Kazunori Yamauchi revealed new tidbits of Gran Turismo 5 for PS3:

    * Gran Turismo 5 will be released in Christmas 2008
    * It takes 6 months to design a car and one year to design a full race track. Currently 30 staffs are working on race tracks
    * Gran Turismo Portable for PSP is intended to connect with GT5
    * Yamauchi only stayed home four days since he started working in the Gran Turismo series 15 years ago
    * There were only 15 staffs when Gran Turismo 1 started, today there are 120 people in Polyphony Digital
    * Both Ferrari and Suzuka will be in GT5, they will look exactly like the real thing
    * He would be frustrated if working with Wii because he knows PS3 is a much more powerful console
    * He thinks Xbox 360 is not a Full HD console, because not a lot of games are running in 1080p at 60fps
    * Yamauchi wants to work on a lengthy RPG
    * Damage model is still around, but probably with compromises due to agreements with manufacturers
    * Some manufacturers prohibit damage models for their vehicles, so at the end some vehicles will not have damage models