Auto experts discuss how Gran Turismo 7 celebrates car culture

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Since the beginning, Gran Turismo have always offered an experience where it goes beyond just racing. Staying true in being ‘The Real Driving SImulator’, GT really lets you express your innate love of cars be it through racing, collecting, tuning, photography, or simply just driving. Regardless of your background, everyone who has played GT have their own unique path and stories that often runs in direct parallels to real life experiences of cars and automotive culture.

As we get ready for Gran Turismo 7 to race onto PS4 and PS5 this Friday, we thought it would be fun to invite five of the most talented and influential automotive experts across different automotive categories to Race Service in Los Angeles, CA to see how their love of cars are experienced in GT7.

Beyond a notable actor, Sung Kang started his love for cars started very much like the classic GT Campaign mode where he purchased a relatively inexpensive Nissan 240Z online and started building it up with his friends on the weekends, tuning and learning as the build evolved through different stages of upgrades. Following its completion and debut of the “Fugu Z” at the 2016 SEMA Show (Speed Equipment Manufacturing Association), the customized Z won the coveted Gran Turismo Awards where it was later immortalized in GT Sport. Since then, Sung has continued to evolve the development of the Fugu Z and also started a collection of various vehicles including other classic JDM golden era and American Domestic vehicles, making him a true Collector.

Professional NASCAR Driver and 19-time US Auto Club Champion grew up racing go-karts and naturally fell in love with the sport. Toni arrives to Race Service the day before traveling to Florida for a test weekend at Daytona