fallow spell in the series’ history, Forza Horizon is back with a new title that heads to a destination for which players have been clamoring since… well, the first game: Japan.

A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday.

Polyphony Digital has launched the official event page for Round 1 of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series in Milan, with the usual broadcast schedule and format details. Tucked into the announcement is a Viewers Gift campaign that has raised a few eyebrows, because the rewards on offer are something GT7 hasn’t really seen much of before.

This week’s new Online Time Trial is German through and through. Gran Turismo 7 pairs one of Porsche’s most beloved classics, the 911 Carrera RS (901) ’73, with the full 24h layout of the Nürburgring on Sports Medium tires.

A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges goes live this Friday, May 8, when your console clock ticks past midnight. Five events, seven days to clear them, and the usual stack of bonus tickets waiting for anyone who works through the list.

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A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday. Noteworthy this week is Race A’s choice of car: the Wicked Fabrication GT 51, an in-game name that takes a moment to unpack.

Back in 2024, GTPlanet member Obelisk did something that a lot of Gran Turismo fans dream about: he went out and bought a real-life version of a car he’d fallen in love with through the series.

This week’s new Online Time Trial keeps things classic. Gran Turismo 7 hands you a Gr.3 car and sends you back to Trial Mountain, the long-running Polyphony original.

A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges arrives this Friday, May 1, as your console clock rolls past midnight into the new month. Five fresh events, seven days to clear them, and the usual stack of bonus tickets for anyone who works through the list.

Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled the “TGR e-Motorsports Challenge League 2026,” a new sim-to-real talent pathway aimed at young drivers in Japan, with the winner earning a fully-funded season of competitive karting in 2027.

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Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec turns 25 years old today. First released in Japan on April 28, 2001, the PlayStation 2’s debut Gran Turismo title remains one of the best-selling games in the franchise’s history, and arguably one of the most important.

A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday. The week’s lineup keeps things firmly in North America, with stops at Watkins Glen, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and Daytona.

GT Sophy taught itself to outrace the best Gran Turismo players in the world, and the achievement was significant enough to land on the cover of Nature in 2022. Now, new research from Sony AI suggests that the next leap for the technology might not just be faster or smarter racing agents, but ones whose behavior can be shaped by anyone willing to type a sentence.

Today’s Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69 brings three new cars to the game, and Polyphony Digital has wasted no time putting one of them straight to work. The new Online Time Trial, live now through May 7, hands you the keys to the freshly added Yangwang U9 ’24 and sends you out onto the chicane-less Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix circuit on Sports Soft tires.

A fresh set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges lights up this Thursday, April 23, landing alongside today’s GT7 1.69 update and running through next Thursday, April 30. Five new events, seven days on the clock, and this week there’s a brand-new, beloved car headlining the action.