What is "gran turismo"

is a popular and critically acclaimed series of racing video games developed by Polyphony Digital. Developed exclusively for PlayStation systems, Gran Turismo games are intended to emulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles. Since the franchise's debut in December 1997, over 76 million units have been sold worldwide for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable, making it the highest selling video game franchise under the PlayStation brand.

Gran Turismo can trace back its origins to 1992, when Kazunori Yamauchi set out with a group of seven to develop the original Gran Turismo, which took five years to complete. As of December 2015, more than 76.5 million copies of Gran Turismo games had been sold.

Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by Swedish band The Cardigans, released internationally on October 1, 1998 and in November 1998 in the United States. It features a darker and more moody type of music, mixing with more electronic sounds.

In an interview in 2009, producer and sound engineer Tore Johansson commented on the dark sound of the record, which sets it apart from the warm, jammy feel of many other recordings made at Tambourine Studios: "It's a very cold and defined recording, no natural reverb or audio curtains: there's not a sound element on that disc which wasn't deliberately put there." Gran Turismo sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

Gran Turismo ( Italian for "Grand Tour") may refer to:

• Grand Tour, an educational trip for the monied young around the cultural highlights of Europe

• Grand tourer, a type of car for travelling long distance very fast in high style (originally) with the passengers' luggage.
• Maserati Gran Turismo, a two-door 2+2 coupé produced by Maserati

• Gran Turismo (series), a video game series
  • Gran Turismo (video game), the first game in the main series
  • Gran Turismo (PSP), PlayStation Portable spin-off in the series

• Gran Turismo (album), by The Cardigans
• "Moon over the Castle", a song by Masahiro Andoh

is a racing game designed by Kazunori Yamauchi. Gran Turismo was developed and published by Polys Entertainment in 1997 for the PlayStation video game console. The game's development group was established as Polyphony Digital in 1998.

After five years of development time, it was well-received publicly and critically, shipping a total of 10.85 million copies worldwide as of March 2013 (making it the best-selling PlayStation game), and scoring an average of 95% in GameRankings' aggregate, making it the highest rated racing video game of all-time. The game has started a series, and to date has spawned over 10 spin-offs and sequels.

is a 2009 PlayStation Portable (PSP) game developed by Polyphony Digital. The game was announced at the E3 Sony press conference on May 11, 2004, the same conference where Sony announced the original PSP. Following five years of delays and speculation, it made a reappearance at E3 on June 2, 2009 in a playable form. It was released on October 1, 2009 as one of the launch titles for the new PSP Go. As of March, 2013, Gran Turismo has sold 4.22 million units, making it one of the best-selling PSP games. On June 1, 2010, the game was re-released as part of Sony's Greatest Hits budget line of video games.