History VideoGame / GranTurismo

** The ''[=GT2 A-Spec=]'' GameMod invokes this in the GT Nationals for greater challenge and opponent variety. For instance, the last two UK Nationals races (582 horsepower and 690 horsepower limits), feature the 800 horsepower TVR Speed 12 as an opponent, the US Nationals feature the 700+ horsepower Ford [=GT90=]. and first race of the French Nationals has a limit of 345 hp but an 400+ horsepower Venturi Atlantique 400 GT appears.

*** Update 1.2 featured a Nissan Tsuru, an Mexican ordinary car which in stock has 109hp but it can be tuned into an [[MagikarpPower 9326hp monster]] which can easily reach 350 mph. This can can be purchasable in the Mexico section of the Nissan dealership.

*** The Nissan Tsuru is just a typical ordinary city car that can turn from a dull 104 hp into a 9000hp monster.

*** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bugatti VGT]], the race-spec precursor to the Chiron that cranks out 1627 HP from its massive 8-litre [=W16=]. The [[{{Defictionalization}} real-life show car]] isn't to be laughed at either - it makes 1479 HP.

** ''5'' has the [[https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/1-7-1-gt5-master-mod.395844/ Master Mod]], which enables numerous development and debug tools, ports over numerous [=PS2=]-era tracks, restores a number of cut A-Spec events, allows for all cars to be purchased from the dealership (rather than all Standard cars being relegated to the used car lottery) and restores several cars that were DummiedOut across game versions.

A [[Film/GranTurismo2023 movie]], directed by Creator/NeillBlomkamp and starring Creator/ArchieMadekwe and Creator/DavidHarbour, was released on August 25, 2023. Interestingly, like ''Film/Tetris2023'', the movie isn't a direct adaptation of the games, but is BasedOnATrueStory, specifically that of professional racer [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jann_Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough]], whose string got victories on a series of competitions for the games inspired him to become a real racer.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: Starting from 2, the localization swapped Japanese market names with American and European market ones (Roadster with MX-5 Miata, for example). Some international models, however, retain Japanese trims and specifications with some of the trims were not sold outside Japan nor having equivalent to the Japanese ones.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: Starting from 2, the localization swapped Japanese market names with American and European market ones (Roadster with MX-5 Miata/MX5, for example). Some international models, however, retain Japanese trims and specifications. Some of the trims were not sold outside Japan nor having equivalent to the Japanese ones.

** Starting from ''3'' and onwards, the implementation of assists to the likes of TCS and ASM to every single car in the game which are fully adjustable (they are avaiable in 2 as well but players had to purchase them separately for each car in the tuning shop).

** The ''[=GT2 A-Spec=]'' GameMod invokes this in the GT Nationals for greater challenge and opponent variety. For instance, the last two UK Nationals races (582 horsepower and 690 horsepower limits), feature the 800 horsepower TVR Speed 12 as an opponent, and the US Nationals feature the 700+ horsepower Ford [=GT90=].

* ''5 Prologue'' had two of these; the Spec II update added a number of new vehicles (nearly doubling the roster from 37 to 71) and features compared to the initial Japanese release (The initial release did not make it overseas), and a Spec III update additionally included three more vehicles.

** The Asian releases of ''4'' feature the old style Mini Cooper 1.3i (albeit a late 90s version) while the overseas release would only feature the Mini range from BMW's 21st century reboot of the brand. However, the overseas release features [[https://tcrf.net/Gran_Turismo_4/Regional_Differences#Car_Changes several vehicles]] not in the original Asian release (notably the Chaparral cars and the Auto Union Streamline), and the Korean release features several extra vehicles (several Hyundais and a Lexus IS touring car) not available in other versions.