Gran Turismo
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Perps on the run in the United Kingdom take note: police forces are stepping up their game—literally. The Lincolnshire police force is testing a new way to train officers in high-speed driving and it involves a whole lot of video games. Through a partnership with Sony's PlayStation, four officers clocked a lap time at Silverstone raceway in their standard BMW patrol cars. After a day of setting their best lap times, PlayStation then put them behind the wheel of "Gran Turismo Sport" to hone their skills on the digital version of the race track. The video game alerted the officers to any...
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Nissan built a GT-R operated by a video game controller
The latest installment in the iconic "Gran Turismo" video game series, "Gran Turismo Sport," goes on sale next week, but Nissan threw a celebration of its own ahead of the launch. The video game itself may have coined the "Real Driving Simulator" tagline years ago, but Nissan took it to a new level...
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Peugeot reveals L750 R Hybrid racecar for "Gran Turismo Sport"
The "Gran Turismo" series transcended the digital world after creator Kazunori Yamauchi debuted the Vision Gran Turismo program. The initiative, originally announced in 2013 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the popular racing sim, challenged automakers to create their vision of the ultimate...
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Mercedes-AMG Vision Gran Turismo earns starring role in "Justice League" film
The Mercedes-AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept is ready for the big screen after the brand confirmed it will be featured in the upcoming film, "Justice League." The stunning concept car will star alongside Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash, and it will be joined by a handful of...
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"Gran Turismo Sport" launching on October 17
The "Gran Turismo" franchise has a history of delays, but the next iteration of the iconic franchise has an official date: "Gran Turismo Sport" is launching on October 17. Last month, Polyphony Digital revealed more details about the game at the E3 video game expo and simply gave the title a fall...
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November 16 release date rumored for "Gran Turismo Sport"
After delays from Sony and Polyphony Digital, it seems gamers may finally have a solid release date for "Gran Turismo Sport," the highly anticipated, next installment of the long-running driving simulator. In the July issue of Official Playstation Magazine UK, a November 16 release date is...
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Earlier this week, we got our first look at “Forza Motorsport 7” during the annual E3 event in Los Angeles. While Microsoft turned a lot of heads with its newest Xbox One exclusive, arch-rival Sony wasn't going to go through an entire E3 without releasing some news on its long-running “Gran Turismo” series. Sony's splash isn't as big, but it's still good to know “Gran Turismo Sport” will arrive in stores this fall. “Gran Turismo Sport” takes a different approach to racing titles, taking a shot across “Forza's” bow with its latest...
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Porsche is finally coming to Playstation's Gran Turismo
It's bad enough that the cost of membership is so high to put your backside into a Porsche. On top of that, for more than a decade, it was extremely hard to do it virtually. After years of exclusivity, Porsche has been unleashed to cross various video game franchises. Now, gamers will be able to...
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600-hp Pininfarina Fittipaldi EF7 track toy debuts in Geneva
How would you like driving instruction from a man who won the Formula One World Championship twice and then went on to take two checkered flags at the Indianapolis 500? What if he also developed the car for you, with the help of the legendary Pinninfarina design firm and some German engineering? At...
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New supercar to be first of a series of models from Fittipaldi Motors
In early February we learned that Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi was developing a new supercar with Italian design and German engineering, courtesy of Pininfarina and HWA, respectively. Fittipaldi has since revealed that the new car, called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by...
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Fittipaldi EF7 supercar coming with V-8, 2,200-lb weight
Set to star at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show is a new supercar developed in partnership by Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, Italian design house Pininfarina and German motorsport and engineering firm HWA. The car is called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by Pininfarina...
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Fittipaldi teams up with Pininfarina, HWA to develop supercar
As a two-time Formula One world champion and Indy 500 winner, Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi certainly knows a thing or two about fast cars. He’s now applying that knowledge on a supercar being developed in partnership with Pininfarina and HWA. For those readers unfamiliar with...
