Reception
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Gran Turismo was a bestseller in the UK. The game was praised by critics, including IGN (9.5/10), GameSpot (8.6/10) and the Official PlayStation Magazine (5/5). As of April 30, 2008, the game has shipped 2.55 million copies in Japan, 10,000 in Southeast Asia, 4.3 million in Europe, and 3.99 million in North America for a total of 10.85 million copies, in which to this day, remains the best selling video game for the PlayStation and the third highest-selling game in the Gran Turismo franchise behind Gran Turismo 4 and Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec respectively. It was also a high seller in Australia selling over 100,000 units in the first two months and with sales exceeding 130,000 as of October 1998. The game was also referenced in the Eiffel 65 song "My Console".
Gran Turismo won the best simulation of 1999 at the Spotlight Awards. The game won "Best Driving Game" and "Best Graphics" of 1999 according to the staff of PlayStation Official Magazine (UK), and was voted the 6th best game of all time by the magazine's readers in the same issue. In 2001, it was voted 21st in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll by Game Informer.
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