
The folks over at Gran Turismo fansite GTPlanet happened upon an intriguing bit of info this morning: At least one version of Gran Turismo 5 may be shipping with up to three discs.
Kazunori Yamauchi appeared in a recent Mercedes-Benz promotional video, where an observant tipster noticed the Gran Turismo creator fiddling with the box that’s pictured above. No, that’s not a Lost DVD box set in Kazunori’s hands — it’s the packaging for Gran Turismo 5, which, curiously, features three separate blu-ray cases inside a larger sleeve.
It’s entirely possible that this is simply a premium, collector’s edition bundle with bonus videos and other added content. Then again, Gran Turismo 5 sounds like it’ll be one of the most utterly massive racing games to date — including 1,000 cars with fully-modeled cockpit views, 60 tracks, and a totally revamped physics model. Forza 3 will be shipping on multiple DVDs next week; could Polyphony Digital’s driving simulator be one of the first PlayStation 3 games to vastly exceed the storage limits of blu-ray?