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Gran Turismo 6 Has 7 New Tracks, 1200 Cars & Improved Engine

NowGamer: "Gran Turismo 6 is due to be announced later today, but a leaked press release seems to confirm its existence and a bunch of new details.

It's widely expected that Gran Turismo 6 is due to be announced at some point today, but a press release leaked by another website seems to provide some of the details ahead of this official Gran Turismo 6 announcement."

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DaveyB3991d ago

Only 7 new tracks?
Given that this game only surfaces once every 150 years - that strikes me as being a little... slight...

papashango3991d ago

so how many cars are gonna have the crap cockpit view?

abzdine3991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

only premium cars and i hope more variety and no season dealers

LAWSON723991d ago

Hopefully alot of them because that is the only way I drive in race games, if hardly any have it I am more than happy to go back to forza 4

Autodidactdystopia3991d ago

Man I Love GT.

I buy a playstation everytime a gt comes out.
just to play it.

Its just a fun game and It gives you SO much shit to do.

hazardman3991d ago

I like the cockpit view. To me its how sims are meant to played. But that could just be me!!

Blackdeath_6633991d ago

many people like the cockpit view works really well with the steering wheel too. i guess drive club will be able to provide that since it is a first person racing game but still GT6 should still have the cockpit view

MrBigjules3991d ago

I really hope so because the cockpit view was, ultra shite, don't get me wrong the real cockpit and cars where Great. As for 6 lets hope it dont take sony too long.

love GT5

love FORZA 4

Larry L3991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

I can't race in interior view, it's distracting and throws off the realism for me. Like, whose arms are those? I know they're not mine, so it messes me up. If I had an actual racing rig where I could have a real wheel and my real arms in front of the one in the game, then I could use cockpit view. I'll use interior offline sometimes just to see it, but to actually race hard, I have to use bumper cam or hood cam (GT5 doesn't have hood cam, I hope it's in GT6).

But I don't think the simplified interior view would be that bad if the car's body just weren't invisible for some strange reason. Where's the body panels? Am I driving Wonder Woman's invisble jet? The bodies are there in the PSP GT's same simplified cockpit view. I think they forgot to code it in or something.

Know what I notice?, why no date in the leak?

gedapeleda3991d ago

I have a feeling gt6 will be a disappoint.
Old gt4 and gt5 models with a few new ones.And a lot of new models are just same car diffrent livery.
Also high emphasis on dlc.

MikeMyers3991d ago

Awesome game but they need to make all cars premium models. I'd also like to see more than just 7 new tracks included in the game. I suggest they lower the amount of cars, have them all premium models, and have all new tracks. Then sell the old tracks as DLC.

deafdani3991d ago

I think a lot of people misunderstood your comment. You aren't saying the premium cars' cockpit view is crap, you're talking about the so-called "cockpit view" of the standard cars, which is only a pretty shitty black generic outline, right?

papashango3991d ago

@deafdani

that's correct.

Divine3991d ago

im soooo excited for this game it is onre of the best driving simulators out . and im still playing gt5 i cant wait. its especially insane with the wheel .

kneon3991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

@Larry L

I also seldom use cockpit view, I know it's intended to feel more realistic but in fact it feels less realistic than the full screen view.

Maybe if I were sitting 3 feet from a 60 inch screen it would be ok but from a more typical distance it feels more like you're driving from the back seat.

The full screen view gives a view closer to what you get when sitting behind the wheel. The dash and side pillars are far too prominent in the cockpit view, in real life they are off in the periphery and barely noticed unless you deliberately look at them.

Divine3991d ago

please give me free roam GT

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Minato-Namikaze3991d ago

Look at GT's history again. But it does have a track editor.

abzdine3991d ago

haters will always spit nonsense, nothing to do but to deal with it.

irepbtown3991d ago

1,200 cars, 33 tracks (71 different layouts), several thousand parts/wheels and much more to be announced.

I remember Kazunori saying around GT5's release about wanting to create a city were people could just cruise around, but it was not possible on the PS3 (at the time of course).
Maybe that will be possible this time?

