So GT7 is now really on its way, when and what can we expect?

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Superdirector
Kaz is already moving
in a new direction in software. He is building a better simulation foundation for GT so that improving the game will
be flexible and easy. This all means that the game will be easier to make, upgrade or/and improve.
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Kaz has been saying this since before GT5. I'm not seeing any evidence of it, if anything each patch seems to require at least one or two post-patches, which is something normal games rarely require.

It was a place holder til GT7 was ready to hit the shelf.
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Ah. So ten years on from GT4 and we're still working with placeholders. Nice.

"The reasons why a higher count of cars can't be made so easily is not based on a time basis of creation, but a matter of work load. One work load is programming a new engine, & another is improving the aspects in the game.
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Long gone are the days where one person would be the programmer, the artist, and the game designer. This is the age of the specialist. Artists create cars, and probably couldn't help with programming the new game engine if you gave them a million dollars to do so.
 
Alright, so when kaz said "improved photo mode" do you think he meant live photomode, or photomode spectating? (i.e in an online lobby if you go into spectator mode you can use the camera while the game is running live, you can pause it and when it is unpaused it will go back to live mode etc.)

I personally think that would be a great tool for the content creator community, any body else?
 
ProjectWHaT
I just hope we can fast forward or reverse by seconds and not track sectors. It's always a pain watching the car drive the same sector just for a perfect picture.
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I'm fairly sure the limitations of the replays were definitely due to the PS3 hardware. Other racing games (F1 2010) had similarly gimped replays and codemasters said it was due to PS3 memory & architecture issues.

This excuse should completely evaporate on the PS4.
 
Mulan
Reading on twitter now a date is may 2015 release. But seems fake to me because i dont know that company. But if it more start talking that date then it may be at least around q2/q3 2015.
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles...-date.htm?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
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Anyone that dreams of seeing GT7 at any point in 2015 have no familiarity with PD and GT. There's just no friggin' way. GT6 was built on GT5 and that still didn't show up for three years. Even if GT7 was just an update of GT6, GT6 tells us 2016 would be the earliest possible date. The only way PD could even get a rehash of GT6 out by the end of 2015 is if they doubled their staff last year.
 
IceMan PJN
Anyone that dreams of seeing GT7 at any point in 2015 have no familiarity with PD and GT. There's just no friggin' way. GT6 was built on GT5 and that still didn't show up for three years. Even if GT7 was just an update of GT6, GT6 tells us 2016 would be the earliest possible date. The only way PD could even get a rehash of GT6 out by the end of 2015 is if they doubled their staff last year.
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I expect a 2016 release date for GT7. I will say though that I have a feeling GT7 was being worked on while they were making GT6. If I remember correctly the decision to put GT6 on the PS3 wasn't made until fairly late in the development cycle and PD were likely one of if not the first dev to get to work with the PS4.

I stand by my theory that GT6 is GT7 prologue and that it was made with GT7 in mind.
 
If GT7 is going to release in 2015, than we all should know it's going to be a rehash of GT6 and not a major overhaul in EVERYTHING. Better to release it in 2018 or 2020 because GT7 needs to be rebuild. But knowing PD, their going to rehash everything from GT6 and update the graphics for cash ins.

PD are trapped in there own hole with no way to get out, meaning there screwed.
 
IceMan PJN
Anyone that dreams of seeing GT7 at any point in 2015 have no familiarity with PD and GT. There's just no friggin' way. GT6 was built on GT5 and that still didn't show up for three years. Even if GT7 was just an update of GT6, GT6 tells us 2016 would be the earliest possible date. The only way PD could even get a rehash of GT6 out by the end of 2015 is if they doubled their staff last year.
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Unless of course they are releasing GT7 as a GT6.1, just with some better graphics and a few more cars thrown in. There's no way that what we've received in 2014 from PD represents anything close to the combined output of 140 staff, it's pretty obvious they are working furiously on GT7 at the moment and I believe they started some time ago. I can see holiday 2015 easily, maybe sooner. If DriveClub and PCars do well there will be even more pressure to get GT out there ASAP.
 
