
Polyphony Digital Focusing Development on Gran Turismo 6
After more than a year and a half of regular software updates to Gran Turismo 5, they have become increasingly infrequent since 2.05 was launched back in February.

Japanese ’80s Festival in New GT5 Seasonal Events
The latest GT5 A-Spec Seasonal Events are now available, featuring Japanese cars produced in the 1980s with no more than 420PP. Here’s a closer look at the races:

GTPlanet’s New Gran Turismo 6 Forum Now Open
GTPlanet’s Gran Turismo 5 forum was a critical hub of activity for news and rumors in the months and years before the game’s release. Now hosting over 2.2 million posted messages, it’s a massive resource, and continues to be the ultimate source for breaking news of game updates and downloadable content.

Electrical Niggles Force GT Academy Team’s Retirement at Spa
After a spectacular opening to the 2012 Spa 24 hours, the GT Academy RJN Motorsport team were forced to retire from the race with undiagnosed electrical issues.

GT Academy Team Tackle the Spa 24 Hours
As reported earlier in the month, 2009 GT Academy champion and LMP2 racer Lucas Ordonez has joined the RJN Motorsport Blancpain Endurance team for the Spa 24 Hours this weekend.

Special GT5 Seasonal Event Features ’94 Skyline GT-R
The latest special Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Events for GT Academy 2012 participants are now available. Of course, this week features the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II (GT Academy) ’94, which was awarded to all players who achieved Gold-level times in Round 3 of the competition.

Kazunori on Gran Turismo 6, GT Vita, & Shanghai Circuit at ChinaJoy 2012 Game Show
Kazunori Yamauchi is attending ChinaJoy 2012, one of Asia’s largest video game shows, in Shanghai this week.

Get Dirty in GT5’s New Seasonal Event at Eiger Nordwand
New Time and Drift Trials are now available in GT5’s latest round of Seasonal Events, one of which features the G Trail rally circuit at Eiger Nordwand. Here’s a complete overview of the new challenges:

Gran Turismo 6 Rumored to Include Large Number of Tracks
While helping out with the Polish GT Academy 2012 finals, Lucas Ordoñez made an interesting comment about Gran Turismo 6’s development, which he’s reportedly involved in.

Sony Announces Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition for Europe
A new bundle version of GT5 has been announced this lunchtime for Europeans – the Academy Edition, to celebrate the fourth year of the Sony/Nissan tie-in of GT Academy.

More Gran Turismo 5 Stealth Model Cars Available at 1/18 Scale
Earlier this year, the Mazda 787B was released as the first car in Autoart’s Gran Turismo 5 “stealth model” series. Today, two more stealth models are available to purchase: the Nissan GT-R GT500 and McLaren F1.

Kazunori Yamauchi to Speak with Asian GT Academy Finalists
Although Gran Turismo players from Asia didn’t have the chance to become a racing driver, the top players in the region still have an interesting prize to look forward to.

Nissan Silvia Featured in Latest Special GT5 Seasonal Event
A series of special GT5 Seasonal Events kicked off last week, featuring the GT Academy 2012 prize cars.

Sixteen “Wildcards” Join Portugal’s GT Academy 2012 Finals
If you thought the 33rd “Racer X” wildcard position brought a dramatic twist to the U.S. GT Academy finals in San Diego last weekend, you’ll be very surprised to find out what the competitors in Portugal had to contend with!

Fake “Gran Turismo” Android App Gets 100,000 Downloads [UPDATE]
A Chinese software company known as “Sailfish Games” has published a car-driving app on Google Play (formerly known as the Android Marketplace) titled “Gran Turismo”.

Classic Cars Featured in GT5’s New A-Spec Seasonal Events
Powerful, classic cars take center stage in Gran Turismo 5’s latest Seasonal Events, which feature pre-1969 cars on Comfort/Soft tires with no more than 500pp.

GT Academy 2012: UK & Ireland National Final
Six UK and Republic of Ireland players have booked their places for a Silverstone return at next month’s Boot Camp, following two days of gruelling virtual and real driving and fitness challenges.

Brake Problems Slow Lucas Ordoñez’s Team at Donington Park
While a group of 32 guys hopeful to follow in his footsteps competed in the U.S. GT Academy 2012 finals in San Diego last weekend, the first GT Academy champion, Lucas Ordonez, was nearly halfway around the world, racing on England’s Donington Park.

Top 16 U.S. GT Academy 2012 Finalists Advance to Silverstone
As those of you who tuned in to the live stream already know, the top 16 finalists in the U.S. region of GT Academy 2012 were determined this weekend in a dramatic event held in San Diego, California during Comic-Con.

GT Academy 2012 U.S. National Finals Live Stream (Day 2/2)
After eight long weeks of online time trials held in the GT Academy 2012 mini-game, the top 33 Gran Turismo players in the United States have earned their place in the National Finals.