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  • Watch some “celebrities” race and wreck in Gran Turismo tonight

    Watch some “celebrities” race and wreck in Gran Turismo tonight

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    2020 has been a wreck of a year, so why not watch some influencer/celebrity types wreck in an online race? Michelin and Gran Turismo are partnering to bring GT fans the “Michelin Race for Good.” The livestreaming event will have 16 so-called celebrity drivers battling it out on Gran Turismo for the chance to send…

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  • Gran Turismo 7 is coming to the new PlayStation 5

    Gran Turismo 7 is coming to the new PlayStation 5

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    Sony just introduced the new PlayStation 5. Along with that introduction came the news that the next generation Gran Turismo will come with it. Gran Turismo 7 promises to carry on with the general game play idea; race tracks, cars from world over, licenses, challenges, races, and what will likely be remarkable online racing series. Preview…

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  • Watch me race in the Pro-Am Gran Turismo Championship

    Watch me race in the Pro-Am Gran Turismo Championship

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    The FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships is a professional eSports world championship tournament. It is played on the latest rendition of the Gran Turismo (GT) video game, Gran Turismo Sport. The championship was somewhat quietly launched in 2018 but has gathered quite the following from the GT faithful. Last weekend the 2019 world tour came to New York City. This…

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  • We chat with the creator of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamuchi and Scott Clark from Michelin

    We chat with the creator of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamuchi and Scott Clark from Michelin

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    The FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships took place this weekend in New York City. We will discuss this in more detail later on. This coincided with the Gran Turismo and Michelin announcement we mentioned earlier. The event also provided me with an opportunity to chat with Kazunori Yamauchi, the CEO of Polyphony Digital and producer of the now-iconic…

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  • Michelin and Gran Turismo  partner up and it’s kind of a big deal

    Michelin and Gran Turismo partner up and it’s kind of a big deal

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    The Gran Turismo videogame needs no introduction. It’s been around for over twenty years in various different formats. It went from being a car-modding game to driver educating simulator. It created the GT Academy which turned gamers into real world racers. In 2018 the FIA Gran Turismo Championship was created – an eSport racing series…

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