Get Up to Speed About the Gran Turismo 5 Academy

Gran Turismo 5 features over 1000 different stylish cars with over two dozen track locations with so many variations that the game includes about 70 circuits. Some of the cars featured include the Lamborghini and the Bugatti, as well as the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the Ferrari's latest 458 Italia. Many hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight have been known to appear on the game, as well as some electric cars such as the Tesla Roadster.

The game features head tracking, using PlayStation Eye, which will help the player move their head naturally but have the view around the 3D cockpit move around to get a full view and to add to the realistic aspect of racing. Another new feature of the Gran Turismo game is the GPS based device that creates a ghost lap through a real life race circuit allowing someone to view or race against their own real life driving.

The realistic nature of this game will thrill you as it is the Gran Turismo 5 game will be the very first of the entire series to include mechanical and external damage modeling, where real-time deformation of your engine can occur depending on the speed and angle of your impact. All of it will be exactly true to life, and the damages that will appear on the screen will be the exact same as you might experience if you were really racing and a car crashed into your side. If you want more action packed adrenaline pumping adventure, you will be pleased to know that for the first time ever, it is possible to overturn other cars and to see them get damaged and have their interiors and exteriors smashed to bits. As other games only had mechanical damage, there will be even more exciting and thrilling destruction in this new version.

Also, for the first time ever, an online version will be available in the game with a the ability to incorporate more than 16 players. Imagine playing with people all over the world and connecting via an online system for maximum fun and excitement.

Night racing makes a reappearance in this version, with the option for you to take your premium car out on a track in the dark of night and participate in a variety of weather effects and harsher conditions. This is the first game that will allow for Stereoscopic three dimensional resolution, in the attempts to further maximize your gaming experience.

If you have a love for adventure and competition, you will love participating in the World Rally Championship, NASCAR, and Super GT, all of which have licenses that will appear in the game.

Designed by Kazunori Yamauchi, this game is sure to be something that will transport you from this world and take you into the fast paced, exciting, adventurous and extraordinary world of race car drivers till you are nearly blown away by the thrill of it all. Since this game even allows you to output your high definition replays onto YouTube, you can share with the whole world your extraordinary racing feats, maneuvers, and even drastic damages.

Source: Aricle