Polyphony Over-Specced Gran Turismo Sport for Future 8K Consoles

Gran Turismo Sport is set to be with gamers for a long time as Polyphony Digital reveals future-proofing of assets.

[SlappingOysters]

Obviously this would have added to the delay, but I guess it means they will have more cars and tracks in the next game.

[freshslicepizza]

@SlappingOysters
"Obviously this would have added to the delay"

There is always a delay with them. Maybe if they removed the photo mode it would get more content elsehwhere and a proper offline campaign.

[IRetrouk]

We dont know if it has a campain or not, nothing has been confirmed one way or the other, tbh your view on gt means very little, you already admitted to not playing the last two releases so what does it matter to you??
What extra content do you mean, cars and tracks?? Plenty of both in sport, more will be added through dlc like the last two games, why not talk about what the game is doing that no other racer has ever done, the fia championships and cups smash anything attemted in a racing game before, then you have the various partnerships with manufacturer's to bring new cars and prototypes to the game, what about the real life race licence you can earn, or the prizes from the cups and championships that get awarded along side the fia drivers? We havent even mentioned the most important part yet either, the driving, unmached in any console sim to date and gets continued updates throughout the development, you only had to play the beta to see how hard they are working, also way to turn the dudes comment around, your fanboy is showing🙄

[DarXyde]

Right. And then we'd be hearing, "it doesn't even have a photo mode!" from people like you.

[ProjectVulcan]

All this says to me is that Polyphony can no longer see the wood from the trees.

They are frustrating. Need to refocus on what matters in racing games, what makes a racing game great. It isn't PSI markings on a tyre sidewall.

[Eonjay]

You guys need need to get off this games dick.

[IRetrouk]

@ eonjay, You do the exact same thing for games you like dont you? Why cant i look forward to the game? I played the beta and enjoyed the hell out of it which made me even more excited for it, ima stay on gt untill poly give me a reason not to.

[darthv72]

Hopefully they will be able to release GT7 within a much more timely manner. I'd hate for it to skip the PS4 gen when we have always had 2 GT games with each PS platform.

[OffRoadKing]

NO! Don't remove the photo mode.

[C-H-E-F]

@moldybread
You just keep bashing this game, but you fail to realize they have made 4 Forza games this Gen, this is the FIRST GT game this Gen AND it was rebuilt from scratch, not using last gen models like Forza. The previous GT games all used PS2 assets that were repurposed for the PS3. That's why everything was sooo much, This has been a complete reboot of the series so to speak hence the lost in the numbering system and going to "SPORT". Kazunori Yamauchi himself even said, that this GT is officially the SECOND GENERATION of the series, that all of the previous games are first Gen GT games.

You just keep poking the bear, but fail to realize that GT is opening doors for Forza to FOLLOW once again, along with plenty of other racing games. GT is the King of racing sim, like it or not. Also, previous GT games had hundreds of cars, but I only cared about buying 1 car... the skyline... after i bought that i never bought another car.... likely to be the same on this as well AHAHAHAHAH so have a trillion cars is pointless really for me atleast.

[fr0sty]

Bear in mind, GT often reuses assets from previous games in future games, so this is actually a great thing as it means those assets will be very high quality when the new console(s) arrives.

[kevnb]

Having higher quality assets shouldn't delay anything very long.

[Edito]

@Vulcanproject, Poliphony knows what matters since the PS1 era and because of them all the wannabes exist and are following their footsteps... GT became something way bigger just a racing game, it's a lifestyle, culture, etc... not just a racing game...

[BigWan78]

wait a minute... if they over specc'd the game... why isn't it super sampling? that would only make logical sense...

or am i missing something?

[Eonjay]

This has already been covered. Instead of simply downsampling, they are going to actually increase 1080p fidelity with better effects to increase image quality beyond what you get with supersampling.

[UltraNova]

@eonjay

Yes thats right. I'd take smooth ultra quality 1080p over half-a*** 4K "solutions" anyday all day.

That said, is Polyphony hinting at an 8K capable ps5 here?

[FITgamer]

Well Kazunori did say in an interview with GT Planet that they plan to have 400-500 cars total added periodically. Hopefully they go the same route they did with GT 6 and those cars are free of charge.

[RememberThe357]

I hate to say it, but I doubt it. I'm watching this game like a hawk. I'm not really into the online racing thing yet but I'm still really looking forward to getting on the track, the driving looks amazing.

[AmUnRa]

What about free updates with new cars and new tracks just like GT6?
I know that this will be same like GT6.
Whe dont have to wait for the nex GT, GTS wil also have enough free updates.
I shure that it wil have enough free content. and GTS has a singleplayer, thats the true.

[B1uBurneR]

Sounds like backwards compatibility... looks like not many will play it when PS5 comes out. Basing my opinion on PS fans comments about 360 BC on X1.

