Polestar 5 Is Coming To 'gran Turismo 7' With The Help Of A Real-life Race Car Driver

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The newest car to subordinate nan "Gran Turismo 7" unchangeable will beryllium the Polestar 5, coming this December successful a free update for players connected some PlayStation 4 and PS5. The announcement was made astatine nan Los Angeles extremity of nan Gran Turismo World Series, a world esports racing tourney pinch nan extremity of launching sim racers toward real-life racing careers. In summation to nan Polestar 5 being added to nan crippled — portion of a business that is "set to proceed complete aggregate years" — location will beryllium a typical clip proceedings arena successful nan game, nan victor of which will get flown to Fukuoka, Japan, to be nan World Finals of nan GT World Series.

Gran Turismo bid shaper Kazunori Yamauchi says he has "long been impressed by Polestar cars for their advanced, clean, and elegant designs." While nan Polestar 5 is conscionable a accumulation car (albeit 1 pinch up to 884 horsepower), I wouldn't beryllium amazed if this business will consequence successful a made-up Vision Gran Turismo car soon, and nan summation of different models. Polestar is still moving connected the 6 roadster, which would beryllium beautiful nosy successful nan game.

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"Gran Turismo" is known for its utmost realism, and Polestar and crippled developer Polyphony Digital worked intimately to make nan Polestar 5 thrust arsenic accurately arsenic imaginable successful nan game, enlisting nan thief of master title car driver Igor Fraga. Not only did Fraga triumph nan inaugural FIA Gran Turismo Nations Cup successful 2018, but he has since nabbed 4 Gran Turismo World Series titles and presently races successful some nan 2025 Super Formula Championship and nan 2025 Super GT series. Fraga went to Polestar's improvement accommodation in Sweden and nan Brands Hatch title way in England to thrust prototype vehicles and link pinch nan Polestar R&D team, pinch Polyphony's squad applying his real-world feedback to nan handling and dynamics simulation successful nan game.

Polestar says that pinch nan correct personification down nan wheel, nan 5's thigh times successful "Gran Turismo 7" and successful existent life are "directly comparable." Joakim Rydholm, Polestar's caput of driving dynamics, says "working with the Gran Turismo squad to guarantee nan integer 'feel' of nan Polestar 5 was as close arsenic imaginable to nan existent point was a really important measurement for us. The end result intends nan integer car 100% replicates nan behind-the-wheel acquisition of nan existent Polestar 5, meaning GT racers will person conscionable arsenic much fun arsenic buyers of nan existent cars." When nan clip proceedings goes unrecorded in-game, Polestar will beryllium releasing a documentary movie astir nan collaboration on YouTube.