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Thanks to a lucrative licensing deal with Electronic Arts, Porsches have been notably absent from the Sony Digital Entertainment-owned Gran Turismo video game franchise—but that hasn't stopped a group of automotive designers from coming up with their own Vision Gran Turismo concept bearing Porsche's shield logo. The team, which consists of five new car designers and one expert photo retoucher, designed a car inspired by the late 1960s Porsche 908 race cars that competed in the FIA's Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars series. As a result, they've called their concept the 908/04, an obvious...
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"Gran Turismo Sport" trailer shows off awe-inspiring realism
The march toward Polyphony's latest installment in its hugely-successful Gran Turismo series has just gotten more exciting. The game is called Gran Turismo Sport and it's currently available for pre-order. If you're a PlayStation owner, you'll definitely want to do just that judging by the amazing...
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Gran Turismo Partners With FIA For Online Racing League: Video
In the world of console gaming, the two big automotive racing games are Gran Turismo and Forza. One of those two is about to take a major step toward upping the level of competition you can experience online. Gran Turismo has partnered with the FIA to bring us a new game for the Playstation 4. It's...
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Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turimso Debuts In Updated Form At Tokyo Motor Show
Nissan has a varied lineup of vehicles on show this week at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, with the star attraction being an updated version of the Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo that we first saw in 2014. The concept was developed exclusively for the virtual world of Gran Turismo 6 but also hints at...
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The Making Of Bugatti’s Vision Gran Turismo Concept: Video
One of the stars of the recent Frankfurt Auto Show was Bugatti’s Vision Gran Turismo concept, which previews the look of Bugatti’s highly anticipated Veyron successor and is available to download in Gran Turismo 6. Like one of Bugatti’s production models, the concept is almost...
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Hear The Bugatti Vision GT Concept’s Engine Start Up And Rev: Video
If you’ve ever seen a Bugatti Veyron in real life and were lucky enough to actually see and hear it driving, you may have been impressed, but you were almost certainly let down a bit by the exhaust note. As delivered, the Veyron sounds a bit … well, underwhelming. That won’t be...
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Bugatti isn’t the only automaker with a Vision Gran Turismo concept on display at this week’s Frankfurt Auto Show. Hyundai has unveiled its own concept celebrating the Gran Turismo video game series, but is also using the car to help kick off the launch of its new N performance division. The N division was first announced two years and at the time was centered on Hyundai’s motorsport program, namely the automaker’s return to the World Rally Championship. Now it’s time for the N division to branch out into the world of performance-oriented road cars, and heading...
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Bugatti previews Veyron Successor with Vision GT concept
Bugatti has joined the pantheon of automakers taking part in the Vision Gran Turismo video game challenge, with its design taking the form of a stunning supercar-turned-racer. Crucially, the design is a preview of Bugatti’s Veyron successor, an even faster model currently thought to be called...
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Three SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo Models Revealed: Video
We knew the SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo wasn't related to the blood-thirsty concept Chrysler released a decade ago. But we can now confirm the digital concept will appear in three versions: the street-spec S, race-spec GTS-R and ultimate-spec X. ALSO SEE: 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Sounds...
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SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo Teased Again Ahead Of Today's Debut: Video
Spoiler alert: We might want it to be, but this Tomahawk has nothing to do with the concept—call it the suicide machine of our dreams—which Dodge debuted a decade ago. CHECK OUT: PSC Reveals Hybrid Supercar, Raises Claimed Output To 2,400 Horsepower That Tomahawk was a two-wheeled...
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Peugeot Vision GT Concept Is An 875-Horsepower, 875-Kilogram Supercar: Video
The barrage of wild concepts designed for Gran Turismo 6 has been relentless, with the latest automaker to present its wares being French marque Peugeot which has designed a supercar that’s not only powerful but also extremely light. That’s a winning combination in our book, so...
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Infiniti Unveils Real-World Vision GT Supercar Concept
Infiniti is among the major automakers to have come up with a stunning concept car for the Gran Turismo video game series, with the Japanese brand’s concept, the Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turismo, having made its virtual debut late last year. At last week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show...
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