<s>
is	O
a	O
1997	O
racing	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Polys	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
five	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
well-received	O
publicly	O
and	O
critically	O
,	O
shipping	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
10.85	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
(	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
game	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
scoring	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
95%	O
in	O
GameRankings	O
 '	O
aggregate	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
highest	O
rated	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
closure	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
racing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
maneuver	O
a	O
car	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
drivers	O
on	O
various	O
race	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
two	O
different	O
modes	O
:	O
Arcade	O
Mode	O
and	O
Simulation	O
Mode	O
(	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
Mode	O
in	O
PAL	O
and	O
Japanese	O
versions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
features	O
140	O
cars	O
and	O
11	O
race	O
tracks	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
their	O
reversed	O
versions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
personnel	O
were	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
which	O
was	O
behind	O
the	O
earlier	O
PlayStation	B-Device
racers	O
Motor	B-Application
Toon	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
and	O
Motor	B-Application
Toon	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
uses	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Motor	O
Toon	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
physics	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kazunori	O
Yamauchi	O
said	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
started	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Motor	B-Application
Toon	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
still	O
in	O
development	O
when	O
work	O
on	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
started	O
,	O
several	O
people	O
only	O
joined	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
after	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Motor	B-Application
Toon	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
freed	O
them	O
up	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
how	O
difficult	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
,	O
Yamauchi	O
remarked	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
took	O
five	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
team	O
used	O
standard	O
PlayStation	B-Device
libraries	O
in	O
part	O
,	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
optimal	O
speed	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
use	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
and	O
even	O
then	O
,	O
they	O
found	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
CPU	B-Device
would	O
not	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
meet	O
their	O
initial	O
goal	O
of	O
having	O
12	O
cars	O
in	O
each	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Kazunori	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
be	O
superior	O
to	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
he	O
remained	O
unsatisfied	O
with	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
designed	O
to	O
fully	O
support	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
DualShock	B-Device
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Polyphony	O
Digital	O
was	O
still	O
a	O
development	O
group	O
within	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamauchi	O
estimated	O
that	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
utilised	O
around	O
75%	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
maximum	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1998	O
,	O
Sony	O
awarded	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
a	O
"	O
Double	O
Platinum	O
Prize	O
"	O
for	O
sales	O
above	O
2	O
million	O
units	O
in	O
Japan	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
game	I-Device
of	O
1998	O
with	O
1,431,483	O
sales	O
and	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
again	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
game	I-Device
of	O
1999	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
sold	O
units	O
and	O
grossed	O
an	O
estimated	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
adding	O
up	O
to	O
sales	O
and	O
about	O
revenue	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
270,000	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
market	O
from	O
January	O
through	O
September	O
1998	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
the	O
region	O
's	O
best-selling	O
console	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
period	O
across	O
all	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
Europe	O
's	O
second-highest-grossing	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
behind	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
1999	O
,	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
over	O
six	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
two	O
million	O
were	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
remains	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
for	I-Device
the	I-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
and	O
the	O
fourth	O
highest-selling	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
behind	O
Gran	B-Device
Turismo	I-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
5	I-Application
and	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
A-Spec	I-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
received	O
widespread	O
acclaim	O
from	O
critics	O
and	O
consumers	O
alike	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
tight	O
controls	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
cars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
classified	O
as	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
five	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
it	O
stands	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
,	O
everything	O
about	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
class	O
act	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
raises	O
the	O
bar	O
for	O
racing	O
games	O
on	O
almost	O
every	O
possible	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
won	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
of	O
1999	O
at	O
the	O
Spotlight	O
Awards	O
,	O
won	O
"	O
Best	O
Driving	O
Game	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Graphics	O
"	O
of	O
1999	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Official	O
Magazine	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
sixth	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
readers	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
staff	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
racing	O
genre	O
had	O
not	O
offered	O
as	O
"	O
complete	O
 [ a ] 	O
package	O
"	O
as	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
was	O
declared	O
the	O
best	O
driving	O
game	O
ever	O
by	O
Top	O
Gear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
as	O
number	O
15	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
50	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
features	O
cars	O
that	O
handle	O
better	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
racing	O
game	O
ever	O
made	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
was	O
inducted	O
into	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
IGN	O
listed	O
Gran	B-Application
Turismo	I-Application
as	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
influential	O
racing	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
(	O
after	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
)	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
grandfather	O
of	O
all	O
modern	O
console	O
racing	O
sims.	O
"	O
</s>
