Every eventually great idea starts as a pitch, maybe even a risky one. Gran Turismo was no different. You’d assume Sony immediately signed off on the concept for The Real Driving Simulator, given how immediately successful it would be. But it took years, and some convincing, for the project to get off the ground. And, believe it or not, in a way it owes its roots to Mario Kart.
Serious GT fans know this story, but as the years have passed, it’s tended to fade away from public consciousness. It starts in the early ’90s with Kazunori Yamauchi, an employee at what later became Sony Computer Entertainment, but was still, at this time, a small group within Sony Music Japan publishing video games. The PlayStation didn’t exist yet and, if you know your gaming history, was originally supposed …
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Author: Adam Ismail
