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Sony has hosted the fifth annual Gran Turismo Awards in conjunction with the 2007 Speciality Equipment Market Association in Las Vegas.
The night saw Marcel Horn's 2007 Audi TT walk away with the 'Best in Show' gong, and the victorious car will now be included in a future edition of the PlayStation game.
A 1960s Chevrolet Corvette, last year's winner of the award, is to be included in the forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 title, due for release next year on PlayStation 3.
"SEMA is one of the largest auto shows in the world and because the GT brand represents an automotive lifestyle, it's a very good fit for us to be very involved," said Stephanie Yoshimoto, SCEA's senior manager of product marketing.
"We go out to exhibitors that are attending and building custom cars for the show and we ask them if they have what it takes to build a car to be featured in the game. It's a bit of a hefty load for the judges to check out all of those cars, but at the end of the day we end up with what we feel is the hottest car of the show and it becomes immortalised in the Gran Turismo franchise."
Developer Polyphony Digital recently revealed that the famous test track featured on BBC's Top Gear is to be incorporated into Gran Turismo 5.
The night saw Marcel Horn's 2007 Audi TT walk away with the 'Best in Show' gong, and the victorious car will now be included in a future edition of the PlayStation game.
A 1960s Chevrolet Corvette, last year's winner of the award, is to be included in the forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 title, due for release next year on PlayStation 3.
"SEMA is one of the largest auto shows in the world and because the GT brand represents an automotive lifestyle, it's a very good fit for us to be very involved," said Stephanie Yoshimoto, SCEA's senior manager of product marketing.
"We go out to exhibitors that are attending and building custom cars for the show and we ask them if they have what it takes to build a car to be featured in the game. It's a bit of a hefty load for the judges to check out all of those cars, but at the end of the day we end up with what we feel is the hottest car of the show and it becomes immortalised in the Gran Turismo franchise."
Developer Polyphony Digital recently revealed that the famous test track featured on BBC's Top Gear is to be incorporated into Gran Turismo 5.
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