![]() If that wasn’t quite enough, Gran Turismo became an Olympic sport, as the first Olympic Virtual Series was revealed. That was quickly followed by the announcement that the brand new Toyota GR86 would be coming to GT Sport and be part of that series. Toyota also revealed its GR GT Cup support series would return for a third season, this time involving vehicles from across the brand rather than just the GR Supra. In further good news, the competition expanded to include new territories, with Arizona and Quebec no longer excluded from US and Canada eligibility, and South Africa and India included for the first time. The full calendar for the Gran Turismo Championship series was revealed in early April, with a new “World Series” format that would see regular finals-type events across the season, contributing points towards the overall championship. March also saw the news that the 2021 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Online Championships would - unsurprisingly - remain as an exclusively online competition given the uncertainty over travel and gatherings for the live events. EA revealed that the game, which still has no official name, would launch in 2022 rather than 2021, as it needed to borrow the Criterion Games staff to work on Battlefield 2042 rather than having two massive projects both delayed. ![]() ![]() Even so, there was good news for console gamers as two different PC titles from outside the usual realm of absolute authenticity were announced as making the leap across the aisle.īoth Circuit Racers, which entered Steam early access, and art of rally were slated for a console release down the line - and both have subsequently landed on Xbox, with the latter also arriving on PlayStation Circuit Racers will follow to the Sony console in January 2022.įollowing GT7’s “shift” to 2022, Need for Speed was the next title to face a production pushback. With so much already going on in the first two months, you can forgive March for being a little quieter. EA completed its $1.2 billion takeover of Codemasters, putting Need for Speed, F1, DIRT, Project CARS, and the 2023-onwards WRC series under the same roof. That leaves just one piece of business for the month, which was quite literally a piece of business. Assetto Corsa Competizione was also confirmed for a next-gen release on PS5 and Xbox Series, while Project CARS 3 was ruled out for the same treatment. In addition, Sony confirmed a still-unnamed second generation of PlayStation VR was in development for use with the PS5.įebruary was also the month of Hot Wheels, as the diecast toys made their way into Forza Horizon 4, and were announced to also have their own standalone game, Hot Wheels Unleashed.
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