Gran Turismo Sport players have the opportunity to pick up a rare car in this week’s Mileage Exchange lineup.

Following some pretty prolific launches, the racing genre is doing well in the UK right now. Last week’s sales numbers show that not two, not three, but four racers charted in the top 10. Strong continued showings from previously released games were joined by Need For Speed Payback, the latest offering from Ghost and EA.

PlayStation will let players without PS Plus experience online multiplayer for free this week. The news comes direct from the PlayStation Blog and promises access to the premium service’s online offering without a subscription. The open multiplayer event kicks off Wednesday 15 November and lasts until Monday 20 November.

Are you a Gran Turismo super-fan? Do you own all the games? How about loads of merchandise? Chances are most of us on GTPlanet can answer yes to all three questions. But now there’s bigger, more expensive collector’s item to add to your GT shrine with the announcement of the Nissan Juke GT Sport PlayStation.

It’s happened. The GTPlanet community has crowned its first Project CARS 2 Photo Mode Competition winner. Congrats to torque99 for his winning shot, which you can see up top.

Europe loves its practical cars. If it doesn’t have a vertical tailgate, good luck selling it to Europeans.

UPDATE: A previous draft of this story suggested this news was a sure thing. We’ve updated the article to reflect its speculative nature — apologies for any confusion.

Whenever you start a new job you hope your first day is without incident. The last thing you ever want is something to damage your future career. For one AI though, its first day on the job was anything but smooth.

The second pre-season test for GT Sport’s FIA Championship has now begun. Following on from the first test last week, the exhibition championship allows drivers to get a taste of the real FIA tournaments due to kick off in early 2018. Competition will run November 12–18.

After six months of international competition, the search for the World’s Fastest Gamer comes down to 12 players and one week.

After all the rumors and leaks, we finally get a chance to see the wild 2018 Corvette ZR-1.

They say good things are worth waiting for, and we’ve got just that for you.

The penultimate race of the season had many stories waiting to be told. How would Felipe Massa perform in his final race in Brazil? How far up the field could Hamilton and Ricciardo get? Could Bottas hold off Vettel?

Welcome back to GTPlanet’s Member Motorsports Spotlight. I’m a GTPlanet forum member and sim racer with a passion for real life motorsports. You can read all about my motor racing exploits in the first installation of this recurring series.

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

The midfield battle continues to rage on in Formula One, with teams vying for the best position in the Constructors’ Championship — millions of Euros are at stake. With 333 points to his name, Lewis Hamilton is this year’s World Champion but there’s still plenty left to play for in the 2017 season. Valtteri Bottas is only 15 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers’ Championship as they jostle for the runner-up spot.

It appears the wait for GT Sport’s missing livery editor feature is coming to an end. The feature in question is the decal uploader, delayed to maintain server stability. Polyphony Digital shared the bad news one day before the game released in North America and Asia.

The first set of Forzathon challenges for Forza Motorsport 7 have officially begun. The popular series of events was a long-running staple in Forza Horizon 3 and has now made its way over to Motorsport.

The latest release from the long-running Need for Speed series is here. With plenty of action, Payback looks to entice gamers through street racing and in-depth customization.

One of the most successful elements in modern gaming was the introductions of achievements, or as they’re known on the PlayStation side of the fence: trophies. Some trophies are easier to win than others, but the elusive “Platinum Trophy” — only earned after a player has won all other trophies in a game — is always the most coveted.