So what’s next for the franchise and Gran Turismo Sport in particular? With the PlayStation 5 on the way and rumours of TRUE 8K POWER doing the rounds, it’s not hard to imagine Gran Turismo Sport aiming for retina-searing resolutions. Not so, says producer Kazunori Yamauchi! The man behind the franchise has his eyes set on a higher goal currently, as he’s convinced that the future of games looking damn good lies not in the number of pixels on the screen but rather at the rate they throw them at your face.

Or something that very much looks like something which a reclusive billionaire would drive into criminals so that they can rethink their decision to do all the crimes. Over at the Gran Turismo Championship World Finals in Monaco, the sexiest of cars was unveiled. Called the Lamborghini Vision GT, this technolust experiment on four wheels will be making a debut digitally in Gran Turismo Sport soon enough.

While the actual core racing in it is sublime, Gran Turismo Sport hasn’t quite been the runaway hit that either Sony or Polyphony Digital had hoped. It’s biggest problem is the lack of a proper single player campaign. That's changing.

It looks fantastic and drives like magic, but with its servers down at inopportune times, we've not been able to play Gran Turismo Sport nearly as much as we'd like.

Polyphony Digital has revealed all of the cars and tracks that'll be available in Gran Turismo Sport

October 27 specifically is going to be an absolutely insane day for anyone who wants to choose just a single game to have on launch day. It’s pretty much like having a James Bond villain asking me which testicle I’d like to keep before he smashes in all three of them with a heavy knotted rope. Just look at the October schedule.

In my hubris regarding the release date of Gran Turismo Sport, I was utterly convinced that the game was going to be a 2018 release at best and had staked my prized headwear on the line as a lunchtime snack should I be wrong. I was wrong. Damn wrong, because Sony has confirmed that the hyper-real simulator will be out on October 17. Here’s a celebratory trailer while I chew on some wool that has been seasoned with Sriracha sauce and herbs.

Looks like Sony’s premiere racing simulator is going to need some more time in the oven, as Gran Turismo Sport won't be out in November.