Corvette ZR1 gets the cover of Gran Turismo PSP
Corvette ZR1 Gran Turismo Screenshot - Click above for hi-res image gallery
Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi picks the image that goes on the cover of each breathlessly-awaited edition of the franchise. For the latest version of the game for the PSP, the Corvette ZR1 graces the box. Though he hails from Japan where there's many flavors of off-the-hook cars from the island's indigenous automakers, Yamauchi's got a love affair with American iron. "If you're looking for the optimum specs, layout, and styling in an FR car, it would be the ZR1," Yamauchi told Motor Trend. New screenshots of the ZR1 as it appears in Gran Turismo PSP have hit the web as well, fomenting worldwide desire.
The second American car to decorate a Gran Turismo box (the first being a Ford GT), the single Corvette image won out over a mock-up that included a Viper and a Mustang. It seems that while Gran Turismo gives gamers access to cars they may never see in the flesh, it does afford its maker the ability to poke around real examples of such awe-inspiring vehicles. For most GT fans, both new versions of the game and the cars that inhabit its digital simulations are the things of feverish dreams. The difference is that when the game finally drops, it will be obtainable.
Gallery: Corvette ZR1 in Gran Turismo PSP
[Source Motor Trend via GTPlanet]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Shamdiddly 8:39AM (8/05/2009)
Can I please just get something for my PS3 that isn't a fricking demo?
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bajanboss 8:58AM (8/05/2009)
I right there with ya
Alex 9:06AM (8/05/2009)
Agreed. This games needs to come out SOON.
sid 9:00AM (8/05/2009)
Yes, I brought my PS3 near launch thinking it would be a nice toy to keep for a long time, so after trying it out I put it away in the box and thought of getting it out when some decent games were made. Over two years now and I'm still waiting for a reason to get it out.
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Jason 10:06AM (8/05/2009)
You need to open your eyes a little more. Plenty of games out there on PS3 that are worth playing.
Jim Dubois 9:01AM (8/05/2009)
Corvette, the only car/brand that is worth a damn in GM's lineup
I love the regular Vette and especially this ZR1!!!!
btw...I saw the new Camaro the other day. Why is the rear so hunched up???
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yacoub 9:10AM (8/05/2009)
The Cadillac CTS-V would like a word with you.
Anthony 10:32AM (8/05/2009)
Cadillac is old styling, I have had furious fights with people I know who have them and they say that they hate change, well, it just makes them ugly. It is difficult to distinguish the car from a new version, to something 8 years old. The only difference is the grill or headlights. Plus, it's just other GM cars re-bodied to be uglified. I saw on this website that a new designer was taking reigns in Cadillac, hopefully it gets better.
Venom 10:40AM (8/05/2009)
CTS-V???
556 horsepower would like to disagree with you.
dal20402 10:59AM (8/05/2009)
Hmm... a bit hard to take you seriously...
CTS-V
G8 GT/GXP (RIP)
Camaro SS
And in a less performance-oriented vein, the regular CTS, LaCrosse, Malibu, Equinox, and Silverado/Sierra are all legitimate class leaders.
RMN 1:29PM (8/05/2009)
Those are all good cars but the Corvette is actually great. I have to agree with Jim. GM needs more cars the are better than "good" to stand out because plenty of other makers make good cars.
Assass1n 9:11AM (8/05/2009)
"...many flavors of off-the-hook cars from the island's indigenous automakers..."
Besides the GT-R, what else does Japan make in the way of "off-the-hook" cars? Honda NSX- dead, S2000- dead in a year. Toyota supra- dead. Am I missing something?
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:42AM (8/05/2009)
Last I checked the Z was still in production.
If you're going to travel down to the S2000 price range, why are you ignoring the 370Z?
Assass1n 9:46AM (8/05/2009)
@BigMcLargeHuge
You are right but I only put the S2000 on there because some people (Honda fanboys) would have you believe that the S2000 is the greatest car of all time. VTEC yo!!!!
BigMcLargeHuge 10:28AM (8/05/2009)
Well you gotta consider who uses the phrase "off the hook."
I think the only "off the hook" cars by American OEMs would be... the Cobalt SS?
Or would that better be termed, "that sh** is bangin' yo!"
=)
JDM Life 10:54AM (8/05/2009)
Yes your missing alot.
Just because the car is not in production does not mean its cant be hot. So yes the Supra, NSX etc will be the "hot" cars in this game. With the GTR backing them also.
After all it is a Japanese game.
Assass1n 10:56AM (8/05/2009)
I knew I would be hearing from JDM Life. I suppose you feel the IS-F should be the cover car right?
JDM Life 11:15AM (8/05/2009)
What ever car makes it on cover...makes it on cover IDC. The IS-F, GTR or 370z would have been a better more logic choice instead of the vette.
I cant wait to drive the F along with other cars in the game. Great game.
Assass1n 11:26AM (8/05/2009)
@JDM Life
It should be a great game and I can't wait for it- I've just about every car in Prologue, getting a little boring lol.
Javanese 9:25AM (8/05/2009)
"If you're looking for the optimum specs, layout, and styling in an FR car, it would be the ZR1"
Couldn't say it better myself. I love the modern corvettes, I believe we should strike the word chevrolet off its name and let it be just Corvette. It's just wrong to walk in a showroom where an Aveo and Corvette ZR1 sold side by side just because it's from the same "manufacturer".
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