The video game contains over 1200 cars, including, for the first time, the Vision Gran Turismo cars. The Vision Gran Turismo is a project where over 20 companies (like Bugatti, Volkswagen, Toyota, BMW and Aston Martin) design special cars for the video game. According to Kazunori Yamauchi (the founder of Gran Turismo) this project is for celebrate the 15th anniversary of Gran Turismo.
The video game feature a tribute to Ayrton Senna, commemorating the 20th anniversary since his death in 1994. The "Ayrton Senna Tribute" include since the first years of racing for Ayrton in the Karting World Championships until his days of glory in the Formula 1 with the Lotus 97T car.