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Gran Turismo Quiz
Polyphony Digital's racing simulator — from PS1 to real-world drivers.
Polyphony Digital's racing simulator — from PS1 to real-world drivers.
The Gran Turismo series has sold over 90 million copies and turned gamers into real Le Mans racing drivers. From the genre-defining 1997 PS1 original through GT7 in 2022 — and the 2023 Sony film about Jann Mardenborough — Kazunori Yamauchi's "Real Driving Simulator" has spent nearly three decades at the top of the racing game world.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll explore Yamauchi's design philosophy, the GT Academy pipeline that produced real-world racers, the GT3 through GT7 lineup, and the 2023 Sony film based on the Jann Mardenborough story.
Kazunori Yamauchi created Gran Turismo and runs Polyphony Digital, the Sony first-party studio that has developed every entry since the 1997 original.
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001), a PS2 launch-window release that sold 14.89 million copies.
Yes — the 2023 Neill Blomkamp film dramatizes the GT Academy story of Jann Mardenborough, who went from gamer to professional Le Mans driver.
Last updated: April 2026