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>Gran Turismo 5 Game Features Revealed

August 18, 2009 - First and foremost, thanks goes out to GTPlanet and Black Chamber for stumbling upon this information on Polyphony Digital�s website and translating it for everyone to read.

Gran Turismo 5 has been announced! Here is the latest information on the game design:

Models Included:

1,000 vehicles
170 Premium new models (full interior modeling, the interior corresponds to vehicle damage)
830 kinds of standard model (some are from Gran Turismo 4 that have been carried over to GT5)

Courses

60 courses confirmed with 20 or more to be revealed

Physical Simulation of Vehicles

Physics system simulation is brand new
Represented is full fall in vehicles [possibly rollover]
Damage representation (reproduced in full by real-time collision deformation)
Faithfully reproducing the behavior of electric cars, i.e. Prius, Insight, hybrid cars and the latest Tesla model

Gameplay Modes
Arcade

Single Race
2 player battle

GT Mode

World Map
My Garage
Car Dealer
Tuning Shop (parts, tires)
Car Washes/Oil Change
Race Championship (Series system, point system)
License Test

Online

Open Lobby
Text / Voice Chat
Private rooms
Online Photo Album
Online Replay Album
YouTube replay output

Photo Mode

Photo Drive (Circuit)
Photo stage (Stage Photo mode only)

Gran Turismo TV

Video output to a PSP or PSP Go�
Progressive Download
Improved user interface
Continuous Play for videos

Museums

The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue version, + more information at TGS

Sound

Custom soundtracks (Use songs from your PS3 hard-drive)
Dolby Digital 5.1 and 7.1

User Interface

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and the same design concept. The icons change color
Able to track the movement of Cockpit Camera interface (confirmed in full 3-D. The camera can be fully manipulated and you can opt to have your head tracked by the PSEye)