Gran Turismo Sport gets Fuji Speedway and a bevvy of new cars
Plus, The Passion of Dr. Wankel.
Gran Turismo Sport has just been treated to another of its regular - and free! - updates, with Fuji Speedway heading the additions to Polyphony Digital's PlayStation 4 exclusive driving game.
Gran Turismo Sport's big new update introduces microtransactions
Plus an all-new track and Lewis Hamilton's title-winning Mercedes.
Gran Turismo Sport's big July update - which brings Polyphony Digital's PlayStation 4 racer up to version 1.23 - has just dropped, bringing with it new cars, a new track and, for the first time with this particular iteration of Gran Turismo, microtransactions that allow players to buy existing cars within the game.
The headline addition is an all-new fictional track, Circuit de Sainte-Croixe, which comes in three different layouts (or six in total if you count the reverse versions). The ability to add decals to racing suits and helmets has also been added, and when it comes to new cars the star is doubtless the Mercedes AMG W08, which took Lewis Hamilton to last year's F1 title.
A potentially controversial addition is that of microtransactions, though while they're not live in Europe just yet - they hit 2nd August - they've rolled out in other territories. In Japan the prices go from 100 yen up to a peak of 300 yen - which is around Ł2 - for all cars that are under 2m in-game credits, with the more luxurious cars in Gran Turismo Sport still having to be earned.
Le Mans comes to Gran Turismo Sport this week
Head down Sarthe.
The Circuit de la Sarthe, host of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race, is coming to Gran Turismo Sport as part of a free update that's dropping tomorrow on PlayStation 4.
Sony has found itself falling foul of the Advertising Standards Authority, with an ad for Gran Turismo Sport that aired on UK television deemed as misleading in regards to the game's reliance on an online connection and subscription to PlayStation Plus.
Gran Turismo Sport gets new cars and a fix for online griefing
Also a Toyota MR2, which is nice.
Version 1.13 of Gran Turismo Sport has just gone live, and it brings with it a bevvy of new cars as well as some online fixes and a selection of new track layouts. Perhaps more importantly, given the online focus of the PlayStation 4 exclusive, it introduces some amendments to how driver conduct is policed in multiplayer races.
Gran Turismo Sport is getting its first new track as part of a free update that's dropping on PlayStation 4 tomorrow.
Gran Turismo Sport finishes first in UK chart
Sells nearly three times as many copies as Forza 7 at launch.
Gran Turismo Sport is the UK's number one game, with almost three times as many physical launch week sales as racing game rival Forza 7 managed.
Lewis Hamilton is to star in Gran Turismo Sport
Inspector Lewis' racing line.
Lewis Hamilton, three-times Formula 1 world champion (and in all likelihood a four-times world champion, unless there's a miracle for Sebastien Vettel in the tail-end of this year's campaign), is to play a starring role in Gran Turismo Sport.
Gran Turismo Sport is getting a free demo next week
After the Alfa here's your go at a beta.
Well, this is all mighty exciting - we're just over a week away from Polyphony Digital's debut on PlayStation 4 with Gran Turismo Sport. It only took four years!
Four years into the PlayStation 4's life, one of Sony's biggest series is finally landing on the console - and to celebrate the occasion a limited edition edition of the PlayStation 4 is being launched to coincide with the release of Gran Turismo Sport.
Gran Turismo Sport has a new release date, and this one's for keeps. Maybe.
Originally planned for release last November, the series has since stuck to its traditional penchant for delays, being pushed back to this year. And now we have a day - October 18th - when we can play developer Polyphony Digital's PS4 debut.
Gran Turismo Sport debuted last May, and didn't look too impressive upon its reveal. Great strides have been made since, with a closed beta showing how much progress has been made, and the fresh emphasis placed on online racing could well help give the series a refresh. Will it be enough to see off competition from Project Cars 2 and Forza Motorsport 7, both of which are also releasing later this year? Only time will tell.
Gran Turismo Sport gets a new release window
And this one looks like it's final. Plus a gorgeous new trailer.
Gran Turismo Sport, Polyphony Digital's long-awaited debut on the PlayStation 4, has had its final release window announced, with the online-focussed driving game coming out this autumn.
The PlayStation 4 Pro version of Gran Turismo Sport will be the the first in the series to accurately reflect the red of a Ferrari, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has said in a presentation highlighting what Sony's new console will bring to the forthcoming game.
Sony is cancelling and refunding pre-orders of Gran Turismo Sport, with a recent report by TeamVVV claiming that customers are getting their money back in the wake of the game's recent delay.
Gran Turismo Sport delayed until 2017
Skids off November date.
Gran Turismo Sport has been delayed to 2017.
Gran Turismo Sport is looking much, much better
Spoiler alert.
Gran Turismo Sport's unveiling, it's fair to say, left much to be desired. Polyphony's long-awaited PlayStation 4 debut was accompanied by an underwhelming build of this stripped-back racer, and it looked far from the delights we've seen in the likes of fellow PS4 exclusive DriveClub.
Gran Turismo Sport ditches one of the series' big features
Storm clouds (not quite) gathering.
Gran Turismo Sport, Polyphony Digital's PlayStation 4 debut that arrives this November, will see one of the key features of the series in recent years dropped, with dynamic weather and light conditions no longer playing a part.
Gran Turismo Sport out 18th November
Introduces livery editor, features 137 premium cars and 19 locations while VR support in from launch.
Gran Turismo Sport, Polyphony Digital's debut on the PlayStation 4, will come out later this year with a release date in the UK of 18th November.
Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7
And Sony's confident people will be playing Gran Turismo on PS4 next year.
Gran Turismo Sport, the newly announced PlayStation 4 driving simulation from Polyphony Digital, is not Gran Turismo 7, Sony has confirmed - though Sony insists it'll be more substantial than the Prologue games that have prefaced mainline Gran Turismo games in the past.
Sony mentions new PlayStation 4 Gran Turismo title
UPDATE: Gran Turismo Sport announced for PlayStation 4.
UPDATE: As expected, Sony has announced a new Gran Turismo title for PlayStation 4. But it's not GT7. It's called Gran Turismo Sport.
Jailed motorist tells police he learned to drive on his PlayStation
Following 100mph car chase.
A motorist who lead police on a 100mph car chase through Lincolnshire has admitted that his only knowledge of driving came from his PlayStation.
Gran Turismo 7 in the works, standard cars set to stay
And it won't be out this year, of course.
Polyphony Digital is at work on Gran Turismo 7, and it's likely that the standard cars whose heritage stretches back to the PlayStation 2 era are to stay for the PlayStation 4 sequel.