Johnnypenso
Unless of course they are releasing GT7 as a GT6.1, just with some better graphics and a few more cars thrown in. There's no way that what we've received in 2014 from PD represents anything close to the combined output of 140 staff, it's pretty obvious they are working furiously on GT7 at the moment and I believe they started some time ago. I can see holiday 2015 easily, maybe sooner. If DriveClub and PCars do well there will be even more pressure to get GT out there ASAP.
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Im starting my own theory that can go the other way if Drive Club and Project Cars do well it will release pressure that they need to release it sooner but instead give them more time to release the game. Though the pressure will be harder on them to do a better game. Sony will have 2 good drivinggames and will easily want a third little later in that case.
Sure if PD have done a great job then perhaps they will release it to just put down the foot and show how great they are, noone can compeete with us. Hope it is the later :)
 
I woudn't get my hopes up too much. Kaz is a man who's not very fond of learning from his mistakes.

If he pulls it off, well and good, I'm all for it, I'll buy the game.

But more tracks, more cars, more stuff to do with prettier visuals just doesn't cut it for me.

I personally would love to see the series go through an overhaul, particularly on matters of SOUND and PHYSICS.

GT does not need to focus so much on visuals, they've already achieved great feats in that area.
 
As far as when?
I would say, God only knows.
But that one, maybe even too tough for God.

As far as what?
After GT5 and 6, it seems to be sort of like a stock you bought some years ago, that performed extremely well, but recently has done poorly.

You are some what perplexed at this point, as to whether to buy, sell or hold.
 
When? Remember how many times GT5 was delayed? Yeah, I'm not getting my hopes up.

What? I am ready for my mind to be blown by the most realistic virtual cars I will ever see. DriveClub holds that title for now and I can't wait to see what Polyphony Digital can come up with.
 
sems4arsenal
If they somehow still after the backlash keep the standards, hope they throw them away from the dealership, pretty annoying to search through a kazillion cars to finally find the premium one I want.

Also since the sounds is confirmed, I hope for a Liver Editor,better AI, better damage Model and ditch GT6's crap offline grind fest into an actual enjoyable single player career. They were so good at them too just take cues from the past PD, also more fantasy tracks please but that looks to be not happening.
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Lol Kaz said that fantasy tracks are right now their most important thing to work on, what do you mean?
 
What do I expect? more of the same old same old I'm afraid. Give me some free roam PD (afterall you do call yourselves "the real driving simulator"), failing that, give us some real racing with qualifying, flags, penalties, proper career championships and fantastic AI. Give us something that is fun.

With Forza Horizon 2, The Crew, Project Cars and Driveclub around the corner the racing genre has had it's bar raised in all aspects, lots of pressure on PD to perform.
 
I honestly don't get why some people want an open world, it just drives me nuts :/

Johnnypenso
What Kaz says and what eventually happens or what something looks like when it's delivered are often two different things.
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I had 2 must have tracks in my mind for GT6, which were Apricot Hill and Midfield Raceway... Apricot turned out fantastic, it is now my favorite fantasy track in GT6, it's not like GT5's fantasy "standart" tracks, they gave it a whole new rebirth... I hope they do the same with Midfield... I would like them to bring back the grunderwalt or whatever the hell it is called

City courses and Rally Tracks should be returning too, I miss the fun of Seattle and Route 11 (weren't these 2 scheduled for GT6? They both have Easter eggs in GT5), or the Tahiti tracks and hill-climb races
 
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sergio_z4gt3
City courses and Rally Tracks should be returning too, I miss the fun of Seattle and Route 11 (weren't these 2 scheduled for GT6? They both have Easter eggs in GT5), or the Tahiti tracks and hill-climb races
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What we do know about Gran Turismo 7 right now:

Standards will be in the game (hopefully they're all 'semi-premiums')
Improved AI
It's will be for the PS4
Better car sounds

What everyone wants for GT7:

Livery editor
Every standard is semi-premium
Premium Supra
More Daihatsus apparently...
 

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