The Evolution of Gran Turismo

PlayStation LifeStyle:
"The Gran Turismo series debuted in late 1997 with the original PlayStation 1 game, Gran Turismo. The game sported an unprecedented 180 cars, 11 race tracks, and high-quality visuals. It was quickly sold out in Japan, and developer Polyphony Digital raced to produce both North American and European versions of the game. The original Gran Turismo was very well-received not only due to the quantity in the game but also due to the quality racing simulation gameplay. Eventually, Gran Turismo would become the highest-selling game ever on the PlayStation 1 platform."

[jamesrocks3147]

GT5 will totally own forza 3 just have to face it 360 fans....

1000 cars

60 tracks

GT5. Quality and Quanty

has been the same for years and for years to come

[a_squirrel]

Can't... pick... up.... jaw...

GT5 looks so real O.o

[ElementX]

GT5 has only 27 tracks

[N4G king]

@ ElementX

it got 60 up tell now
and a 20 that has yet to be unveiled

the thing is
GT got 1000 cars
while forza got 400

now that's more than a double

lol

[ElementX]

Why are you mentioning Forza? I don't own a 360

[free3sixty]

1000 cars and 60 tracks? forza got 100 tracks o_O

And lol @ 1000 cars...

also this is your LAST GT this gen so you must get 1000 cars, hahaha. I mean you already waited 2.5 years while 360 owners jumped in!

But wait until!

[Speak2theHand]

While i am looking forward to this game. I just have to reply to numbnuts up there.

@N4G king
And how many of those 1,000 cars are truly going to drive 50-100 maybe. I would much rather have more tracks than more cars. Lets be sensible at put the fanboy stuff aside a minute. Nobody can't say they would rather have more cars than more tracks.

[ElementX]

"As for tracks, GT5 will feature 20 distinct raceways, but there will be up to 60 different layouts of them."

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

So more than 20 if you count "layouts" but what are the "layouts"?

[Utalkin2me]

Well it does not have 60 distinct tracks, 20 distinct track that will split into different sections. So basically 1 track is going to count for 3 tracks in a sense.

[rockleex]

And they'll say its the cars and the unique realistic handling of each car.

People make fun of Polyphony for including different models of the same type of cars, but fans actually ask Polyphony for more!

Why? Because we want to be able to drive the exact same model of a car that we actually have in real life. We want to try and tune it up as much as we can.

We want to test out other models of the same car to see which model handles better, takes corners better, has the best top speed, etc. This is why the amount of cars matter.

In fact, a lot of my friends were still complaining about GT4, and its crazy amount of cars, for not having the exact year model of a certain car that they wanted!

Gran Turismo and its fans has always been about the little details.

If you're not into all that, then Gran Turismo isn't the series for you. Go check out Forza or Need For Speed.

[LazyDevs]

That is fine to mess around with different cars and such. But you always have a few cars that are the bread and butter that you will always use. There is not a single person that will drive even half of those cars. Having great cars and cars that handle great is a must but having alot of tracks with alot of variety is a must also. You can't tell me you wouldnt have been happier with say 40 distinct tracks instead of 20 and say 500 cars.

[rockleex]

I'm one of those fans. So I care more about the cars.

Sure, I'm not ever gonna drive all the cars they offer.

But why do you think GT has such a wide audience? Because they offer the most cars. There's cars for everyone, no matter your taste.

[Qazdaz]

I have heard a few different interpretations of what PD put up on their website. Another one I read said that there will be 80.I'd wait until we get some hard facts rather than jumping to conclusions

[Greywulf]

So with 400 including SUV's and old Pos's, i guess that means you're going to only drive 1/2 right? Whats the glaring double standard that will have Forza3 owners seemingly using all 400 vehicles again?

The track list hasn't been confirmed either, and last time I checked. F2 counted reverse-alternate routes as multiple tracks. NFS shift could have 200 tracks, it wouldn't matter because its not GT. Much like Forza could have unique 100 tracks, it would still be forza & not GT.

