Gran Turismo Sport

Join us from 18:00 EDT / 23:00 BST / 00:00 CEST this evening as we air our report from the launch event of the latest instalment in the Gran Turismo Franchise.

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When you think of Gran Turismo there are two things that should immediately come to mind: the library of vehicles, and the beautiful visuals the game has been renowned for for more than a decade and a half. Whether it be the breathtaking details of the car models or the landscapes, Gran Turismo is known for its ‘shock and awe’ when it comes to the in-game rendering engine.

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Does anyone remember the initial announcement regarding one of the largest collaborations between a motorsport organization and a video game developer: the agreement between Polyphony Digital and Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile? The partnership was followed by the certification of four of the game’s real world circuits and an official FIA Online Championship, a mode destined to merge real life racing with the virtual world of Gran Turismo.

A fresh start has seemingly been the operative phrase for GT Sport, as we now know that the next entry in the franchise will host a roster of cars built entirely anew, doing away with the controversial ‘standard’ cars of the previous generation, all while introducing some new competent machinery.

It’s been a wild day. The big GT Sport Event in London just concluded its live stream, and we’ve been hit by a tsunami of new details. We’ve heard about the 19 tracks, we’ve heard the game will feature over 130 cars, and we’ve even got a date to mark on the calendar: November 15, 2016 (or up to a few days later if you’re in the Europe or the UK).

Are you sitting down? Take my word for it: you need to be sitting down for this. Last week the veil of silence had finally been lifted after months of being in the darkness, and today, in downtown London, at the Copper Box Arena, Gran Turismo Sport has been officially revealed to members of the press – and GTPlanet was on the scene!

Welcome to the party! GT Sport is currently being played by a select few individuals – including GTPlanet founder Jordan Greer – before members of the public get to play tomorrow. Sony is about to flip the switch on the livestream, and to whet our appetites, they’ve released a new GT Sport trailer slightly early. We won’t spoil all the surprises (yet), but there’s a lot of new stuff in there. The still image is actually near where I’m typing this, which is pretty cool. Enjoy it!

It’s been a long wait, but in today’s big media blowout for GTS in London, we finally learned how many tracks and locations to expect in Gran Turismo Sport – with some lovely surprises also revealed.

Our man Jordan is on the ground at the GT Sport press conference right now, and Polyphony has released the targeted release date for its new PS4 title: November 15, 2016.

As you may have heard by now, Gran Turismo Sport will be fully unveiled at a massive media event taking place in London on Thursday, May 19th. The second day of the event, on May 20th, will be open to limited members of the public – and the GTPlanet community!

The veil of silence has finally been lifted; Gran Turismo Sport is emerging from the shadows at a special event to be held in downtown London, at the Copper Box Arena, next week on the 19th and 20th of May.

Bang the gongs, cue the avalanche of GIF’s – it’s happening! After over six months of silence, GT Sport is ready for its first gameplay showing. As you’d expect of a company that has announced a title at a racetrack (GT6), and taken over an entire town for a release party (GT6 again), Polyphony is pulling out all the stops, showcasing the PS4 title in downtown London, at the Copper Box Arena, a former Olympic site.

Well isn’t this interesting? To say things have been on the quiet side in relation to the anticipated Gran Turismo Sport would be an understatement. The upcoming entry in the franchise was first revealed late last year, and a public beta intending to preface the full-featured release was earmarked for an early/spring 2016 time table.

To say things have been a little wild as of late would be to sell the entire scenario short by a considerable margin. Not only are things beginning to heat up with the heavily rumored and all-but-confirmed PlayStation 4K (or is it Neo?), now it may very well appear that Gran Turismo Sport is still on track for a 2016 release window, if a recent revelation is to be believed.

Playstation VR’s reveal has lead to massive pre-order numbers for the core device and related peripherals (such as the mandatory Playstation camera). Outside the hardware aspect of VR, an area of interest is the software that will have support for the headset.