Gamers certainly like their cars, it seems. Sony is sending word that the Gran Turismo series of games has recently broken 50 million in total sales worldwide. In line with this, GT5 Prologue's also reportedly exceeded 2 million sales since its own launch. The exact figures are available in the full article.

Gamers who manage to get their hands on the Japanese version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue better get ready to update their game. Polyphony Digital just issued an update for GT5 Prologue Spec II which includes weeding out some questionable scores in the Drift Trial mode, some tweaks with the Performance Points calculation, and more. Read all about it in the full article.

Racing fans who were expecting this year's release of the handheld version of Gran Turismo 4 Mobile will be sadly disappointed. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi explained that due to the amount of time spent on the PlayStation 3 project for the series it was highly doubtful whether the PSP release of the popular racing title will be rolled out this year. You can find out more about what Yamauchi had to say in our full article.

The full Gran Turismo 5 experience is still a long ways to go for Sony PlayStation 3 owners, but that doesn't mean we can't take a peek at what's brewing in Polyphony Digital's kitchen. In the video after the jump, you'll discover that Yamauchi-san is working on a lot of new features that we've always dreamed of. If that had your curiosity shifting into high gear, click on "read more" to see everything for yourself.

Still waiting for word on Gran Turismo 5? According to a update from a Sony exec, it may be wiser to just enjoy GT5 Prologue for now, as the full game won't be hitting retail for about another year. The details regarding this  update are available in the full article.

If you just want stop yourself from wondering when Polyphony Digital's "real-life" driving game, Gran Turismo 5, will be released, well better keep on wondering. GAME, a retailer of video games, has just revealed that the Europe release of the game isn't until 2009. Find out more after the jump

Now that we have some hints on when the upcoming PSP's Gran Turismo Mobile will come out, which is after Gran Turismo 5's release, we are left wondering about what we can expect from the game. Gran Turismo franchise creator Kazunori Yamauchi gives a small hint, and you can check it out in the full article!

Gran Turismo creator and Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi was recently interviewed by American rally race driver Alexander Roy as part of the latest video episode of online blog Garage419.

As expected, the two talked about cars, weather modeling, and vehicle dynamics. Aside from that, Yamauchi also had a blast talking about his favorite race track (which is located in Germany) and the fact that he gets to play GT everyday. More info and the clip after the jump!

Indeed, details about Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 are many and varied, from confirmed cars to GT-TV features, and other general tidbits to make the racers go ga-ga. One of the functions that a lot of you might be waiting to try out is GT5's online mode.

Today we have a picture from the Gran Turismo Korea website, showing a list of features that PS3-exclusive GT5 will support online. Now some of these have been confirmed before (e.g. Voice Chat, Photo Album, etc.), but to see them all in summary, here's what we can expect.

Some of them are self-explanatory and can lead you to draw your own substantial assumptions. However, some other features* leave us scratching our heads. Google translations don't help either, so hopefully someone out there can help us all out. Just click on the screenshot above to get a more readable view.

*Just in case you were wondering, B-Spec racing is a feature implemented back in GT4. As Yang 2nd kindly points out in the comments section, "B-Spec mode is coaching mode. You set up the car then give orders on how the AI driver is to drive and when to overtake or pit."

Thanks Yang 2nd!

We've reported before that a PlayStation Portable outing for the Gran Turismo series - known before as Gran Turismo 4 Mobile - is still in the works, but apparently fans will have to wait until Gran Turismo 5 is completed for Polyphony Digital to actually start development.

In an interview with Joystiq, Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi outlined some of the PSP-PS3 connectivity ideas that they're considering for Gran Turismo on the PSP. One of these is letting people view replays of their racing experiences. Another is actually letting PSP owners race against somebody playing on a PS3. Said Yamauchi:

Even though the visual qualities will be different depending on which hardware they're on it would be nice if we could allow for that. Technically, we think we should be able to.

Yamauchi also mentioned a race manager feature - something that was included in Gran Turismo 4 B-spec. Here's what Yamauchi said:

You don't even need to steer the controller, you just set the car and let it go; you're managing it. Another example would be the PSP would be your management tool: give it input and give it instructions and the car would continue on with the race.

It's all just ideas, and until Gran Turismo 5 hits the streets, we probably won't be hearing any more about Gran Turismo title for the PSP, but the possibilities are quite interesting. More updates as we get them.