The Birth of Gran Turismo 5

Another knockout for EA from Sony on PS 3 - a full version of GT 5 was recently shown, and its release is due in just a few days.

Features:

• 1000 cars, including several electric cars
• 80 tracks
• new physics
• damage model
• moving camera in the cockpit
• Dolby Digital 5.1 and 7.1 sound
• support for personal playlists (loading MP3s from the console's hard drive)

Game modes:

• Arcade mode (Single Player, 2 Player Battle)
• GT Mode (World Map, My Garage, Car Dealer, Tuning Shop (parts, tires), Car Washes/Oil Change, Race Championship (Series system, point system), License Test
• Multiplayer (Open Lobby, Text / Voice Chat, Private rooms, Online Photo Album, Online Replay Album, YouTube replay output)
• Gran Turismo TV (Video output to a PSP or PSP Go®, Progressive Download, Improved user interface, Continuous Play for videos)
• Photo Mode (Photo Drive (Circuit), Photo stage (Stage Photo mode only))

Note that, according to estimates for August 2009, GT 5 Prologue sold 4 million copies.