GT Sport players will get their first taste of the game’s FIA championships later today.

Yesterday we brought you the news of the first monthly car pack for Forza Motorsport 7. What we didn’t cover in that article is the accompanying patch for the game, which comprehensively updates numerous aspects of the game.

To borrow the oft-used, high-pitched exclamation of a certain famous television presenter: we’re back!

Every week we read loads of automotive news stories here at GTPlanet that we can’t fit into their own articles. In a new feature, we’ll be bringing you a quick round-up of things we might have otherwise missed.

Turn 10 has taken the wraps off Forza 7’s first monthly car pack. With the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio leading the charge, it brings seven brand new vehicles to the title.

As promised, Polyphony Digital has released the latest patch for GT Sport.

A good engine swap, while incredibly tricky, can turn an average car into an absolute monster. Thankfully, at this year’s SEMA show a couple manufacturers unveiled their newest crate engines for all your swapping needs.

A new patch for GT Sport is incoming. Polyphony Digital has confirmed that players can expect version 1.04 worldwide tomorrow.

Despite repeated attempts to throw the schedule off through death, The Grand Tour will be back on our screens early next month.

Forza Motorsport 7 collectors have three new cars to snap up this week. Turn 10 has shuffled the Specialty Dealer lineup again, with a trio of fairly modern cars from three different countries.

Get ready, Forzatographers: our first FM7 Photo Mode Competition has begun.

This week’s Wednesday Want is a little different from usual. Normally it involves our team plucking a car from our thousands-strong Car Suggestions forum and giving it some time in the spotlight, but this week we’ve found something truly special in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

If you’ve been playing GT Sport from day one, you probably won’t have missed that the Daily Races in Sport Mode were anything but daily.

Although this half of the year has been packed with massive racing games, a surprise announcement was Gear.Club Unlimited for Nintendo Switch. Eden Games has developed a premium version of its free mobile title for the new hybrid console and it certainly looks interesting.

It’s been a long time since E3 2016. That was when we first heard of the Xbox One X, though it went by the name “Project Scorpio” then. On stage, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer promised Scorpio would be the most powerful console we had ever seen.

Back in August, we showed you a handful of Lego cars that were sure to bring out your inner child. Now we’re back with another crop of vehicles that are equally impressive.

Codemasters is back with another update for F1 2017. The 1.10 update is now available for PC and PS4 players and will be available on Xbox One shortly.

If the Ferrari FXX-K wasn’t wild enough for you, you’re in luck. There is now an even more extreme version dubbed the FXX-K Evo.

Polyphony Digital has freshened the Mileage Exchange store in Gran Turismo Sport with new stock. Players will be treated to a pair of new special cars, as well as a variety of new paint chips and aftermarket wheels.

Slightly Mad Studios has taken the wraps off another Community Event in Project CARS 2. This time — in true Halloween spirit — you’ll be facing your fears on the scary Lankebanen Rallycross circuit. Or, as it’s otherwise known, Hell.