A new selection of A-Spec challenges are now available, featuring compact cars, events taking place in the dark of the night, and your choice of Ferrari, all ranging from a beginner’s challenge to that of an expert where you’ll overtake as many opponents as possible within the allotted time.

It’s that time of year again! The 12th annual Gran Turismo Awards have been formally announced, and will be held next week at SEMA 2014 – the largest international automotive trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A document hosted on the FIA’s official website appears to reveal GT Academy’s plans for global expansion over the next few years, bringing the competition to several important markets for both Nissan and the Gran Turismo brand.

2011 GT Academy champion Jann Mardenborough has been featured in the latest episode of /DRIVEN, a regular show from the popular YouTube network, /DRIVE.

For tech-heads, Gran Turismo 6’s GPS Data Logger function is something quite exciting, but for the gamers it’s something that appears limited in scope at first glance.

A new batch of events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring a series of new drift and super lap challenges exclusive to Red Bull’s X2014 Standard, 2-wheel drive non-race cars, British non-race cars, and non-race cars of any variety.

A special demo of Gran Turismo 6 with fully integrated motion simulation was shown to the public at Fuji Speedway in Japan, during the latest round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The game was running in a triple-monitor configuration on the SimCraft APEX3 GT motion simulation rig, allowing attendees to drive the Toyota TS030.

Another round of “Quick Match” online racing events are now available in GT6 featuring compact Japanese Kei cars taking wind around Silverstone, rally cars taking on the many sweeping turns of Cape Ring, and sports and race cars taking on some of GT’s classic attractions.

Alpine, the famous French sportscar company owned by Renault, offered an inside look at their Vision Gran Turismo project car with a recent post on Twitter. The car would be the most radical Vision GT we’ve seen yet, featuring a pivoting, articulated design.

This weekend the final European Le Mans Series event takes place at Estoril in Portugal and Nissan will be there to celebrate 30 years of NISMO with the fans of Le Mans racing.  This event also sees the LM P2 debut of 2013 GT Academy Europe winner and local man, Miguel Faisca.

A new batch of A-Spec races are now available, ranging from seasonal challenges where you’ll overtake as many opponents as possible within the allotted time, to the new “quick match” events that places you against other players from around the world.

More details from the Gran Turismo article in the most recent issue of GamesTM magazine have been revealed, and some additional quotes from Kazunori Yamauchi paint an interesting picture of his thoughts on the franchise and its future.

While speaking to GamesTM magazine in a recent interview, Kazunori Yamauchi made some interesting comments regarding the development of Gran Turismo 7, which is apparently set to benefit greatly from the power of the PlayStation 4 console:

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Steering wheel controllers have come a long ways over the past few years, and with Logitech reducing their involvement in the sim-racing accessory market, competition has picked up between higher-end manufacturers like Thrustmaster and Fanatec.

I am often asked about GTPlanet logo stickers, and I am excited to announce that we now have an official partner from which you can purchase high-quality vinyl decals in a variety of colors, sizes, and formats.

Since v1.12 was released with new options for steering wheel controllers, many players have noticed a dramatic alteration to force feedback behaviour – indeed Polyphony Digital has already updated the game once with a hotfix for this very issue.

A new batch of events are now available in Gran Turismo 6, featuring a series of new drift and super lap challenges exclusive to the 2014 Nissan GT-R NISMO, race cars, and Japanese non-race cars.

Another new round of “Quick Match” online races are now online in Gran Turismo 6.

It’s time for another online endurance race in Gran Turismo 6, and this time, we’re going to Belgium’s Ardennes forest for a 24-hour race at Spa Francorchamps!