Not to be outdone by Microsoft’s Xbox360 and Turn 10 with Forza Motorsport III, Sony offered up some teaser footage of Gran Turismo 5 today during their Playstation3 press conference at the 2009 E3 Expo. Unlike Microsoft though, Sony still hasn’t given us any indication of when Gran Turismo 5 will actually ship.

Given that Polyphony Digital seems to have acquired official licensing from the WRC and NASCAR, I will probably be in a retirement home before this game actually reaches store shelves. Still, the teaser trailer is highly impressive and gives those of us who love racers (regardless of what platform they are on) a little something to smile about.

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The 2009 E3 Expo kicked off today, and along with it the announcement that Audi will be collaborating with Microsoft and Turn 10 with Forza Motorsport III.  Reading through the press release, there aren’t a whole lot of details about the game itself but it does state that Turn 10 has worked with Audi engineers on the development of the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI model that will be featured in the game.  Audi is celebrating this collaboration by hosting the AXF-24 Audi-Forza Challenge which will be held at the Audi Forum in New York City while the 24 Hours of Le Mans is being run in France.   

The only bit of information probably worth caring about in this press release is that Forza Motorsport III will be available this October and will feature 400 manufacturers!    

Check out more information on Forza III and the newly released demo video @ http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/game/default.htm (Which features music from one of my favorite groups, Pendulum)

Box art and worthless press release after the jump.

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