Gran Turismo director, Kazunori Yamauchi, has been doing the interview rounds, this time reaching out directly to petrol heads by chatting to Garage419. There’s a few sneaky tidbits of info to garner from the interview. Vehicle damage may not have made it through to the original Prologue release, much like online features, however it is certainly not ruled out entirely. “After launch, we are planning online updates. “Damage may be one of them,” revealed Yamauchi. Likewise for night time driving.

Gran Turismo’s tag line has always been “The real driving simulator”, which I always thought just was a good way of explaining to people that there wouldn’t be any nitro-boosts or cops chasing you here. However, Yamauchi reiterated his belief that the game is an effective alternative to driving a real car; “Close to 90% of the experience you get out of Gran Turismo will help you in building your experience in motor sports – next to the real thing of course,” he said.

This doesn’t just have to be to the sole benefit of racing drivers either. “If people can experience Gran Turismo, that gives them the experience in a virtual world and a safe environment without killing themselves. The can reach the limits of the car, for example, [and] once they know that, they will learn to drive without that,” Yamauchi explains. I’m loving the idea of being ‘forced’ to spend six hours on Gran Turismo rather than getting a speeding ticket.

Full interview embedded on the turn.

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MaxConsole

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