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These past couple of weeks have been adventurous to say the least and for me to think things would suddenly calm down was nothing short of foolhardy, if anything at all things seem to be becoming more and more adventurous as time passes on. Whether it be the excitement concerning what this year’s E3 could bring, next week’s release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, or the increasing feedback surrounding Project CARS, the community here never rests.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring two-wheel drive race cars, non-race cars, and four-wheel drive race cars. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, and tips and tricks.

Nissan’s Jann Mardenborough had a successful start to his GP3 season last weekend with a podium finish at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, ahead of Sunday’s Formula One race. The young British racer headed straight to Spain after returning from Nissan’s LM P1 Test in the U.S. last week and immediately made good on his promise to be a regular podium finisher in 2015.

I find myself repeating a sentiment from the previous week: what an absolute joy this week has been. Project CARS is finally making its way out to the world and the initial reception has been nothing short of fantastic, the scene in Formula 1 is beginning to heat up again (don’t worry, I’m not going to spoil anything!) and will hopefully carry over to the next race at Monaco because this season needs the action from last year.

There’s more great news for GT Academy, as Nissan has announced that another graduate of the program, Mark Shulzhitskiy, will be competing for the overall win at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of the company’s GT-R LM.

Project CARS officially releases today in Europe and Australia in physical copies, and worldwide as a digital download via Steam. Those residing in the UK only have one more day to wait, while residents in North America will have to wait until next week Tuesday, May 12th to purchase a physical copy of the game.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring beginner, intermediate, and expert level challenges involving Mazda’s MX-5 roadster, classic sports cars, and karts. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, and tips and tricks.

After releasing some mysterious teasers last week, Peugeot finally pulled the wraps off their official Vision Gran Turismo project today. It has turned out to be quite an unusual, beastly hyper car, with no side windows and boasting a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio.

It’s Cinco de Mayo, and you know what that means: the second round of GT Academy 2015’s online qualifiers start today! After a challenging two weeks at Silverstone in the GT-R NISMO in the opening round, the competition is quickly picking up the pace – you’ll now be the GT-R NISMO GT3 Team RJN at the full Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit.

Last year, Polyphony Digital announced a public effort to recruit new sound engineers to work on improving Gran Turismo’s audio. They later reported being swamped with a “large number of applications”, and some major hiring decisions have apparently been made.

The following was written by Nicolas Hammann, 2014 United States GT Academy Champion, as he offers an inside look at the Nissan Driver Development Program which he joined after winning this past season of the competition. More to come soon as his racing season gets underway!

What an absolute joy this week has been. I spent the majority of it feverishly looking forward to this past Friday so I could go out and see Avengers: Age of Ultron, however, that would not go as planned as I wound going the night before for an advance screening, and it was well worth the time. If you haven’t seen it already and are into comic books, superheroes, or just love a good movie, you should definitely go and see this.

Over the past week, French carmaker Peugeot has been slowly releasing images of what appears to be its Vision Gran Turismo project car. They kicked things off with the teaser video below, and have shown more of the car with the gradual release of images.

There’s a bit of a tradition among all the car manufacturers participating in the Vision Gran Turismo project, bringing their virtual concepts to life with a real-world model.

A new batch of seasonal events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring rear-wheel drive non-race cars, GT500-class Super GT race cars, and race cars. This week’s challenges are as follows, and remember to stop by our GT6 Seasonal Events forum for in-depth analysis and discussion, and tips and tricks.

Things will be a bit more glamorous for GT Academy’s European Race Camp this year, which will be held at the Yas Marina F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi. Although most of you probably want to be there as a finalist, there’s another way: by entering the new “GT Academy 2015 Quiz”.

GT Academy 2015 has officially kicked off with the first round this past Tuesday and features the 600-horse Nissan GT-R NISMO going to task around Silverstone, home to GT Academy for the past several years. If you haven’t had a chance to partake in the opening round you’d be best served to stop by our dedicated GT Academy forum and strap yourself in for the drive of your life.