Gran Turismo (1999)
The first time I ever played Gran Turismo I remember thinking, “Wow, video games will never look better than this.” I was a dumb kid and I was wrong. But I still stand by the belief that Gran Turismo, the first entry in Sony’s long-running racing sim series, looks good. It might not look realistic, but GT’s polygonal cars and wobbly roads still get the job done and remind me of a time when racing games weren’t live-service monsters. Plus, Gran Turismo’s chill jazz vibes make it easy to just relax and sink a few hours into racing around its various tracks in cool cars. A classic PlayStation game that proved the console was a real rival to Sega and Nintendo’s offerings. — Zack Zwiezen
