1969 Chevrolet Camaro Wins at the 2010 GT Awards
The 8th annual GT Awards were held in Las Vegas last night, and Kazunori Yamauchi gave top honors to Mark Stielow for his custom 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. Check out the complete press release and the first pictures from the event below. Expect a lot more media, video, and interviews to start popping up from SEMA in the next few days.
While there’s still no word from the event regarding an official release date, you’ll notice the press release does reiterate that Gran Turismo 5 will be out “this year”. I’ll let you know as soon as we learn more…
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) hosted its eighth annual Gran Turismo® Awards at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show last night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, celebrating automotive design excellence and showcasing the latest franchise offering, Gran Turismo 5™. Each year, the Gran Turismo Awards offer SEMA show exhibitors the opportunity to join the ranks of the famed Gran Turismo® racing franchise – one of the top-selling video game franchises of all time with more than 56 million units shipped worldwide – with a feature spot in a future Gran Turismo title. After reviewing more than 100 entries, the judging panel and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi himself, crowned Best Hot Rod winner,Mark Stielow for his 1969 Chevy Camaro as the 2010 “Best in Show.”
“For the past eight years, the Gran Turismo Awards has recognized and rewarded automotive enthusiasts who demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for car customization, design and performance,” said Kazunori Yamauchi, famed creator of the Gran Turismo franchise and President of Polyphony Digital. ”The Gran Turismo franchise is committed to providing gaming fans and car aficionados with a realistic racing simulator that embodies racing nirvana, so we are always on the hunt for the next hot ride. We continue to be blown away by the quality of the vehicles that are submitted to the Gran Turismo Awards each year and are excited to add the 1969 Chevy Camaro to our list of distinguished winners and to the Gran Turismo franchise.”
Additional prizes were awarded to:
- “Best Truck/SUV” – Nick Moncure, 2007 Chevy Colorado
- “Best Domestic Car” – Gary Mulder, 2011 Chevy Camaro SSX Concept and Tommy Z, 2010 Chevy Camaro Super Sport
- “Best Asian Import” – Jamarii Whiteside, 2006 Subaru WRX STI and Stef Papadakis, 1986 Toyota Corolla
- “Best European Import” – Marcel Horn, 2010 HPA Scirocco
- “Best Hot Rod” – Mark Stielow, 1969 Chevy Camaro
The 12-year old Gran Turismo franchise is recognized as the world’s best and most authentic driving simulator. Gran Turismo 5, releasing exclusively on the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system this year and now for the first time in stereoscopic 3-D, offersmore than 1,000 licensed cars from the world’s top manufacturers and racing organizations such as NASCAR and more than 20 tracks with 70 variations, including famous world circuits, city courses, and other environments. Additionally, players have the ability to custom create their own racing course and participate in a robust online system. Players can race online with up to 16 players through PlayStation®Network and transfer vehicles unlocked in Gran Turismo® for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)into their garage in Gran Turismo 5. Featuring exciting gameplay to suit newcomers, automotive enthusiasts, and seasoned fans, Gran Turismo 5 truly raises the bar on delivering an ultra-realistic driving experience with unparalleled visuals and lifelike graphics that are difficult to distinguish from a live race. Some new key features include a completely new physics engine improving steering feel and dynamics during turns and drifts, a deep track editor function, vehicle damage, an online mode and more.
About Judging for the Gran Turismo Awards
Prior to SEMA 2010, all exhibitors were invited to enter their vehicles into the Gran Turismo Awards, which honor five different categories comprised of: “Best Domestic Automobile,” “Best European Import,” “Best Hot Rod,” “Best Asian Import,” and “Best Truck/SUV.” Judges consisted of various respected automotive journalists representing media outlets such as Super Street Magazine, Import Tuner and eurotuner with judging for each category based on a balance between performance, style, and speed. Yamauchi then bestows the “Best in Show” award honor to one of these five category winners.
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November 6th, 2010 at 7:54 pm - #jakeBG19
it would seem so
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November 6th, 2010 at 5:29 pm - #fredyellowone
Jordan, where are you?
No update yet?
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November 6th, 2010 at 2:07 pm - #BWX
Yup- my gut feeling is that welcome announcements are coming soon.
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November 6th, 2010 at 3:25 pm - #jakeBG19
my gut feeling is that whatever it is,we will end up waiting until Monday for it lol
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November 6th, 2010 at 12:55 pm - #fredyellowone
Seems Jordan knows something that we don’t.
I’m exited!!!!
I’m sure he is about to announce something!
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November 6th, 2010 at 12:33 pm - #Persojet
Spoke with sony’s rep today @ Digiexpo ’10 (in Finland). He said that GT5 will be out before christmas. So good news to every one :D
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November 6th, 2010 at 1:02 pm - #VYPA-SQUAD_Ace
Joey Logano, a NASCAR driver who is racing with the Gran Turismo 5 race car today, slipped up and said that he can’t want to play the game ‘later this month’. The article was written yesterday, but since ‘been reworded’.
