On Saturday, April 8, 2006, PlayStation San Francisco @ Metreon hosted an exclusive event to celebrate the launch of Tourist Trophy for PS2, available in retail stores since April 4th. Event attendees enjoyed the opportunity to speak with developers and nearly 100 fans received autographs from Kazunori Yamauchi - President of Polyphony Digital and famed Creator of Gran Turismo Franchise. Many attendees won prizes and over 400 people took their picture with a Honda CBR 600RR, featured on the game's cover. A 64-person tournament took place and was won by Eli Dominguez.