Polestar 5 comes to ‘Gran Turismo 7’ with the help of a real racing driver – Jalopnik

The latest car to join the ‘Gran Turismo 7’ stable is the Polestar 5, which will arrive in a free update in December for players on both PlayStation 4 and PS5. The announcement was made at the Los Angeles stop of the Gran Turismo World Series, a global esports racing tournament aimed at launching sim racers towards real-life racing careers. In addition to the Polestar 5 being added to the game – part of a partnership that will “continue for several years” – there will be a special time trial event in the game, with the winner being flown to Fukuoka, Japan, to attend the world finals of the GT World Series.

Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi says he has “long been impressed by Polestar cars for their advanced, sleek and elegant designs.” While the Polestar 5 is only a production car (albeit one with up to 884 hp), I wouldn’t be surprised if this collaboration soon results in a made-up Vision Gran Turismo car and the addition of other models. Polestar is still working on the 6 roadster, which would be quite fun in the game.

Polestar says that with the right person behind the wheel, the lap times of the 5 in “Gran Turismo 7” and in real life are “directly comparable”. Joakim Rydholm, head of driving dynamics at Polestar, says: “Working with the Gran Turismo team to ensure that the digital ‘feel’ of the Polestar 5 was as close to the real thing as possible was a really important step for us. The end result means that the digital car 100% replicates the behind-the-wheel experience of the real Polestar 5, meaning GT racers will have just as much fun as buyers of the real cars.” When the time trial goes live in-game, Polestar will release a documentary about the collaboration on YouTube.