The Viewers Gift Campaign for Round 2 of the Gran Turismo World Series is up and running again, with entries working as of earlier today. Polyphony Digital suspended the campaign over the weekend after the entry system broke down at the start of the Tokyo broadcast, leaving players unable to register for the two free “Stealth Model” cars.
After an unexpectedly longer wait for more information, we’ve now got confirmation that the next content update for Gran Turismo 7 lands on Thursday, August 20, along with details on some of its contents.
Fanatec’s new Podium Pedals Formula are back in stock Wednesday, August 19, at 14:00 UTC (that’s 10:00 AM Eastern, 7:00 AM Pacific, or 4:00 PM CEST). If the first batch is any indication, you won’t have long to think it over: the initial production run sold out in roughly seven minutes.
The second Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season of 2026 is on its way, with Polyphony Digital setting a four-round Gr.3 calendar that gets underway on Saturday, August 22 and runs through September 12.
A one-off Ferrari widely regarded as the first prototype for the legendary 250 GTO has been selected to win the Gran Turismo Trophy at the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, putting it in line for a potential future appearance in the Gran Turismo series.
For the second consecutive round of the Gran Turismo World Series, the popular “Stealth Model” car giveaway has proven too popular for its own good. Entries for the Viewers Gift Campaign broke down as the Round 2 broadcast from Tokyo got underway on Saturday, and this time Polyphony Digital has suspended the campaign entirely while it investigates.
The 2026 Gran Turismo World Series resumed on Saturday, with Round 2 broadcast from Polyphony Digital’s headquarters in Koto-ku, Tokyo. It was a different kind of event to the season opener in Milan: no theatre, no tickets, and no public crowd, with the only spectators being the Polyphony employees who make the game itself.
Gran Turismo World Series partner brand Mazda has sprung a little surprise at the Round 2 event in Tokyo, revealing an updated “Evo” model of the RX-Vision GT3 Concept car is coming to Gran Turismo 7 soon.
The 2026 Gran Turismo World Series is back this weekend, with Round 2 broadcasting from Polyphony Digital’s Tokyo studio on Saturday, August 15. The Manufacturers Cup gets things started at 13:00 UTC, with the Nations Cup following at 15:00 UTC, and you can watch both streams right here.
Round 2 of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series gets underway this weekend at Polyphony Digital’s Tokyo Studio, and Fanatec is marking the occasion with something you can’t just buy: a T-shirt signed personally by series creator and producer Kazunori Yamauchi.
This week’s new Online Time Trial isn’t sticking around. Gran Turismo 7 pairs the Toyota MR2 GT-S ’97 with the East End layout of Autodrome Lago Maggiore on Sports Hard tires, and instead of the usual two-week run, it’s gone in seven days.
A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges arrives this Friday, August 14, as your console clock rolls past midnight into the weekend. Five events are live for the next seven days, along with the usual run of bonus tickets for anyone who clears them.
A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday, August 17. This week swings between two extremes: an anything-goes sprint on a giant oval, and a pair of steadier Group races to round things out.
A new update for Gran Turismo 7 is on the way, with series creator Kazunori Yamauchi confirming the news through his regular “silhouette” post teasing the vehicle content and prompting the usual guessing game as to the identity of the cars within…
Alongside this week’s regular new event, Polyphony has added a limited-time special tied to Round 2 of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series (happening Saturday, August 15), and earning a bronze time pays double the standard credit rate.
A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges arrives this Friday, August 7, once your console clock rolls past midnight into the new week. Five events are up for grabs over the next seven days, along with the usual run of bonus tickets for anyone who clears them.
Corsair has acquired the assets of Trak Racer, the Melbourne-based maker of sim racing cockpits, seats, and motion systems, bringing another well-known sim racing name under the same roof as Fanatec.
BeamNG.drive’s latest update contains something quite interesting buried in its graphics overhaul: the game now renders its final image using tone mapping technology developed by Polyphony Digital for Gran Turismo 7.
A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday. There isn’t a single accelerated tire wear multiplier or mandatory pit stop across any of the three races this time, so tire and fuel management simply isn’t a factor.
