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    jdoubleh: It has a certain, as the French say, "I don't know what". more »
    dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: I was expecting something different. Sounds like a big block V8, I was expecting... I dunno, the sound of a turbine perhaps. more »
    Dr. H. F. Danger: I feel like they should have Vince out there slicing potatoes and peeling zucchini off of it. Hi its Vince with CITROËNChop! You’re gonna be in a g... more »
    engineerd: Once again, it takes American muscle to make the French seem aggressive. more »
    merc6point9: This may be a dumb questions, but what's that intermittent high pitched sound? It sounds like the air brakes on a semi. more »
    cyclopticgaze: Maybe it wouldn't be so angry if it had a driver that could work a clutch. Something must be up though because he kept flicking switches above his ... more »
    Jo Schmo: it's got a tur'le 'ead pookin oot! more »
    .357: They should give this to me. So I can hoon it. more »
    Novaload: Well, if it doesn't work out as a car, they have a wonderful animated puppet face to launch a tv/movie series. more »
    Mobius: Release the game! Please! more »
  • #conceptcars

    GTbyCITROËN: The Angriest Frenchman You'll Ever Hear

    The GTbyCITROËN cruised the streets of London, but those were mere static photos. When rolling through a parking lot at Le Mans earlier last month, it provided an aural overload of awesome. More »
  • #racinggames

    Audi R8 Meets Gran Turismo 5 On The Nürburgring

    Audi has taken its super-Bruce R8 to the Nurburgring to make some direct comparisons between real-world track driving and GT5: Prologue driving as well as letting loose some secrets on the upcoming non-glorified-demo GT5. More »
  • #gaming

    Nissan To Sponsor GT Racing Academy Competition

    Details have emerged from Sony's "PlayStation Day" in London that Nissan will be sponsoring a Gran Turismo-branded competition with one hell of an eventual prize: the opportunity to compete in a 24-hour race in Dubai next January. Getting to that race is quite the task, though. Beginning on May 23 you can fire up your PlayStation 3 and hit up the PlayStation Network to begin the dirty work of qualifying by virtual driving races. More »
  • #gaming

    Gran Turismo Creator Can Drive Real Cars, Too

    The mastermind behind the Gran Turismo series has proven that he can handle real cars as well as he took the 2009 Nissan GT-R for a joy ride. Not only could the game's creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, handle the famed Nurburgring track, but he did so with it wet. Yamauchi even cites his familiarity with the track from the video game to help his real life driving. I doubt Yamauchi beat the 7:29 mark on the same ring, but he manages to keep it on the slippery track. See, Mom, video games are good for something. Check out the video above for the clips of him driving and follow the link to see the entire clip that features interviews about Godzilla and more. [CarScoop]
  • #gaming

    Confirmed: GT5, Prologue To Get Damage Modeling

    Kazanori Yamauchi told us that Polyphony Digital were getting close to finally including deformation, or damage modeling, in the Gran Turismo series, and we finally have some confirmation. Yamauchi recently said that the series will finally be implementing the long-awaited feature in the release of Gran Turismo 5 and it may even be available as a software update for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue as early as this fall. GT5 Prologue is still slated for an April 15 release in the United States. It's already available in Europe. More »
  • #gaming

    Sony Welcomes European GT5 Prologue Release With Pit Lane Party

    Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is still a couple weeks away for us Yankee Doodle Dandies, but our European counterparts get a crack at the game now, as the demo is currently available for European PlayStation 3 consoles. To commemorate the release of the demo, Sony threw a pretty big party in London and had quite the repertoire of vehicles representing as well. More »
  • #gaming

    Carmakers Warm To "Damage Modeling" In Games

    The final hurdle of realism may be crossed in Gran Turismo sooner than expected. Kazanori Yamauchi, the creator of the famed series, recently said:
    We've had a lot of discussions with the manufacturers and although at the beginning they hated the idea of deformation, now they're slowly coming around to it. We've still got a few to convince, but we will. Expect deformation in the very near future: very, very soon.
    And by "deformation" he of course means damage modeling, i.e. enabling the cars to show the evidence of wrecks, rollovers, and collisions. Believe it or not, the likes of Porsche and Ferrari aren't too keen on amateur drivers smashing the hell out of their glorious automobiles, even in a virtual realm. More »
  • #newyorkautoshow

    Play With It: Top Seven Examples Of Automaker-Video Game Industry Love-Making In New York

    There's a trend I'm beginning to notice around the massive halls of auto shows: scattered among the sheet metal, booth babes and PR flacks, there's a hell of a lot of video games — both your standard issue Xbox-PlayStation3 setups as well as the more elaborate simulators. Taking a look at just a few of the many examples that appeared at the New York Auto Show this past week, I think this is more than just a way of giving journalists something to do between press conferences — it's representative of a trend. Here's our carmaker-by-carmaker breakdown of what has to be construed as either a strategy of building "appeal with the youths" — or an attempt by the car companies to distract everyone from their impending new "Second Malaise Era" with flashing lights and loud noises. More »
  • #gaming

    GT5 Prologue Ferrari F40: First Look

    You saw the list of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue cars and features the other day. But now we've got pictures of the 1992 Ferrari F40, one of the hottest cars available for the game. I've played my fair share of the Gran Turismo series and I must say that this F40 is one of the most beautiful creations to become part of the game so far. So uh, stop reading and check out the high-resolution images below. Please be sure to keep your pants on, as well. [GT Planet] More »
  • #gaming

    Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Car, Feature Lists Now Available

    Remember Gran Turismo 5 Prologue? You know that glorified full-priced demo of GT5? The car and feature list is now available, and I am mighty impressed for the semi-real-game nature of GT5 Prologue. Some of the interesting features include a drift mode where drifting is judged based on multiple variables, in-depth car tuning, two-player split screen racing and a few new race events for online and offline play. Click through to see the full list of cars and check out the new trailer that is so beautiful the dragons from the fantasy games perk up their ears in anticipation. More »
  • #gaming

    Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Video Preview

    The most beautiful and highly anticipated next-generation racing simulator is inching its way towards completion. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is the name of the game, and we've got a preview. "Prologue" means it's not the full game. Actually, it's like a glorified demo that will cost $40, include 5 tracks, 16-player online racing and more than 30 cars. Prologue is slated for an April 17 release date on the PlayStation 3, with the full GT5 game coming sooner or later. At least by the time PlayStation Ocho rolls around. [Techeblog]
  • #videogames

    Gran Turismo 5 Intro Makes Playstation 3 Price Look Reasonable

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