Kazunori Yamauchi loves American cars, puts one on Gran Turismo PSP box

Posted Aug 1, 2009 at 3:42PM by Karl B. Listed in: News, Titles, Games, Artwork, Screenshots Tags: Corvette, Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital, Sony
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You asked for it, and now you're getting it. Polyphony DIgital's Gran Turismo franchise is finally making its way to the Sony PlayStation Portable on October 1. To drum up more interest (as if there wasn't enough already), Polyphony Digital has unveiled the cover of Gran Turismo PSP, which features the Corvette ZR1.


Gran Turismo PSP box art - Image 1


Why the ZR1, you ask? Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi says that aside from the fact that GM cars helped shape his love for cars as a child, it's to show support for hard-pressed North American automakers.


With all the automotive industry in the world at a crisis, I know that North American automakers are especially in a very difficult situation, and I understand the background and the reasons behind this.


And I can easily envision these things affecting our works as well. After all, as you well know, the game Gran Turismo is a video game that grew thanks to the insight and vision of the automotive industry, and in effect nurtured by its kindness, in its very womb.


And thatÂ’s why I wanted us to make something that could cheer up those in the industry.


Gran Turismo PSP - Image 1 Gran Turismo PSP - Image 2


Yamauchi also hinted at something found towards the end of Gran Turismo that ties in with the game's cover art. I don't know much about cars so the only thing I can think of is an unlockable special ZR1. What do you guys think?




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Comments [refresh]

by Neko Kyu - 2009-08-01 12:42
» awh very nice :3

I can't wait to play this game. I remember my first time playing Gran Turismo 2 for PlayStation... Awesome game. Definitely gonna pick this up... been waiting for this game since I picked up my psp when it was launched XD

by squall_83 - 2009-08-01 13:21
» reason i bought my psp

This game is one of the major reasons that i bought my PSP. It's been a LONG time coming and I seriously thought I'd never see it released, but I'm glad i will finally be able to play it.

by Vman00 - 2009-08-01 13:31
» 5 years

5 years sure do pay off. look at this screen shots.

by Genotype - 2009-08-01 14:20
» ...

cant wait to see how far they can push the psp.

by mklem3 - 2009-08-01 19:11
» night time

maybe night time driving unlockable

by NarooN - 2009-08-01 20:35
» .

I was a fan of GT since I played GT as a kid in my PS1 days. That game was unexplainably fun.



Also, even after all these years, I'm pretty pleased with how the game turned out. This looks amazing.

by slowman - 2009-08-02 07:07
» Umm...

You guys do realize that these are pre-rendered screenshots right? This is absolutely not what the game will look like while you're playing it.



I'm not crapping on this game by any means. I've been playing Gran Turismo since the original. I've bought them all on release day, cash in hand. I've got several wheels and a racing *****pit. I love the Gran Turismo games and I will be buying this on release day as well.



But you've got to have realistic expectations of what this game will look like and it will simply not look that good while you're playing it.



If those are screenshots from the game's intro video however, then it is believable. They'll still have been enlarged and cleaned up though since you'll notice those two pictures are much larger than the PSP's 480 X 272 resolution. :)

by NarooN - 2009-08-02 07:33
» .

Your name suits you.



I'm pretty sure we've all seen the game actually running on a PSP, recorded from crap-quality cameras and it came damn close to what these two other screens show. The video didn't show any jaggies whatsoever like the old screenshots did.

by slowman - 2009-08-02 08:09
» @ NarooN

It's too bad that you had to resort to ad hominem attacks instead of providing some sort of factual argument to bolster your point. It's ok, I sort of expected that.



You can think what you want, but you're living in a fantasy land if you think there are going to be 800 vehicles that all have 3d modeled wheels, emblems, head light and tail light assemblies, grilles, etc. Add in who *knows* how many tracks and this is even more far out. And this is supposed to be a 1GB download?



You're absolutely fooling yourself if you think they're going to make a game look as smooth at GT5 and still keep it under 1GB.

by apex05 - 2009-08-02 12:17
» ...

Is anyone here actually expecting this to look like GT5? i mean they started development around the same time as GT4 so will be based around a similar game engine, and if you reduce the resolution and textures and possibly reduce the draw distance it could easily match GT4.. And the Ps2 disks are 3 times the capacity of the Psp, but none of this worries me because Gran Turismo is just too important to Sony to make a bad one.

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