GRAN TURISMO (VIDEO GAME)

'''Gran Turismo''' (commonly abbreviated to '''GT''' or '''GT1''') is a racing game designed by Kazunori Yamauchi. ''Gran Turismo'' was developed by Polyphony Digital and first published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997 for the PlayStation video game console. It was well-received publicly and critically, selling over 10.5 million copies worldwide (the best selling game for the PlayStation) and scoring an average of 95% in GameRankings' aggregate. The game has started a series, and to date has spawned over 10 spinoffs and sequels.

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Gameplay

Audio

Reception

See also

External links

Gameplay

''Gran Turismo'' is fundamentally based on the racing game genre. The player must maneuver an automobile to compete against artificially intelligent drivers on various race tracks. The game uses two different modes: arcade and simulation. In the arcade mode, the player can freely choose the courses and vehicles they wish to use. Winning races unlocks additional cars and courses.
However, simulation mode requires the player to earn different levels of driver's licenses in order to qualify for events, and earn money, trophies and prize cars by winning race championships. Winning one particular championship also unlocks a video and a few additional demonstration tracks. Money earned by winning championships can be used to purchase additional vehicles, and for parts and tuning of all vehicles.
''Gran Turismo'' features 178 automobiles and over 14 race tracks.

Audio

The opening song for the US and European versions is a Chemical Brothers remix of the Manic Street Preachers song "Everything Must Go".
The game itself had a somewhat limited selection of songs. These include 'Lose Control' by Ash From the album ''1977'', 4 songs from the ''Swim'' era of Feeder (Chicken On A Bone Reworked instrumental, Shade Instrumental, Tangerine Instrumental, Sweet 16), 'As Heaven is Wide' by Garbage, 'Oxyacetalene', 'Skeletal', 'Autonomy', and 'Industry' by Cubanate.
The Opening Song for The Japanese Version is Moon Over The Castle; this song was in all of the Japanese versions of Gran Turismo.

Reception

''Gran Turismo'' was recently inducted into ''GameSpot's'' ''The Greatest Games of All Time'' list, which is a feature run by GameSpot that highlights games that are considered great by the Gamespot staff. It is also one of the rare games to receive a top mark of 10 out of 10 from Edge (magazine).

See also

★ List of best-selling computer and video games

External links

★ ''Gran Turismo'' official website

★ The Greatest Games of All Time: Gran Turismo, GameSpot

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★ Official soundtrack

★ ''A whole web-site created for the Gran Turismo Series.''