History Trivia / GranTurismo

* MultiDiscWork: Subverted by the original game, which came in a "fat" CD case to hold a thicker than usual manual but still came on a single disc. Played straight with ''2'', which has separate discs for Arcade and Simulation Mode. Additionally, the physical release of the "Spec II" update for ''Sport'' was on two discs (the initial release was a single disc), and the PS4 version of ''7'' is on [[https://www.gtplanet.net/gt7-two-discs-ps4-20220215/ two discs]], though the PS5 version is on a single disc.

** A real-life limited production run of the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo concept from ''Sport'' was announced in 2017, but as of 2022, nothing has been heard of from the project since, and the concept mysteriously disappeared in ''7''.

* [[DuelingWorks/RacingGame Dueling Works - Racing Games]]: With console brand rival ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' and the older, more successful ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''. ''Forza'' contains elements such as car vinyl creation, full damage modelling and performance changes as a result. The ''GT'' series would not see the latter until a few games later in the series, and the former feature was introduced in ''Sport''. ''NFS'' on the other hand is squarely in arcade gameplay territory save for ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedPorscheUnleashed Porsche Unleashed]]'', ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet ProStreet]]'', and the ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'' sub-series, but since the multiplatform series has sold more copies than [=PlayStation=]-exclusive ''GT'' while having been around for several years as well, they are considered competitors nonetheless.

* [[DuelingWorks/RacingGame Dueling Works - Racing Games]]: With console brand rival ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' and the older, more successful ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''. ''Forza'' contains elements such as car vinyl creation, full damage modelling and performance changes as a result. The ''GT'' series would not see the latter until a few games later in the series, and the former feature was introduced in ''Sport''. ''NFS'' on the other hand is squarely in arcade gameplay territory save for ''Porsche Unleashed'', ''[=ProStreet=]'', and the ''Shift'' sub-series, but since the multiplatform series has sold more copies than [=PlayStation=]-exclusive ''GT'' while having been around for several years as well, they are considered competitors nonetheless.

* OldShame: Not the game itself, but Wiki/ThisVeryWiki having a NightmareFuel page for it.

** The first game began development in 1992. Back when the UsefulNotes/PlayStation was going to be an add-on for the ''Super Nintendo.'' ''Gran Turismo'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been one of Nintendo's killer apps]].

* [[DuelingWorks/RacingGame Dueling Works - Racing Games]]: With console brand rival ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' and the older, more successful ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''. ''Forza'' contains elements such as car vinyl creation, full damage modelling and performance changes as a result. The ''GT'' series would not see the latter until a few games later in the series, and the former feature was introduced in ''Sport''. ''NFS'' on the other hand is almost nothing like ''GT'' save for ''Porsche Unleashed'', ''[=ProStreet=],'' and the ''Shift'' sub-series, but since the multiplatform series has sold more copies than [=PlayStation=]-exclusive ''GT'' while having been around for several years as well, they are considered competitors nonetheless.

** As mentioned below, ''2'''s development was really pressed for time, and as a result, several cars, a few tracks and ''a whole game mode'' got shafted from the final game.

* KillerApp: ''Gran Turismo 3'' was the first true system-mover for the [=PS2=] and was by far its best-selling game until the fall/winter of 2001 when [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies the]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty heavy]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII hitters]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX came.]]
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Many cars were never officially introduced in some countries and vice versa. For example, the Toyota Tacoma to Japanese players.

** The [=E3=] 2009 trailers for the ''5'', as well as a teaser included at the end of PSP's staff credits, featured winged version of the fifth-generation "Car of Tomorrow" NASCAR cars. These trailers also featured Michael Waltrip and his NAPA-sponsored car; the following season, Waltrip began to wind down his driving duties while NASCAR went back to the traditional rear spoiler, so the NASCAR content in the released game followed suit.

