Grand Tur-what?

[Jaged]

I was curious what the word Turismo meant in Grand Turismo. I did some research and the best answer I could find was the spanish definition for the word, which is tourism. That would mean Grand Turismo means great tourism in spanish. That hardly makes since for a racing game. Does anyone have any greater insight as to the meaning of this word in the context of the game title?

[OneManArmy]

eh Tourism is a shitty english translation.

its closer to Touring. like GT grand touring

not sure how to explain it at 6:30am sitting in an airport hopped up on caffine and cinnabon with no sleep.. but its like 'journey' or 'travel'

Like my Trans Am, its a GTA or Grand Turismo Americano

fancy word for a kick ass car to drive around.

[Jaged]

Ahh thanks OMA. The way you describe it fits a lot better.

[Hamma]

What Oma said ;P

Just a shitty translation like "Someone set up us the bomb"

[Mag-Mower]

I always thought it was a racing classification. Also, its Gran, not Grand ;)

[Derfud]

http://www.starwars.com/databank/species/gran/img/movie_bg.jpg

[Biohazzard56]

Derfud's previous post for the win.

[Infernus]

TIP:

DO NOT TRANSLATE SPANISH WORDS TO ENGLISH WORDS AND TAKE THEM LITERALLY!

There are a lot that fit, but there are also a lot that don't

[Rbstr]

It's italian and it means Grand Tourer.

A grand tourer (Italian: Gran Turismo), (initialised GT), is a high-performance automobile designed for long-distance driving. Any such car could be considered a grand tourer, but the traditional and most common body style is the coup***233; (two door) with either a two-seat or a 2+2 seat arrangement.