
20 anni di Gran Turismo: un video ripercorre le tappe della celebre serie videoludica
La storica saga di Gran Turismo, edita da Polyphony Digital e da Sony Computer Entertainment, compie tra pochi giorni 20 anni. 20 anni che hanno visto succedersi sulle varie PlayStation di casa Sony ben 6 capitoli, con il settimo, intitolato Gran Turismo Sport, in dirittura d’arrivo proprio su PlayStation 4.
L’uscita è fissata per il 18 ottobre 2017, e per ingannare l’attesa e anche per scatenare “feels a pacchi“, Sony Entertainment ha realizzato un filmato che ripercorre proprio i 20 anni di storia di Gran Turismo raccontati tra l’altro anche da Kazunori Yamauchi, celebre autore giapponese nonché creatore e produttore della saga. Trovate il filmato qui di seguito, ricordate di attivare i sottotitoli in italiano. A seguire anche numeri e caratteristiche che hanno caratterizzato i precedenti capitoli della saga di Gran Turismo. Sapevate che Gran Turismo 3 è il capitolo che ha venduto più copie rispetto a predecessori e successori?
Gran Turismo
- Release date: May 8th 1998 (EU) (December 1997, Japan)
- 10.85 million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 2 Players
- Arcade & simulation modes
- Car of Note: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Gran Turismo 2
- Release date: January 28th 2000 (EU)
- 9.37 million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 2 Players
- Over twice as many vehicles as Gran Turismo (1997)
- 20 race tracks and over 40 track combinations
- Inclusion of Rally racing tracks
- Car of note: F1 engine version of the Renault Espace or Suzuki Escudo
Gran Turismo 3
- Release date: July 20th 2001 (EU)
- 14.89 million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 2 Players
- Debut Gran Turismo title for the PlayStation 2 console
- More than 30 race tracks
- Car of note: Suzuki Escudo
Gran Turismo 4
- Release date: March 9th 2005 (EU)
- 11.76 million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 6 Players (over LAN)
- Car of note: Mercedes-Benz Sauber Mercedes C9
- Photo mode
- First to include pickup trucks
- First to feature a diesel powered car (BMW 120d)
- Featured a minivan (Honda Odyssey)
Gran Turismo 5
- Release date: November 24th 2010 (EU)
- 5.35 million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 16 Players (Online)
- Car of Note: Red Bull X2010
- Reintroduced Night racing
- Included Top Gear Test Track
- McLaren, Lamborghini and Bugatti make their first home-console appearance in the franchise
- 16 cars of 32 karts can race on one track whereas previous instalments only allowed six per race
- Online gameplay and DLC
Gran Turismo 6
- Release date: December 6th 2013 (WW)
- 5.17million copies sold worldwide (http://www.polyphony.co.jp/products/)
- Multiplayer: 16 Players (Online)
- Car of Note: Lunar Rover
- Includes Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb
- F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel and Bruno Senna featured as test drivers for the game
- Introduced Vision GT
- Ayrton Senna Tribute
- Vision Gran Turismo project – concept cars from manufacturers
- Level editor app Track Path Editor
- Collaboration with Yokohama (tyres), KW Automotive (suspension), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (aerodynamics) to make the game as realistic as possible
Gran Turismo Sport
- Release date: October 18th 2017 (WW)
- Multiplayer: 24 players (Online)
- FIA accreditation
- New Vision GT vehicles
- Accessible Driving features for Beginners and Professionals
- Debut title for the Gran Turismo franchise on PlayStation 4® console
- PlayStation 4® Pro compatibility for 4K, 60FPS, HDR and Wide Colour
- Virtual Reality experience mode, a first for the Gran Turismo series
- A true-to-life audio experience
- High level driving assist features