Polestar 5 will make its debut in Gran Turismo 7 next month

Today, Polestar has proudly announced that the Polestar 5 will be featured in Gran Turismo 7 for PlayStation 4 and 5 starting next month.

Polestar worked very closely with Polyphony Digital (a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment) in order "to create a wholly accurate digital representation" of the car, the official press release says.

The teams "have faithfully translated the dynamic qualities of the Polestar 5 into the game", with professional racing driver and sim-racer Igor Fraga having been given special access to prototype Polestar 5 vehicles and R&D experts at Polestar's development facilities in Sweden before the final sign-off at the Brands Hatch circuit in England.

Polyphony Digital then "applied that real-world vehicle feedback to their class-leading handling and dynamics simulation, creating a precise digital representation of the car". Polestar says that "with the right person behind the wheel", lap times in-game and in real life are "directly comparable".