Gran Turismo Series

You can hardly have missed the news that Sony Pictures was producing a feature film based on the Gran Turismo franchise: we’ve been covering it here on GTPlanet from when it was first floated back in 2013.

The main contents for the next update for Gran Turismo 7, 1.36, have been officially revealed, confirming what we suspected following Kazunori Yamauchi’s silhouette post last weekend.

With the Gran Turismo movie coming to cinema screens soon (although not quite as soon as it was), the film’s music composer Lorne Balfe has revealed the first track on the official soundtrack ahead of its launch on August 11.

A special promotion will run alongside this month’s Gran Turismo World Series Showdown, offering players the chance to win in-game prizes for watching along with the live streams or guessing the winning teams.

Three new Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races await for players this week, bringing along two of the game’s most famous mountains and a circuit notable for almost no elevation change at all.

Gran Turismo 7’s next update is coming on Monday August 7, as confirmed today in an unusually timed Tweet by series creator Kazunori Yamauchi.

With just two weeks to go until its original premiere date, the Gran Turismo film has been delayed by Sony Pictures as one of many titles the studio is shuffling due to widespread industry strikes.

A video published recently by SideFX, the developer behind 3D animation software Houdini, has revealed some of the inner workings of Polyphony Digital and how the team uses procedural generation.

A new “behind the scenes” video from Sony Cine, Sony’s cinematographer community portal, has shown some of the techniques and technology that’s allowed the Gran Turismo movie to be made.

Moviegoers at the Regal Cinemas chain in the USA were treated to a surprise screening of Gran Turismo on Monday night, and it appears they’ve come away with almost uniform praise for the film.

Key members of the Gran Turismo cast as well as director Neill Blomkamp have been speaking to online movie ticket outlet Fandango about the upcoming movie, revealing some more details about how it was made.

The latest set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, with a little shake-up to the usual order of things and starring three circuits located in the USA.

Gran Turismo fans have an opportunity to score a trip of a lifetime courtesy of Sony Pictures, Michelin, and IMSA with a special sweepstakes contest on the Michelin USA website.

Sony Pictures has published a second trailer for the Gran Turismo feature film which reveals more new scenes, dialogue, and footage from the upcoming movie based on the true story of GT Academy champion Jann Mardenborough.

Jann Mardenborough, the GT Academy-winning racing driver on whose life the Gran Turismo movie is based, has revealed that his original, home-made driving rig features in the film.

Update (18/07): The format for Race C has changed from 12 laps to six laps, and we’ve amended the article to reflect this.

Gran Turismo 7 players will be able to get behind the wheel of the Toyota GR Corolla, in Morizo Edition form, starting from August 7, ahead of the car’s appearance in the final round of the 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup.

Film industry guests invited to a special, advanced screening of the upcoming Gran Turismo movie have been full of praise for the Neill Blomkamp-directed feature, highlighting it as an enjoyable flick that defies the usual game-to-movie expectations.

Update (12/07): Angel has posted on Instagram and Twitter to confirm that – most importantly – he is okay, but facing more surgery for an ankle fracture after being knocked off his motorbike outside his home.

The latest selection of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, running across the next week and featuring tracks with long main straights.