20 anni di Gran Turismo: un video ripercorre le tappe della celebre serie

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?

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

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

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

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)

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

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