Gran Turismo Awards Announced, GT4 Prologue Trailed

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a press release revealing the winners of Sony's Gran Turismo awards at the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas. The overall winner of these real-life auto awards, Ted and Sue Richardson's 1962 Buick Special, gets a virtual make-over, since "their vehicle will be drivable in Gran Turismo 4 when it is available worldwide for PlayStation 2 in 2004." The car will probably make it for the final version, but not for the recently-announced Gran Turismo 4: Prologue Version, which will debut in Japan in January 2004, and "will feature five courses", including Times Square, Japan's Tsukuba Circuit, and the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately, C+VG seems to have confirmed that this preview version is "released solely for the Japanese market", so Western Gran Turismo fans will have to wait a little longer for the final version.

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[reptilezero]

the games are made in japan :) you can always import if you want the special stuff :)

not sure if that car will do well in track racing

[Numeric]

i dont think that car would survive Laguna Seca Raceway. However, I am aware that GT3 did feature many muscle cars but they were limited to a few tracks, if I recall correctly.

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[h0mer]

Do you really want to give Sony extra money? As far as I can tell, GT4 Prologue is basically Sony throwing a bone to the rabid Japanese fans who'll buy it and then buy GT4 when it really comes out. I don't know what the pricing is, but I'd bet it's not a sweet deal like the Zelda pre-order disc.

I'm sure GT4 will have enough content for almost anyone :)