“It’s the best thing ever added to this video game”: behind the scenes of the Twingo’s unusual foray into Gran Turismo 7

Seeing a Twingo race around the Le Mans circuit among real racing cars is now possible in the video game Gran Turismo 7. Available on PlayStation, Gran Turismo is a franchise of car racing games published by video game giant Sony. Four years after the release of the seventh part of the series, free updates, almost every month, allow you to unlock new circuits and new cars. The latest, published on April 23, includes one of the most famous French city cars, to the great joy of players.

Committed to an open approach, Renault authorizes the integration of its vehicles into Gran Turismo, even if it reserves the right to oppose it. It was therefore the Japanese publisher who told the French manufacturer the good news. “In January, Sony announced to us that Twingo had been chosen to appear in Gran Turismo 7. After giving the green light, everything was handled by the GT7 franchise, says Laurent Aliphat…