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Kazunori Yamauchi to race at the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hour Race

Kazunori Yamauchi to race at the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hour Race

Kazunori Yamauchi, the maker of Gran Turismo for PlayStation, has quietly returned to real-world racing. Yamauchi was recently spotted at the 4-hour ADAC Reinoldus-Langstrekenrennen Nurburgring VLN race in a Nissan GT-R. As you can tell from the picture above, the GT-R used by Yamauchi is inspired from the GT500 ‘Stealth’ GT-R from Gran Turismo 5. [...]

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Video: Toyota FT-86 II Concept in Gran Turismo 5 trailer

Video: Toyota FT-86 II Concept in Gran Turismo 5 trailer

Wondering what the new Toyota FT-86 II Concept looks like in action? Well, wonder no more because Gran Turismo 5 has put together a new trailer giving us a virtual look at what the new rear-wheel-drive Toyota sports car would look like when it’s up-and-running on the streets. The Toyota FT-86 project is the latest [...]

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Video: Driving the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Gran Turismo 5 vs Real

Video: Driving the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Gran Turismo 5 vs Real

Gran Turismo 5 is out and car enthusiasts that own a PlayStation 3 are spending a lot of time in front of their TV screens. So by now, owners of Gran Turismo 5 are probably wondering how real the game play is compared to the actual thing. Well, check it out for yourself. Denis Malevanyi, [...]

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Gran Turismo 5 to go on sale November 24

Gran Turismo 5 to go on sale November 24

After a short delay, Polyphony Digital Inc. has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will go on sale throughout North America on Wed., November 24th. Here are some words of wisdom from Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version [...]

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This is what the Gran Turismo 5 box looks like, Gran Turismo 6 already in the works

This is what the Gran Turismo 5 box looks like, Gran Turismo 6 already in the works

Last month, video game lovers received some bad news when they learned that Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed from its original launch date of Nov. 2. However, the game will be here in time for the holiday season and this is what the cover will look like it when you get it in your [...]

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Video: Gran Turismo creator hits up ‘Ring in a race-tuned Lexus IS-F

Video: Gran Turismo creator hits up ‘Ring in a race-tuned Lexus IS-F

Legendary Gran Turismo race game creator Kazunori Yamauchi hit up the Nurburgring recently to do a hot-lap of the Nordschleife in his race tuned Lexus IS-F as part of a special four-hour endurance race… or more testing for Gran Turismo 5. Click through for the video.

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Video: Toyota FT-86 Concept shows off in Gran Turismo 5 promo

Video: Toyota FT-86 Concept shows off in Gran Turismo 5 promo

Earlier this morning we had our first look at Toyota’s FT-86 Concept, which is scheduled to debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. We now have a video of the new concept in action… virtual action that is. Here is a little teaser of the FT-86 Concept showing off in a promo for Gran Turismo [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: First woman drove across U.S. 100 years ago, Hyundai pays you to buy a car, kind of

Miscellaneous Thoughts: First woman drove across U.S. 100 years ago, Hyundai pays you to buy a car, kind of

It’s that miscellaneous time of the day again. We’re going to take a little break and gather up some random things we’ve found on the internet on June 3, 2009. Alice Ramsey became the first woman to drive cross-country 100 years ago: 100 years ago, Alice Ramsey became the first woman to drive from New [...]

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Video: Ferrari California joins Gran Turismo 5 Prologue lineup

Video: Ferrari California joins Gran Turismo 5 Prologue lineup

The new 2009 Ferrari California has joined the lineup of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. You will soon be able to download the new Ferrari addition for test driving on your game consoles and getting virtual feeling of how it feels to sit in the new California. Check out the promo video after the jump. [...]

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