designer
Kazunori Yamauchi
山内一典
About
Kazunori Yamauchi is a Japanese game designer and the creator of the Gran Turismo series. He joined Sony Computer Entertainment in 1992 and spent five years developing Gran Turismo (1997) — a game that required him to learn to drive in part through designing its physics model. Gran Turismo became the best-selling original PlayStation game and established realistic racing simulation as a viable home console genre. He founded Polyphony Digital, Sony's internal racing development studio, and has served as its president since its establishment.