Salooh3991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

You guys don't get it. They created few locations that you can make tracks from them and that way they will be able to create another locations in a dlc form. So maybe they are creating a city but in slow way. Maybe then they can put them all in one 3D map and let us create tracks where ever we want or make it freeroam..

MGRogue20173991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

No.. 33 locations altogether with 71 different layouts.

It's going to be the biggest Gran Turismo title with a huge amount of content & massive play-time, that's for damn sure.

Get your pre-orders in asap.

aaron58293991d ago

Hmm... i doubt it will be only seven... If it really is 7... I'm not gonna buy it ! This is coming from a die hard GT FAN !!

coolmast3r3991d ago

Hey there, bud. I'm a die-hard GT fan too. And I'm afraid I'm gonna lose all my respect for PD...

GribbleGrunger3991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

Yeah, because of course the only improvement to the game will be extra tracks.

aaron58293991d ago

I know what you did...

No.

I can live with less cars... same graphics etc... no cockpit view. "bad" sound design and layout.

I stopped playing GT5 because i was bored with the same tracks over and over again.

I'm a person who dont get DLC very often (read never). But i did buy Spa and Twin Ring Motegi for the sake of driving around new tracks... yeah yeah i know.. motegi was on GT4.. i know.

kayoss3991d ago

I swear to god this better not like a gran turismo 5 with bunch of new cars and new track and they decided to call it Gran turismo 6.
In order for it to be qualify as 6 i think it have be a major uprade from the previous.

zeddy3991d ago

did anyone think that gt5 was a little unfinished? it didnt feel like the full package or the polish of a gt game. this is why i think that gt6 will be what gt5 should have been. i highly doubt that Yamauchi would have put out a game like that unless he was pressured becuase of the time he was taking. this is why gt6 will be amazing.

mcstorm3991d ago

I have to agree. I still think GT5 feels unfinished now even after 2.0 update.

It is each to there own but for me Forza has been the must own racing game of this gen. I do think PD will bounce back with GT6 as this game means the same to Sony as Halo to Microsoft. I also feel they are making GT6 for the PS3 to make up for messing up on 5.

Larry L3991d ago

Well IDC what anyone says, Forza just isn't there on the physics/handling. In that, it's just typical racing game fair. Meanwhile that is where GT shines, and that is the most important thing for racing games.

But I do agree that GT5, as great of a racing game as it is, and I still play daily after buying it Day 1 midnight launch, is very incomplete in areas other than handling/physics and variety.

Why only a handfull of rims that you only have a small selection of for each car, and standards all have the same selection of only like 10 of those. All rims should be able to be put on all cars.

Aero parts and race conversions. It's "OK" but still limited on Premium models, but it's all basically non-existant for standards. I know what this press release says about the hundreds of aero parts on any car is possible. The over-all customisation level is just REALLY low in GT5, lower than it's been in basically every other GT aside from the PSP one.

They added NASCAR but half-heartedly. A few cars and even fewer great NASCAR tracks. WHere's Bristol at least?, GOD!!! That's an OBVIOUS one.

They added Top Gear....which I LOVE the track. Perfect recreation, and it's one of my all-time favorite tracks to race on, but why no obvious beat the Stig's PowerBoard times in the same cars? No reasonably price car challenges? It could have been SO great, but was nothing instead.

They did a great job with the Karting. It's SO fun, but between the Karts and basically every other kind of 4 wheeled racing up through NASCAR and F1 now in the game.....why no incredible Career mode where you start as a rookie in karts and work your way up through whatever kind of racing leagues you want to take in your career?

PD was GENIUS in having the online not have ranks and W/L records.....I LOVE that choice because even with the thousands of people racing online on GT5 every day, GT5 probably has about the least amount of A-Holes racing online wrecking you for every position to improve their "precious" rank and record. BUT there's a surprising lack of creativity you can have in creating cool online races considering the franchise. People kinda have to invent their own rules and races and just hope other people follow those rules. It was a good effort for their first online game though. I'm expecting more for GT6. I hope there's still no ranks though.

