Gran Turismo Sport’s July update is now live, adding a new race track and more cars. It’s also introduced microtransactions, something the series producer said last winter the game wouldn’t have.

Gran Turismo has always skewed more towards the realistic simulation end of the spectrum in order to provide an accurate experience for virtual racers. This year's version adds another layer to that, in the form of a certification and enforcement of proper "sportsmanship".

Thrustmaster's forthcoming T-GT high-end racing that will be available when Gran Turismo Sport hits later this fall. It will be expensive.

I think we all thought racing games would be perfect for VR. We almost took that for granted.

Actually, anything that involved sitting seemed perfect for VR.

The latest iteration of the Gran Turismo series won't be hitting digital and real-world store shelves until next year, with the developers requiring more time to avoiding compromising "the experience in any way".

It's seemingly becoming the "too hard to handle" part of driving games these days -- dynamic weather. And in a new interview, Polyphony Digital CEO and Gran Turismo Sport designer Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that the new GT is following the same path Driveclub did at launch.