[phosphor112]

Anyway, here are my thoughts:

1000 cars? Awesome. I will probably only use 500 AT MOST (throughout the whole life cycle of the game) but different people prefer different cars, so the option of choosing the 500 most favorite cars will differ from person to person. I unlocked over 300 cars on GT4, and I don't even own the game, so that tells you something.

80 tracks so far is cool, I hope they announce more. There are enough WRC, Nascar, and the standard race course to be over 100 courses. *crosses fingers*.

I'm kind of sad damage isn't on all cars, nor do we have any idea how the FINISHED version of the damage will look. Hopefully it will be something worth while, even for only a fraction of the cars. Even then, damage has never been a necessity. It's only to cater to those who want it. If I wan't damage, I would like it like GTR and other PC sims. 1 bump and you are done, of course that will never happen, but oh well.

Also, only fanboys will completely deny Forza or GT over the other. Racing fans will accept both (assuming they have both consoles). That being said, I PREFER GT over Forza. GT has always had this sort of "classy" feel to it that other games simply don't give you. It's this sort of elegance and portrayal of professionalism that makes it so appealing, so far from looking at GT5: Prologue, it seems to be keeping that unique feel, and I'm looking forward to the full release.

[cranium]

If you guys would rather have thousands of tracks and only a few cars to drive, then that means that ModNation Racers will be your most anticipated racer of all time, right?

[Lifewish]

great write up PSLS.

[Sev]

Thanks!

[JOLLY1]

That was a very good write up.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

I'm going to be a BOT today and play the sales game .

ok ladies and gentlemen 4 million for prologue

How much for the Final Game in terms of sales ????

i'm thinking 10 million....my grandma is waiting for this game

[DJ]

I can't believe i used to think GT1 was graphically impressive. o_o

[creeping judas]

I loved the first and the second one. Unfortunatly I did not get to play the 3rd and 4th one.

[ColossiSlayer]

I'm 23 now and 5 GT Games (90%+ completed) later. I am still in love with GT. Polyphony has taught me so much about cars, I can't even describe. To this day I swear playing GT (well) makes me a better driver in real life. Thank You Polyphony for showing me what a Nissan Skyline Spec Nur is i(my favorite car) is. Thank You for letting me "drive" a Corvette Stingray, TVR Speed 12, & Escudo Pikes Peak. Thank You Polyphony for all the memories me & my friends have "truly" racing each other.
Good Story Sev. Thanx for showing the evolution of one of the greatest games of all time.
*Edit, back in the day you couldn't tell me GT1 wasn't real life. LOL I'm about to jump on GT5P now.*

[phosphor112]

I was 7 at the time. At first I thought it was the most boring thing I have ever played, but I realized (wow, these cars are so real) because they looked, and sounded so good compared to other games that had "humms" for the engine noises. I still love GT today and I'm looking forward to the next release.

[ElementX]

Not bad for an article.

[Rock Bottom]

What!

I thought it was bad, basicaly all that was in the article is:
GT1 came out, it was good and sold well.
Then GT2 came out, it was good and sold well.
Then GT3 came out, it was good and sold well.
...

He barely got into details.

[ElementX]

I've been such a negative nelly that I wanted to say something positive about PSLS. I didn't know about the Gran Turismo series, I've never played racing games (except occasionally in an arcade)

[JonnyBigBoss]

I structured the article around the collage image I made. I decided to write-up a short summary of each game and the series evolution, but please have a look on the evolution image itself on page 2.

[DJ]

You should check out Page 2. There's more writing, and a really cool collage of images showing the visual progression of the series.

[Rock Bottom]

The images comparison were the high point of the article, but you forgot to mention a lot of things, for example, the addition of B-Spec mode in GT4, which I think played a big role in GT4, especially during endurance races, it was definitely a big step in the series evolution.

I'm not hating or anything, little bit of criticism is never a bad thing, keep up the good work.

[Arsenal4Ever]

erm I believe GT4 sold between 8-10 million units?

[Rock Bottom]

yea, that's what I thought too.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Over 8 million shipped, but just under 4 million sold (unconfirmed, but I have more than 3 sources).