So yeah, I do believe GT5 to be VERY incomplete, yet I still think it's over-all, and easily, the best racing game so far this gen. Go figure. PD's worst job is still better than every other developer's best effort. PCars had a chance to top it on current gen hardware, but it took too long. It's gonna be too late to be relevant on PS3/360.

Yodagamer3991d ago

Definitely the amount of cars that looked unfinished was absurd. It took them 5 years and they didn't put the effort into the standard cars, they put a lot of cars into the game, but I would have preferred less but more detailed cars.

Jazz41083991d ago

It kind of sounds like gt 5.5.

imt5583991d ago

@azz4108

GT 5.5? I don't think so. Improved graphics engine, totaly new phisics ( most important for gamers who play racing games ), create your own cups, GPS track editor....

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jlukee3991d ago

There's actually 19 new tracks, in 7 new locations.

BlmThug3991d ago

This sounds .. dissapointing :( I have played GT5 to death and this doesn't sound like such a leap as say GT3 to GT4

Dee_913991d ago (Edited 3991d ago )

As long as 4 of those are bathurst, seattle circuit,hongkong circuit & midfield raceway.
Also 2 or 3 of the cars in the trailer that was standard in gt5 are now premium so im hoping they all got the premium treatment.How ever some of those cars are extremely rare and im not sure if they had the resources to replicate them. Like the concept cars I expect to not have cockpit view.But I hope they updated the models.

@BlmThug sooo im assuming you just skipped over the part that says more news at e3 & gamescon and just assume these are the only new features to gt6?

@zeddy I dont think gt5 was "unfinished", it just had alot of potential to be more... Like every other Gran Turismo ive played.Slowly but surely throughout the iterations they are tapping into that potential.

3-4-53991d ago

These racing dev's don't get it.

These tracks get old driving the same ones over and over and over again.

Spend a year creating and making up your own tracks instead of relying upon the design of somebody who built it years ago.

We have a realistic racing dev team who can't create their own tracks.

Pathetic really.

That being said, the game will still probably be really good...but just more of the same.

Biggest3991d ago

Wouldn't real tracks be the biggest draw for someone looking for "realistic racing"?

It's seven NEW tracks. . . Addtional. . . Added to. . . Why are some of you so confused by the wording?

33 tracks. 71 layouts.

xtremeimport3991d ago

i would like more than 7 new tracks, mostly every F1 track and WRC circuit I think should be in the game, but lets not forget that its 7 NEW tracks, on top of what GT5 already had.

thats pretty dang good. Plus im sure future tracks via DLC. Im sure there will be less "standard cars" because they could focus on upgrading them and not having to worry about GT5s premium cars which should eliminate the added on cockpit view for this cars.

Quality over quantity for me, love that they tried to get so many cars in the game but if that sacrifices the quality of the cars, id rather it launch with less and then add on the cars later in DLC.

Hyperion3991d ago

I am probably gonna get a million disagrees here but this strikes me as GT5 with extra cars and tracks. Couldnt this content be added via dlc???

minialex3991d ago

my thoughts exactly. . . if they call it "6", it should be a new experience with all new tracks, not just add-ons. but hopefully there will be more to it in the end.

NumOnePS3FanBoy3990d ago

This reminds me as a GT6 Prologue. Hopefully they blow our minds with more content and polish

Azrabain3991d ago

What about car damage? Poly really needs to have realistice car damage or its all for not in my opinion!

Rageanitus3991d ago

I think most of the tracks on GT series represent real tracks.

There are only limited amount of tracks out there.

imt5583991d ago

Stop whining, man. Only 7 new tracks? It's not 7, it's 19 + GPS track editor!!!! GPS, man. Isle of man TT track, dude!!!

Nexgensensation3991d ago

enough with the excuses already! if not Im cool with 500+!

NumOnePS3FanBoy3990d ago (Edited 3990d ago )

This is why I'm disappointed that it wasn't strictly a ps4 title so they can push the deadline further back and add more polish and tracks...

And like you mentioned, considering it took forever to release gt5, it seemed to soon for me for them to release gt6 especially if it's for ps3

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ziratul3991d ago

ITS ps3 game and ps4 game i think

ShiftyLookingCow3991d ago

Hopefully its cross-gen and I wouldn't mind if the PS4 version came out a year later. Otherwise I will wait for GT7.

