Gran Turismo 7 Is Shaping Up To Be Something Special
We haven’t learned much new at all about
Gran Turismo 7 in the seven months since it was unveiled, which feels a bit odd as the game is supposedly still on track for release later this year. Fortunately, series director Kazunori Yamauchi recently offered some clues as to what fans can expect in a new interview.
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The interview, published by Japanese site Octane and caught by GTPlanet, touched on a wide range of topics, though the main takeaway is that Yamauchi and his team at Polyphony Digital are committed to delivering a comprehensive
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Kazunori Yamauchi has again reaffirmed that
Gran Turismo 7 will be a main sequence title in the mold of previous games in the series.
The Polyphony Digital studio head was talking to journalist Toshifumi Watanabe for Octane Japan, in an interview published earlier today. While the conversation largely centered on Scapes, there was plenty of time to talk about the PlayStation 5, Gran Turismo 7, and the “royal purpose” of the series too.
One of the questions posed by Watanabe referred to the identity of Gran Turismo, and its future. Although Yamauchi wouldn’t be drawn on the latter part of that, he did make special mention of the influence that Japanese car culture had on the original Gran Turismo, and how that acted as a purpose behind the series.
As a 14-year-old, I was fascinated by the internet and wanted to create a website for my favorite video game:
Gran Turismo 2.
Today, that little website is now
20 years old and has reached over 100 million people around the world. It is an amazing and humbling achievement, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all who have made it possible. To each and every one of you: thank you!
These special anniversaries are always a great opportunity to look back at how far we’ve come and consider where we’re going. When we celebrated our tenth anniversary back in 2011, I wrote an in-depth history of GTPlanet and its origins. Those first ten years were full of milestones, but the past ten have been even more incredible.