Details for the upcoming PS5 title Gran Turismo 7 are a little thin on the ground right now, but that won't stop us from shifting our hype into fifth gear. The latest game in the long-running Gran Turismo series is set to be the best yet and with the power of the ultra-fast PS5 backing it up, we're ready to believe it. Players will have the opportunity to hone their skills in single-player races, then head online to challenge the best in multiplayer matches. We'll be seeing the return of fan-favorite tracks and modes, as well as some interesting new surprises too. Originally set for a 2021 release, Gran Turismo 7 has now slipped into 2022 as a result of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Though we won't get to play the game in 2021, we are hoping we'll find out more about it. However, with Sony sitting out E3 2021, we're not entirely sure when that will be. In the meantime, if you're desperate to find out everything you can about Gran Turismo 7 and want know what improvements we hope the game makes, then read on. Gran Turismo 7's release date has slipped to 2022, Sony has confirmed. In an interview with GQ Magazine, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan was asked whether GT7 was still set to release in 2021, only for a Sony PR representative to step in and reveal that Gran Turismo 7 has been impacted by Covid-related production challenges, and will therefore release in 2022. "With the ongoing pandemic, it's a dynamic and changing situation and some critical aspects of game production have been slowed over the past several months," the representative said. "We'll share more specifics on GT7's release date when available." Announcement trailer Right now we just have a 3-minute reveal trailer for Gran Turismo which was shown back at Sony's PS5 game reveal event. Polyphony Digital is obviously keeping some details back, but we get a good glimpse of Gran Turismo 7, including a peek at the gameplay via a race on the iconic Trial Mountain circuit. Hopefully, we'll have another chance to learn more about Gran Turismo 7's new features, such as the GT Cafe mode shown off in the game's menu, before it releases later this year. Last gen PS4 release? It's likely that Gran Turismo 7 will also see a release on PS4, following comments made by PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst. Hulst stated on the official PlayStation blog: “You can’t build a community of over 110 million PS4 owners and then just walk away from it, right? I think that’d be bad news for fans of PS4, and frankly not very good business… “Where it makes sense to develop a title for both PS4 and PS5 – for Horizon Forbidden West, the next God of War, GT7 – we’ll continue looking at that. And if PS4 owners want to play that game, then they can. If they want to go on and play the PS5 version, that game will be there for them.” Hulst's comments make business sense, sure, but we hope that if Gran Turismo 7 does find its way onto last gen hardware, that it doesn't hold back the PS5 version too much in terms of graphical and technological prowess. PSVR 2? Sony has announced that it will release a second iteration of its PSVR headset, known as PSVR 2. This announcement raises questions of whether or not Gran Turismo 7 will support the new technology. Following the success of Gran Turismo Sport on PSVR, it seems quite possible. That said, nothing has been confirmed by Sony just yet. But there are positive signs. In June 2021, Sony said that we should expect "experiences synonymous with PlayStation" on PSVR 2, which suggests titles that lean into Sony's back catalogue of exclusive franchises, such as Gran Turismo. Going slightly further back in time to 2019, in a roundtable interview with GT Planet, Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that, when it comes to harnessing the power of next-gen consoles, Polyphony Digital is interested in VR. “The first thing that’s going to be affected by more power is VR,” Yamauchi told GT Planet. “I don’t think that there’s anything else that requires that much processing power. I really like VR; I’m one to believe in the possibilities of it, and it’s very suited for a driving game.” “VR is something that really depends on the evolution of GPU power, and the hardware for it, like display devices even. It’s something where you can never have enough computing power; there’s always going to be that hardware limit, and that limit is never going to be high enough for us! Obviously that’s going to gradually improve over time and we’ll make sure to follow that.” The fact that PSVR 2 will bring the technology forward does make it look promising that Gran Turismo 7 could have some kind of VR support. No E3 2021 appearance? It’s looking quite likely we won’t see anything of Gran Turismo 7 at E3 2021. Although the event has gone online for 2021, it's been confirmed that Sony isn’t going to be attending. As a PlayStation exclusive, Gran Turismo 7 isn’t likely to be at E3 if Sony isn’t. This isn't, of course, the first time that Sony has skipped E3. The company missed out E3 2019 entirely and last year it opted to have its own State of Play stream. Given E3 2021 is all digital anyway this year, it’s possible Sony sees more benefits in doing its own online event again or perhaps even doing a dedicated stream like its May Horizon Forbidden West stream. If Sony does host its own event, then we’d likely see something from Gran Turismo 7 during that but, at the moment, there’s no certainty on when we’ll get our next update on the game. “No concessions” on detail Polyphony CEO, Kazunori Yamauchi, has emphasised the studio’s attention to detail while speaking at the FIA Gran Turismo Championships in December 2020 (via VGC). “We always pursue the best at Polyphony Digital,” Yamauchi said. “We don’t want to make concessions on anything. We want to deliver the best to everyone. And this is no longer just my thinking, but it’s the mindset of all 200 or so staff at our company. “They say in Japan that ‘divinity comes to reside in the details’ and it’s so true. How much attention you pay to the fine details, how to perfect it, hone it to perfection and applying an incredible amount of attention to this, is our production style.” This bodes well for Gran Turismo 7, though it also goes some way to explaining why the game's release date shifted from 2021 to 2022. Meaningful damage modeling This level of realism has been captured in many other modern racing sims, and with the PS5 boasting some seriously powerful next-gen hardware, it’s time that Gran Turismo put it to good use. Better AI We want to see AI drivers react to our actions and learn to match our skills behind the wheel. Earning better vehicles should provide a meaningful reward in improved race performance, but not at the expense of leaving the competition behind in the dust. We hope that Gran Turismo 7’s drivers will give us a run for our money, then. Better offline content Tuning This feature can also be used to make improvements to a car you've fallen in love with to keep it competitively viable for as long as possible. Career Mode
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This hope precedes every Gran Turismo entry and Gran Turismo 7 is no exception. The franchise seems almost allergic to damage-modeling, preferring that its beautifully rendered cars maintain a factory clean sheen – but we want to see it. If we careen off-track and smash into a wall at many miles per hour, we’d expect our vehicle to be pretty banged up and not just sporting a few minor scratches.
Another long-standing issue with Gran Turismo games is the AI. A race’s challenge has either been far too easy or too heavily choreographed depending on the difficultly level, so it's time for Gran Turismo 7 to finally bring some realism to its computer-controller competitors.
Gran Turismo Sport, the last installment in the series, was often criticized for its lack of quality offline content. Whether it was because of server maintenance or your own connection, the game would only let you play Arcade Mode, which blocked any meaningful progression which could have been made when offline. Hopefully Gran Turismo 7 improves its offline capabilities.Returning features in Gran Turismo 7
Tuning, a feature missing from Gran Turismo Sport, is set to make a return in Gran Turismo 7. Players will be able to spend their in-game credits in order to unlock upgrades and make changes to their cars to better suit certain tracks and races.
It might be under the new name "Campaign Mode" as Kazunori Yamuchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital, put it, but let's just call a spade a spade. This single-player content can be a great way to get to grips with Gran Turismo's core driving gameplay, giving you a chance to try out different vehicles in different challenges. We'll have to wait and see how Gran Turismo 7's Campaign Mode pans out.
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Friday, June 04, 2021
Gran Turismo 7 release date, news, cars, trailers and what we want to see
