Which car-racing simulation game is the best-selling video game of all time on both Playstation and Playstation 3?
"Gran Turismo (video game) Gran Turismo is a sim racing video game designed by Kazunori Yamauchi. ""Gran Turismo"" was developed by Polys Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997 for the PlayStation video game console. The game's development group was established as Polyphony Digital in 1998. After five years of development time, it was well-received publicly and critically, shipping a total of 10.85 million copies worldwide as of March 2013 (making it the best-selling PlayStation game), and scoring an average of 95% in GameRankings' aggregate, making it the highest rated racing video game of all-time. Many publications have"
"which allowed free roaming of the environment - something of a revolution that had only been done in 3D before in Hard Drivin'. In 1997, ""Gran Turismo"" was released for the PlayStation. It was considered the most realistic racing simulation game in its time, combined with playability, enabling players of all skill levels to play. The ""Gran Turismo"" series has since become one of the most popular racing franchises ever, with the series selling more than 50 million copies worldwide. Colin McRae Rally was introduced in 1998 to the PC world, and was a successful semi-simulation of the world of"
"deep and difficult for many, but for its core followers, ""Gran Turismo"" is the be all and end all of digital racing, and ""GT3"" has been voted as the best of the bunch."" ""Gran Turismo 3"" sold 1 million copies in its first three days of release. By July 2006, it had sold 3.8 million copies and earned $120 million in the United States alone. ""Next Generation"" ranked it as the third highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. The game also received a ""Double Platinum"" sales award"
"game was not quite as well received as its predecessors, but at the time was widely considered to be the best racing simulation available. The editors of ""Computer Gaming World"" nominated ""Grand Prix 3"" as the best racing game of 2000, although it lost to ""Motocross Madness 2"". They described ""Grand Prix 3"" as a ""precisely tuned"" title. Grand Prix 3 Grand Prix 3 is a computer racing simulator by MicroProse, released in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive. The game is known for featuring the 1998 Formula One season (with all drivers except Jacques Villeneuve, who is instead replaced by a"
"Grand Prix 3 Grand Prix 3 is a computer racing simulator by MicroProse, released in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive. The game is known for featuring the 1998 Formula One season (with all drivers except Jacques Villeneuve, who is instead replaced by a fictional character, John Newhouse).. In August 2001 an expansion pack ""Grand Prix 3: 2000 Season"" was released, updating the game to feature the 2000 season's cars and drivers, as well as the 2 new circuits on the calendar, the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway In the German market, ""Grand Prix 3"" sold 40,000"
"2 days. In Japan, ""Gran Turismo 5"" debuted in the software chart at number one, and this helped PS3 console sales more than double for the week ending November 28, 2010. As of March 2013, ""Gran Turismo 5"" sold over 10 million units. For 13 days, 423,000 copies of the game were sold per day. ""Gran Turismo 5"" was the best-selling video game for the PlayStation 3 until 2013 when it was beaten by Grand Theft Auto V. The Gran Turismo series as a whole has now totalled more than 65 million units sold so far worldwide and remains the"
"optimal simulation conditions by sitting in a bucket seat, which was near a giant television screen and a steering wheel. TOCA Touring Car Championship was released to a commercial success. In the first half of 1998, the PlayStation version of the game sold 600,000 copies in Europe, and it ranked third in the United Kingdom official video game charts. TOCA Touring Car Championship received a mostly positive response from critics upon release. GameRankings assigned it an average review score of 75% based on seven reviews for the PC version, and 83% on thirteen reviews for the PlayStation port. The British"
"were to recommend an open-wheel racing game to somebody, it wouldn't be this. It would be ""Formula One 2003"". If we were to recommend an arcade racer to somebody, it wouldn't be this. It would be """". However, if we were to recommend a well-made racing sim to a real fan of the genre, then ""IndyCar Series"" would get a mention."" IndyCar Series (video game) IndyCar Series is a racing simulator developed by Codemasters. The game was released in 2003 for PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. The game is based on the 2002 IndyCar Series season. A sequel to the"
