Last week it was announced that the Regalia from Final Fantasy XV would be making its way to Forza Horizon 3. That’s a pretty awesome crossover that left some PlayStation owners slightly jealous (at least if Twitter reactions are anything to go off of), and one that really isn’t that crazy when you consider that you can drive a Warthog from Halo in Microsoft’s open-world driving title. It also got my brain spinning about how Sony could do something even cooler with Gran Turismo Sport.
Here are 10 video game crossover vehicles we’d love to see in Gran Turismo Sport:
For a slightly more serious look at Gran Turismo Sport, check out our E3 2017 preview of the racer. Writer Paulmichael Contreras had the following to say:
Speaking of realism, the Thrustmaster T-GT deserves a mention here. At the aforementioned ~$800 price tag, this steering wheel is likely priced out of many gamers’ consideration. But it felt so unbelievably lifelike (I had to fight a lot harder than I thought I had to once I started to spin in a rally race) that I started to attempt to conjure up a budget where I could afford such a luxury, before I crashed back down to Earth and realized that I could buy a PSVR headset, lesser steering wheel, and still have money left over for a copy of Gran Turismo Sport. The T-GT is a wheel designed for those of us who are willing to sacrifice to create the perfect environment to play these kinds of games in. The type who obsess over getting lap times down by hundredths or even thousandths of a second. Rest assured, there is a market for these wheels, it’s just probably not most of us, and that’s not only due to price factors.
Gran Turismo Sport is a no-holds-barred racing simulator. Now, sure, we were playing in ideal settings, in a cockpit setup that your average gamer won’t be able to replicate. But Gran Turismo is fun to any racing fan, regardless as to how they are playing. Running with all of today’s latest graphical bells and whistles, and then some – 4K, HDR, 60 frames per second, extended color gamut – it’s going to be a hard game to beat on a technical front. Polyphony Digital is poised to give games like Forza Motorsport 7 a run for their money.
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10 Game Vehicles We Want to See in GT Sport
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Vehicles We Want in Gran Turismo Sport
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Daxtermobile
The Daxtermobile might not be the most canonically sound vehicle from Jak X, but it's certainly the coolest looking one. The car, which was unlocked by transferring over a 100% complete Daxter PSP save file, is just a giant version of the ottsel's head. It's really dumb in the best of ways.
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Deacon St. John's Big Hog
There's not much character about Days Gone, but I do know that the zombie game's protagonist has a big hog that'd make James Ellsworth jealous. Typically the Gran Turismo series doesn't feature bikes (that's what Tourist Trophy was for), which would make this a cool addition.
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Everybody's Golf Carts
I'm still mourning the death of the Hot Shots Golf name, but I can still sense a good marketing opportunity when I see one. By including a golf cart from Everybody's Golf, Sony could make more players aware that there is an excellent golfing game to play on the system.
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inFamous Telephone Lines
Okay. I'm being a bit loose with the term vehicle, but it's my article so you're just gonna have to deal with it. In the inFamous series, players can ride around on telephone lines and it's one of the more enjoyable forms of open-world traversal. I think it'd be absolutely hilarious to have Cole MacGrath riding an ever-expanding telephone line through Gran Turismo courses. Is it just me that finds it entertaining? Well, then.
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Morgana
While mc chris may have a car that transforms into a boat, the Persona 5 protagonist has a cat that transforms into a van. Driving around Morgana is one of the true joys of Atlus' latest RPG, and allowing him to see the world via Gran Turismo would make me incredibly happy.
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Nathan Drake's Jeep
A lot of Uncharted 4 felt stale to me, but they did try to freshen up the gameplay with some additions. One of the coolest ones was the ability to actually drive a jeep around a beautiful digital version of Madagascar. I'd love to see the jeep return alongside a sweet Madagascar track in GT Sport.
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Pir-hana Prototype
Gran Turismo regularly features cars that aren't out yet, so why not include a car that's only 30 years away from releasing. The vehicles in WipEout 2048 aren't all that futuristic, so I don't see why I can't rep my Pir-hana colors in the game.
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Sly Cooper Van
While the Sly Cooper games may be about stealth platforming, they also feature some fast-paced getaways thanks to Sly's trusty van. If it appeared in Gran Turismo Sport then players could get to pretend that they were Murray, and beat some time trials as if they were a talented getaway driver.
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Sweet Tooth
It doesn't look like we'll get a new Twisted Metal game anytime soon, but it doesn't mean that we can't see some familiar faces. Sweet Tooth must recently appeared in Rocket League, but he could also fit into GT Sport pretty well. His weapons could even act as an easy mode for the racer.
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Trico
Sometimes the cars in Gran Turismo can be difficult to control, but the true advanced test will be trying to instruct The Last Guardian's Trico. He'll be the fastest "vehicle" in the game, but the controls will randomly not respond at moments, and sometimes he'll take a break during a race in order to do his business.
