Gran Turismo - 25th Anniversary Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Celebrating 25 Years of Gran Turismo: A Message from Kazanouri Yamauchi

I’m very happy that we are celebrating our 25th anniversary since the first release of the Gran Turismo series.

Back in 1992, Gran Turismo was the first project plan I created out of close to 100 others I came up with when I first started my career in this industry, so it means a lot to me.

While making video games was something I started from 10 years old as a hobby, I had never thought about making it a career.

I started a movie production club when I was 14, and had been producing movies, so I first joined Sony hoping to create image products. But the department they assigned me to was not what I was expecting.

It was a department where the PlayStation console was just about to start, and was a place where Kutaragi-san was working feverishly to bring the concept of PlayStation to life.
That place was not what I had hoped for, but looking back now, you could say that I was very lucky.

I was fascinated by real time 3D graphics that many had been waiting for, and created and presented plans for all kinds of video games, not just limited to race games but RPGs, adventure games, action games, puzzle games, and more.

As a result, Gran Turismo took a more fantasy race game format in the “Motor Toon Grand Prix”, becoming one of the first 1st party titles for PlayStation, but if a plan for something other than a racing game had been the one that was approved, there is a good chance that I might have been making a title other than Gran Turismo today.

Thereafter the Gran Turismo project started from gathering a team of two part time artists and three engineers.

From there, the number of comrades have continued to increase in number for over quarter of a century, and has become Polyphony Digital today, a company with over 200 staff members.
I don’t think there are many video game franchises in the world that have continued for 25 years with the same title, and with the same team.

The founding members of the company are still working on the front lines, and I am thankful and proud that all 200 of our staff are a team that have the same motivation and love that the company started with in the beginning.

In the last 25 years, the cumulative sales total of the series have reached over 90 million copies as of November 16, 2022.
And this result is something that could not be accomplished by ourselves alone.

Behind that 90 million figure, there are all the people of the media who conveyed the allure of Gran Turismo to their readers. There are the people of PlayStation who sold GT for us around the world with passion, and there is the incredible amount of support from the retailers who interfaced with our users.

My heartfelt thanks goes out to all of them for their support.

And above all else, I can’t ever thank enough the GT users and people of the GT community who have played our new titles, which at times could be said to have been very experimental.
We are here today because of all the people who supported us.

I believe the Gran Turismo series have always pursued “Beauty”. The beauty of the cars, the beauty of the scenery, the beauty of the lighting, the beauty of driving, the beauty of sounds / music and the beauty of the graphics.

The “pursuit of beauty” is the motivation for creating Gran Turismo.

We have newfound determination to continue our progress into the future with a strong sense of purpose.

We appreciate all of your support over the last 25 years.

Thank you.

[younglejszi]

Gran Turismo will be in my heart FOREVER

[ModeMan]

The original GT on PS1 was an incredible technical feat. Let's also not forget that it ushered in the era of the DualShock controller!

[Jakco]

Unfortunately I came into the series at 7, but I absolutely love the vibe, the music, visual presentation and gameplay of it all. Really fantastic set of games in this series and everyone who was involved.

[ARTSONICFAN]

Nostalgia. There's no other word to describe this.

[TO__FU]

Despite whatever shortcomings or controversy that Gran Turismo 7 faces, I am still glad that I discovered this series at a young age. I got introduced to racing from games like Taxi, Driver and Burnout but Gran Turismo made me fall in love with cars. Till this day there are still no games out there that capture the beauty of cars much like GT does. They showcase every single car as a piece of art rather a machine. Thank you GT.

[markatkinson]

Gran turismo 3&4 still stand the test of time graphically and gameplay wise. Two of the greatest racers ever.

[alteredgenos]

Granturismo was my bread and butter in the late 90s with 1 and 2 and early 2000s with 3 and 4. Infinite hours of fun, even though i have not played the series since gt4, I still fondly remember the series. Thank you.

[AbhayRaj]

What a long way it has come...many more miles to go

[LudoX]

25 years of racing experience, thanks Mr Yamauchi, thanks to the people at Polyphony and the people at PlayStation that made this possible! 😁👍👏👏

[dannystavs]

This video is just one big love letter to the GT series and I can't help but adore it. Happy 25th Anniversary, Gran Turismo! Here's to another 25 years of awesomeness! 🎊🎉🥳💙❤️

[lgg]

I've played every Gran Turismo game, lifetime of memories. Thank you.

[TomDobo]

Been playing since GT1 released and its still my favourite racing series of all time. Hope GT7 keeps getting better.

[jaahman]

Happy 25th anniversary gran turismo! Such an iconic franchise. Looking forward to the future as always.

[Johnthegamer]

Gran Turismo Is One Of The Best Racing Games Of All Time And Still Is!

[PSG]

Man i get goosebumps from this, so much nostalgia from one video!

[Big_AlStudios]

Happy 25th Anniversary Gran Turismo! Thank you for being a huge part of my childhood growing up and still going strong today!

[LastExpert]

Best Racing Simulation Game Ever Made.

[Wanderson_Kenway]

😍 Gran turismo, que nostalgia.
quem diria, 25 anos de história
Quem bom, que eu faço dessa história ❤ eu amo gran turismo.

[nurnberg]

I'm 45 years old, I've been here since the beginning, I've driven them all and I'm staying, I'm teaching my son to drive. It's great for us, thanks for everything🖖

[felixis]

Grew up playing the entire Gran Turismo series, my most memorable drive was in GT2, Tahiti Road in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V. Though a beginner's course, skidding through the tarmac in the iconic Evolution V was so satisfying. Happy 25th anniversary to Polyphony Digital!!