Although we wont be seeing a Gran Turismo 7 released on PS4 this year, Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO for Polyphony Digital confirms that the team is already "working on the title,"
Fans have expressed their disappointment about the Gran Turismo release date being moved to 2015, as per an earlier statement that Yamaguchi would be releasing the game this year. In November of 2013, Yamaguchi told Top Gear "We don't want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7, "Best case scenario? Next year."
He also discarded the idea that the models that have existed since Gran Turismo from the Playstation 2 era no longer be present in the new Gran Turismo:
"I doubt that we'll be throwing away the standard cars," said Yamauchi. "Each car has its own fans. So I think we'll hang on to the archive. In the meanwhile, some of those cars we may be able to make into Premium cars as they become available - but basically we're more focused on increasing the number of premium cars."
While Polyphony are keeping the older models, they are also concentrating on the developments of the game including the evolution of the racetracks, both copies of the real-world circuits and the original in game tracks.
A photographer himself, Kazunori has expressed that he isn't happy with the current "photo mode" in Gran Turismo 6. He is pushing boundaries and expects that it will highlight next generation graphics and user experience.
Furthermore, Polyphony also said that the seventh installment will go straight into full game development for the PS4, without a prologue.
The popular game series started in 1997 exclusively developed for Sony Playstation systems. Since its debut in 1997, over 70 million units have been sold worldwide for the Playstatio, Playstaion 2, Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable, making it the highest selling racing game under the brand.
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