As you may have heard by now, Gran Turismo Sport will be fully unveiled at a massive media event taking place in London on Thursday, May 19th. The second day of the event, on May 20th, will be open to limited members of the public – and the GTPlanet community!
I am very excited to announce PlayStation and Polyphony Digital have made 50 pairs of complimentary tickets available to UK-based GTPlanet members for the hands-on event, taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Dates & Times
- Friday, May 20th, 2016
- Start Time: 14:00
- End Time: 21:00
What To Expect
- Street food served from 2pm.
- Get up close to a collection of full-size and scale models of the incredible Vision GT cars as well as some stunning race cars.
- Take a thrilling ride in a range of real sport cars.
- Be among the first in the world to play exclusive GT Sport code.
- Take part in GT Sport mini competitions.
- Ask questions about GT SPORT directly to Polyphony Digital President Kazunori Yamauchi during a special Q&A session.
- Enjoy an evening party with the Polyphony Digital team and the GT community, including GTPlanet administrators and staff.
Click here to reserve your ticket direct from GTPlanet. Tickets are free, but due to the small number available, please be considerate of your fellow Gran Turismo fans and reserve tickets only if you are absolutely sure that you can attend. All attendees must be over age 18 – please review our ticketing page for full details. Additional terms and conditions may apply.
If you are not able to secure one of our tickets, don’t worry – PlayStation UK is also making a limited number of tickets available via Eventbrite starting at 08:00 BST on May 13th.
These two days in London promise to be like no other Gran Turismo event before; I look forward to seeing many of you there!
B-Spec Bob’s Best kept secret for years…..soon we will become him…lol….better choose a suit…..rock on next Friday…
Jordan, you are such a “The Rock”! ;D
And a nice, cool, lucky guy. You’ve done so much for Gran Turismo and us fans, giving us a home here on the net to hang out in – even if it’s become a sort of Animal House over the past few years. You kept the place in order through bounty and drought, and deserve a lifetime achievement award from SONY for all your work and support for them.
I feel excited just thinking of what you are going to be experiencing next week. Lucky, lucky dawg. Be sure and document as much as you can not just with the live feed, but as many video peeks and interviews as you can manage, you and the guys. And have a total blast for everything you’ve accomplished. You deserve it. Congratulations to you and the GT Planet “family.”
That’s very kind of you to say, TenD. Thanks!
I am so excited about what’s to come I have barely been able to sleep. I have learned a lot from covering so many other GT events in the past, and I hope to use that experience to provide better coverage than ever. I hope you enjoy it.
HI Jordan, I will be attending the Friday event and It would be really nice if I can meet you during the event, you have done so much for the GT and Sim racing Community and Id like to offer my help if you need it during the Friday.
Grill Kaz about the silence!
Err… they have been working on GT Sport and didn’t want to stir up the usual poopstorm of disappointment if something crucial fell through?
Heck, ask them what this means for the development of GT7, how soon news of the proper GT title will be revealed. What GT Sport will do to further the development of GT7. What new technology will be included in GT7 (Photo Mode and Movie Maker, Race Mod, Livery Editor, Course Maker III, Event Maker, internet connections such as YouTube, GT Planet, etc)
“Take a thrilling ride in a range of real sport cars.”
Interestingly, this is included above but not included in the Eventbrite page. Not only are we going to see great Vision cars and have the chance to drive cars virtually on GT Sport, but apparently we will also get to ride in real cars too. The way this is worded, we won’t be driving (not surprised) but it still sounds good.
Can’t wait for next Friday!
Gutted gutted gutted. No tickets left. Wish I’d checked Gtplanet and seen this this morning.
Can I be at the top of any ticket returns list please.
Yea this is going to be great..this puts asseto corsa and iracing in the trash can..can’t wait..on gt6 now
I assume you mean for you personally. Those are both fairly popular games! ;D
But I very much expect GT Sport to post sales figures which any other developer would die to have for their games. Even GT6 which a number of doomsayers here had declared dead, sold around 5 million copies.
Last time I checked iRacing had 50,000 lifetime members. Very popular indeed….lol.
Nobody asked the eternal question yet?
How many delays we will see?
GT5 delays since official release date revealed: 3 days
GT6 delays since official release date revealed: 0
I dunno, you tell me.
Oh hell yes!!! :D Gonna be playing a lot more GT6 for that Gran Turismo Sport hype!
Ordered my ticket, and will be representing my channel HSG. Looking forward to seeing what PD are offering for the future.
If I had the $1000+ dollars for airfare, I’d definitely be there. CURSE YOU EXPENSIVE AIRLINE TICKETS!!!!!
For the love of god, whoever’s going please ask about GT academy
Thank you so much for organising these tickets, PD and Jordan. I’ll definitely be attending. Really looking forward to meeting you all!
Wish i could be there, sadly live in holland and have college that day :( .
Got mine, well looking forward to it
I’ve got my ticket for next week (via Eventbrite – there are still tickets left on Eventbrite by the way if they sell out here).
If you are going next week, drop me a PM… Would be good to arrange a GTPlanet meet up beforehand if we can???
Congrats! Be sure and give an EXTENSIVE report of your impressions of this event, so those of us who can’t be there can live it vicariously through you.
HI Tenacious D, I may have a Free Ticket and a mate has cancelled, are you in London?
@sirjim73 a GTPlanet meet up would be a great idea ;)
This looks awesome! Can’t wait to hear more about it!
GT Sport is actually coming out in Spring! (Well…. Sort of…. ;) )
Awesome to hear this! Congrats to all who can make it!
HI Guy’s I got my ticket for friday 20th May, I will bring my Canon DSLR does any one want to meet me prior to can try and cover the event pls PM me this is gona be great.
Someone just needs to ask if Drifting will be expanded or have better features such as ya know.. actual clipping points and more drift cars. xD Lol Doubt it’ll happen. Still its fun to dream.
I’ve got my tickets via the GTP Store, thank you PD and Jordan for providing this opportunity!
1 ticket, admit 2, in the bag!
Looking fwd to seeing what the boffins have cobbled together over the past few years.
Also I’ve not been to a game launch event before – should be cool. Wth shall I wear???!
Clothes… ;)
A tuxedo.
Birthday Suit ;) im so looking forward to it!
Lol! Jeans’n’tee it is then ?
Guys, come May 19 we may (or may not) witness a milestone in racing game history…I think this will blow away ANYTHING we’ve ever seen in the racing genre. I am expecting everything from PD.
You may be right! I’m expecting at the very least, a solid and welcome step forward for Gran Turismo.
Got mine :D
I’m sure I’ll be seeing some of you there!
First time in life i wanted i were a Englishmen
I must say I agree! Well, maybe not living there, but I wish the Concorde was still in service… And that I could afford it…. ;)
I wanted I were an Englishmen?