After previous teasers that alluded to an upcoming announcement regarding the Gran Turismo series, Sony Computer Entertainent and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi have officially announced Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 3, with a release window of Holiday 2013.
“It is amazing to think that it is 15 years since we first released Gran Turismo,” explained Kazunori Yamauchi, during the announcement at Silverstone Circuit. “Things have changed a lot since then and now Gran Turismo 6 is a further evolution of my dream. We’re pleased to deliver GT6 to PlayStation 3 as we have a very loyal community on that platform. However, we have refactored the game to make it very flexible and expandable, with a view to making many future developments.”
Gran Turismo 6 will be running on a new game engine made to ‘improve operation and increase the flexibility to expand it with downloadable content.’ This DLC may come in the form of more cars to further increase the 1200 that will be available at launch. 7 new racing locations, including the Silverstone Circuit, will also appear in GT6 and brings the total number of tracks to 33. All 33 tracks have 71 different layouts, with 19 of them being brand new to the series.
More information from the features list:
New Course Maker
• Massive scenery spanning several tens of square kilometers
• A new course generation algorithm
Community/Club/Race Organizer
• Players can form their own communities
• Various community levels from local and domestic to global
• Players themselves can create and manage their own online events
New User Interface
• Balancing directional key operation and touch operation
• Quick response
• Shortening of loading times
Multi Device Compatibility
• PlayStation®
• Smart Phone
• Tablet
• PC
“I am very pleased with everything about the new game and the new additions, but the launch will be only the beginning for GT6,” said Yamauchi. “The game will continue to develop throughout its life. I already have many ideas for things I want to achieve in the next 15 years of Gran Turismo!”