It was the early days of the first PlayStation, and Kazunori Yamauchi was working on the very first Gran Turismo. You’ll remember that on the cover it said that the game was the “real driving simulator”. And you know, I’m not a game designer, I’m a producer first and foremost. During development, Kazunori Yamauchi showed me a prototype of Gran Turismo, and I was among the first to play it. And to tell you the truth, he was really serious when he talked about simulation (laughs)!
It was extremely advanced, perhaps too much so. But at first Kazunori Yamauchi didn’t take my feedback at face value, so he gathered around thirty consumers to test the game. And just as I expected, they all crashed without exception at the first turn, because the gameplay was so difficult. I was at the back of the room with Kazunori Yamauchi, at which point he turned to me and told me I was right, and that’s when he rounded things off and toned down the pure simulation aspect a little to put out the Gran Turismo you know today on PS1.
In a way, I like to think that I partly saved Gran Turismo’s fate, and that I played a small part in its success (laughs)!
It's that perfect balance between simulation and arcade that still makes Gran Turismo so much fun to play.
It's a free upgrade if you own the ultimate edition.
Only if you bought the digital version before May 5th 2025. Unfortunately I have the physical version. I do have Game Pass though so I can certainly play it there.
Watched the new GTA 6 trailer. Game looks amazing. I’m hyped.
I'm a bit skeptical that we've seen no gameplay. I almost don't believe the graphics will look like that in gameplay. Like the Yakuza 0 cutscenes vs gameplay.
I'm still amazed that Scottish developers are.so good at making games that on the surface feel very American. At least their British humour is satirical.
I always thought a fully 3D Pokemon or Pokemon Snap would work well on Wuhu island. You already had multiple areas on it - a town, Beach, ocean, mountain, and a lava area inside the volcano. Just make it all much bigger and you've got something you could spend a lot of time exploring.
I'm a bit skeptical that we've seen no gameplay. I almost don't believe the graphics will look like that in gameplay. Like the Yakuza 0 cutscenes vs gameplay.
I'm still amazed that Scottish developers are.so good at making games that on the surface feel very American. At least their British humour is satirical.
Probably won’t look that good in gameplay so I am expecting a downgrade in that department. I still expect it to look pretty good enough though.
It's cheap too.
It's a free upgrade if you own the ultimate edition.
I BELIEVE! I BELIEVE! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY VALVE!
It's that perfect balance between simulation and arcade that still makes Gran Turismo so much fun to play.
Only if you bought the digital version before May 5th 2025. Unfortunately I have the physical version. I do have Game Pass though so I can certainly play it there.
NeW Endless Ocean announced!
playable only in GTA 6 it seems.
I assume it's playable??
Watched the new GTA 6 trailer. Game looks amazing. I’m hyped.
I'm a bit skeptical that we've seen no gameplay. I almost don't believe the graphics will look like that in gameplay. Like the Yakuza 0 cutscenes vs gameplay.
I'm still amazed that Scottish developers are.so good at making games that on the surface feel very American. At least their British humour is satirical.
Probably won’t look that good in gameplay so I am expecting a downgrade in that department. I still expect it to look pretty good enough though.
How about scuba diving?
It's open world, so I'm skeptical of it looking as good as the cutscenes. Should still be great though.Yes
Maybe even an arcade and coffee bar. KK Slider can perform for us, right, GG?