* ChristmasRushed: ''2''. It was released ahead of schedule in order to be on the market in time for Christmas 1999. Early copies were extremely glitch ridden, which players reporting many extremely weird glitches, the most prominent being that their garage can be randomly deleted. Additionally, players can only attain 98.2% completion percentage due to several race events being removed or undefined (updated versions of the game released in early 2000 fixed this, however).

** ''7'' was originally set to be released somewhere around 2021, but it has been delayed to 2022 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** The US version of ''4'' had a JGTC car sent down the drain because its livery's main sponsor, Esso, doesn't exist in the US (with Exxon in its place) and it therefore couldn't be licensed there. It was only in ''GT Concept'' (which was not released in the US) and the Japanese and European releases of ''4'', and was deleted altogether from then on.

* DevelopmentHell: Pretty much every iteration of the series goes through it. The most commonly-cited reason is the licensing issues related to the in-game cars.
** The most glaring example would be the PSP game, which originally began development as a port of ''Gran Turismo 4'' and was originally scheduled to be released in April 2005 to coincide with the debut of the PSP. Unfortunately, it was neglected in favor of ''Gran Turismo 5'', and as a result, took ''four years'' to be released.
** The first game began development in 1992. Back when the UsefulNotes/PlayStation was going to be an add-on for the ''Super Nintendo.'' ''Gran Turismo'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been one of Nintendo's killer apps.]]

* OldShame: Not the game itself, but Wiki/ThisVeryWiki having a NightmareFuel page for it. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2021_05_17_at_51212_pm.png No seriously]].

* OldShame: Not the game itself, but Wiki/ThisVeryWiki having a NightmareFuel page for it. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15046601260A53602600&page=3 No seriously]].

* OldShame: Not the game itself, but ThisVeryWiki having a NightmareFuel page for it. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15046601260A53602600&page=3 No seriously]].

* [[DuelingWorks/RacingGame Dueling Works - Racing Games]]: With console brand rival ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' and the older, more successful ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''. ''Forza'' contains elements such as car vinyl creation, full damage modelling and performance changes as a result. The ''GT'' series would not see the latter until a few games later in the series, and the former feature was introduced in ''Sport''. ''NFS'' on the other hand is almost nothing like ''GT'' save for ''Porsche Unleashed'', ''[=ProStreet=],'' and the ''Shift'' games, but since the multiplatform series has sold more copies than [=PlayStation=]-exclusive ''GT'' while having been around for several years as well, they are considered competitors nonetheless.

** ''7'' was originally set to be released somewhere around 2021, but it has been delayed to 2022 due to UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* ''7'' was originally set to be released somewhere around 2021, but it has been delayed to 2022 due to UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** Allowing race modifications for almost all cars in the second game. Doesn't sound very artistic, until you consider every racing modification is an Expy of a real world racing car. Even cars such as the early 80s Toyota Starlet - a 174HP economy car which was never professionally raced - is based off an actual racer built by an amateur team for track days.

** The FIA themselves have actually applauded [[http://www.gran-turismo.com/us/news/00_1153498.html how accurate Polyphony's track recreations are]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Gran Turismo 2'' was rushed to store shelves for the Christmas period. Cue GameBreakingBug(s), a few dozen typos, deleted cars, and biggest of all, the omission of a drag racing mode.

** Hell, the deletion of the drag racing made 100% completion UnwinnableByMistake, as the player could only achieve 98.2%. Sony admitted they were trying to get the game out in time for the holiday rush, and offered a bug-free version with 100% completion available. The drag racing was still omitted however.
** The earliest builds of ''Gran Turismo 2'' had images of the Mercedez [=CLK-GTR=] Race Car, but due to Creator/ElectronicArts owning the rights of it at the time, the car had to be removed. Polyphony attempted to put a placeholder ficitonal car instead, but ended up being DummiedOut. Granted, it wasn't the actual [=CLK-GTR=], it looked like the [=DTM=] [=CLK=] one and one theory is that the manufacturer didn't like the replacement.