Gran Turismo

Aston Martin

British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. Its predecessor was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.

Billboarding

Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.

Bumper Cam

A view point or camera angle that's fixed on the vehicles front bumper.

Burnout

Forced Wheel spin where the brake is applied and the gas pedal is floored, therefore spinning the tires, then releasing the brake for a small boost. Not meant to be done, but a popular showboating technique.

Car Wash Mechanic

Because a washed car, is a shiny car! Originally popularised in the Gran Turismo series of games (I think?). Feature also exists in Grand Theft Auto 4.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is an automobile manufacturing division of General Motors. It was founded in 1911.

City Circuit

A professional racing circuit built on city streets. Not to be confused with illegal street racing.

Completion Percentage

Games that numerically track the player's progress towards completion of a specific goal, single level, or the entire game.

Cornering

The art of taking corners is an essential element for any good racing driver, and it is a technique that must be mastered in order to produce the fastest times on track.

Corvette

Countdown Timer

The ultimate pressure feature. Players have to complete the task at hand, be it defeating opponents or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time.

Currency

Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.

Dithering

In video games, dithering is a graphical technique using pixel patterns to simulate additional colors or transparency. While far more common on CRTs, many games still use the technique, especially games which use pixel art.

Dodge

Dodge is an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Dodge

Drifting

Drifting is a technique used in motorsports that involves intentionally over-steering the car to create a slide. This is done both as a competitive and exhibitive technique.

Duel

A physical confrontation between two opponents without any outside interference.

Endurance Racing

Endurance racing is racing a track for very long periods of time. An example of endurance racing in video games would be the 24 hour Le Mans in GRID.

Finish Line

A line that signals the start or the end of the race. Even though it is used for racing, it could mean any type of racing game.

First-Person Perspective

First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.

First-Turn Carnage

First-turn carnage is when racing vehicles have large multi-vehicle wrecks on the first turn of the race. This usually happens when there is not enough of a straight-away between the starting grid and the first turn to seperate the faster vehicles from the slower vehicles.

Ghost Racer

A translucent "ghost" representation of a prior performance in a racing game.

Greatest Hits

Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.

Honda

Honda manufactures vehicles such as the Civic, S2000 and the NSX. Honda is featured in racing game franchises such as Gran Turismo, Forza and the Need for speed series.

Interactive Achievement Awards 1999

The 1999 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games and software of 1998.

Laps

A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.

Licensed Cars

Games that obtained permission to feature real-life licensed car brands.

Licensed Soundtrack

Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.

Linear Gameplay

The opposite of open-ended gameplay, linear gameplay uses scripted events, Quick time events, cut scenes, and a restricted path to tell a story exactly how the writer intends, and control elements of the action.

Mazda Motor Corporation

Mazda is a motor company based in Japan. It was founded in 1920 by Jujiro Matsuda.