Creator of the world-renowned Gran Turismo series Kazunori Yamauchi made an intriguing remark recently, during an exclusive interview with JVN.com about GT PSP, regarding the status of GT5:

‘We can leave when we want, but we can refine it to infinity. This is the situation at present.’

One might not read too much into this at face-value, but we believe this cryptic comment might suggest GT5 is ready, and the only reason it’s not on the shelves yet is because Kazunori wants to deliver the perfect racing title. He's a perfectionist, don't you know?

JVN’s further investigations have lead them to uncover the projected release date of December 11th 2009, according to distribution sources, meaning that GT5 could be with us in time for Christmas. We hope manufacturer Sony will be in a position to confirm this date during the Game Developers Conference being held in Cologne, Germany, on 17-19th August.