[Perkel]

what ? it's almost 10 milions, Do you think that on shelves there are 5 milion of gt4 coppies ?

here official from polyphony site (in mln.):

GRAN TURISMO 4 (Europe) 6,360 2005/03/09
GRAN TURISMO 4 (North America) 2,970 2005/02/22
GRAN TURISMO 4 (Asia) 170 2004/12/28
2005/03/10**
GRAN TURISMO 4 (Japan) 1,260 2004/12/28

[Gamingisfornerds]

Evolution is introducing premium cars, which effectively means all other cars are 'crippled' and don't offer damage and a c0ckpit view? Apperently there are just under 200 cars that are premium. How sad is that?

Seriously, the game looks awesome but that premium bullsh*t is just that...bullsh*t.

Edit: Lol @ the censoring of the word c0ckpit!

[Perkel]

wait for full version to see that. You don't know anything about gt5 beyond demo from gc and few words from Y.

[Gamingisfornerds]

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen any official word on this but just from the forums, and it seems it's a little misunderstood. I looked up the original article and it says:

"170 Premium new models (full interior modeling, the interior corresponds to vehicle damage)"

I.E: There's a c0ckpitview in every model, but the premium c0ckpitviews reflect damage within the c0ckpit. Something like that anyway. I'll wait for an official statement on that though.

[free3sixty]

lol never because GT5P looked and played like crap and PD showed the world now that their damage design is the next crap ppl wont buy it..

like all SOny exclusives..

I see Gt5 bundle in its 1st week (LOL) and a 50% price cut after 2 months.

buaahaah

[Total_Retard]

without damage and that crap gameplay.. that called sim.. sry its not like need for speed or midnight club....

if you want a sim get gt if you want a wanna be sim get flopza 3

[Utalkin2me]

Your name serves you well my son.

[The_Beast]

know gt is better then flopza

[free3sixty]

jop.. while forza hat in EVERY car a detailed c0ckpit view...

But its not PDs fault.. its SOny who said them that they need VERY VERY MUCH on the PAPER to look best, lol.

I mean PS3 2 times faster as 360?.. hum.. cant see anything of that.. but SOnys knows that their fanboys ONLY care about how much on the PAPER is.

[Speak2theHand]

WTF DOOD!!! If you can not type better than that, then stay off the keyboard. I believe he went into convulsions and his head was banging the keyboard hit random keys.

[free3sixty]

i live in germany i played both at the gamescon.. and in terms of gameplay GT5 has no chance against Forza3.
Also Forza3 has a detailed c0ckpit view IN EVERY car.. while GT5 dont.

I must admit that the cars in GT5 look beautiful but the tracks and the incredible 3D environments in Forza3 look way better

GT sold over 50 million, lol! The 4th sold crappy 3.5 Million @ 120 Million sold.

EDIT: LOL "that crap gameplay.. that called sim"
"if you want a sim get gt"

you are really a total retard, hahahaha.. you just owned yourself!

[OmarJA]

Moron...

[Gue1]

I think you meant the other way around, that's why you're being called a moron, moron. =/

GT has c0ckpit view in all cars and everything was modeled from their real counterparts since GT5:prologue, that just shows that you're just another liar like Mart. But I understand, when you can't make something look bad you just need to make up lies then.

BTW the playable demo of GT5 only had one playable car so, this it's information tha it's impossible for you to know anyway.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

GT5 has highly detailed c0ckpit views in all 1000 cars in the game you dumb retard.

Germany this and Germany that just shut up please for the love of the human race SHUT UP!!.

And GT4 sold 3.4 million and so your point is???? At the time Sony had an enormous library of games with so much veraity so obviously it'll sell less with tons of games in the market, 3.4 million back then was a really really high sales number for a game.

Why don't you use you peanut sized brain to understand facts you dumbass

You owned yourself idiot.

[Speak2theHand]

It is ok for ninjamonkey to say douches but when someone else says it they get post deleted how odd is that.