Gran Turismo 5 Release date announced

The wait is over, as the release date is locked in

Posted on Nov 12, 2010 - 11:09am EST

Playstation Blog has announced that Gran Turismo 5 will finally go on sale throughout North America on Wednesday, November 24th.

Players will get over 1,000 cars, including karts and select NASCAR cars, scores of tracks, the all-new Course Maker, a dynamic weather system, a robust online community, and everything else Gran Turismo 5 has to offer - in less than two weeks from now.

Along with confirming release date, Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital, had this to say:

"Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version of the Apollo Space Program! When we created the original Gran Turismo back in 1997, we wanted to set a completely new precedent for the racing genre. With the technological leap onto PlayStation 3, our objective with Gran Turismo 5 was to create another great revolution which would not only satisfy our own high expectations, but would meet or even exceed the anticipation of the fans. Satisfying the loyal Gran Turismo followers is at the heart of all of our efforts, which is why it was such a difficult decision to delay the release of the game, and one which we did not take lightly. I can only apologize to everyone for making you wait so long, and I hope that when you try out the wealth of driving experiences available in Gran Turismo 5, you will not be disappointed."

Gran Turismo 5 has been in development for a number of years, and is coming exclusively to Playstation 3.