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November 6th, 2010 at 3:27 pm - #Red_9
that’s because the comment was made before Logano was aware of the delay. The game is still delayed.
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November 6th, 2010 at 6:44 pm - #VYPA-SQUAD_Ace
The first part of his statement was saying that he was racing the GT5 NASCAR this Saturday, which is today. I have what was posted at first until it was changed.
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November 6th, 2010 at 11:46 am - #BWX
The disc was real. Why else would image be removed?
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November 6th, 2010 at 12:39 pm - #jakebg18
thats what i was wondering
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November 6th, 2010 at 4:34 pm - #lol
I wouldn’t be surprised if PD/Sony asked the image be removed just because has a fake it would be unauthorized use of multiple protected trademarks for devious purposes.
That said, I don,t know if it’s real or not, but I still lean towards fake.
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November 6th, 2010 at 4:56 am - #b1gf3ar
Nice!!!
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:15 pm - #Circuit*star
NEW NEWS: PHOTO OF GT5 Disc.http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/Gran-Turismo-Series/photo-of-GT5-disc/td-p/46368074
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:25 pm - #jakeBG19
its on here now
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:37 pm - #Get A Life
GT4, damn I must be living under a rock, when did that come out? Ohh maybe I just do not know how to count. You are all a bunch of loosers hahahaha. All of you sound really tough online hahahaha.
For the people bringing the news to this site. Please keep up the great work. I appreciate being able to get all the info I need. This “release date” addicts just have nothing to do.
It is funny how many people I made mad by calling them loosers gotta love the internet. And if you are going to complaint about me typing this and say I have no life, maybe you should learn how to type so you can type tings this long in 2 to 3 minutes without having to worry about it. Haha, I crack myself up. This is starting to look like the COD crowd.
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:50 pm - #jakeBG19
…..it took you 2-3 minutes to type THAT?
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:09 pm - #NASCARFAN160
@jake I know right…
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:11 pm - #Liam
Your not the first person to have a life you know? It’s like your obssessed with it. Oh and you should really take longer to review your comments…it might be the internet but still. Like when did anyone get mad at you calling them a loser? When did someone say you have ‘no life by typing this’? And most people who play COD are illeterate kids who scream into their mic, so how is this starting to look like the COD crowd if we all supposively “worry” about what we write. You don’t make much sense.
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:29 pm - #TheNewsHunter
BRAKING NEWS:
SONY has announced that a release date for the release date of Gran Turismo 5 will most likely come “very soon” according to Kazunori Yamauchi.
Stay tuned for more!
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November 5th, 2010 at 1:36 pm - #Git a life
The real yank Tank gas guzzler simulator lol
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:27 pm - #DarthTurismo
hahaha i haven’t heard that for a while… “yank tank” lol… love it :-) and also love that every country has it’s automotive history/influences… bring on the yank tanks I say…. they are challenging and fun to drive in GT :-)
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November 5th, 2010 at 11:46 am - #fashizzle
Tommi Mäkinen playing GT5! :D
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November 5th, 2010 at 11:04 am - #haha
If YOU have a real life,you wouldnt write whole this!so stop judging others D**khead! and go dance salsa!
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November 5th, 2010 at 10:06 am - #GTALife(getalife)
OK, so, wait a hot minute. So why do you people act as if a release date is going to make the game come out any sooner? Stop acting like morons and mature a bit. If it infuriates you that much that there is no release date yet, then go and get an xbox and play forza instead. Other wise JUST SHUT UP really. Its is very annoying to see people crying about the release date, and insulting the people that are doing a great job for bringing news to the site. I like to see that GT is involved with things other than release dates. Sony and PD will release the game when they think it is appropriate and they have far more important issues than to worry about 10% of the prospect buyers of the game, who can not stop crying for a release date. I quite frankly do not care when it comes out. If they push it to next year’s, WHO CARES, I have a life to live and it is obviously not GT5 release date. And I am sure that If i throw a drama act and sell my PS3 and swear to not buy GT5 again, let me see $100.00 for the collectors edition that I would not buy compared to the BILLIONS on profit they will make out of the other people? Yeah that’s right, If I do not buy the game, they will not even notice I did not. So stop crying, be mature, and just do something with your life in the mean time. If you want a release date here is one
GT5 release date, December 9, 2014 Ohh look is also a Tuesday and right before the holidays Great Time.
Now, I am going to go and do something with my life. Let see a night of salsa tonight, then tomorrow I am smoking some cheese for a BBq at a friend’s house, then sunday I am tiling my bathroom floor and painting my newly design entertainment room. Yeah, even if GT5 come out today, I will not be playing it.
Do not get me wrong this is the only game that I have been wanting since GT3 came out, and trust me, I am happy it is being printed and I will get it when it comes out, but this nonsense of constant release date asking and crying is pissing me off.
Good day GTers and hope to see you in the track some day.
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November 5th, 2010 at 12:34 pm - #Liam
Wow yeah you have such a life. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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November 5th, 2010 at 1:34 pm - #Git a life
Yeah, that dude sucks.
