Gran Turismo 6 players will be the first to sample the new series BMW M4 before it releases to car buyers in the Summer of 2014. In an exclusive deal with the famous German marque, GT6 will deliver this car into players’ garages as free DLC coming soon after GT6’s launch. The car was spotted around Ronda, Spain, during the Gran Turismo 6 Launch party on day one and then saw track time at Ascari Race Resort circuit in the following day of events.

When the Lunar Roving Vehicle was first revealed in Gran Turismo 6, it caused quite a stir and immediately became one of the most unique and noteworthy cars in the history of the franchise.

Amongst all the announcements at the GT6 launch event in Ronda, Spain, one of the most unexpected surprises came from the city of Ronda itself, as the mayor announced a street would be named in honor of Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi.

The Second Chapter of GT6’s First Love Campaign featuring a rebuild of Mario Andretti’s first race car, a 1948 Hudson, is now live! Jump into the stream to watch the rebuild happen every step of the way with hosts periodically presenting information on the build as well as GT6.

New information leading from the GT6 launch party has surfaced on the Gran Turismo website. In the release, 11 new Vision Gran Turismo collaborating designers and manufacturers have been added to the already impressive roster of car makers and dreamers:

Kazunori Yamauchi took the stage for a presentation on Gran Turismo 6 during the first day of events for GT6’s two-day launch party in Ronda, Spain. The presentation began predictably, reviewing lots of content we have previously known, but as time went on, more and more new information began to break, as covered live on our Twitter feed.

GTPlanet is on location in Ronda to provide full coverage of all the upcoming announcements, finally revealing Polyphony Digital’s plans for the future of GT6 and the Gran Turismo series.

A new contest, the biggest promotional give-away we’ve seen yet, has opened up for hopeful players to win a full GT6 and PlayStation setup. Five winners will be chosen and all you have to do is be the fastest when it comes to recalling your Gran Turismo trivia.

If you participated in GT Academy 2013 and downloaded the Gran Turismo 6 demo which hosted the competition back in July, you’re set to receive a free car in the full game.

GTChannel filmed a segment of their online show at the recent GT6 Willow Springs preview event, where Polyphony Digital and Toyota officially debuted the game’s new GPS Data Visualizer and CAN-Gateway ECU.

EuroGamer has published a lengthy and comprehensive interview with Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi, discussing everything form his childhood, his philosophy on life, motorsports, Gran Turismo, and just about everything in between.

Seven days are all that stand between us and Gran Turismo 6; seven days until we’re all fitted into racing attire eager to experience the improvements and masterful execution GT6 brings to the table; seven days until the final Gran Turismo scheduled for release on the PlayStation 3 alerts us all to the fact that despite the next generation of possibilities already becoming more and more prevalent with every passing second, the previous generation will not subside without a last hurrah  – Gran Turismo 6 will be that hurrah.

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More GT6 TV commercials have been emerging around the world. We reported the first TV spot out of Japan, but now Australia and Poland have joined in, showcasing GT6’s “The World is Your Track” ad campaign.

With so much going on this week’s Seasonal Events challenges completely slipped my mind. Luckily as many of you will already be aware, this week’s challenges are now available in Gran Turismo 5, and are similar to the challenges featured two weeks ago.

There’s yet another way to get yourself a 15th Anniversary car for Gran Turismo 6, this time it’s in the form of a social media promotion from Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. This promotional code can only be redeemed by Japanese PSN accounts. (Here’s a video guide which explains how to do that.)

The first Gran Turismo 6 game discs have been printed (offered referred to in the industry as going “gold”), and a few are making their way into the hands of journalists, according to reports from NeoGAF. They’ll be unable to share their impressions until “next Friday” (December 6), when the game releases worldwide.

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has published a short hands-on preview describing the first few steps in starting your virtual career in Gran Turismo 6’s single player campaign. The article begins with a description of the driver “tutorial” that begins immediately when the game first launches. This will be similar to the driving introduction players went through when first loading up the GT6 GT Academy Demo. It also mentions having to register a “name” before the tutorial gets started, again, in line with the process in the GT Academy Demo.

We are excited to announce that GTPEDIA: GTPlanet’s Guide to the World of Gran Turismo is set to include all the gritty details about Gran Turismo 6. The new chapter will be published this January as a free downloadable update for everyone who owns a copy of the book.

Legendary Italian American Indy 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, Daytona 500 winner and Formula 1 Champion Mario Andretti is at the center of a new GT6 First Love campaign in which GT fans get to take part in a historic rebuild project. The First Love Campaign is broken into three “Chapters:” Andretti, Live Build, and Reunion.