Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Polyphony Digital, has said that the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 will feature a ‘complete online system’ for punters to sink their teeth in to – the first in the series’ history to do so.
The key player here that differentiates the game’s online component from that of its predecessors is of course the Lounge Mode, which offers voice and text chat for up to a whopping 32 players and also lets you watch other gamers race in real-time.
“We’re finally going to have a complete online system," Yamauchi-san told the folks at OPM.
“What’s really unique about the online GT5 is ‘My Lounge’. You can gather here, you can race together here, and you can actually watch other people race from this room."
Sounds like a winner to us. Gran Turismo 5 is due out in North America on November 2.