History Film / GranTurismo2023

** The first professional real life race of Jann at Silverstone.
** The last-chance race of Jann in Dubai.

** Jann is shown playing ''Gran Turismo 7'' at a gamer cafe prior to competing at GT Academy. In reality, [=GT7=] was released in 2022, over a decade after Jann participated in GT Academy.

** Subverted in his first professional race in Silverstone where he was 4th in the last lap, before getting bumped by Nick Capa, causing him to finish 27th.

** Jann wins the GT Academy qualifying race in the final straight line
** Then when he wins the final GT Academy race in the final straight line

* ExecutiveMeddling: In-Universe; After the final GT Academy race involving the five gamer drivers, Danny Moore initially pushes for Matty Davis to be the inaugural driver – although Jann Mardenborough bested him by a fraction of a second – largely because he feels Matty would be the better choice for publicity. [[SubvertedTrope Jack Salter insisted on going with Jann.]]

* HateSink: Nicholas Capa, Jann's primary rival in the film, is an arrogant, hotheaded, and snobbish professional driver who has a very low opinion of GT Academy drivers, thinking that they are beneath him even though Jann constantly proves again and again that he has what it takes to race among the pros. Every time Jann makes a move to overtake him, Capa displays downright nasty unsportsmanlike conduct [[spoiler:by bumping or grinding on Jann's car and gloating about it in the pits later. He also pulled dangerous overtake moves himself to gain his position back that endangers not only himself but other racers on the track; something that [[{{Hypocrite}} he accused Jann]] of doing.]] Not only that, [[spoiler:after Jann's near-fatal crash at Nürburgring which killed a spectator, Capa uses this tragic event to discredit Jann and the rest of GT Academy project publicly and almost causes the program to be shut down out of petty spite]]. Also, even before that, [[CantTakeCriticism Capa]] violently dresses Jack Salter down when the latter sarcastically criticizes Capa's driving skills earlier in the movie, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain which proves to be the last straw]] that causes Jack to take up Danny's offer to become an instructor at GT Academy. Put simply, there's pretty much nothing likable about this guy.

* MythologyGag: Throughout the movie, audio and visual elements from the ''Gran Turismo'' games (namely 7), and racing video games in general appear-on screen, perhaps to convey Jann's TetrisEffect from his time playing them, helping him focus and perform in his later real racing situations, such as positioning, track maps, optimal racing lines, and lap times. Humorously implemented during [[spoiler: a chase scene involving him escaping cops that pulled him over. When he's celebrating, "Congratulations" and "Cop Avoidance (alongside a gold trophy)" messages appear, as if he completed a mission in a game.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: When Nick Capa passes Jann after the latter has slowed down [[spoiler:fighting a mental bout in the middle of the 24 Hours of Le Mans]], the former utters out-loud, "Bitch!"

-->'''Jack:''' [[spoiler: FUCK it! Find your own line!]]

** To place 4th in a single race in a series of six

* TheBigRace: Pretty much the entire premise of the movie. There are six races shown in the movie for several minutes:
** The GT Academy qualifying race taking place on ''Gran Turismo 7''.
** The GT Academy final race.
** The first professional real life race of Jann at Silverstone.
** The last-chance race of Jann in Dubai.
** The race at Nürburgring, [[spoiler:which is the major dramatic pivot point.]]
** The [[spoiler:24 hours of Le Mans]], being the climax of the movie.
* TrainingFromHell: What Jack Salter subjects the GT Academy trainees to, which is justified because professional racing ''really'' demands that kind of training to ensure the safety of the drivers and everyone else during the races. GT Academy trainees have only experienced driving behind the safety of a TV/computer screen, but real-life racing demands their physical finesse and mental fortitude as well. Half of the trainees got cut out from the program precisely because they couldn't keep up with Jack's rigorous training program, and the rest had to compete in a final graduation race to decide the sole winner.

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Jann always manages to reach his objectives barely, DownToTheLastPlay, even against all odds.
** Slightly subverted in his first professional race in Silverstone where he was 4th in the last lap, before getting bumped by Nick Capa, causing him to finish 27th.

-->'''Jack:''' ''(Sarcastically, in a manner of being mildly inconvenienced)'' ...you threw up on my lawn.

* BloodSport: As with other similar stories, automobile racing is portrayed as an extremely dangerous sport that could very easily cost someone's life in seconds, which is the reason why GT Academy students have to undergo a tough training program to begin with just to become a racer. Despite the comparatively much better safety standards than racing in the old days, accidents could still happen any crash could still be fatal, and it ''does''. [[spoiler:Capa, Schulin, and Jann himself all end up crashing their cars at one point in the movie, with Jann's crash also killing a spectator as in real life. Jack's backstory also involved the death of his fellow driver, which shook him so much that he retired from the sport entirely.]]

* BloodSport: As with other similar stories, automobile racing is portrayed as an extremely dangerous sport that could very easily cost someone's life in seconds, which is the reason why GT Academy students have to undergo a tough training program to begin with just to become a racer. Despite the comparatively much better safety standards than cars of the old days, any crash could still be fatal, and it ''does''. [[spoiler:Capa, Schulin, and Jann himself all end up crashing their cars at one point in the movie, with Jann's crash also killing a spectator as in real life. Jack's backstory also involved the death of his fellow driver, which shook him so much that he retired from the sport entirely.]]