TrevorPhillips3991d ago

Dear God! :O

that's all I'm going to say :D

sprinterboy3991d ago

Some sources who are there have said 17 new tracks, silverstone and brands hatch being 2 of them, 1200 cars with more being added with updates and apparently from sources you can use GPS for creating tracks or circuits of your favourite roads where you live or anywhere in the world

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sprinterboy3991d ago

The event starts at 3pm by the way but I think it will be 4pm now

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Sony launches AI racing agent Sophy 2.0 worldwide for Gran Turismo

Sony AI and Polyphony Digital announced the global release of Gran Turismo Sophy 2.0, an innovative AI racing agent in the Gran Turismo 7.

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EazyC168d ago

Between Sophy and PSVR 2, Polyphony is REALLY pushing videogames forward into a whole new era.

crazyCoconuts167d ago

"Gran Turismo has to run on the PlayStation 5, and that means Sophy cannot consume all the computing resources of the machine."
Interesting - I thought at first Sophy was controlled from their server farms. Seems like they've got it running locally.

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Yamauchi on Why Gran Turismo Works in VR Without Making You Sick

Remon: "I didn't expect Gran Turismo 7 to be the most relaxing and soothing game on Playstation VR2 . Yes, it's a high speed racing game with extremely realistic physics. But for me, next to Tetris Effect Connected, it's become the most meditative PSVR 2 experience. What's even more surprising is that Gran Turismo 7 in PSVR 2 doesn't make me sick despite its high speeds.

Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi spoke to me via video chat to discuss why the GT7 feels so enjoyable to drive and what inspired his design choices."

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Babadook7361d ago (Edited 361d ago )

I was very careful not to push myself when i first popped GT7 in VR, by limiting myself to 30 min sessions. I got sick from Drive Club VR. Surprisingly, even after hours of playing on a Gr 3 race, I don’t get sick now.

SullysCigar360d ago

Yamauchi has suggested in the past that choosing a slower car that's a convertible is a good choice for your first drive, because it makes you feel less enclosed, but you still have the frame of reference of the car itself.

When I put friends or family into GT7 on PSVR2, I sit them in front of my wheel, put them in a Mazda MX-5 / Miata, roof off and tuned to remove body roll, improved brakes, slick soft racing tyres and a turbo. This seems perfect, as they spin out less and can get started again more easily if they do. It's not too fast, but fast enough for a first timer. Set up a fan facing them too - that certainly helps.

But people quickly adjust and you just want more variation, speed and handling as you get better at the game. It's the most hooked I've been for years.

XiNatsuDragnel360d ago (Edited 360d ago )

Congratulations Yamauchi

Viljong360d ago

Is vr sickness even a thing. 30 fps games are worse

mandf360d ago

Nothing to do with frames although that has a part. Walking and then saddening stopping messes with your brain for some people. Me included

Viljong360d ago

Switchback is the only game which give me slight nausea same as irl rollercoaster. When it go highspeed and steep downhill comes it feel like my stomach is moving up and im falling off my stool. Interesting that i get the same effect than irl coaster without movement. But i dont call it vr sickness its just very immersive. Other games i play with freemovement and all vignette effects off.

Have GT7 too and playing it without nausea. Its superb in vr mode. Wish i could get the logitech g923 for it. But dualsense is very good aswell and feel right at home after playing forza on series x. Ofc with better haptics that dual sense offer. Only bad thing about gt7 is the unskipable movie when you play it first time. I was getting frustrated after all the motor history it start showing ingame racing i think the whole thingh lasted like 20-30min. Then you get the coffeeshop things and tutorials going on and finally when you get to race you have 120hp hybrid family car.

lucian229360d ago

Any artificial movement can cause motion sickness. Certain games I can't play in vr be cause of it. That's why I prefer games like superhot thst move only when your body moves

kneon360d ago

It's the discrepancy between what you are seeing and feeling and what your brain expects to be seeing and feeling that causes issues in VR. That's why latency is a killer. if you turn your head and the image lags behind it messes you up.

mandf360d ago

Kneon
You're right about that. Gt7 gave me motion sickness in the beginning but went away. I play for 12 hours a day on the weekend with no problems now. Pavlov still gets me. Resident evil is awesome but when I walk it gets me. It gets less over time.

