While we might tend to jump to more narrative-heavy games when we think of PlayStation exclusives--games like The Last of Us, God of War, and Horizon--you'd be remiss to leave the Gran Turismo series off your list of impressive Sony franchises. Created in 1997, the Gran Turismo series is one of the most celebrated racing simulator series in the world, holding the record of PlayStation's best-selling exclusive property even today. In 2022, the hit series turns 25 years old and, perhaps more importantly, is celebrating the momentous occasion with a brand-new title: Gran Turismo 7.
The eighth installment in the mainline Gran Turismo series, Gran Turismo 7 is billed as an ode to all the GT games that came before it, carefully selecting all the best parts of each title to curate what the game's official site refers to as a "culmination of the Gran Turismo series." Potentially both a retrospective of automobiles and a compelling glimpse at the future of racing games, there's a lot to be excited about in Gran Turismo 7, so here's everything we know about it so far.
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Following the game's announcement, Polyphony Digital and producer Kazunori Yamauchi released a behind-the-scenes video that both explains and celebrates car culture--as well as shows how the team implemented their love of it in Gran Turismo 7.
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In October 2021, Polyphony Digital released another behind-the-scenes clip, this time focused on everything the PlayStation 5's DualSense has to offer the game. Thanks to the controller's unique and intuitive vibrations, producer Yamauchi said players will be now able to feel the racing experience in its most authentic form yet.
A month later, Polyphony Digital shared another behind-the-scenes video on tuners and car customization, showcasing the game's robust customization options that enables players to tweak just about any part of their cars they can imagine.
Gran Turismo 7 producer Kazunori Yamauchi has billed the game as an "automotive retrospective," saying that having a wide variety of cars from all throughout history was paramount to the game's experience. As such, the studio has announced the game will feature over 400 different vehicles. While that number definitely pales in comparison to Gran Turismo 6's whopping 1,200 and Forza Motorsport 7's 700+, it's certainly not too shabby.
More impressive than the game's cars, however, is the actual breadth of the game. Based on the gameplay we've seen so far, it looks as if Gran Turismo 7 is pulling inspiration from quite a few previous Gran Turismo games to create one, cohesive "Gran Turismo experience." Perhaps most notably similar to GT7 is Gran Turismo 4. The game's main menu looks strikingly similar to the one in the series' fourth installment, and also revealed something pretty exciting: the return of GT's single-player campaign feature, GT Mode.
In addition to GT Mode, GT7 is also bringing back some other classic components, such as traditional racing tracks, dynamic time and weather effects, Special Events, Championships, driving school, the tuning parts shop, used car dealerships, and GT Auto. Thankfully, however, all these revivals are not coming at the expense of Polyphony Digital including some of the series' new modes and locations that were introduced in 2017's Gran Turismo Sport, like GT Sport Mode, Brand Central, and Discover. The game will also feature a few new elements, including the Car Cafe--a place where car collectors can interact with characters that will provide them assistance in acquiring rare cars--and the new dynamic photo mode "Scapes."
Considering Polyphonic Digital stated the goal of Gran Turismo 7 was to "convey the same values of the first Gran Turismo, which was released 25 years ago, but in a much broader all-encompassing fashion," the melding of all these modes makes complete sense--and should offer both longtime Gran Turismo fans and newcomers alike a pretty expansive experience.