* HateSink: Nicholas Capa, Jann's primary rival in the film, is an arrogant, hotheaded, and snobbish professional driver who has a very low opinion of GT Academy drivers, thinking that they are beneath him even though Jann constantly proves again and again that he has what it takes to race among the pros, which Capa responses by [[spoiler:unsportsmanly bumps on Jann's car in their first race and causes Jann to fall down to the last place in the final lap and proceeds to gloat about it in the pit later.]] Not only that, [[spoiler:after Jann's near-fatal crash at Nürburgring which killed a spectator, Capa uses this tragic event to discredit Jann and the rest of GT Academy project publicly and almost causes the program to be shut down out of petty spite]]. Also, even before that, [[CantTakeCriticism Capa]] violently dresses Jack Salter down when the latter sarcastically criticizes Capa's driving skills earlier in the movie, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain which proves to be the last straw]] that causes Jack to take up Danny's offer to become an instructor at GT Academy. Put simply, there's pretty much nothing likable about this guy.

** A sample of "Moon over the Castle", the theme song of the series, can be heard when Jann beats the qualifying race.

* TrainingFromHell: What Jack Salter subjects the GT Academy trainees to, which is justified because professional racing ''really'' demands that kind of training to ensure the safety of the drivers and everyone else during the races. GT Academy trainees have only experienced driving behind the safety of a TV/computer screen, but real-life racing demands their physical finesse as well. Half of the trainees got cut out from the program precisely because they couldn't keep up with Jack's rigorous physical training program.

** The final turn of [[spoiler:the 24 Hours of Le Mans]] is a right curve, but the actual [[spoiler:Circuit de la Sarthe]] is ending with a left-right chicane. Mostly due to the movie being not filmed on location but at the Hungaroring and to make the final overtake more cinematic.

** The final turn of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a right curve, but the actual Circuit de la Sarthe is ending with a left-right chicane. Mostly due to the movie being not filmed on location but at the Hungaroring and to make the final overtake more cinematic.

* ProductPlacement: Aside from [[TheFilmOfTheGame the obvious]], the film has a lot of Nissan and Sony product placement (with a minor subplot revolving around the Walkman).

** A Ligier-Nissan [=DPi=] Prototype used in [[spoiler:the 24 hours of Le Mans]].

** A pretty ironic one happens with Creator/ShinichiroMiki's role as the Nissan's marketing executive David Moore, as he previously [[Manga/InitialD Takumi Fujiwara, the main protagonist and an underground racer]]: In this film, not only he doesn't race at all, but he also works for the company who had build many of the cars Takumi had faced in the manga and in the anime, since he drives a Toyota [=AE86=].

* CastingGag: A couple of this in the Japanese dub:

** In the intro, a young Kazunori Yamauchi is shown test-driving a first-generation Honda/Acura NSX against a Ford GT40 to gather data for his ''Gran Turismo'' simulator.

* ChekhovsSkill: As revealed during the night before the final GT Academy race, Jann listens to relaxing music such as Kenny G to help him sleep, or, as does Jann in real-life, meditate before races. Jack takes notice of this prior to one of the races in the film. In the final stretch of [[spoiler:the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jann is struggling from the trauma of his Nürburgring wreck, and Jack plays some of that music through his radio (via his new Walkman that Jann gave to him as a gift, which itself is a ChekhovsGun), to get him to snap into it and get angry, which instantly helps.]]

** Salter loves to listen to old rock music (such as "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath is [[EstablishingCharacterMusic in his first scene]]) in his old Walkman, showing his role as the veteran mentor.

* OpposingSportsTeam: Nicholas Capa and Federik Schulin are the only named rival racers, perfectly okay with attacking Jann's car and Capa [[spoilers:tries to exploit Jann's accident to lead a "anti-virtual racer" movement and get Jann banned forever from racing.]] Capa also keeps insulting everybody he encounters.

The film was released on August 9, 2023 in some countries and will be released in the US on August 25, 2023.

* HateSink: Nicholas Capa, Jann's primary rival in the film, is an arrogant, hotheaded, and snobbish professional driver who has a very low opinion of GT Academy drivers, thinking that they are beneath him even though Jann constantly proves again and again that he has what it takes to race among the pros, which Capa responses by [[spoiler:unsportsmanly bumps on Jann's car in their first race and causes Jann to fall down to the last place in the final lap and proceeds to gloat about it in the pit later.]] Not only that, [[spoiler:after Jann's near-fatal crash at Nürburgring which killed a spectator, Capa uses this tragic event to discredit Jann and the rest of GT Academy project publicly and almost causes the program to be shut down out of petty spite]]. Also, even before that, [[CantTakeCriticism Capa]] violently dresses Jack Salter down when the latter sarcastically criticizes Capa's driving skills earlier in the movie, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain which proves to be the last straw]] that causes Jack to take up Danny's offer to become an instructor at GT Academy.