History Trivia / GranTurismo

* BadExportForYou: Downplayed with the North American version of ''4''. While it retains the video output options for 480p and 1080i while introducing the the ability to change the measurement units, it had a large chunk of the licensed music removed, reducing to the number of the tracks to 65 (as opposed to 100 in the Japanese release) presumably due to licensing issues.[[labelnote:Note]]Ironically, the NTSC-U version of ''3'' had 20 licensed tracks unlike PAL and NTSC-J, which only featured around 12.[[/labelnote]] The European/Australian version, in the other hand, retains the missing songs at the cost of Masahiro Andoh's compositions being swapped out in favor of four exclusive licensed tracks. However, it lacks the said video output options and the ability to run at 60hz in supported TV screens unlike certain games released on the region's market such as ''[=OutRun=] 2006: Coast 2 Coast'' and ''Kaido Racer''.

* BadExportForYou: Downplayed with the North American version of ''4''. While it retains the video output options for 480p and 1080i while introducing the the ability to change the measurement units, it had a large chunk of the licensed music removed, reducing to the number of the tracks to 65 (as opposed to 100 in the Japanese release) presumably due to licensing issues.[[labelnote:Note]]Ironically, the NTSC-U version of ''3'' had 20 licensed tracks unlike PAL and NTSC-J, which only featured around 12.[[/labelnote]] The European/Australian version, in the other hand, retains the missing songs at the cost of Masahiro Andoh's compositions being swapped out in favor of four exclusive licensed tracks. However, it lacks the said video output options and the ability to run at 60hz in supported TV screens unlike certain games released on the region's market.

* SuddenlyVoiced: ''GTPSP'' was the first title to be fully voiced, with said voices provided by car enthusiast [[Series/TheTonightShow Jay Leno]] and an unknown female voice-over narrating the Driving Challenges, whereas prior ''GT'' games are voiceless.

* CrossGenerationVideoGame: ''7'' is the first GT entry to get a cross-gen release (on both UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5); the game was initially planned as a [=PS5=] exclusive but due to chip shortages and difficulty of finding [=PS5=] systems, the game was retooled into a cross-gen release.

** ''Gran Turismo 5'' suffered this as well, taking 6 years to come out due to Polyphony Digital struggling to handle the complex architecture of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 as well as the increased fidelity it was capable of.
** The first game began development in 1992. Back when the UsefulNotes/PlayStation was going to be [[UsefulNotes/SNESCDRom an add-on]] for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem. ''Gran Turismo'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been one of Nintendo's killer apps]] and their secondary flagship racing series instead of ''VideoGame/FZero''.

** An earlier attempt at a rival was ''Creator/{{Sega}} GT'', but that series fizzled out quickly after one entry on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast and two on the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} (Sega attempted to drum up interest by having ''Sega GT 2002'' and ''[[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]]'' as an Xbox pack-in title, but that failed because people would return the pack-in to get ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' or other titles).

* [[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/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.

** The earliest builds of ''Gran Turismo 2'' had images of the Mercedes [=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 (in fact, the Japanese manual refers it as the "CLK [=DTM2000=]").

** ''3'' also had a Porsche 996 [=GT3=] cut from the game (As Kazunori Yamauchi owns one). Whether this was a serious candidate for inclusion alongside the existing Ruf vehicles remains unknown. Additionally cut were the Lancia Stratos (In both road and rally versions; both would reappear in ''4''), and a variant of the R34 GT-R called the M-Spec (Which would formally debut in ''Concept'' and later reappear in ''4''). There are also unused car models for the 1998 [=McLaren MP4-13=] F1 car and an Alfa Romeo 156 touring car, but these do not have any parts or other data formally associated with them.

** Delving deep into the files of ''5'' reveals that [[NitroBoost NOS]] was going to be carried over from [=GT4=]. However, it got removed during ''5'''s development. (It was added back in ''6'', left out again in ''Sport'', and added ''again'' in ''7''.)

** ''2'' also had [[https://tcrf.net/Gran_Turismo_2/Unused_Cars several]] finished unused cars and some unused car models, such as a Lancer Evolution V rally car with an alternate Winfield livery, a Volkswagen Polo (Which despite being hidden sometimes shows up in the Event Generator anyway), the Arcade Mode exclusive rally car variants and even a number of 3D graphics as car models.

** ''3'' also had a Porsche 996 [=GT3=] cut from the game (As Kazunori Yamauchi owns one). Whether this was a serious candidate for inclusion alongside the existing Ruf vehicles remains unknown. Additionally cut were the Lancia Stratos (In both road and rally versions; both would reappear in ''4''), and a variant of the R34 GT-R called the M-Spec (Which would formally debut in ''Concept'' and later reappear in ''4'').

** 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[[labelnote:*]]presumably, the reason it was removed from that version rather than modified into an Exxon-branded car is because it prominently features Esso's old Happy Oil Drop mascots on its livery, which probably would have made it look odd when swapped out with Exxon branding[[/labelnote]]. 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.

* TheWikiRule: Here's the [[https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_Wiki Gran Turismo Wiki]].

* DoingItForTheArt: The level of detail they put into it is pretty much mind-blowing.
** Despite being rendered at a native resolution of 480p, two games on the [=PS2=] supported 1080i output - ''[=GT4=]'', and ''Tourist Trophy'' made by (you guessed it) Polyphony Digital.
** Allowing race modifications for almost all cars in the second game. Doesn't sound very artistic, until you consider every race-modified version of every car 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.
** In the first two games, all FWD saloons from the late 90's could be turned into their touring car counterpart from the period.
** The FIA themselves have actually applauded [[http://www.gran-turismo.com/us/news/00_1153498.html how accurate Polyphony's track recreations are.]]
** Sometimes, it seems like Polyphony does it just because they can - such as the astronomically accurate stars, or the background music changing to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LkP9_SOxk festive jazz]] at Christmas time.

** Lamborghini's entry in the Vision GT Project was unveiled, in physical form, at Monaco during the final stop for the 2019 ''Gran Turismo World Tour''. However, the car itself would not be added into ''Sport'', and it wouldn't until 2 years afterward that the Lambo VGT car was digitized, making its debut in ''7''.
** Likewise, Jaguar's VGT was showcased during that same event, and was raced twice, once in an exhibition race, and again during the Nations' Cup on the second day of the event. Both it, as well as a speedster version, were finally playable in ''7''.

** External executive meddling (between Panoz and Nissan) led to Nissan-marked [=DeltaWing=] removed from ''[=GT6=]''... only to be added back at the last minute, thanks to the day one patch. Now there are two [=DeltaWings=] to drive (the 2012 one at Le Mans and the 2013 one with it's chrome livery), with [=DeltaWing=] assigned as manufacturer name.

** 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 (in fact, the Japanese manual refers it as the "CLK [=DTM2000=]").

** ''7'' was originally set to be released somewhere around 2021, but it has been delayed to 2022 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As of September 2021, the release date is set at March 4, 2022.

** Delving deep into the files of ''5'' reveals that [[NitroBoost NOS]] was going to be carried over from [=GT4=]. However, it got removed during ''5'''s development. (It was added back in ''6''.)

** ''Gran Turismo Concept'', essentially a fancy demo for ''3'', was released in Japan, South Korea, and Europe... but not in North America.

* NoExportForYou: ''Gran Turismo 4 "Prologue"'', a retail demo of ''4'', never saw a release in North America... at least not in its entirely, as a modified, heavily stripped-down version of it does exist as the [[https://youtu.be/hJJzRL10Ims Special Edition 2004 Toyota Demo]], which, as the title implies, was only playable at the 2004 New York Auto Show Toyota booth.