"Instruction Guide for a Racing Game"". With a collective sales total of 80.4 million units sold, it is the highest-selling PlayStation exclusive franchise of all time. In the final issue of the ""Official UK PlayStation Magazine"", ""Gran Turismo 2"" was chosen as the 5th best game of all time. Edge magazine said the first game was one of the 10 greatest videogames of the last 20 years. In 2005, Maeda Corporation, in association with Tokyo University of Science, researched the feasibility of making a real-life replica version of the fictional Grand Valley Speedway used in the series. Sony is developing"
"Theft Auto: San Andreas""), Largest In-Game Soundtrack (""Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"") as well as Most Successful Entertainment Launch of All Time (""Grand Theft Auto V""). Guinness World Records also ranked ""Grand Theft Auto"" in third place on their list of top 50 console games of all time based on initial impact and lasting legacy. ""Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"" is listed as the most successful game on the PlayStation 2 according to ""The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition"". ""Grand Theft Auto III"", ""San Andreas"" and ""Vice City"" currently lie at the 2nd, 5th and 6th highest rated PlayStation"
"100 for the Xbox version; 51.41% and 57 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; and 49% and 58 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version. Corvette (video game) Corvette is a 2003 racing video game in which players race in cars from the 1950s and unlock cars in career mode to race cars from 1953 to 2003. Players can customize cars to fit their driving style. The game features traffic and policemen. The tracks come from Chicago and go to L.A. The game was released on Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and PlayStation 2. The racing"
"called it ""the best racing game you've never heard of"". RaceRoom RaceRoom Racing Experience (commonly abbreviated as R3E) is a free-to-play racing simulator for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sector3 Studios, (formerly known as SimBin Studios) and published by RaceRoom Entertainment AG. Their aim is to provide an authentic racing experience through detailed car and track models as well as realistic car behaviour and sounds. The game provides a selection of free-to-play race cars and tracks to drive in multiplayer and single player games modes. Sponsored competitions and other free-to-play events allow users to use premium game content at no cost."
"Supercar Challenge (video game) Supercar Challenge is a simulation racing video game released for the PlayStation 3 in September 2009, developed by Eutechnyx and published by System 3, the same company that produced 2008's ""Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli"". The game includes more than 40 cars including Ferraris and the Bugatti Veyron and Aston Martin DBR9 and 22 tracks including the Nürburgring (Grand Prix section) and the Silverstone Circuit. The game was re-released with an improved game engine under the title ""Absolute Supercars"" in 2012. System 3 intended ""Supercar Challenge"" to be accessible to less experienced players, with a gradual learning"
"""Devil May Cry 4"", ""Army of Two"", """" and """" have also joined the list. , there have been 595 million games sold for PlayStation 3. The best selling PS3 games are ""Grand Theft Auto V, Gran Turismo 5, The Last Of Us, "" and """" In December 2008, the CTO of Blitz Games announced that it would bring stereoscopic 3D gaming and movie viewing to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with its own technology. This was first demonstrated publicly on PS3 using Sony's own technology in January 2009 at the Consumer Electronics Show. Journalists were shown ""Wipeout HD"" and"
"73.67%, the Xbox version 71.83% and 76/100 and the PC version 67.33%. V-Rally 3 V-Rally 3 is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name for Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Microsoft Windows. The game focuses on the unique career mode, where the player races against bots in various rallies across an endless number of seasons, ultimately trying to become the champion. Alternatively, the game offers a quick race mode, where the player can play time attacks on the stages provided by the game or compete in one"
"that it ""offers more than enough to keep casual gamers happy."" All alcohol and tobacco sponsors are censored. Formula One 2003 (video game) Formula One 2003 is a video game based on the 2003 season of the Formula One world championship. It is the first of the ""Formula One"" video game series with an exclusive licence from Formula One Administration. Developed by Sony Studio Liverpool and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, it was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on 11 July 2003. The game features all ten teams and twenty drivers competing in the 2003 season (except for"
