Kazunori Yamauchi of Polyphony Digital spoke to the press at TGS today to reveal some new details on Gran Turismo 5, which is set to be released on November 2nd. Today marked the third Gran Turismo 5 presentation at TGS in so many years, but it will likely be the last as the game is actually launching this year.
Some new courses have been revealed: Lagna Seca Mazda Raceway has been rebuilt in PS3 quality, and in full detail. Long-time Gran Turismo fans will likely remember the track called Trial Mountain. It also has been rebuilt for the PS3. The Sarthe course, which is set at night time, is said to look exactly as it does in real life.
Many of the new cars are quite unconventional. The Volkswagen Kubelwagen is old and neat looking, and had a drive system like the first VW Beetle. Another VW, the Schwimmawagen, is an amphibious vehicle. Yamauchi said that you'll have to resist the urge to take it off the track and into the scenery. Rounding out the VW selection is the Samba Bus, which Yamauchi says he's really pleased with.
If you're not for VW, there's the rare Isuzu 4200R sports car, which was first announced at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show. It's unique as many of the world's current top designers worked together to build this car back then. There's also the Citroen GT race car. The exterior was dsigned by Citroen, but the interior was actually created by Polyphony Digital.
Check out new images of the cars and tracks in our gallery.
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7:32 PM on 09.16.2010 | 
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yes.
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yes.
I'm surprisd, though, that this game's got NASCAR in it but only two tracks from the actual series are in it -- Daytona and Indianapolis, neither of which needed the NASCAR license. Maybe they're holding out on us and Talladega, Darlington or Watkins Glen is in the game, but by this point, I dunno.
I can't fucking wait for this game!!
you guys should check out GTchannel on you tube, they put some videos of the 24hour race in the nurburgring, Kazunori yamauchi is actually one of the drivers who pilots the World Car Awards IS F, those videos got me pumped for GT5!
I can't believe that GT5 is actually ready. Like, we're finally gonna get to play it :) I know a lot of people don't enjoy it, but I'm really looking forward to starting out with my 10,000cr bucket of a car and tuning the living tits out of it. I like that they have re-built some tracks. Its gonna be fun ripping around tracks and remembering the little bumps n cambers on the corner from when you were younger. Gran Turismo is always a very long haul, but always satisfying when you put the commitment in.
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Polyphony have never let me down with a Gran Turismo game and I don't reckon they're going to start now.
you still seem to have that dick in your mouth. Preach elsewhere sister.