Gran Turismo (PlayStation)

Gran Turismo was the first game in the Gran Turismo series. It was released for the Sony Playstation.

Development
The first time Kazunori Yamauchi requested to make this game. The higher up peoples did not allow him to make the game. Instead, he made 2 games: Motor Toon Grand Prix and Motor Toon Grand Prix 2. He was the main designer for both games and it allowed him to change each cars physics and experiment with the raeing dynamics as a whole. He then requested to start Gran Turismo, the higher up at Polyphony Digital allowed to make it. He then began development on his dream game.

Gameplay
Gran Turismo is a simulation raceing game. 6 cars are racing in every race throughout the game. Each event is a tournament which is made up of at least of 3 races. Each event has specific criteria for cars that are allowed. There are total of 16 events, 3 of which are endurance events.