Current Events > How is Polyphony even still a game developer?

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They put out a game, what, every 10 years? And Gran Turismo hasn't really been relevant since at least the PS2.

I honestly never got why people loved the ps2 era games so freaking much.

I always preferred arcade racers, which pretty much died.

Alteres posted...

I honestly never got why people loved the ps2 era games so freaking much.

I always preferred arcade racers, which pretty much died.

Muh realism, probably.

I haven't played a GT game in awhile but I assume the newer ones have microtransactions which support future development costs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_(series)

Primary Releases:
1997 Gran Turismo
1999 Gran Turismo 2
2001 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
2004 Gran Turismo 4
2010 Gran Turismo 5
2013 Gran Turismo 6
2017 Gran Turismo Sport
2022 Gran Turismo 7

Secondary releases:
2002 Gran Turismo Concept: 2001 Tokyo
2002 Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Seoul
2002 Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva
2003 Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
2006 Gran Turismo 4 Online (test version)
2006 Gran Turismo HD Concept
2007 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
2009 Gran Turismo (PSP)

Polyphony Digital has "other releases" as well that are Gran Turismo related projects.

Alteres posted...

I honestly never got why people loved the ps2 era games so freaking much.

I always preferred arcade racers, which pretty much died.

Burnout 3 on PS2 is my favorite racing game ever

I love how Gran Turismo Sport was supposed to be some sort of reboot only for them to go "just a prank bro! Here's GT7"

I remember thinking Gran Turismo 4 was never coming out. How foolish I was.

Alteres posted...

I honestly never got why people loved the ps2 era games so freaking much.

I always preferred arcade racers, which pretty much died.

Gran Turismo 3 was the game that made me love simulation racers. I had so much fun with that game. The license tests really helped my skills with the simulation physics. Music was great, the tracks were varied and there was a ton of cars to unlock and race with.

I even had a rivalry going with one of my neighbors at the time. We realized that winning the endurance races were how you unlock the F1 cars. It was a grind (2-3 hours to finish one of those races), but after, we'd meet up and go "You'll never beat me now. I unlocked a better F1 car!"