Gran Turismo 5 to feature all car manufacturers and damage

An interview with Gran Turismo’s designer Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that all of the car manufacturers will make its way into Gran Turismo 5 including Porsche.
Here is a snippet of the interview:
“OPM:Which manufacturers do you still dream on including? Porche?
KY: I can’t really go into detail at this point, but by the time GT5 comes out [...]


Gran Turismo franchise has shipped 50 million units

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that the Gran Turismo franchise has broke the 50 million barrier as of April 30th 2008. This was achieved in just over 10 years after the first Gran Turismo was released in December 1997.
Producer of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi said:
“Initially, Gran Turismo was an ‘alternative’ racing game, kind of an [...]


Gran Turismo PSP is set for 2009

Wondering if Gran Turismo will make it for the PSP? Wonder no further. Gran Turismo PSP is set to be released sometime in 2009. Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi told VideoGamer.com yesterday that the real driving simulator will arrive on the Playstation Portable.
Yamauchi states:
“We’re hoping to have it out by next year, during next year,” [...]


Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to feature car damage

IGN has stated that GT5 Prologue is to feature damage to cars as early as this Autumn. Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that Prologue will finally implement damage for the first time in the racing series as a downloadable upgrade.
Yamauchi goes on to say:
maybe by Fall we’ll be able to implement it
IGN will have a full [...]