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Gran Turismo 5 is the fifth edition of the highly acclaimed Gran Turismo racing video game series, currently in development by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It expands on the Prologue version and will be the first of the main numbered series to feature on the PlayStation 3. It is the successor to Gran Turismo 4 in the main numbered series. A 16-player online mode will feature as in GT5 Prologue.
In an April 2008 interview, Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that 150 people had worked on Gran Turismo 5 for four years, with all of Polyphony Digital's 120 employees working on GT5, and the game costing 50 times more to develop than 1997's Gran Turismo.
GT5 is speculated to feature over 900 cars from many different manufacturers. And as found in the Prologue version, and for the first time in the numbered Gran Turismo series, the game is set to feature cars from Ferrari.
The game will also include the Test Track from the BBC motoring show Top Gear.
In a July 2008 interview with IGN, Yamauchi mentioned that at the moment, Polyphony Digital is focused on updates for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and that Gran Turismo 5 may not be released until 2010.
On November 30, 2008. Sony’s chief executive in Southern Europe, James Armstrong, revealed in a statement to a Spanish newspaper that GT5 is expected to be released around Christmas 2009. SCEE UK later stated they could not confirm a launch date.
