Gran Turismo World Series

Polyphony Digital has announced the first Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season of 2026, getting underway this weekend ahead of the official championship later in the year.

After months of waiting, the final pieces of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series calendar have finally clicked into place — and there’s plenty to unpack.

The season-opening round of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series, scheduled for Saturday, March 28 in Abu Dhabi, has been cancelled.

French ace Kylian Drumont took the honors for his countryman Romain Grosjean’s professional esports team, R8G, in the first ever official Gran Turismo Esports Team Competition race broadcast earlier today.

A special “Esports Team Competition” race will be broadcast on the official Gran Turismo 7 channels this weekend, marking the first time that the GT World Series has publicly embraced the wider esports fraternity.

For the second season in a row, BMW has topped the qualifiers for the Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup, booking its spot on the planes to Abu Dhabi, Milan, and Tokyo and becoming the pre-season favorites again.

The surprisingly early official 2026 Gran Turismo World Series season is almost upon us, and with the online qualifiers set to begin in under a week Polyphony Digital has revealed the all-important race details that will determine who’ll be heading to the four live events this year.

The 2026 Gran Turismo World Series will once again return home for its grand final, with the host city for the season-ending spectacular now confirmed as Tokyo.

During the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series Finals in Japan last week, Polyphony Digital announced that for the first time in its history, the World Series is heading to Abu Dhabi.

Just as he has done almost all season long, Spain’s Jose Serrano has overpowered his rivals with a clean sweep in Fukuoka to win the Gran Turismo World Series Nations Cup 2025.

With the Manufacturers Cup portion of the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals already concluded — and Team Porsche taking a landmark victory — it’s now the turn of the Nations Cup to round out the season.

During an interview at the Gran Turismo World Series 2025 World Finals here in Fukuoka, Japan, series producer Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that Gran Turismo 7 is currently maintaining an active user base of over two million monthly players—and perhaps more impressively, that number is still growing.

Porsche has become the very first non-Japanese brand to take the Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup title, in the first World Final to be held in Japan.

After a year of competition, comprising a short online qualifier season and three preliminary rounds at live events around the world, the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals are now here — starting with the Manufacturers Cup.

The Gran Turismo World Series World Final is almost upon us, with this year’s showpiece event coming from one of the game’s two home towns: Fukuoka.

With the spectacular live final of the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series just two week away, Polyphony Digital has announced the now-traditional tie-in bonuses available to players worldwide.

I have had the privilege of attending most Gran Turismo live events over the past 15 years. While they are all unique, some stand apart more than others, and some set new standards for what the GT World Series can be. Last week’s event in Los Angeles was one of those occasions, and it’s worth taking a look at exactly what made it so exceptional.

The formbook largely went out the window in the final preliminary round of the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series, as veteran racer Angel Inostroza for Team Porsche and Pol Urra scored first wins since 2023.

The last of this season’s three preliminary Gran Turismo World Series 2025 live events is now upon us, giving players and brands one last chance to grab points for a head start at the World Final.

The third and final preliminary live events in this year’s Gran Turismo World Series is just around the corner, heading to a third all-new location of the year with Los Angeles on hosting duties.