Race The Polestar 5 In Gran Turismo 7, In-game Lap Cases Straight Akin To Precise Life

Among the many most interesting strategies to get people excited a few car is get them behind the seat. The very fact is, not everyone who needs to, can do that, significantly when you’re talking a few luxurious $186,000 Polestar 6, due for launch in Spring 2026.

To get people excited in regards to the car and to offer them a method of the driving dynamic and effectivity of the P5, Polestar have partnered with Gran Turismo to produce gamers a method of the Swedish electrical effectivity mannequin.

EVs have been under-represented in video video video games, so I strongly assist this switch and encourage completely different producers to do the similar. Electrical Autos are excited to drive in precise life and it has been a wrestle to have that translate to the digital world, with most racing followers having enjoyable with the gear modifications and the sounds of the engine, EVs present a stark distinction with a quiet driving experience and screeching tyres. The quick acceleration, regenerative braking and low center of gravity all contribute to good coping with, enhanced by set of effectivity tyres.

In case you’re a racing fan and have a PlayStation 4 and 5, then you definately definately’ll have the flexibleness to climb behind the wheel (almost) subsequent month (December 2025).

Every Polestar and Polyphony Digital, a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Leisure, granted each other unprecedented entry to their progress facilities and teams. The end result was every producers working collectively to create a completely appropriate digital illustration of the Polestar 5. 

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Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo Sequence Producer, says:

“I’ve prolonged been impressed by Polestar automobiles for his or her superior, clear, and stylish designs, and so I’m delighted to collaborate with them to convey the Polestar 5 to Gran Turismo. It’s the primary time we’ve got now labored collectively, and it has been a very constructive experience.

The occasion employees at Polestar put numerous care into crafting the auto’s driving experience, and so I’m constructive the players will profit from the experience of driving it in Gran Turismo.”

Working significantly intently with expert racing driver and sim-racer Igor Fraga, acknowledged for his experience and aggressive lap situations in Gran Turismo, the teams have faithfully translated the dynamic qualities of the Polestar 5 into the game.

Fraga was given specific entry to prototype Polestar 5 autos and R&D consultants at Polestar’s progress facilities in Sweden sooner than closing sign-off on the Producers Hatch circuit in England.

The consultants at Polyphony Digital then utilized that real-world car recommendations to their class-leading coping with and dynamics simulation, making a actual digital illustration of the auto. With the suitable particular person behind the wheel, lap situations in-game and in precise life are straight comparable.

Joakim Rydholm, Head of Driving Dynamics at Polestar, says:

“Working with the Gran Turismo employees to ensure the digital ‘actually really feel’ of the Polestar 5 was as shut as attainable to the true issue was a extraordinarily vital step for us. The highest consequence means the digital car 100% replicates the behind-the-wheel experience of the true Polestar 5, which means GT racers can have merely as quite a bit pleasant as customers of the actual automobiles.” 

The Gran Turismo franchise is taken into account one of many essential visually and dynamically appropriate driving simulators accessible, not too way back surpassing 100 million product sales of the gathering. It seems like that’s merely the start of the connection, with Polestar set to proceed to launch additional autos in coming years.

On the similar time, a specific Polestar time trial event will occur in Gran Turismo 7, the place the winner will receive an distinctive journey to Fukuoka, Japan to attend the World Finals of the 2025 GT World Sequence.

For these desirous to review further in regards to the collaboration, a documentary film showcasing the collaboration between bodily and digital Polestar 5 will doubtless be accessible on Polestar’s YouTube channel when the time trial goes reside. 

Further knowledge on the Polestar 5 at Polestar.com