December 23, 2022 is a very special day for the Gran Turismo franchise. Exactly 25 years ago, in 1997, the original Gran Turismo hit store shelves in Japan and changed car culture and racing games forever. The impact of the series has been felt around the world, and fans have been posting their own tributes and stories in our forums to reveal how GT has affected their lives.
The full schedule for the 2022/23 Exhibition Series of the Gran Turismo 7 Online Championship has been announced, with a handful of changes as the series previews the upcoming esports event.
The Jaguar XJ220, once the fastest production car in the world, has been spotted in some behind-the-scenes images from a recent Polyphony Digital studio tour, seemingly scanned in Gran Turismo 7-level detail.
Polyphony Digital has released a special announcement marking the 25th anniversary of the Gran Turismo series, revealing that more than 90 million copies of Gran Turismo games have made their way into players’ hands thus far.
Following a public vote conducted on the official PlayStation Blog site, Gran Turismo 7 has scooped the Best Sports Game in the 2022 Game of the Year awards.
“With endurance racing, especially prototypes, entering a new era with lots of manufacturer interest and GT3 cars coming to WEC to replace GTE it feels like the perfect time for a Le Mans theme with cars from its past, present, or even future.”
The new Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races are now available, taking players through the next week of online action and across the start of the festive period.
A new deep-dive from Suzuki into the creation of its Vision Gran Turismo has revealed that the racing car version only came into being due to a Gran Turismo World Tour finalist — who then played a key role in its development.
After more than a month of filming driving scenes, production of the Gran Turismo movie has wrapped at the Hungaroring — with Jann Mardenborough seemingly taking on a role within the film about his racing career.
The recent Gran Turismo World Final in Monaco was a chance for the attending media outlets to sit down with series creator Kazunori Yamauchi for some round-table interviews.
The official announcement for the upcoming Gran Turismo 7 1.27 update has been posted, confirming the five cars that players will be able to get to grips with from December 15.
After previously disclosing that Polyphony Digital has been considering development of Gran Turismo on PC platforms, company founder Kazunori Yamauchi has spoken more about the relative difficulties of game development on PC — and on PlayStation.