If you, like almost every gamer even remotely interested in racing, are waiting with baited breath for the release of the full GT5 experience, you may be interested to hear that the game itself has surpassed reality. The reason? Real life is seldom as pretty as we wish it to be, and so games like Gran Turismo 5 are constantly going beyond in an attempt to make the experience larger or better than real life. Sound odd? Perhaps, Polyphiny Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi can enlighten us:

"“In a way, it’s kind of a given that it’s going to look better than reality,” the Gran Turismo creator said in an interview with NowGamer.

"“The thing about reality is that the criteria for looking ‘real’ are actually a lot stricter and volatile than you’d expect: the way the sun shines, reflects off something, the way it lights scenery – we seldom have the opportunity to see what we consider ‘reality’ under the best and most aesthetically pleasing conditions.”

“When you see a race on television, compared to a race in a game, you realise that the reality isn’t as shiny or pleasant as the game. However, these ‘best conditions’ do indeed exist. They happen every once in a while. Maybe, once a year, you’ll be watching a race on TV, or you’ll be outside, and a cloud will move in an ideal direction, and the sun will shine down at a perfect angle, and maybe just for a moment you’ll have this beautiful scene right in front of you.”