The Stig joins Gran Turismo

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The Stig joins Gran Turismo
STEPHEN OTTLEY
June 17, 2010 - 3:52PM
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Top Gear UK show’s anonymous racing driver, The Stig joins Gran Turismo
Sony’s famous Gran Turismo console game adds the world’s most famous anonymous racing driver to its roster, as well as the Top Gear track.

Some say he’s Top Gear’s tame racing driver, and that his real name is Ben Collins. All we know is he’ll be in the new Gran Turismo 5 computer game due in November.

The popular Top Gear UK show’s anonymous racing driver, renowned for his all-white racing suit and helmet, appears in a trailer for the long-awaited next instalment to the Gran Turismo driving simulator series.

If you’ve ever watched the show and wondered what it would be like to race around the test track, then wonder no more.

The maker of the game, Polyphony, has also confirmed Top Gear’s famous airfield circuit will be featured in the latest version of the game.

The new trailer says the game will go on sale November 2, more than five years since the last instalment, Gran Turismo 4, hit the market.

The developers have spent more than $60 million creating the game; repeatedly pushing the release date back.

There are more than 950 cars featured in the game and it took the designers six months to reproduce the digital version of each vehicle. But Top Gear isn’t the only new addition for the new version.

For the first time the game will feature Formula One cars, NASCAR and cars from Ferrari. Night races and realistic car damage have also been added.

Red Bull Formula One star Sebastian Vettel also makes an appearance in the trailer, along with the team’s much heralded designer, Adrian Newey.

The game developers visited the team’s UK factory to accurately re-create the F1 racing cars.