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SEGA opens Year Two of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds with Bayonetta as a free character, complete with her own Butterfly Witch machine, emotes and sounds. The first two paid packs are Godzilla and EVANGELION, with four more to come and a full showcase on 9 October.
SEGA pushed the Samba de Amigo Content Drop live on September 9, making the maraca-shaking Dreamcast mascot a free playable racer alongside a Classic skin, the Locomotive de Amigo machine and three Jukebox tracks. SEGA calls him the twelfth and final free character of Year One - with a six-pack Season Pass 2 headlined by Godzilla and Evangelion taking over this fall.
Polyphony Digital's August drop for Gran Turismo 7 adds the '97 Toyota Chaser and Mark II Tourer V, the '08 Caterham Seven Superlight R500 and the '25 Hyundai IONIQ 6 N, plus three new World Circuit events and Whistler in Scapes. Free for all owners on PS5, PS4 and PS VR2.
Gran Turismo 7's free Update 1.70 arrives June 11 with five new cars - including the Ferrari 499P, Porsche 963, BMW M Hybrid V8 and Peugeot 9X8 Hypercars - plus a new menu and Le Mans circuit events.
Milestone revealed Hot Wheels Infinite Rush at Summer Game Fest 2026 - the first open-world game in the franchise, with four explorable islands, 150-plus collectible vehicles across four classes, full cross-play and four-player split-screen. It launches September 24, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC.
Fuse Games and Secret Mode revealed a story trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer at Summer Game Fest, showing single-player and multiplayer podracing and confirming an October 6, 2026 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Playground Games' Japan-set racer has blown past 6 million players in seven days, hitting 270,000+ concurrent on Steam and a 91 on OpenCritic. A PS5 version is still due later in 2026.
EA Sports has dated F1 25's 2026 Season Pack for June 3, adding Audi, Cadillac, and the all-new MADRING circuit alongside lighter, smaller cars built around 2026's active-aerodynamics regulations.
Forza Horizon 6 launched worldwide on May 19 across Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud, and Game Pass. Playground Games' Japan-set racer arrives with a 92 Metacritic, 100 percent OpenCritic recommend rate, and the title of 2026's best-reviewed game already secured. The PS5 version still has no firm date beyond a fall 2026 window.
Forza Horizon 6 hit a peak of 172,093 concurrent Steam players during its $120 Premium Edition advanced access, more than doubling Forza Horizon 5's all-time peak of 81,096 before the worldwide launch even arrives on May 19.
2K Games has confirmed LEGO 2K Drive will be delisted from every digital storefront on May 19, 2026 - exactly three years after launch - with multiplayer servers locked to shut down on May 31, 2027. Visual Concepts' open-world LEGO racer joins a growing list of mid-decade live-service casualties as its three-year license window expires.
Playground Games' launch trailer landed overnight, exactly one week before May 15 Premium Edition early access and 11 days before the May 19 wide launch. The 90-second cut sneaks in two easter eggs the Forza community has already pulled apart frame-by-frame: a Ken Block Gymkhana NINE drift recreation at 0:48, and an Initial D Mount Akina face-off between a white-and-black AE86 and an FD3S RX-7 at 0:58.
Racing Master hits iOS and Android globally on May 8 with 120+ licensed cars, real-world circuits, and Codemasters racing DNA after dominating Asian app stores for months.
Forza Horizon 6's pre-load is live at 134.86 GB on Xbox and 146.4 GB on PC — the largest Horizon install ever — as the game claims #1 on Steam's May wishlist with 500K pre-orders booked ahead of its May 19 launch.
NetEase and Codemasters take Racing Master global on May 8, bringing a polished free-to-play racer with licensed cars, real-world tracks, and online multiplayer.
Forza Horizon 6 launches May 19 on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and Playground Games has used the final stretch to detail Tokyo City, the Snowy Alps, the new 540-degree steering model, the Bracelet progression system, and seamless races. Here's the full breakdown of what's confirmed two weeks out.
Milestone's MotoGP 26 features rebuilt physics, dynamic Rider Ratings, and launches April 29 on all major platforms including Switch 2.