According to the Techradar, a Spanish Sony executive has gone on the record to announce that the highly anticipated game Gran Turismo 5 will be available in Europe and North America during the Christmas season of 2009. Gran Turismo 5 is the premier driving simulator and one of the main reasons many fans purchased the Playstation 3 since it is a Playstation exclusive. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue was a purchaseable demo that was wildly popular. While personally I’m not happy with the long wait time before release, at least we now have a firm date to count on? If you’re so die hard you can’t wait, the Japanese Gran Turismo 5 release should be a few months earlier so you can always get a copy shipped.