http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5H5AGaaiio

Thanks to forum user bladecerco for capturing the first in-car gameplay footage of the Motul Nismo GT-R at CES 2010!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLtnur5F84

Yamauchi’s presence at CES 2010 provided quite a bit of media access and interviews. I’ve already covered the best ones, but there’s a few more small quotes which are also worth mentioning:

Our forum user John Parry just picked up on a small update in the US PSN Store – there’s now a free “car pack” available for Gran Turismo PSP that includes the following exotics:

As the news of GT5’s Japanese delay spreads across the web, one question persists: why? Here’s a closer look at each of the three possible reasons:

In a statement posted on Polyphony Digital’s website today, they’ve announced the Japanese release for Gran Turismo 5 has been “postponed three months”. Originally set for March, this now suggests a June release – which just happens to be the most logical time we expected the game to hit North America and Europe. In other words, it looks like Sony just might be gearing up for a simultaneous, worldwide release and marketing campaign.

The free Gran Turismo 5 demo used to host the first round of competition in GT Academy 2010 has been downloaded over 1 million times in Europe within the first three weeks of its release (that’s one download approximately every 2 seconds), according to SCEE. Here’s what Yamauchi had to say about the milestone:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEI1DrL1zg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9VOGcoH1h8