Gran Turismo HD Concept (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Gran Turismo HD Concept

Gran Turismo HD Concept was the first installment of the Gran Turismo racing series to be released on the PlayStation 3. It was made available as a free download on the PlayStation Store. A Blu-ray Disc…

24 December 2006

What Gran Turismo HD Concept is

Gran Turismo HD Concept is a racing game developed by Polyphony Digital and released in 2006. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only. It runs on Custom built engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gran Turismo HD Concept was the first installment of the Gran Turismo racing series to be released on the PlayStation 3. It was made available as a free download on the PlayStation Store. A Blu-ray Disc version, called "Install Disc", was released in Japan in limited quantities in September 2007. This game was intended to be a sneak preview, in the likes of Gran Turismo Concept, preceding the release of a full version title but the Gran Turismo HD project was canceled and replaced by Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Gran Turismo series

Gran Turismo HD Concept is the ninth of 32 entries we hold in the Gran Turismo series. It arrived 3 years after Gran Turismo / Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 Double Pack. The next entry was Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in 2007.

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What it launched against

Gran Turismo HD Concept launched on 24 December 2006, within three weeks of IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, MotorStorm and Ys Origin.

Released around the same time: IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, MotorStorm, Ys Origin.

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