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:07 pm - #Yaycandy69
wait why would you wait for gt5 since gt3 came out….. pretty sure the number 4 comes after 3 in most countries. wonder when gt5 is coming out? yeah go cry now cuz i asked it
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:24 pm - #DarthTurismo
Maybe that is (getalife’s) ambiguous way of saying that they thought GT4 (sucked!) lol…. which of course is insane… the only thing i missed from GT3 compared to GT4 was a few of the tracks that didn’t find their way into GT4…
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November 5th, 2010 at 5:02 pm - #Lyvan
You are right, and I understand your example of asian honor (I lived in South Korea for almost a year), but I think that when you are alone in the top of racing simulation, you can afford to do what KY does…maybe if there were available about 3 or 4 titles that actually offer the same experience as Gran Turismo, they wouldn´t take that long.
Bottomline: there is nothing we can do…I prefer 1M times a delayed game, than a buggy game released on time.
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November 5th, 2010 at 5:10 pm - #F.G.
Mate, I applaud you. One of the few people here that seem to understand how utterly pathetic it is to constantly bitch about the release.
Well done.
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:50 pm - #Gamer GT5
Honestly the people who pre-ordered the game have a right to be a little disappointed. I really hate to say that but it’s true. Over half of the people who already put their money on this title were expecting the game to come out on November 2nd because that’s what’s been said. But if they have to delay the game there’s nothing you guys can’t do at this point. I’m guessing the reason why they’re not giving us a release date because of the new Call of Duty game coming out really soon that can give Sony/PD to give Trearch some space for their release party.
If anybody was buying an brand new 2011 car and the car was available next month but then the car company told you “sorry the car’s delivery been delayed for another 3 months” for any reason over half of you guys would be pissed because you already put so much money in it.
GTALife(getalife) If you could wait till 2014 just get GT6 instead of GT5 and stop wasting your time commenting.
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November 5th, 2010 at 9:30 am - #Paulo
I pray someone enters an E30 or E39 and wins next time =)
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November 5th, 2010 at 7:49 am - #ken_b
Oh the contrary senor GT5Ultimate, we are far from ungrateful. The talent at PD would definitely be bought a round of beers, and more!! I appreciate perfection, and this sim is going to be beyond our expectations. Only disappointment brings out the negativity. Thank God this forum is so accepting to the whiner :-)…,which I’ve been, at first. Nonetheless, Happy Friday ya’ll…I’ve stopped playing GT5P for the last few weeks, call it a protest or just need the new! Most likely the later.
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November 5th, 2010 at 7:14 am - #Rios
At the rate their going, if what they said is true about it coming out this year, the game is going to end up releasing just days after the announcement. Your running out of days Sony.
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November 5th, 2010 at 7:00 am - #GT5Ultimate
We’re probably the reason GT5 is delayed again. Kaz wants to perfect the game and he has yet people keep asking for more and more time and time again. It sucks how much pressure he goes through trying to satisfy people yet we’re ungrateful.
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November 5th, 2010 at 11:24 am - #Bernd
The only thing I’m ungrateful for are the tinted windows on standard-cars and some cars being standard which I’d have wanted coming as premium, like the Countach, most to pity :-(
Anything else is fine for me :-)
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:32 am - #Walking Dead
(Corrected my Typos, sorry)
For all those bitching about the game being delayed for technical development (Not for Sony 3D stradegy), i would like to ask how many of you are in 3D animation and programming for games?
Guys, you have no idea the amount of work that goes into it, and too make something look that damn good, I feel they’ve done pretty well for 5 years developement.
Please, try to model a car to that quality and then rig it. :p
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November 5th, 2010 at 11:59 am - #Brandon
You’ve still got typos :)
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:36 pm - #viejaloca
Well, in my opinion, they SHOULDN’t have put all that crap in there that no one wants in ther first place! I think I speak for MANY people when I say “I would’ve rathered that they have cockpit views or damage on all cars over the 3d, head tracking, PS move compatability, all that merchandise sh** in there and crazy ass graphics tat we won’t even be able to notice untill the next gen HD TV and console and focus on more important aspects of the game. Honestly, who really is going to buy that for GT? But whatever (had to get it off my chest) too late now. Good job PD and Sony for the standard vs. premium making the game look incomplete. “yeah we have 1000 cars, but only 20% are actualy completed! as for the other ones…well we have PS Dildoes you can wave around and glasses that will cause headaches with the slight chance of making you look like a dork PLUS trying to pose other games with a no good track editor! But hey, we’re the best,we can delay it and not give a care on our fans because we have sooo many!!!”
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November 5th, 2010 at 6:30 am - #Walking Dead
For all those bitching about the game being delayed for technical development (Not for Sony 3D stradegy), i would like to ask how many of you are in 3D animation and programming for game?
Guys, you have no idea the amount of work into, and too make something look that damn good, and I know they’ve done in 5 years.
Please, try to model a car to that quality and then rig it. :p
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