Today Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi was awarded an honorary degree in vehicle engineering by the Italian University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Kazunori Yamauchi himself commented mentioning that he believes the dream of speed to be universal, and humanity always pursued it.
The motivation behind the award lay behind Yamauchi-san’s effort and expertise applied to the design of the cars in the Gran Turismo series, and his creativity and technical mastery in the creation of driving video games.
Those skills were also demonstrated in Yamauchi-san’s collaboration with several auto manufacturers in designing dedicated Vision Gran Turismo concept cars, including General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Bugatti and Fittipaldi motors.