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Yes, Gran Turismo Creator Can Actually Drive

Nice to see that Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi isn't pussy footing around. Dude is clearly able to drive. Fast. Here he takes to the wheel of the new Nissan GT-R and pushes it upwards of 190 mph. This is exactly the person you want making your realistic racing simulators.

Gran Turismo Creator [Auoblog]


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Gran Turismo Trying To Catch Hollywood

Hollywood still has the edge. As pretty as those Gran Turismo games are (and they're pretty pretty), they're not as nice looking as CG in movies. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi is rarin' to change that. He's already thinking of stuff that's not even possible on the PS3. Says Yamauchi:

Real-time computer graphics are about 10 years behind non-real-time computer graphics like you see in movies. I think that gap is what we'll be trying to fill in the years to come.

Well, it was only what, ten years ago that the first GT game went on sale, and Yamauchi is just starting to add car damage? So yeah, that decade gap seems about right. Can't wait to see what he'll add in the next ten years.
Yamauchi Interview [videogamer.com] [Pic]

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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue May Get Downloadable Damage As Early As Fall

The gang at Polyphony Digital has been talking up—and failing to deliver—car damage in Gran Turismo for what seems like forever. We know it's coming someday, it's just that Kazunori Yamauchi told us it was coming with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue when we talked to him at Games Convention. Didn't happen, though.

According to an interview with IGN, it may still be en route, via a software update. And it may be coming as soon as this fall. We will, of course, believe it when we see it.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue gets Smashed [IGN]


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Sony Announces Winners of Gran Turismo Awards

The godly hand of Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi has once again touched mere mortals in PlayStation's fifth annual Gran Turismo Awards at the 2007 SEMA. "Best In Show" went to the badass 2007 Audi TT, which will be featured in the upcoming Gran Turismo Prologue. Winning designer Marcel Horn walks away with a sweet custom-lasered PS3...and eternal pride.

"Best European Import" - Marcel Horn; 2007 Audi TT
"Best Domestic Automobile" - Gary Cheney; 2007 Factory Five GTM
"Best Hot Rod" - Jim and Mike Ring; 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback
"Best Japanese Import" - Michael Chung; 2007 Nissan 350Z
"Best Truck / SUV" - Mike DeFord; 2007 Dodge Ram
While Horn was checking out the new PS3, a couple of Polyphony guys hopped in his Audi and were never seen again.

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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue To Feature Car Damage, Improved AI, Better Physics

We just had a chance to sit down with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi to not only watch the Polyphony Digital president play some expert-level Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, but catch up on how the teaser version of Gran Turismo 5 will play. The early taste of the first proper PLAYSTATION 3 release will feature a number of firsts, including online play, damage effects for cars, and fully modeled interiors. More »

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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Details Peel Out

Polyphony Digital's main man Kazunori Yamauchi dished plenty of details about Gran Turismo 5 Prologue recently, telling Famitsu about the networking features the driving sim is expected to ship with this fall. For the early look at the real Gran Turismo 5, Yamauchi is planning for 40 cars, 4 tracks, 12-player online races, friends list support and an online mode with chat. More »