Gran Turismo Awards Announced, GT4 Prologue Trailed

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday November 5, 2003 @04:08AM from the vroom-vroom dept.

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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Re:not sure if that car will do well in track raci by simoniker · 2003-11-05 05:44 · Score: 2, Interesting

Random thought - if the Gran Turismo competition was really judged on the spot, how can Sony guarantee the winner will be in Gran Turismo 4? Don't they have to get prior permission from the car manufacturer before announcing it? What would have happened if an obscure make that Sony had no deal with was the best car at the show?