Sony brings free-to-play Gran Turismo experience: Key details

My First Gran Turismo

Sony is offering a free-to-play Gran Turismo experience called ‘My First Gran Turismo’ for PS5 and PS4. The ‘My First Gran Turismo’ driving simulator is now available on the PlayStation Store. The PS5 version of My First Gran Turismo comes with full PlayStation VR2 support.

My First Gran Turismo is “designed to be both approachable and immersive, created for everyone, with no limits on age or driving skill level”, Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Gran Turismo creator Polyphony Digital, said in a PlayStation blog post.

The free-to-play 'My First Gran Turismo' comes with “three Race Events, three Time Trials, three Music Rally stages, as well as a full suite of License Tests”.

Sony’s My First Gran Turismo driving simulator offers “18 unique cars, each with its own personality” to the driving enthusiasts. Players would also be able to learn the history, features and trivia about every featured car in the free-to-play racing simulator.

'My First Gran Turismo' includes racetracks like the Kyoto Driving Park, Deep Forest Raceway and Trial Mountain Circuit, which Gran Turismo veterans would find nostalgic, Yamauchi said in the blog post.

As per Sony, My First Gran Turismo takes up 15GB space on PS5 and 12GB space on PS4. Those who complete My First Gran Turismo can transfer all 18 collected cars to Gran Turismo 7.

“This experience holds a special place in my heart, as it pays tribute to the origins of the first Gran Turismo, where players of all generations discovered the joys of driving”, Yamauchi added in the blog post.