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The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2 – Cane and Rinse No.664

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Leisure, Video Games, Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

From simple beginnings as one of around 100 pitches to Sony seniors, turning into a flagship Sony series selling upwards and above 90 million copies. These games have their origins in early-90s cartoon kart genre, and now boast to be the self proclaimed, "greatest racing game of all time". In this issue, host Rich and his co-drivers Karl, Tom and Tony start at the beginning of Sony's Gran Turismo series with the two original PlayStation (PS1) outings Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2, to discuss their legacy as both racing games and love letters to motorsport.

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0:00.0

I'm

0:02.0

A lot of Hello everybody and welcome to Kainer Rintz, Volume 14, Issue 664, Grand Turismo and Grand Turismo 2, subtitled The Real Driving Simulator.

0:54.7

Joining me, Rich Davison, in Issue 64, is Tony Atkins.

0:58.1

Hello.

0:59.7

Carl Moon.

1:00.6

Here we all.

1:01.9

And a last minute substitute driver, Tom Colfeld.

1:04.7

Let's get this show on the road.

1:07.3

Absolutely.

1:08.5

So, no need for a spoiler warning in Grand Turismo. There is absolutely no story there.

1:13.5

So this should be available for everybody to enjoy without any fear of any spoilers there.

1:17.5

What is Gran Turismo, except for Grand Tour and Italian? Well, I've gone to granterismo.com to try and see how they identify it.

1:24.7

And they say that Gran Turismo is, quote, the most advanced

1:28.3

racing game ever created. Feel the power of 140 authentic sports, question mark, cars,

1:35.3

encounter exhilarate and high speed racing in 11 stunning environments. Feel handling, agility,

1:40.8

and throttle so responsive and convincing the car seems to be an extension of yourself.

1:46.9

I take it that was written at the time.

1:49.1

I think so.

1:50.0

Powerful, Steve.

1:50.9

Holds true right until the moment that you enter the demo.

1:54.1

Absolutely.

1:54.9

The word sports is doing a lot of heavy lifting with about, I want to say maybe 100 of the vehicles that's in there, but we'll

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