Sony announced a March release for Gran Turismo 5 at Tokyo Game Show last week, a release window that was specifically targeted for the Japanese market. However, don't expect a surprise 2009 release (sorry Amazon!). "I don't think it's going to be that different for US and Europe," Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi told journalists at a GT5 event last week. "Marketing is still discussing their issues," which is the reason why a specific date hasn't been pegged yet for those markets.

Yamauchi then went on to list a befuddling list of features that should ship on the disc next year. GT Mode will return with all the features of classic GT games, like the garage, the car dealer, the tuning shop, and license tests. However, more exciting are the new features, such as a brand-new physics model that includes damage and deformation for all normal cars. Hybrid and electric cars are going to be added to the livery, too, with over 950 cars available on the disc. There will also be over 70 variations of over 20 locations to race through.

The online features have been expanded to include both text and voice chat, with support for lobbies and private rooms. There will be online photo albums and online replay albums as well; with the ability to export replays to YouTube. Gran Turismo TV, the video service introduced in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will also be expanded with a brand new UI, progressive downloading (so you can watch the video content while it downloads), and the ability to export these videos to PSP. While this may seem like the kitchen sink of features, Yamauchi teased, "We have much more planned."

Considering it's been five years since the release of Gran Turismo 4 on PS2, fans of the franchise are expecting only the best, if not more.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/gran-turismo-5-international-release-likely-early-2010/

0:30 Welcome.
0:45 Photo of the team. Over 100 employees now.
1:15 Purple means they're not there.
1:30 Server room. One of the largest in Tokyo.
2:00 Physics testing. Everything they do here gets stored in a PC for analysis.
2:15 PSP debug system.
2:45 Game releases in March in Japan, A BIT LATER IN EUROPE.
3:00 Modelling driver heads.
3:40 Covers of the GT games.
4:15 Entertainment area. Library. Kitchen. Fitness.
5:35 Giant Gundam hand.
6:35 Figurines of Omega Boost, an old Polyphony game with robots.
7:10 Luggage bags, with stickers of Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.
7:50 (Is that a Porsche ? Or a RUF ?)
8:45 Damage testing / finalizing. Scale models they can take apart.
9:00 Only a few weeks of development left. Not much longer.
9:30 Prize room.
10:20 A Ferrari piston.
10:40 BAFTA awards.
10:50 Yamauchi's trophy from a Nordschleife victory last month (see official website)
11:50 DJ set.

(Thank you Goldrusher)

http://www.gameblog.fr/news_11515_tgs-09-reportage-chez-polyphony-digital-gran-turismo

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We already know head tracking is one of those announcements but hopefully others include weather and day/night cycles.

oh damage for ALL CARS now

Full damage for WRC and Nascar vehicles meaning car parts will fall off. Stratches and other parts for the rest of the vehicles however all have mechanical damage which is the most important damage of all.

There is going to be full damage for all race cars, including American Le Mans series cars and grand touring cars, plus the NASCAR and WRC cars, correct?

car parts falling off

I am so turning of damage, they aren't taking away the GT I love from me

jvn saying that day/night and rain are in.

day night and rain are confirmed . as are you tube and vod.

i predict the topgear test track online leaderboards will be a system seller in its self.

Wow that's quite a studio, PD must have some serious cash reserves. I bet it's great place to work too.

if only those guys would have shown the day and night cycle + the rain

if would have been marvelous ...

but no ! they showed nothing :(