RPGer360d ago

Because the nature of GT games. The game and the camera is static as ever, and it very usable and a prefect way to play racing game with long sessions in VR.

Einhander1971360d ago

I must say I'm still feeling sick when playing Turismo.

Babadook7360d ago (Edited 360d ago )

That’s too bad. Take it slow. Don’t push through uncomfortable feelings. Just play within your limit and build your VR legs over the course of a month or two. Eventually you’ll be able to play much more and with faster cars. It’s worth it, trust me.

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Comparing the New Grand Valley in Gran Turismo 7 to the Original

A detailed look at Gran Turismo 7's new track Grand Valley, judging its evolution from its former design and layout in Gran Turismo 6, side by side.

SullysCigar422d ago (Edited 422d ago )

Wow, crazy isn't it? The draw distance is vastly improved, the background textures too and there's ZERO shimmer now. And the replays are night and day!

EIDT: @below, Haha I didn't notice that!

IRetrouk422d ago

Yeah, theres a massive improvment all round, Looks amazing with the time of day transitions too, me and a couple online buddies jumped on earlier to try it out lol, did you notice the beach full of seals?

closed_account422d ago

That coastline looks amazing and I can only imagine it in VR! Looks like an entirely new course as far as scenery goes.

IRetrouk422d ago

Yeah, those views are going to be crazy when we are "there" can't wait!

PureBlood422d ago

Just got confirmation my PSVR2 is shipping by 24 hour courier, so I should have it tomorrow! I know nobody else cares, but I had to tell someone lol

GT7 will be my first game, as I want to test out my wheel - so excited - it's going to be awesome!

Deathdeliverer422d ago

I got my confirmation and date (22nd) showing for the charging station. The headset itself has been in “shipped-processing” status since last Friday. I’m like dang can I see the date? I was in the first round of preorders. Whenever it does get here, I’m ready. Going to go update everything and try to get over this cold.

PureBlood422d ago

Wish you better, bud, fingers crossed for your order too.

@S2Killinit - Thank you!

IRetrouk422d ago

I care👊🏻, mine is still saying prep for shipping😔

PureBlood422d ago

Thanks man 👊

Word of advice: be ready for the impromptu jig that happens when that email drops, it can be embarrassing..

DaReapa422d ago

Just got my second shipping confirmation email as well.

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S2Killinit422d ago

Man i caant wait. One day left!

Flawlessmic421d ago

I know you and a lot of people are excited for VR but dont sleep on sophy, sophy is the real game changer here!

After giving sophy a run last night, i can safely say the actual racing in future GT's is going to be Fu***** amazing!!!

even on intermediate on some tracks the AI was coming back at me on my waiting for me to slip, attacking the space if i left the door open for them, honestly felt like i was racing against people and not some very limited AI that once i passed them they may as well have been eliminated from the race like GT ai normally is.

pump it up to expert and its a real challenge to stay ahead, the next level up from expert man the AI kicked my ass, like badly.

i remember when sophy was first annouced all the nay sayers said its a pipe dream and we will never see it implemented and here we are a yr later and sophy is being tested in game for us to try out and is every good as whats been promised.

VR plus racing against sophy and wowww your not gonna feal like your actually racing for real anywhere else outside of gt.

sophy will change the game in gt8

S2Killinit421d ago

Hm I didnt realize it was like that. I didnt even know why there was so much hype about it. But thanknyou for explaining that. I mean I get it now.

But I’ll be seeing it in action tomorrow! Woot woot.

Flawlessmic421d ago

It's only for a limited time and only has 4 races but I encourage you and everyone else try it and see the difference compared to the normal Ai.

Sophy has slipped completely under the radar in this latest uodate

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Father__Merrin422d ago

Wow gt6 was awesome under appreciated because of time it came out

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