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Jokes were made when our inside man, amar212, first mentioned a track editor coming to GT5 more than a year ago. Today, he gets the last laugh, as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed “track creating and sharing”, “go-karting”, and a “weather system” is coming to the game in an interview posted directly on the official PlayStation UK website. Here’s the relevant portion of the article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7wpupIP5U&feature=player_embedded

After all we’ve learned over the past week, is the best still yet to come? That’s what Sony’s associate Gran Turismo 5 producer Chris Hinojosa-Miranda hinted at during this video interview with “Gamestradamus“. When asked about his “favorite feature” in the last question of the interview, Chris responds “Eh..that is undisclosed.” Chris also mentions that they’ve listened closely to the “forums and blogs” (read: us) when choosing how to implement the game’s online features and functionality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746uWpjd85w

Polyphony Digital have conveniently published their own independent and specific confirmation of the features we’ve been learning about via media outlets over the past two days, thanks to one big update to their official site. In addition to what was already discussed here and here, this is what’s new:

One of the largest and most impressive collection of GT5 screenshots we’ve seen yet.

EuroGamer was first to share new details that emerged from the private GT5 presentation Yamauchi hosted at E3 on Wednesday, and now we’ve got even more information from MotorTrend, Kotaku, IGN, and GameSpot. Now, in addition to the new details I’ve already covered, here’s what we know:

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EuroGamer has shared their detailed hands-on impressions with the latest E3 2010 GT5 demo, and it’s full of quite a few interesting and revealing tidbits of information. While I have covered the main points below, the full article contains more detail and is very well written, so head on over there for more.

Watch the first complete lap of Gran Turismo 5’s new Rome circuit, along with a quick sample of Madrid and more night-time gameplay from Toscana in this latest batch of videos from Gamersyde.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OZCwRGFUA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0fscJeyxg

Via the PlayStation EU Blog:

Just announced at Sony’s E3 2010 Press Conference! Mark your calendar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqkvh2gi5c

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The biggest game show of the year is finally upon us, and there’s a lot to suggest that Gran Turismo 5 is finally set for its big debut! Here’s a quick overview of exactly what’s going to happen over the next few days:

Take a look at the first two video clips of the Gran Turismo 5 demo running track-side at this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Thanks to our friends at French GT5rs.com for the footage!