Another Strange Gran Turismo PSP Commercial
November 28th, 2009 by Jordan
Remember that heart-wrenching sacrifice of a 1988 Lamborghini Countach and 1969 Corvette Stingray in the first Japanese Gran Turismo PSP commercial? Well, the marketing team isn’t done yet -- here’s the latest clip, showing a Dodge Viper, Chrysler 300C, Mercedes SLK, and a Lotus Elise driving around in circles, in the dirt. It probably makes more sense if you can read the Japanese text at the end, but for now, I just can’t figure this one out. So…what’s going on here?
UPDATE: According to our readers who commented below, the wording at the end means: “When friends get together, it doesn’t matter where the circuit is,” so it makes more sense now. Thanks for the help, guys!
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November 28th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Is it on the GTPlanet YouTube channel? Can’t watch the embedded vidz via mobile :(
November 28th, 2009 at 1:47 am
@DaveTheStalker: Yep, it’s also available there.
November 28th, 2009 at 1:47 am
I can’t watch the embedded vids on the fking PC! LOL (2nd youtube version pls)
November 28th, 2009 at 2:46 am
@DaveTheStalker
go to vuclip.com, ya can download youtube videos for your mobile at no cost!
November 28th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I think this ad is supposed to mean “It’s better to race on ring in the game than on playground in reality” as they show some racing rings on the PSP screens and there is also written “GT > real”
November 28th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Ah, I see – multiplayer for up to 4 people?!?
Like the voice over at the end, though!
November 28th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Does anyone that speak Japanese know what that says? Other than that, weird video.
November 28th, 2009 at 6:31 am
I just know the last term from the phrase is ‘circuit’. =)
November 28th, 2009 at 6:31 am
The Japanese writing says something like:
“If you can gather your friends, anywhere is a circuit.”
November 28th, 2009 at 6:59 am
OMG..what were those..random cars just speeding for nothing??
I hope that kaz hasnt seen it..this just dont “properly” fits with his idea of GT as a car museum..
November 28th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I think it relates to being able to race anywhere, portability and all that lot!
November 28th, 2009 at 7:32 am
This made me laugh! Great advertising!
November 28th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Interesting, I think it has something to do with people in helicopters playing the game with real cars, and it tells you it’s more fun just to play GTPSP. LOL @ voiceover though :L
November 28th, 2009 at 8:10 am
It says something along the lines of “when friends gather – the circuit is everywhere”.
November 28th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Maybe the point of it is that 4 people can have a race in their back yard using PSPs?
November 28th, 2009 at 9:17 am
The text says: “When friends come together, every place is a circuit”
I guess that place is an empty lot which used to be a place where kids played about 30 years ago when there weren’t that much playgrounds.
November 28th, 2009 at 9:19 am
I can understand some Japanese…I believe it says “play with friends, it doesn’t matter what track it is.” (mind you, it is not an accurate translation.)
November 28th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I think it’s on a circle for a concept of “connected” or “connection”, I mean, all in the same cicle/round and circuit to ad. the online property of the game. Unfortunately I do not know japanese so I really don’t know what the text means
November 28th, 2009 at 9:27 am
PD must have been on a serious budget for this one.
November 28th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Very wierd!
November 28th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I’d translate that as:
“When friends get together, it doesn’t matter where the circuit is.”
Implying obviously that they’re having fun together despite it being a rubbish track. Odd sentiment when you’re trying to sell your game…
November 28th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I think that’s the most WTF 30 seconds in my life.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Probably means you can’t race anywhere on real life. Hence the reasoning of having “non-usually-dirt” type of cars, like the Viper and the Elise.
With Gran Turismo, however, you can race anywhere.
That’s my two cents!
November 28th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I think the idea here is: They´re in football field , and Instead of playing football they´re “drifting around” the field… its something like “You never have that kind o fun in a Field”.
I guess…
November 28th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I seriously don’t get it. Like the one with the corvette ZR1 on Laguna Seca is brillant, but the japanese ads are like WTF.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Can’t see the video from my PS3.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:42 am
What I said is true – When friends gather, the circuit is everywhere. Maybe my wording can be better, but that is the translation!
God I love being a student for japanese!
November 28th, 2009 at 10:50 am
BIG W…T…F…
November 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
crop circles?
November 28th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
more like dirt circles.
November 28th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Not sure if it’s posted before, but in the end it tells us to search for GT > Real, and the first result is:
http://gt-real.jp/index.html
November 28th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Really, the “gt-real” website has the cars, place and does the video. So Kaz is not implicated in this vid at all.
November 28th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Please.. Kaz, let’s see some Gran Turismo 5 footage. I hope we will see some of the game soon.. I want to see the product im gonna buy ;( Turn 10 showed a lot of their game before it came on the marked. too bad forza 3 dissapointed. (in my opinion)
November 28th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I though it’s another, “OMG rare cars crashed!” moment. Japanese are weird, but they made a lot of masterpiece that no western can do!
November 28th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Well I don’t agree with GT>real, Driving a z06 on mountain Roads is a lot better!
November 28th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Maybe the track editor allows us to create such a route as here. Or PD has no idea on advertising
November 29th, 2009 at 7:42 am
this is all a bunch of crap,we need gt5 news,pictures,videos…cmon pd make us happy,it will be a long 4 months….
November 29th, 2009 at 10:53 am
This was a great commercial, witty and memorable and clearly succeeds in promoting the game.
People, stop complaining, whining, begging, or whatever it is you “claim” you’re doing when you say “we need more [pictures, details, leaks, etc]” just enjoy the show. GT5 will be out. and it will be out in a fairly clear timeframe. this is not Duke Nukem Forever here. there are many other things you can do to fill your time until GT5 comes out. really. try going outside. If the effort of actual physical recreation is too much, try playing another GT game. whatever you do, stop your pissing and moaning, it really gets tiresome having to sift through all the fodder looking for a little bit of insight on things like the text translation. its not that your comments fall on deaf ears, its that the ears they fall on are powerless to do anything. if you really want to bug the developers and ask for details, write them a letter (not email).
November 30th, 2009 at 3:00 am
I like the clip-with the translation.
Always enjoy nice car footage like the rear camera view showing the Viper.