"and Rally. The Formula Williams FW27 is the featured car of the Formula 1 series in the game. The game received ""generally favorable reviews"" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, where the PS2 version got a port on January 24, 2008, ""Famitsu"" gave it a score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40. TOCA Race Driver 3 TOCA Race Driver 3 (DTM Race Driver 3 in Germany, V8 Supercars 3 in Australia, TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge in the PlayStation Portable version and Race Driver: Create & Race in"
"positive reviews: IGN gave it a 9.2, GameSpot a 9.4, amongst other high ratings. According to ""Edge"", ""NASCAR Racing 3"" sold at least 100,000 copies in the United States, but was beaten by ""NASCAR Racing 4""s 260,000 sales in the region. Total US sales of ""NASCAR Racing"" computer games released in the 2000s reached 900,000 copies by August 2006. ""NASCAR Racing 3"" won GameSpot's 1999 ""Driving Game of the Year"" award. The editors called it ""as ambitious as driving games get."" It was also a nominee for CNET Gamecenter's ""Best Racing Game"" award, which went to """". NASCAR Racing 3"
"after its release, Rockstar had shipped nearly 29 million copies of the game to retailers, exceeding the lifetime figures of ""Grand Theft Auto IV"". On 7 October 2013, the game became the best-selling digital release on PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3, breaking the previous record set by ""The Last of Us"", though numerical sales figures were not disclosed. It broke seven Guinness World Records on 8 October: best-selling video game in 24 hours, best-selling action-adventure video game in 24 hours, highest grossing video game in 24 hours, fastest entertainment property to gross , fastest video game to gross , highest"
"merit, four GT Academy drivers have been barred entry to the British GT (specifically the 'gentleman driver' section of the competition). The ""Gran Turismo"" video game series has been one of the most popular over its lifetime, appealing to an audience ranging from casual gamers to fans of realistic racing sims. Because of the success of the ""Gran Turismo"" series, Guinness World Records awarded the series 7 world records in the ""Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008"". These records include ""Largest Number of Cars in a Racing game"", ""Highest Selling PlayStation Game"", ""Oldest Car in a Racing Game"", and ""Largest"
"on the PlayStation Store. In December 2014, the game won the gold award for sales of half a million in Japan. Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel appears in the game, as well as Mario Andretti's 1948 Hudson Hornet. NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth drives one of the new cars to the game. The game also features replica helmets and coveralls worn by drivers such as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Ayrton Senna, Jimmie Johnson, Petter Solberg and Mikko Hirvonen. Jay Leno helped the producers to include his 1000-horsepower Oldsmobile Toronado in the game. Gran Turismo 6 Gran Turismo 6 is"
"Ford Racing 3 Ford Racing 3 is a racing video game published by Empire Interactive and 2K Games. It is the third game in the ""Ford Racing"" series, and was released in Europe in October 2004, for the personal computer (PC), PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Xbox. In the United States, the game was released on the same platforms the following year, followed by releases later that year for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) and Nintendo DS. Visual Impact Productions developed the GBA and DS versions, while Razorworks developed the other versions. The game received mixed reviews, which included criticism of"
"""Ridge Racer 6"" for the Xbox 360, ""Ridge Racer 7"" for the PlayStation 3, ""Ridge Racer 3D"" for the Nintendo 3DS, and ""Ridge Racer"" for the PlayStation Vita. The original ""Ridge Racer"" was very well received by critics for its 3D graphics, audio, and the drifting mechanics. It also received an admirable port to the PlayStation, where it became one of the best selling titles in the console's early lifetime. It is also considered as playing a part in giving Sony's system an edge over rival Sega's Saturn during 1994-1995. Its sequels during the 1990s were also highly successful, in"
"available to play at in the Bank of America Roval 400 event. As part of the cover deal, Hendrick Motorsports will release free DLC packs after the game's release. Paid DLC packs will also be available from publisher 704Games. NASCAR Heat 3 NASCAR Heat 3 is a racing video game simulating the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series and feeder competitions. It was developed by Monster Games and published by 704Games. It is the sequel to ""NASCAR Heat 2"", and was released in North America and Europe on September 7, 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows via Steam."
