For years, we were able to enjoy awesome racers like MotorStorm and, well, Gran Turismo, of course. Ever since GT6 (2013), PlayStation owners were waiting for a brand new Gran Turismo game, and in October last year Sony released, Gran Turismo Sport. The game received a relatively solid score on Metacritic.
However, the entire GT franchise has been on the market for 20 years and it is showing some impressive figures. Sony Interactive Entertainment officially confirmed that the racing game, developed by Polyphony Digital, topped 80.4 million copies sold since it appear on the gaming scene, back in December, 1997.
“It’s hard to imagine that 80.4 million copies of Gran Turismo have been played during the 20-year history of the franchise,” Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi said. “It makes me really happy to think of the immense amount of time that has been poured into playing our games! I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation for the community, as well as our close friends and supporters within the automotive industry. We would like to continue our efforts in achieving the best possible expression and creation of cars and scenery, as well as bringing the highest level of excitement and fun through racing in the years to come.”
So, during its first decade, the racing game has seen four mainline entries and three smaller spin-off or “Prologue” titles, which accounts for 50 million sales. When GT entered its second decade there were three mainline releases, in addition to a PSP installment, all of which accumulated around 30 million sales.
Meanwhile, Sony and Polyphony Digital is keeping racing fans satisfied with a sufficient amount of content and updates for Gran Turismo Sport.
[Source: Gamesindustry.biz]
10 Game Vehicles We Want to See in GT Sport
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Vehicles We Want in Gran Turismo Sport
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Daxtermobile
The Daxtermobile might not be the most canonically sound vehicle from Jak X, but it's certainly the coolest looking one. The car, which was unlocked by transferring over a 100% complete Daxter PSP save file, is just a giant version of the ottsel's head. It's really dumb in the best of ways.
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Deacon St. John's Big Hog
There's not much character about Days Gone, but I do know that the zombie game's protagonist has a big hog that'd make James Ellsworth jealous. Typically the Gran Turismo series doesn't feature bikes (that's what Tourist Trophy was for), which would make this a cool addition.
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Everybody's Golf Carts
I'm still mourning the death of the Hot Shots Golf name, but I can still sense a good marketing opportunity when I see one. By including a golf cart from Everybody's Golf, Sony could make more players aware that there is an excellent golfing game to play on the system.
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inFamous Telephone Lines
Okay. I'm being a bit loose with the term vehicle, but it's my article so you're just gonna have to deal with it. In the inFamous series, players can ride around on telephone lines and it's one of the more enjoyable forms of open-world traversal. I think it'd be absolutely hilarious to have Cole MacGrath riding an ever-expanding telephone line through Gran Turismo courses. Is it just me that finds it entertaining? Well, then.
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Morgana
While mc chris may have a car that transforms into a boat, the Persona 5 protagonist has a cat that transforms into a van. Driving around Morgana is one of the true joys of Atlus' latest RPG, and allowing him to see the world via Gran Turismo would make me incredibly happy.
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Nathan Drake's Jeep
A lot of Uncharted 4 felt stale to me, but they did try to freshen up the gameplay with some additions. One of the coolest ones was the ability to actually drive a jeep around a beautiful digital version of Madagascar. I'd love to see the jeep return alongside a sweet Madagascar track in GT Sport.
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Pir-hana Prototype
Gran Turismo regularly features cars that aren't out yet, so why not include a car that's only 30 years away from releasing. The vehicles in WipEout 2048 aren't all that futuristic, so I don't see why I can't rep my Pir-hana colors in the game.
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Sly Cooper Van
While the Sly Cooper games may be about stealth platforming, they also feature some fast-paced getaways thanks to Sly's trusty van. If it appeared in Gran Turismo Sport then players could get to pretend that they were Murray, and beat some time trials as if they were a talented getaway driver.
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Sweet Tooth
It doesn't look like we'll get a new Twisted Metal game anytime soon, but it doesn't mean that we can't see some familiar faces. Sweet Tooth must recently appeared in Rocket League, but he could also fit into GT Sport pretty well. His weapons could even act as an easy mode for the racer.
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Trico
Sometimes the cars in Gran Turismo can be difficult to control, but the true advanced test will be trying to instruct The Last Guardian's Trico. He'll be the fastest "vehicle" in the game, but the controls will randomly not respond at moments, and sometimes he'll take a break during a race in order to do his business.
