The most recent automobile to affix the “Gran Turismo 7” secure might be the Polestar 5, coming this December in a free replace for gamers on each PlayStation 4 and PS5. The announcement was made on the Los Angeles cease of the Gran Turismo World Sequence, a worldwide esports racing match with the purpose of launching sim racers towards real-life racing careers. Along with the Polestar 5 being added to the sport — a part of a partnership that’s “set to proceed over a number of years” — there might be a particular time trial occasion within the recreation, the winner of which can get flown to Fukuoka, Japan, to attend the World Finals of the GT World Sequence.
Gran Turismo sequence producer Kazunori Yamauchi says he has “lengthy been impressed by Polestar automobiles for his or her superior, clear, and stylish designs.” Whereas the Polestar 5 is only a manufacturing automobile (albeit one with as much as 884 horsepower), I would not be shocked if this partnership will end in a made-up Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo automobile quickly, and the addition of different fashions. Polestar remains to be engaged on the 6 roadster, which might be fairly enjoyable within the recreation.
Actual-life and virual lap instances might be similar
“Gran Turismo” is understood for its excessive realism, and Polestar and recreation developer Polyphony Digital labored intently to make the Polestar 5 drive as precisely as potential within the recreation, enlisting the assistance {of professional} race automobile driver Igor Fraga. Not solely did Fraga win the inaugural FIA Gran Turismo Nations Cup in 2018, however he has since nabbed 4 Gran Turismo World Sequence titles and at present races in each the 2025 Tremendous System Championship and the 2025 Tremendous GT sequence. Fraga went to Polestar’s improvement services in Sweden and the Manufacturers Hatch race observe in England to drive prototype autos and join with the Polestar R&D workforce, with Polyphony’s workforce making use of his real-world suggestions to the dealing with and dynamics simulation within the recreation.
Polestar says that with the suitable individual behind the wheel, the 5’s lap instances in “Gran Turismo 7” and in actual life are “instantly comparable.” Joakim Rydholm, Polestar’s head of driving dynamics, says “working with the Gran Turismo workforce to make sure the digital ‘really feel’ of the Polestar 5 was as shut as potential to the actual factor was a very necessary step for us. The tip outcome means the digital automobile 100% replicates the behind-the-wheel expertise of the actual Polestar 5, which means GT racers may have simply as a lot enjoyable as patrons of the particular automobiles.” When the time trial goes stay in-game, Polestar might be releasing a documentary movie in regards to the collaboration on YouTube.