Gran Turismo is a 1997 racing simulation video game developed by Japan Studio's Polys Entertainment (later called Polyphony Digital Inc. for North American releases and sequels) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was directed by Kazunori Yamauchi and produced by Shuhei Yoshida. It is the first game in the Gran Turismo series. After five years of development time it was well-received publicly and critically shipping a total of 10.85 million copies worldwide (making it the best-selling PlayStation game) and scoring an average of 95% in GameRankings' aggregate making it the highest rated racing video game at the time of the site's closure in 2019. Many publications have deemed it one of the greatest video games of all time. The game has started a series and has spawned over 10 spin-offs and sequels.