Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 (commonly abbreviated as GT5) is the fifth edition of the Gran Turismo series. It is currently being developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It expands on the Prologue version and will be the first of the main numbered series to feature on the PlayStation 3. For the first time in the main number series, an online mode with 16 player will be available in the game.
History
The game was first revealed at E3 2006 along with the final design of the PlayStation 3. Its name at the time was Vision Gran Turismo. When the PlayStation 3 was released, what was going to be GT5 turned into Gran Turismo HD that was released as a demo at the time. Later, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue was released and GT5 was pushed back to a later release date. In an April 2008 interview, Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that 150 people had worked on Gran Turismo 5 for four years, with all of Polyphony Digital's 120 employees working on GT5, and the game costing 50 times more to develop than 1997's Gran Turismo.
Cars
Gran Turismo 5 will feature hundreds of cars from many different manufacturers; carrying on the trend from other Gran Turismo games in the past. The official list of cars still remains unconfirmed by Polyphony Digital. For the first time in the main numbered series, Ferrari cars will be featured in the game.[3]
Tracks
The full track list is at yet unknown, however it has been confirmed to include the Test Track from the BBC motoring show Top Gear, along with Suzuka Circuit, Fuji Speedway, Eiger Nordwand, London City, and Daytona International Speedway.
Release
In a July 2008 interview with IGN, Yamauchi mentioned that at the moment, Polyphony Digital is focused on updates for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and that Gran Turismo 5 may not be released until 2010.
On November 30, 2008. Sony’s chief executive in Southern Europe, James Armstrong, revealed in a statement to a Spanish newspaper that GT5 is expected to be released around Christmas 2009. SCEE UK later stated they could not confirm a launch date.
At the Game Developers Conference in 2009, SCEA Hardware Marketing Director John Koller was quoted as saying that Sony were looking at a Gran Turismo 5 release across "all platforms",[6] leading to speculation that the game could also be ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, or even a PC release, which Polyphony Digital President Kazunori Yamauchi has alluded to in the past.
