Gran Turismo Sport

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Gran Turismo Sport
GT Sport cover art.jpg
PS4 Cover
Developer(s) Polyphony Digital
Publisher(s) Sony Interactive Entertainment
Producer(s) Kazunori Yamauchi
Series Gran Turismo
Platforms PlayStation 4
Release date(s) JP 20161115November 15, 2016
NA 20161115November 15, 2016
AUS 20161116November 16, 2016
EU 20161118November 18, 2016
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Gran Turismo Sport is an upcoming racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 video game console. It was announced at the 2015 Paris Games Week and is the thirteenth game overall in the Gran Turismo video game series.

Gameplay

GT Sport will include three game modes: "Campaign", "Sports Mode" and "Arcade Mode". Both offline and online racing will feature in the game. The game has been described as different from the "Prologue" titles seen in the past in the series and will feature more content. Unlike its predecessors, the game does not feature dynamic weather and day-night cycle. However, players still have the option to modify the race's time of day before entering the race.[1]

FIA Gran Turismo Online Championship

The FIA aims to formally ratify the "Gran Turismo Online Championship" at the next World Motorsport Council meeting. Two championships will be held simultaneously throughout the year: the "Nations Cup" where players represent their country and the "Manufacturers Cup" where players represent their favourite car manufacturer. Once ratified, the FIA will manage the series directly as they would with any of their other race series. The winners of the championships will be honoured at the FIA's annual prize-giving ceremony in Paris.[2]

Live E-Sports Events

The Nations Cup and the Manufacturers Cup will have "live" components similar to the regional finals held in the GT Academy competition. Organised "online events" are planned to be held on a regular basis.

PlayStation VR Support

Gran Turismo Sport will be fully compatible with Sony Interactive Entertainment's upcoming virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR. The experience while playing was described by series creator Kazunori Yamauchi as "very good and very natural".[3]

Development

In an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu (and translated by Polygon), series creator Kazunori Yamauchi mentioned that GT7 would be coming to the PlayStation 4 console, possibly "in a year or two [from 2013]". He also mentioned that it will be based on the same physics engine that Gran Turismo 6 uses.[4] In an interview with GamesTM magazine, Kazunori Yamauchi mentioned a release for GT7 sometime in 2016/2017. He also spoke about how much more powerful the game will be on PS4 and how much easier it is to develop on the new console versus GT6 on the PS3.[5] Gran Turismo Sport was later announced at Paris Games Week. Sony originally claimed that Sport is a separate entry, but Yamauchi later confirmed that it is a main entry in the series.[6]

Polyphony Digital expects Gran Turismo Sport to have much improved gameplay elements due to the enhanced processing power of the PlayStation 4.[7] The game will be the first in the Gran Turismo series to support Sony Interactive Entertainment's upcoming virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR. A beta was scheduled to take place in the first quarter and second quarter of 2016 before a full release later in the year,[8] but Sony later announced that the beta had been cancelled so as to prevent the game from being delayed to 2017.[9]

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