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In a lot of ways, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is a very different beast to its predecessor. The first was a funny, heartfelt, optionally romantic visual novel about the daily lives of a game centre operator and their eccentric regulars; The New Challengers is all about arcade esports: competition, …

Yesterday, Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital Inc. and motorsport governing body FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) announced the FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships 2021 Series, with Stage One starting April 21. The Championship Series includes two different competitions: the Nations Cup, in which individual players represent their country, and the …

Even though I’m about as far from a gearhead as possible, I always enjoyed playing Gran Turismo games. It wasn’t so much for their realism or the depth of their motorsport simulation—to many, the most important parts of the series—but for the rags-to-riches nature of its career modes. Gran Turismo …