It was originally scheduled to be released sometime in 2016, but due to the development and release of Gran Turismo Sport in mid 2017, the release date is as yet.

.First releaseDecember 23, 1997Latest releaseOctober 17, 2017Gran Turismo (Italian/Spanish for ' or 'grand touring'), abbreviated GT, is a series of developed. Developed for systems, Gran Turismo games are intended to emulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles. Since the franchise's debut in 1997, over 80 million units have been sold worldwide for the, and, making it the under the PlayStation brand. Official Gran Turismo kit with and Official simulator kits Polyphony Digital has collaborated with peripherals manufacturer and auto parts maker to design official driving simulator kits for the Gran Turismo franchise. The most recent product designation is. Two other racing wheels are compatible with Gran Turismo.Official model car kits In 2009, radio-control model car company HPI Racing released an official RC car tie-in: the HPI E10 RTR Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II designed by Gran Turismo (200mm), a pre-built officially licensed radio-control car kit built to look exactly like the cover car for Gran Turismo 4. Plans for future releases include releasing more kits to replicate other Gran Turismo cover cars.Gran Turismo cafe In 2009, a cafe opened at the racetrack.

Street namings In acknowledgment of the ’s inclusion in Gran Turismo 6, the City of Bathurst in Australia unveiled a new street called ‘Gran Turismo Drive’ in December 2013. Mayor of Bathurst, Cr Gary Rush said “Driving a lap of our world famous motor racing circuit is a life changing experience for those who have the chance, and the Bathurst Regional Council is very excited about opening up the Mount Panorama experience through the launch of Gran Turismo 6.”Also in 2013, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi had a street named in honor of him in the city of. Named “Paseo de Kazunori Yamauchi,” the street snakes around the Parador de Ronda. According to Ronda's city mayor Maria de la Paz Fernandez Lobato, 'There is no doubt that his work has a huge cultural resonance with people today. He has driven the racing game genre to new levels of realism and his creations are as much art as technology. Ronda’s association with Gran Turismo is also a reflection that our ancient city is a modern, vibrant place to live and very much part of the 21st century.” Gran Turismo Awards (SEMA) 6th annual Gran Turismo Awards (2008) The sixth annual Gran Turismo Awards was held at the show in. The exhibitors were given a chance to have their car featured in a future version of Gran Turismo as a drivable vehicle, with Gran Turismo creator and series producer judging the five finalists to award the 'Best in Show' prize.The awards ceremony was held at, located inside the and was hosted by experienced driver,.

2011 GT Academy winner joins competitors at the UK National Final in 2013The is a driver discovery/development program initiated in 2008 through a partnership between Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Polyphony Digital, and Europe.Online qualifiers are held within Gran Turismo, and the top qualifiers are invited to National Finals in each participating country. The top winners of each country are sent to a Race Camp held at for the final selection. The winner undergoes an intensive Driver Development Programme designed by Nissan which will train and license them into a professional driver, competing in races worldwide. The four winning drivers will automatically join the and go on to race in the following years'.Winners of the Gran Turismo Academy include, and, who have all gone on to compete in professional real-life racing.

Some of these winners, who would normally be seen as 'non-professionals', have received praise relating to how they are as skilled as drivers with years of experience. Based on this merit, four GT Academy drivers have been barred entry to the British GT (specifically the 'gentleman driver' section of the competition). Reception Aggregate review scoresGame(1997)(PS1) 96/100(PS1) 93/100(PS2) 95/100(PS2) 77%(PS2) 75%(PS2) 68%(PS2) 89/100(PS3) 82/100(PS3) 80/100(2009)(PSP) 74/100(PS3) 84/100(PS3) 81/100(PS4) 75/100The Gran Turismo video game series has been one of the most popular over its lifetime, appealing to an audience ranging from casual gamers to fans of racing sims.Because of the success of the Gran Turismo series, awarded the series 7 world records in the. These records include 'Largest Number of Cars in a Racing game', 'Highest Selling PlayStation Game', 'Oldest Car in a Racing Game', and 'Largest Instruction Guide for a Racing Game'.With a collective sales total of 80.4 million units sold, it is the highest-selling PlayStation exclusive franchise of all time.In the final issue of the Official UK PlayStation Magazine, Gran Turismo 2 was chosen as the 5th best game of all time. Said the first game was one of the 10 greatest videogames of the last 20 years.In 2005, in association with, researched the feasibility of making a real-life replica version of the fictional Grand Valley Speedway used in the series. Films In 2013, Sony announced it is developing a live action Gran Turismo film with and from producing the film, along with Josh Bratman, Elizabeth Contillon.

DeLuna will oversee the film with Matt Millan and will co-write the film with and is in talks to direct the film. Jon and Erich Hoeber will write the film.At the Jalopnik Film Festival, Kazunori announced a documentary film covering the past 15 years of the game series to now for himself, titled KAZ: Pushing The Virtual Divide.

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Polyphony Digital confirmed that it will develop the next installment of the Gran Turismo series that will launch exclusively on PlayStation 4, to hopefully make a comeback as Sony's top racing game.In a article, Polyphony Digital CEO Kanuzori Yamauchi confirmed that they are already working around GT 7's development, but puts off the expected 2014 release.' We are working on the title,' said Yamauchi. 'I don't think it'll make this year!'

GT fans have expressed disappointment over a previous optimistic statement of Yamauchi when asked last November (2013) as to when the Gran Turismo 7 release date would be.' We don't want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7,' Yamauchi told. 'Best-case scenario? He also abandoned the idea that the complete overhaul of GT 7 would mean that fans will no longer see or drive the models that existed since 2004.' I doubt that we'll be throwing away the standard cars,' said Yamauchi. 'Each car has its own fans. So I think we'll hang on to the archive.

In the meanwhile, some of those cars we may be able to make into Premium cars as they become available - but basically we're more focused on increasing the number of premium cars.'