Gran Turismo

A racing simulation published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in 1997. It features licensed real-world cars and was directed by Kazunori Yamauchi of Polys Entertainment.

The game took five years to complete on a $5 million budget, with a core team of seven to fifteen people at different stages.

Developer

Polys Entertainment

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

It offers an Arcade mode and a Simulation mode in which players earn driving licenses, buy cars and enter races, with 140 vehicles and 11 tracks.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

23 Dec 1997[1]

Europe

8 May 1998[1]

Director

Kazunori Yamauchi

Producer

Kazunori Yamauchi, Shuhei Yoshida

Designer

Kazunori Yamauchi, Takeshi Yokouchi, Hirotaka Komiyama

Composer

Masahiro Andoh, Isamu Ohira

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  PaRappa the Rapper

  パラッパラッパー

  Release

  JP 1996.12.06

  Dev

  NanaOn-Sha

  Genre

  Rhythm

• GAME1996

  Game Boy

  Pokémon Red and Green

  ポケットモンスター 赤・緑

  Release

  JP 1996.02.27

  Dev

  Game Freak

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

As of April 2008 it had shipped 10.85 million copies worldwide, the best-selling PlayStation title (English Wikipedia).

Series: Gran Turismo

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