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The 'Gran Turismo' movie can't help but be cringe
Gran Turismo is a decent sports movie, but Sony's marketing machine makes it feel too much like an ad.
‘Gran Turismo’ movie trailer shows a world obsessed with racing sims
Sony’s ‘Gran Turismo’ film, highlighting the esteemed racing sim, has set a release date for August 11th and dropped a first-look trailer to prove it. It stars David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou and new-comer Archie Madekwe.
The Olympic Esports Series will feature 'Just Dance,' 'Gran Turismo' and chess
The upcoming Olympic Esports Series will feature games linked to real-world competitive events rather than the likes of 'Fortnite' and 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.'
Race against Sony's AI in 'Gran Turismo 7' for a limited time
Gamers around the world will get their shot at racing Sony AI’s GT Sophy tomorrow, when the Gran Turismo 7 racing AI arrives for a limited time on Playstation 5.
Watch Sony's CES 2023 keynote in under 9 minutes
Sony has focused its CES efforts of late on electric cars, now in partnership with Honda, and this year was more of the same.
Neill Blomkamp's Gran Turismo film certainly looks and sounds like Gran Turismo
The first Gran Turismo teaser shows off sleek cars and angles ripped straight out of the game franchise, all from the lens of District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.
Ferrari’s Vision hybrid race car arrives in ‘Gran Turismo 7’ on December 23rd
The Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo will arrive in GT7 on December 23rd.
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A Gran Turismo movie will arrive in 2023
Neill Blomkamp of 'District 9' fame is directing the film, which is based on a true story.
Sony is bringing ‘Horizon’ and ‘God of War’ TV shows to Netflix and Prime Video
A 'Gran Turismo' series is in the works too.
Sony's Sophy racing AI beats Gran Turismo's top talent
On Wednesday, Sony debuted GT Sophy, an AI racer capable of taking on — and beating — some of the world’s best Gran Turismo players.
Watch the 'Gran Turismo 7' State of Play here at 5PM ET
Expect over 30 minutes of gameplay details and PS5 footage in the showcase.
'Gran Turismo 7' is delayed to 2022
Development has slowed down due to COVID-19.
Jaguar's latest electric race car only drives in 'Gran Turismo'
Jaguar has unveiled a follow-up to its first-ever electric sports car — but just like its predecessor, it’s a virtual vehicle meant for the Gran Turismo universe.
‘Gran Turismo 7’ is coming to PlayStation 5, someday
Gran Turismo is a staple of the PlayStation lineup. During Sony’s PS5 event, the company teased racing fans with a few short clips of the game. Other clips have also featured small text saying “Captured on PS5,” though Gran Turismo 7’s did not.
Jaguar's 'first' all-electric hypercar exists only on your PS4
Jaguar has unveiled its first-ever electric hypercar. There's just one catch: for the moment, it will only exist inside of Gran Turismo Sport. The all-wheel-drive Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé draws inspiration from the company's past race vehicles, including the C-type and D-type.
Racing game fanatics win one of the world's toughest endurance races
Three years ago, Belgium's Wolfgang Reip and Germany's Florian Strauss were likely at home, speeding around famous racetracks on their PlayStations. While being down-right awesome at a popular video game was their primary goal, yesterday they achieved something incredible: winning one of the world's toughest endurance races. It's definitely a story they'll tell the grandchildren, but thanks to Sony and Nissan, it might not be the first time you hear of a gamer showing professionals how it's done.
Gran Turismo 6 gets its first original track in 1.12 update
It's been 10 months since Gran Turismo 6 first hit retail shelves, but developer Polyphony Digital is still adding new content to the PlayStation 3 racing simulation. The latest update, version 1.12, brings with it a handful of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks, but is most notable for the additional content it adds to the game. Two new vehicles highlight the update, including the Nissan GT-R NISMO and the Toyota FT1 Vision Gran Turismo (pictured above). While the latter is a fancy concept car available exclusively to Gran Turismo 6 players, the former vehicle is a bit more commonplace - assuming that's a descriptor that could ever reasonably be attached to a machine that once set the record at Germany's legendary Nürburgring racetrack for the world's fastest volume production car. Additionally, the 1.12 update adds a new track to Gran Turismo 6, the "Circuito de la Sierra." This mark's Polyphony's first attempt at crafting an original long course for Gran Turismo 6, though, according to the developers, the track draws aesthetic inspiration from the Ronda region of Southern Spain. As with all updates, everything included in the 1.12 patch is available at no charge to Gran Turismo 6 owners. Simply fire up your PlayStation 3, start the racing sim and you should be prompted to download the update, assuming your console hasn't already done so. For more information, visit the Gran Turismo website. [Image: Sony]
Nissan's 'Gran Turismo 6' concept car crosses over into reality
Nissan has just revealed that its 2020 supercar design of the GT-R created for Gran Turismo 6 has now become an actual, full-sized 2+2 car. The virtual game car was introduced last week, and the actual glass-and-steel model drew admiring gapes when it was revealed at Goodwood, England today (see the video below). That's no doubt because of the radical styling, which includes a four-wheel drive chassis, active suspension, ventilated hood and that carbon fiber front splitter. We're not sure if the real McCoy is even driveable, but you'll be able to get behind the wheel of the game car on Gran Turismo 6 sometime next month.
Want to be a race car driver? Start playing video games
The Nissan GT Academy is a racing competition that sees winning drivers transition from Gran Turismo's digital realm to an honest-to-goodness race car. Lucas Ordóñez was the very first GT Academy winner and he not only went on to race outside the virtual realm, but grabbed some podium finishes, too. Fast forward five competitions (and as many years) and Road & Track reports that four Academy grads will be racing at Le Mans for 2014, proving that this feeder route is the real deal. Nissan's own entry in the famous 24-hour event, the hybrid electric ZEOD RC, will be driven by Ordóñez and 2012 winner Wolfgang Riep with Satoshi Motoyama as the third in the team. The Lotus entry in the gruelling full-day race will see 2011's victor Jann Mardenborough -- now actually racing in GT3 -- and 2012's Mark Shulzhitskiy competing with F1 commentator and ex-driver Martin Brundle's son Alex Brundle. So next time your mom gives you grief for wasting all your time and rotting your brain playing video games, let her know you're training for your future career as a professional race car driver. [Image credit: Nissan]
