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unusual facts about Gran Turismo


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km

Gran Turismo Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez was entered in the race with NDDP Racing while former World Touring Car Championship and American Le Mans Series driver Jörg Müller was entered as a third driver for the GSR Hatsune Miku team.


Bio-Tonic

Bio-Tonic's song "Rock and Tonic" is part of the soundtrack of Tourist Trophy, a game for the Sony PlayStation 2 by the creators of the Gran Turismo series, Polyphony Digital.

Cubanate

Apart from Oxyacetylene, three other Cubanate songs were used on Gran Turismo and the single Body Burn can be heard at length in episode eighty two of The Sopranos, from the final season of the show.

Eagle Talon

The Eagle Talon has appeared in several video games such as the Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport series.

Jann Mardenborough

The entrants initially compete through racing on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games.

Lucas Ordóñez

Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.

Marc Heal

During the 1990s he was also involved in game music with contributions to Command & Conquer, Wing Commander V and the best selling Sony PlayStation console game Gran Turismo.

Steve Mardenborough

Steve Mardenborough's son Jann Mardenborough is a professional racing driver, after winning the 2011 GT Academy on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games.

Subaru 360

It was one of the smallest cars to attract a significant following from the 1960s to early 1970s, though it was never significant in North America, and also appears in Japanese anime series such as Pokémon and GetBackers, as well as racing video games such as Gran Turismo and Auto Modellista.

Subaru Alcyone SVX

Also, in Gaming, the Alcyone SVX appeared in various games such as Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo and Bandai Namco's Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune.

Toyota Supra

Some of the most notable appearances include the Grand Theft Auto, Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport, Need for Speed, and Midnight Club series of video games and The Fast and the Furious film series.

Zagato

The birth of the Gran Turismo category, conceived in 1949 by Count Giovanni Lurani, journalist Giovanni Canestrini and Elio itself revolutionised the world of automotive competition: the category comprised cars with sports coachwork and a production chassis or bodyshell of which at least 30 examples had to be built.


see also

Hawk GT

Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk, The Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk (or GT Hawk), a sporty coupe sold between 1962 and 1964

Hudson Hornet

The Gran Turismo developer, Polyphony Digital is confirmed the 1954 Hudson Hornet will be rebuild on December, also will feature this car on the racing simulator "Gran Turismo 6", and the former Formula 1 world champion, Mario Andretti to talk about the early racing life story for filming the GT6 and Mario's documentary "First Love".

Jaguar E-Type

A few years later, Gran-Turismo Jaguar from Cleveland Ohio campaigned a 4.2-litre six-cylinder FHC racer in SCCA production series, and in 1980 won the National Championship in the SCCA C-Production Class, defeating a fully funded factory Nissan Z-car team with Paul Newman.

Mitsubishi GTO

It took its name from the Galant GTO, a two-door hardtop coupé sold by the company in the early 1970s, which got its name from the Ferrari GTO, which means Gran Turismo Omologato.

Red Bull X2010

The X2010 was theorised by Adrian Newey, head engineer of Red Bull Racing, and Kazunori Yamauchi, and features exclusively in Gran Turismo 5.