[Goldby]

I think it's more that they have the cars all mapped now so let time in future iterations

[B1uBurneR]

I think its a an absolutely great idea for 10 years from now. 4K is going to take 2 years to be the norm and these tv people want to keep at least another 5-6 years... yeah... 10 years seems about right no, 10 years and beyond is more accurate. Similar to Halo collection 15 years later we'll be able to play it enhanced. Here is to me hoping for a Halo 2 anniversary 4K patch.

[KickSpinFilter]

No sounds like future proofing your assetts for GT7 and above.

[zivtheawesome]

If ps5 does 8k and we go by the fact that the pro does native 1800p that means that ps5 will be 24 TF...
Sounds a bit too much right? Maybe they meant at 30fps which would make it 12TF which makes a lot more sense.

[Neonridr]

I think at this point we can safely assume that the PS5 will do native 4K possibly at 60fps (although I won't hold my breath). That's about it. 4K adoption is still relatively slow here. No way the next console in a few years would support 8K devices which may or may not even be commercially available.

[SlappingOysters]

Maybe they are future proofing for a decade or more so they don't have to redo the assets again as they did this time.

[Neonridr]

it's not a bad idea Oysters. I just don't think we should be expecting to see an 8K console anytime soon.

[zivtheawesome]

Thats not what i meant. i wanted to predict the gpu capabilities of the ps5. By what he says it would be 12TF which was about my expectations anyway. I would actually prefer if developers would continue using checkerboard 4k for games in the next gen. This method gives a relatively similar results to native 4k at a much higher efficiency which would allow next gen games to further enhance graphical effects. Wheter games would be 30fps or 60fps i do not know but my guess is that most devs would mostly still use 30fps (probably will be more 60fps games though with zen)

[Neonridr]

12TF wouldn't do 8K anyways. So it's safe to assume that it would be more likely native 4K at that number.

[BigWan78]

@slappingoysters...

native takes less time to achieve than checkerboard...

[kneon]

We're a long way off from 8K TVs being mainstream, there just isn't much point in going beyond 4k unless you're buying absolutely gargantuan TVs.

But 8K assets are useful for future VR. The current VR headsets are no where near where they need to be in terms of screen resolution, expect some big jumps over the next few years as the screen tech and available processing power catches up to what we need.

[dcbronco]

Oyster future proofing at great expense would be a mistake. Why put in 8k in three years when you'd just because hitting stride in 4k TV adoption. You would have a console you spend the maximum amount to manufacture and can't use it to full potential for years. Instead go with a 12 teraflops GPU and focus the design on 4k/60 and better game design. We need to start expecting more from gameplay and let the graphics stay on their natural course. I would also prefer pushing frame rates instead of 8k.

[Bigpappy]

There will be no 8K PS5. You guy think 4K cost too much, but are dreaming about 8K.

[InTheZoneAC]

Chill, no one thinks PS5 is going to be 8k

[Lon3wolf]

@niko04

If you could build a machine for $400 that can run 8k I can get you millions of orders :D

[Gh05t]

@InTheZoneAC

Apparently you missed the "If ps5 does 8k and we go..." which is clear someone is "thinking" it is a possibility.

[zivtheawesome]

Again you guys understood me wrong, i am just saying that if the ps5 could run a ps4 game at 8k resolution what does it mean for the GPU. I was not talking about the actual games resolution.... i actually expect games to still be checkerboard 4k as it is effective.

[yeahokwhatever]

PS4 is a 1080p device. PS4 Pro improves on that a little. PS5 will be a 4k machine. PS5 Pro will be able to introduce people to 8k in the same way that PS4 Pro introduced people to 4k.

[KickSpinFilter]

No way in hell would a PS5 pro reach 8k it's a way off perhaps PS6.

[zivtheawesome]

Look at my responses above, i did not mean that the ps5 would be 8k but i tried to calculate the ps5 capabilities

[andrewsquall]

But forgot to add a single player career mode at all lol.

[IRetrouk]

Prove it has no single player....its ok i will wait.......

[extermin8or]

It has like license challenges but from the previews that is all. Rest is focused around online competitive play. Think like how rainbow six handled stuff as instant race aswell but that's it. Plus devs always make stuff in higher quality than required although his remarks suggest that they don't plan on releasing a new gt for a Long time, just dlc for this one. I expect this will either work on a backwards compatible Ps5 or see a Ps5 release and just get dlc cars, tracks and maybe singleplayer Contemt (can hope) for a good. 5+ years.

[IRetrouk]

True bit thats still classed as a single player portion though right? Plus we still dont actually know if it does have single player cups and champs yet, for all we know the manufactures cups and tornaments might be playable as single player too, just not enough info at min one way or the other.

[SonyWarrior]

PS5 pro does 8k confirmed

[InTheZoneAC]

It's funny watching the bots downvote these obviously nonserious posts

[Lon3wolf]

It's funnier watching both sides do it across the board.

[OffRoadKing]

If clicking a down arrow is what brings peace and joy to their lives then let em have it, lol.

[kneon]

You're aiming too low, I predict the PS5 will do ∞k :)

[BenRC01]

This guy need firing. Obsessed with stuff no one cares about, forcing huge delays to feed his ego, no wonder gt is on a slide. Gt3 was the last good game he made. My ps pro is getting treated to p cars 2, people who care about racing not just headlight bulb filament textures.

