Polyphony Digital's latest iteration of the Gran
Turismo driving simulator made an appearance at this week's E3 2017 in Los Angeles, and was playable...
Little surprise to see the highly anticipated sequel to the Gran
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Looks like Polyphony Digital's reported 2,000 - day production cycle paid off, as the latest in the Gran
Turismo driving simulation franchise has made some serious numbers.
Developed by ex-Team Andromeda staff at Polyphony Digital, the developer behind the Gran
Turismo driving games, Omega Boost did space based mecha combat brilliantly.
This 2 + 2 sports car was released to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gran
Turismo driving franchise and is said to explore radical new aerodynamics which could shape Nissan sports cars.
The M Coupe Or «Bread Van» Was An Up To Date Rendition Of The Grand
Turismo Driving Tradition, With Every Line, Every Angle Of The Cars Tautly Stretched Body, Showcasing The Desire To Design The Most Pure Of Sport Cars For The True Enthusiast.
We may know more about the new GT on April 9th with the makers of the Gran
Turismo driving game having already teased a new Audi Sport e-tron car that's set to appear in the game.
Make no mistake, the Panamera 4 Sport
Turismo drives like a sports car, albeit one that's been softened up a smidge for family duty.
and the City of Bathurst unveiled Gran
Turismo Drive at Australia's home of motorsport, Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit with the help of racing veteran and gamer, Shane Jacobson.
Pikes Peak isn't the first motorsports venue to form a partnership with the Gran Turismo series: last year, the Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuir also joined forces with the Playstation - exclusive franchise, culminating in a street near the circuit being renamed as «Gran
Turismo Drive».
Not exact matches
So what I did was I recruited 28 test subjects and had them complete three laps on the game Gran
Turismo 3 for PlayStation 2; and they had a steering wheel, an acceleration [and] brake pad to simulate a real
driving experience, and I counted the number of crashes they made during each lap, which was the number of times they hit the wall and also the number of times that they deviated from the course.
It's beside the point that Need For Speed doesn't compare with big - time simulation racers like Forza or Gran
Turismo; instead of chasing half - second improvements based on real - world tracks, Need For Speed celebrates
driving like a maniac in a big world with no reality to concern yourself with.
Developers are intended to have a game that is not only realistic in terms of a
driving simulation video game but will hold a differentiate between video games like Gran
Turismo and Forza Motorsport.
This is not a «Gran
Turismo 2» simulation - type of
driving game, but it sure plays like one on TV (when hooked to a PSX of course).
I can not say that I have ever played a
driving game that has challenged me and given me more feelings of reward for my hard - earned efforts than «Gran
Turismo 3: A-Spec.»
Steering different from video games series like Gran
Turismo and Forza Motorsport, Slightly Mad Studios has stated that Project Car will be far more realistic to
driving.
This is not «serious» in the same way Forza Motorsport, Gran
Turismo and
Drive Club are: it feels more like an arcade racer than those.
Forza Motorsport was the first
driving simulator to provide any kind of challenge to Gran
Turismo's dominance, but it ultimately fell a little short of the mark.
Playstation already has gran
turismo,
drive club, and now project cars.
We interview Kazunori Yamauchi, Creator of Gran
Turismo, about his next
driving simulator GT Sport, and how it stays true to the series.
Gran
Turismo is good but tooooo technical and no visual upgrades such as body kits and paint jobs, Forza gets it right about 90 % due to lots of customization easy to
drive, better with a wheel!
«And who other than Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, would be more inclined to
drive a car like the Mercedes - Benz AMG Vision Gran
Turismo?»
Yep, a Mercedes - Benz AMG Vision Gran
Turismo, but the billionaire playboy also
drives a new Batmobile in the upcoming «Justice League» superhero flick that opens next month.
Typical of a pricey luxury car, mechanical configurations are numerous: Porsche offers three engines, three suspensions and rear - or all - wheel
drive for 2017, and there are two plug - in hybrids and a Panamera Sport Turismo wagon coming for 2018 (see our First Drive h
drive for 2017, and there are two plug - in hybrids and a Panamera Sport
Turismo wagon coming for 2018 (see our First
Drive h
Drive here).
For what it's worth, we thought this sensation was worse in the 550i Gran
Turismo we tested, but it's still a problem here — and it's not what we'd expect from a company that once touted «The Ultimate
Driving Machine» (recently overshadowed by the ill - advised «Joy» advertising campaign).
