At long last, Sony PlayStation has confirmed a November 24th release date for Gran Turismo 5 in North America, Asia and Europe while our friends in Japan and Australia can pick the game up on November 25th. Considered to be one of the most anticipated driving games of all time, the franchise has tested the patience of gamers everywhere with years of teasing.
The game is a powerhouse. Some of the most tantalizing features include an online mode that will be available in the game with 16 player capability. 1,031 cars will be featured in the game; it will feature 26 different locations and 71 different tracks. An optional Stereoscopic-3D resolution will be available. Night racing will return in GT5. Go-Karting will also make its first ever appearance in the franchise. World Rally Championship, NASCAR and Super GT licenses will be featured for the first time in the Gran Turismo franchise. A damage model has been confirmed with variations of damage depending on whether the vehicle is “standard” or “premium”.
The game was first revealed at E3 2005 under the name Vision Gran Turismo. This was not GT5 as we know it today but simply Gran Turismo 4 (for the PlayStation 2) with more cars on track and PC-rendered footage. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) wouldn’t release until November 11, 2006 and with no Gran Turismo game in the console’s launch line-up. Various bits of information and news was revealed about the game from then on but it was not for another 3 years that the public got a chance to have a proper look at GT5.
At Sony’s E3 2009 Press Conference, a trailer for Gran Turismo 5 was shown, revealing the inclusion of Super GT, NASCAR and WRC but no release date was revealed. In an interview with Eurogamer, Yamauchi said that “We’ve actually reached a point where we can probably release (GT5) anytime, except that you can also keep working as long as you want to as well, it’s just a matter of timing.”
However, in an interview with Auto Express in April, 2010, Yamauchi explained that, “Deciding a release date for a game is always difficult, as it?s not something I can decide on my own. The agreement on a date comes between various parties at Sony, and it?s not necessarily a date I would be hoping for. March would’ve been too early. We could have produced the game in time to make that deadline, but the finished product wouldn?t have had everything that I wanted to include.”
Here is a really great fan-made video for Gran Turismo 5 by KopparbergDave:
After missing its initial March 2010 Japanese release date, Sony announced at E3 2010 that Gran Turismo 5 would be officially launched in around the world in early November. They infamously missed that date, but now everything is set for later this month.
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At long last, Sony PlayStation has confirmed a November 24th release date for Gran Turismo 5 in North America, Asia and Europe while our friends in Japan and Australia can pick the game up on November 25th. Considered to be one of the most anticipated driving games of all time, the franchise has tested the patience of gamers everywhere with years of teasing.
The game is a powerhouse. Some of the most tantalizing features include an online mode that will be available in the game with 16 player capability. 1,031 cars will be featured in the game; it will feature 26 different locations and 71 different tracks. An optional Stereoscopic-3D resolution will be available. Night racing will return in GT5. Go-Karting will also make its first ever appearance in the franchise. World Rally Championship, NASCAR and Super GT licenses will be featured for the first time in the Gran Turismo franchise. A damage model has been confirmed with variations of damage depending on whether the vehicle is “standard” or “premium”.
The game was first revealed at E3 2005 under the name Vision Gran Turismo. This was not GT5 as we know it today but simply Gran Turismo 4 (for the PlayStation 2) with more cars on track and PC-rendered footage. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) wouldn’t release until November 11, 2006 and with no Gran Turismo game in the console’s launch line-up. Various bits of information and news was revealed about the game from then on but it was not for another 3 years that the public got a chance to have a proper look at GT5.
At Sony’s E3 2009 Press Conference, a trailer for Gran Turismo 5 was shown, revealing the inclusion of Super GT, NASCAR and WRC but no release date was revealed. In an interview with Eurogamer, Yamauchi said that “We’ve actually reached a point where we can probably release (GT5) anytime, except that you can also keep working as long as you want to as well, it’s just a matter of timing.”
However, in an interview with Auto Express in April, 2010, Yamauchi explained that, “Deciding a release date for a game is always difficult, as it?s not something I can decide on my own. The agreement on a date comes between various parties at Sony, and it?s not necessarily a date I would be hoping for. March would’ve been too early. We could have produced the game in time to make that deadline, but the finished product wouldn?t have had everything that I wanted to include.”
Here is a really great fan-made video for Gran Turismo 5 by KopparbergDave:
After missing its initial March 2010 Japanese release date, Sony announced at E3 2010 that Gran Turismo 5 would be officially launched in around the world in early November. They infamously missed that date, but now everything is set for later this month.
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