About
Gran Turismo is a racing game that most people cherish for its simplistic gameplay (Until Gran Turismo 4), beautiful graphics, and simple controls, starting way back in the PlayStation Era, it got an unexpected reputation, and was loved by many people.
History
It all started back in 1992 when racecar driver Kazunori Yamauchi and seven other people started to work on the original Gran Turismo, this project was in development for five years, 180 licensed cars were in the game, and the game sold more than 10,000,000 Million copies, after that Gran Turismo 2 was immediately in development, the game took 2 Years to finish and had 650 licensed cars in the game, it was the last Gran Turismo game for the PlayStation 1 to ever come out.
Playstation 2 Era (History)
Another Gran Turismo game didn’t release until 2001, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was released and it was a hit, the game was sometimes regarded by many fans as the best Gran Turismo ever, this was because of its stunning graphics for a game that was released in 2001, where most other games were still improving in graphics, gameplay, and technical functions, Gran Turismo 3 did have atleast one little flaw, that was the shortage of cars, but this was only because the Polyphony Digital team worked on the graphics, more than adding cars, but still people didn’t really care about that, the game was simple, and fun.
After Gran Turismo 3, Gran Turismo 4 was in development, it was to be an improvement of Gran Turismo 3, being in production for about a good 3 years, a lot of things were changed in GT4, it was no longer simple, it had more cars, Used Cars wereback again, 6 Unique black cars were in the game, and there were more realistic tracks.
Playstation 3 Era (History)
Sooner after awhile, Gran Turismo 5 was released, and it wasn’t liked as much by the fans, but was still liked a lot, it was a bit too complex for casual gamers, and looked further into the actual simulation genre, right now Gran Turismo 6 is in development, and it will come out for PlayStation 3, but a PlayStation 4 version will come out sooner after the release of the PlayStation 4
Reception
The Gran Turismo series was a hit, most people say that Gran Turismo is one of the best series in the gaming industry, selling over 56,000,000 Million copies worldwide, Gran Turismo also started a lot of other realistic driving simulators, its rival being Forza Motorsport, and right now people are arguing about which is better, Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, right now Gran Turismo 6 and Forza Motorsport 5 are in development and everyone is hyped about it.