One of the coolest things about Gran
Turismo is that you can
drive one - off concept cars that, in many cases, weren't even drivable in real life.
Gamers can already
drive the Veyron in titles like Forza Horizon 2 and Gran
Turismo 6, now soon the firm has previewed its latest design language in the Gran
Turismo series with a Vision Gran
Turismo concept.
This could spawn a Gran
Turismo hatchback variant like the larger 3 Series and 5 Series, which would be available with either front - or all - wheel -
drive.
Actually I have
driven this car a thousand times, but only in the virtual sense, courtesy of the PlayStation phenomenon that is Gran
Turismo.
We fed all this data into the game and I
drove it exactly the same in Gran
Turismo.
In fact, the GT - R
drives just like you'd expect it to after playing Gran
Turismo.
Imagine if the very first BMW you ever
drove was the 5 Series Gran
Turismo, the sedan with more bass in the trunk than even Chris Bangle could have stomached.
It's called the Mitsubishi Concept XR - PHEV Evolution Vision Gran
Turismo, and it's a high - performance, four - wheel -
drive plug - in hybrid with aggressive, rally - car looks.
This plug - in Sport
Turismo will crack the 60mph sprint benchmark in 4.4 seconds and top 171mph, while also offering an electric
driving range of up to 32 miles.
The Bugatti Vision Gran
Turismo car is said to be less fanciful than some of the other digital creations in the Gran
Turismo series — we're looking at you, 2,590 - hp SRT Tomahawk — and to reflect a vehicle that could actually be
driven on a real race track.
Initially only available with Porsche's four - wheel
drive system, the Sport
Turismo line - up is expected to expand to include an entry level rear - wheel
drive V6 turbocharged model, with a more focused GTS and the monstrous Turbo S E-Hybrid also expected to follow.
More entertaining and practical (it seats five, after all) than a Porsche Panamera (although not a Sport
Turismo on the latter point), an S63 AMG may well pulverise the big Jag in a straight line, but you'd not choose to actually
drive one for fun like you might this car.
We were happy to
drive this great E-Hybrid Sport
Turismo and experience what some lucky buyers will regard as everyday practical transportation with a huge wallop of capability standing in reserve.
Mitsubishi has unveiled its contribution to the latest list of Gran
Turismo exclusive concepts, a four - wheel
drive plug - in hybrid sports car called the XR - PHEV Evolution Vision Gran
Turismo.
A game - changer, the Mission E Cross
Turismo aims to provide sporty performance and style while utilizing compact electric motors, an underbody battery, and no exhaust system, combustion engine, or transmission tunnel for a purely electric
driving experience.
When it was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1975, the Gran
Turismo Injected, or GTI, version of the Volkswagen Golf drew immediate attention from sports
driving enthusiasts and an automotive press still singing the praises of the standard model released a year prior.
Speaking of ride comfort, all suspension systems available on other 6 Series Gran
Turismo models are also offered as options for the 620d GT, including the Adaptive Two - Axle Air Suspension, Integral Active Steering, and the Executive
Drive system with Active Roll Stabilization.
In addition to the BMW 550i xDrive Gran
Turismo and the BMW 530d xDrive Gran
Turismo, two further six - cylinder models can now be equipped with the intelligent four - wheel
drive system.
The premium audio system in the 550i Gran
Turismo also brought in an iPod port, a music source complementing the onboard hard -
drive storage afforded by the navigation system.
This pure sports car was created through Gran
Turismo, the Real
Driving Simulator.
The Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turimso is available for download now in PlayStation 3's «Gran
Turismo 6»
driving simulator.
Just after the unveiling, while great hordes descended upon Chevy's wild concept car, I snuck over to a GT6 console and stole one of the first
drives of the Chaparral Vision Gran
Turismo.
Audi Introduces Two New «Vision Gran
Turismo» Cars, Including the First One to
Drive on a Real - World Race Track
A statement said that the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran
Turismo by Pininfarina is the result of Fittipaldi «applying all his track knowledge on creating a new experience that will elevate the
driving ability of all super car enthusiasts from around the world.»
The new engine is linked as standard to an eight - speed Steptronic automatic transmission that
drives the rear wheels, allowing the 620d Gran
Turismo to cover the 0 - 100 km / h sprint in a quickish 7.9 seconds.