"Gran Turismo (series) Gran Turismo (Italian for ""grand tourer"" or ""grand touring""), abbreviated GT, is a series of racing video games developed by Polyphony Digital. Developed for PlayStation systems, ""Gran Turismo"" games are intended to emulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles. Since the franchise's debut in December 1997, over 80 million units have been sold worldwide for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Portable, making it the highest selling video game franchise under the PlayStation brand. ""Gran Turismo"" can trace back"
"both indicating ""Mixed or average reviews."" ""Ford Racing 3"" was released in Europe on October 29, 2004, followed by a U.S. release the following year. The game was released for PC, PS2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance (GBA), and Nintendo DS. Visual Impact Productions developed the GBA and DS versions, while Razorworks developed the other versions. Empire Interactive and Global Star Software published the game, which includes 55 different types of Ford vehicles and 14 different tracks. On Metacritic, the PS2 and Xbox versions have a score of 50 and 58 respectively, each indicating ""Mixed or average reviews,"" while the DS"
"second-most successful racing game franchise of all time, selling over 80 million units worldwide as of April 2018. By 1997, the typical PC was capable of matching an arcade machine in terms of graphical quality, mainly due to the introduction of first generation 3D accelerators such as 3DFX Voodoo. The faster CPUs were capable of simulating increasingly realistic physics, car control, and graphics. Colin McRae Rally was introduced in 1998 to the PC world, and was a successful semi-simulation of the world of rally driving, previously only available in the less serious ""Sega Rally Championship"". ""Motorhead"", a PC game, was"
"with respective scores of 73% and 77.67% at review aggregators Metacritic and GameRankings. All alcohol and tobacco sponsors are censored. Formula One 2001 (video game) Formula One 2001 is a racing video game for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 developed by Studio 33 (PS) and Sony Studio Liverpool (PS2) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released on 20 April 2001 in Europe, 24 September in North America and 11 October in Japan. The PlayStation 2 version was the first game to support the Logitech GT Force racing wheel. ""Formula One 2001"" was the last simulation Formula One game"
"Kart 64"", ""Half-Life"", ""Super Mario Kart"", ""Star Fox"" (series), ""Tomb Raider"" series, ""Final Fantasy"", ""Sonic the Hedgehog"" series, ""Crash Bandicoot"" series, ""Resident Evil"" series, ""Street Fighter II"", ""Spyro the Dragon"" series, ""Commander Keen"" series, ""Test Drive"" series, ""Monkey Island"" series, ""Dune"" series, ""Mortal Kombat"" series, ""Warcraft"" series, ""Duke Nukem 3D"", ""Tekken"" series, ""EarthBound"", and ""StarCraft"". Sony's PlayStation becomes the top selling game console and changes the standard media storage type from cartridges to compact discs in consoles. Crash Bandicoot is released on 9 September 1996, becoming one of the most successful platforming series for the Sony PlayStation. ""Tomb Raider""s (PlayStation)"
"highest-selling PlayStation-exclusive franchise of all time. According to Polyphony Digital, ""Gran Turismo 5"" shifted 6.37 million units between its launch in November and the end of 2010. As of September 2012,Sony Shipped 9.19 million units of Gran Turismo 5. Despite a late release in 2010, ""Gran Turismo 5"" managed to become the 7th best selling PlayStation 3 title in the US, making the game the 2nd best selling exclusive of the year. ""Gran Turismo 5"" also became the best selling PlayStation 3 exclusive in Europe, including UK. Sales have exceeded 10 million units (of which, almost half were in Europe),"
"Scud Race Scud Race (stylized as SCUD Race, ""Sport Car Ultimate Drive""), and known as Sega Super GT in North America, is an arcade racing video game released by Sega in 1996. It is the first racing game to use the Sega Model 3 hardware. A Sega Saturn port was planned; then the project was moved to the Dreamcast and was shown as a tech-demo in the Dreamcast Presentation in 1998. However, the game was cancelled. While there are no official home versions of SCUD Race, the game can be played on the Sega Model 3 emulator known as Supermodel"
"Cars 3: Driven to Win Cars 3: Driven to Win is a racing video game based on the 2017 film ""Cars 3"", developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the first Disney game not to be published by Disney Interactive Studios since its shutdown in May 2016. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on June 13, 2017 in North America, in Europe and Australia on July 14, 2017, and in Japan on July 20, 2017. The modes that appear in the game"
"of ""Colin McRae Rally"" had reached 4 million copies. The game was a bestseller in the UK. Colin McRae Rally received ""favorable"" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. ""Edge"" praised the PS version's authentic simulation, but commented that graphical glitches sometimes occurred. Game Revolution criticized the same console version's graphics, lack of music and co-driver voicing, but praised its track variation and gameplay. GameSpot were far less positive, praising the PC version's driving experience, but criticizing the car setup procedure, the length of the stages, and the damage model. They were even less positive about"