Gran Turismo 5 Prologue spawns real-life car: GTbyCITROËN

By Mike Bantick
Friday, 03 October 2008 11:39

Entertainment

The GTbyCITROËN has become the first (known) real-life car to be originally born in a video game.  The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue car has been unveiled for real at the Paris Motor Show.

The PlayStation 3 game Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is all about collecting exotic in-game cars.  At the Paris Motor Show however, the digital world became reality.

The GTbyCITROËN is the product of a partnership built up during the creation of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.  Takumi Yamamoto, from Citroen and Kazunori Yamauchi from Polyphony Digital Inc, the games developer were inspired by each others industries to design a concept car for the game that then flowed further into the real-world.  The game version of the car mirrors the real-world performance of the concept.

Speaking at the Paris Motor Show, Kazanori Yamauchi said:“GTbyCITROËN shows how the worlds of virtual and real-life motoring can join together to create a truly innovative partnership. We were delighted that Citroen approached us and gave us the opportunity to combine our creative strengths to build this very special concept car. To see the car take shape in game and then for real has been a truly unique experience as our work normally stays in the digital world. I just hope I can get behind the wheel of GT by Citroen and drive it on a real race track!”



MORE PICS of the REAL car on PAGE TWO.