Polyphony Digital/Gran Turismo Real World Achievements

[kanariya]

What are the real world achievements for the auto industry done by PD over the years? Here are some of them I can recall for now.

1. Made GT-R and Evo popular enough for the manufacture to decide to bring them to the America.
2. Developed the Multi-function monitor for GT-R.
3. Nissan commissioned PD to design a special bodykit for the 350Z.
4. GT by Citroën - collaboration between Citroën and PD.
5. GT Academy with Nissan.
6. Gran Turismo Awards event.
7. Boosted car sales for many manufactures.
8. Many other collaborations with different manufactures. Link
9. Lotus Evora unveiled by PD with GT5
10. Sébastien Loeb practiced with GT4 on the plane. Link
11. Ferrari California used GT5 as one of the official promotional media.

 

[RACECAR]

Not a good place for this thread to be posted. Mods, please move this elsewhere.

 

[Dave A]

If the thread can't go here I'm not sure where I'd put it, either way the report button is there to ask the mods to move or close a thread .

I recall it being said that TVR sales in Japan went up notably after GT1.

 

[kanariya]

I was wondering where should this belong to.

 

[Kryz11]

What are the real world achievements for the auto industry done by PD over the years? Here are some of them I can recall for now.

1. Made GT-R and Evo popular enough for the manufacture to decide to bring them to the America.
2. Developed the Multi-function monitor for GT-R.
3. Nissan commissioned PD to design a special bodykit for the 350Z.
4. GT by Citroën - collaboration between Citroën and PD.
5. GT Academy with Nissan.
6. Gran Turismo Awards event.

Here you go.

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/products/collaboration/

Many of these things are BIG.

 

[RACECAR]

I was wondering where should this belong to.

Personally, I think this would be better in either the "Gaming in General" Forums or "The Rumblestrip" Forums as it has nothing to do with GT5 for the time being.

 

[Peter]

Lotus Evora: Collaboration between PD and Lotus
GT made the 24hrs of Nurburgring more famous by sponsoring every car and making movies of it on GT TV

 

[TeggD]

Yeah GT by Citroen is pretty awesome.

 

[Northstar]

Lotus Evora: Collaboration between PD and Lotus
GT made the 24hrs of Nurburgring more famous by sponsoring every car and making movies of it on GT TV

Don't forget having the race in the game.

 

[kanariya]

Personally, I think this would be better in either the "Gaming in General" Forums or "The Rumblestrip" Forums as it has nothing to do with GT5 for the time being.

Mods can lend a hand if that's where this should belong to.

 

[kanariya]

Here you go.

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/products/collaboration/

Many of these things are BIG.

Nice, my google research didn't come up with that!

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> I may add that some real race drivers credit GT as their training spot/base before the actual race. One rally driver did that before he raced in LeMans.

 

[Viper-Fan]

-> I may add that some real race drivers credit GT as their training spot/base before the actual race. One rally driver did that before he raced in LeMans.

You meant Sébastien Loeb right?

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ I think so...

 

[Smallhorses]

You meant Sébastien Loeb right?

Link to pictures of Sébastien Loeb practising GT4 Sarthe circuit in a plane.

 

[Viper-Fan]

Link to pictures of Sébastien Loeb practising GT4 Sarthe circuit in a plane.

Thank you 👍 I had a feeling it was Sébastien.

 

[Worst_Driver]

The GT series made me discover some new cars like TVR and daihatsu (Yeah it rocks)

 

[daan]

Lotus Evora: Collaboration between PD and Lotus

What did PD have to do with the Evora?

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ PD helped Lotus unveiling of the Evora using GT5P visual engine as I recall.

^ Lotus and PD also provided a demo run of the Evora at that car show at the same time.