Gran Turismo 4

Publisher: SCEA

Developer: Polyphony Digital

# of Players: 1-6

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 02/22/2005

Intl - 03/09/2005

Official Game Website

News

Sony Computer Entertainment America Adds Two Award-Winning Game Titles to the PlayStation 2 'Greatest Hits' Library
God of War and Gran Turismo 4 Popular With Gamers, Sales Exceed 2.5 Million Units

GTA Awards Invited SEMA Auto Show Exhibitors to Vie For the Opportunity To Be Featured in Highly Anticipated PS2 Racing Game
Awards Ceremony Honors Automotive Excellence and Highlights the Upcoming Release for the New Edition of the Best Selling Racing Videogame Franchise

Gran Turismo(R)4 Awards Honor Automotive Excellence and Celebrate Car Culture
Winner to Receive Honor of Having Their Vehicle Inserted into the Highly Anticipated Gran Turismo(R)4 Racing Simulator for PlayStation(R)2

Critically-Acclaimed Blockbuster Racing Franchise Pushes Playstation®2 Technology To New Heights
Latest Edition to Award-Winning Racing Series Raises Bar For All PlayStation 2 Software

Lots of Surprises today at Sony's E3 Press Conference
Sony certainly saved the best for last with their announcement of a new portable entertainment system (which you can read more about at the end of this report) plus a bunch of other great and exciting news coming our way from Sony.

All News for Gran Turismo 4

Description

Automotive racing is much more than a sport, it’s a lifestyle. This winter, this lifestyle comes to PlayStation®2 as the greatest automotive racing simulation returns in Gran Turismo™4. As the fourth installment of the worldwide blockbuster-selling Gran Turismo series, Gran Turismo 4 is available exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Fully harnessing the power of PlayStation 2, the creative and talented minds of Polyphony Digital, Inc. have once again succeeded in developing the most technologically advanced racing experience ever.

Following in the footsteps of the PlayStation 2 “Greatest Hit,” Gran Turismo 3 A-spec, Gran Turismo 4 features similarly, authentic racing gameplay with new fully-enhanced features that focus on more cars, courses, race modes and online gameplay via the Network Adaptor (Ethernet/modem) (for PlayStation 2). With an all-new physics engine and an all-new AI engine, combined with revolutionary technology, Gran Turismo 4 delivers enhanced, if not perfected, game physics, graphics, and feel, acting as a near-realistic automotive driving simulator.

In Gran Turismo 4, the characteristics of the cars are realistically designed and calculated so that they handle to the “real life” physics of that particular vehicle, taking into account weight, speed, friction, wind and more. Courses include existing sites such as New York City, the Grand Canyon, Tsukuba racing circuit and more. Highly detailed vehicles and environment mapping create broadcast-quality graphics, with light and competitor car reflections on the player’s automobile to leaves on a tree shaking in the wind. The online mode establishes a unique community for players to race, interact and chat about automotive news.