[bluefox755]

This seems kinda dumb to me, we're nowhere near 4k even being semi-mainstream on PC, 8k is years away on PC, probably well over a decade on consoles.

[TankCrossing]

Which is about when GT7 will be ready, if polyphony hold true to form.

[cellfluid]

So is this Goin to be multiplat? As the put consoleS I the title. Must be typo.. Next question is this a hint t@ Ps5 will do native 4k as a standard by have the ability to do 8k?

[KillBill]

Again, PS4, PS5, PS6... etc. they are talking about future consoles.

[Bronxs15]

Stop thinking about future consoles and try and get a game out this gen to compete with forza 7 or even forza 6. And forza horizon series.

[trooper_]

Xbox fans complain about Forza being mentioned in Gran Turismo articles and yet here we have someone mentioning Forza in a Gran Turismo article.

Are you guys that scared/insecure about Gran Turismo?

[PFFT]

It goes both ways. Sony fanboys are scared of the X and Forza 7 which is why they swarm every Xbox One X article spreading their BS.

[Bronxs15]

My PS4 pro sits quite amiably next to my Xbox one s on the same shelf under my tv.

They don't bicker with each other or throw words and insults at each other. And don't accuse each other of being fanboys.

So I follow their example.

Enjoyed ur games buddy. And no I'm not afraid of or insecure if a video game.

Why do you ask?

[Rude-ro]

Right?! Gt should be charging for the same game every other year.
This would also help against franchise fatigue too! :/
Come back when forza sells.

[trooper_]

Having two consoles doesn't excuse you from being a fanboy.

[Kribwalker]

But just having a PS4 does??

[Bronxs15]

Guess it makes me a fan whore. I fan out to anything that's awesome.

[trooper_]

@Krib.

You're the biggest one so I wouldn't talk if I were you.

I know the name Turismo scares you guys so keep getting triggered.

[BenRC01]

No way it can compete with fh3. That game is epic. A 4k 60 patch might the only reason for me to own a one x.

[corroios]

The problema with PD is that Kazunori Yamauchi is crazy with details, some that the casual player can even see or feel, thats not bad, but the studio should have double the people working, because of the time he takes to get the way he wants.

[gamer7804]

8k.... really let 4k hdr get fully out to market

[jukins]

Should mean gt7 should be here faster but polphony doesn't do faster

[zaherdab]

I miss the good old day when "experts" used to say that the human eye cant make out the difference beyond 1080p

[TankCrossing]

And like, 22 frames per second

[cellfluid]

So Is guess this is going to be multiplat? As it states on the title consloeS. Must be a typo. Next question is this a hint t@ Ps5 will do 8k? And might have native 4k as a standard?

[KillBill]

I would assume as in PS4, PS5, PS6, etc.

[aaronaton]

Old news, this was mentioned at E3

[mandingo]

lol why waste that time? They couldn't even get it to run at 4k. 8k consoles are a long way out my friends

[TheHorseTamer]

8K? The PS4 PRO doesn't even display GT sports at native 4K so PS6 seems more likely for 8K than the PS5 at this point. I would rather them to add more contents such as more cars and tracks than wasting the resources on bigger textures.

[Shadyceaser]

This is the game I spent $559 buying a pro for .... If it's rubbish .. Me and sony are done forever ... So please be great. You have had how many years to make this game?

Let alone a steering wheel pedals ... Vr head set .... Which I will purchase if it's great.

I have trouble believing how long this has taken ... We have had 4 forza games in that time.

[Braveheart_NZ]

That game also has 10000 Nits of brightness support already built in supporting higher end future HDR TV's.

[timotim]

Ummm...you might want to get the game to native 4k first before worrying about future proofing to 8K. Just seems odd when this studio already takes so long to produce titles. Waiting patiently to see how this game stacks up to the competition.

[Gravesinger_]

8K console?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...I'm sorry, that was uncalled fo...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHA.

[modelgod]

(Yarning) kind of interesting considering FH will still reign supreme!!

[modelgod]

@UltraNova they are hinting at a 8k Xbox console with a FH5 as a pack in. They know what they're up against. Nobody does racing and shooters like Xbox!!

[KillBill]

Wow, too bad for the GT fans. Really giving you a sub par game in GT Sport and then saying it is going to be what to expect for a long time to come is just sad.

[IRetrouk]

Sub par?? No other racing game has tried what gt sport is doing with fia, real cups and championships, real prizes, the chance to earn a real life race licence, but the most important thing is the actual driving, and the beta proved that poly have done it again, every gen so far they have built a new engine, they dont just upgrade their engines they rebuild them from the ground up and they dont outsource the work to other companies either....

[AmUnRa]

Try to read the homepage of Polyphony and then come back with your "opinion"

[Condemnedman]

shouldn't they do 4k first?

[craig2web]

Sounds good - looking forward to October!

[S2Killinit]

PS5 backward compatible?