Sony has seemingly removed a reference to a “first half 2021” release date for Gran Turismo 7 from a PS5 marketing video.
The video, which wasfirst published last month, highlighted a number of upcoming first-partyPS5games and originally listed the “first half 2021” release dates forGran Turismo 7,Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartandHousemarque’s Returnal.Guerrilla’sHorizon Forbidden Westwas listed as due to release in the second half of next year.
However, as spotted by our network colleagues atPushSquare, the video’s text has now seemingly removed the release date for Gran Turismo 7 but left the others.
A seperate PS5 marketing video published on Mondaylists Gran Turismo 7 for release in simply “2021”, however, this appears to be a blanket description given to all titles due next year.
ConsideringPolyphony Digital’s reputation for protracted development cycles, it would not be surprising if the PS5 instalment required extra development time, especially considering PS5’s 2021 schedule already includes many releases.
The new God of War is also expected to release next year, as well as timed console exclusivesDeathloop,Ghostwire: TokyoandKena: Bridge of Spirits.
Simon Rutter,PlayStation’s EVP for Europe, has said Polyphony’s first racing instalment since 2017’sGran TurismoSport will “benefit from almost every single technological enhancement” included in Sony’s next-gen console.
“The loading times will be next to nothing compared to what they have been in the past,” he told theGuardianearlier this year.
“Sitting in the cockpit, the 3D audio allows you to hear the thunderous roar of a Ferrari behind you or in front of you, and you can recognise the difference between that and the engine noise of a Maserati.
“Driving the car using the DualSense controller, you’ll have a different feeling in your hands from the smooth undulating tarmac of a racetrack, compared to the gritty sensation on a gravel track,” Rutter claimed. “Pressing a soft accelerator will feel very different than pressing on a stiff brake pedal or gear paddle.”
Polyphony CEOKazunori Yamauchihas previously suggested the studio willprioritise increased frame rates over higher display resolutionsfor Gran Turismo 7.
He has also said the next Gran Turismowill incorporate the “past, present and future” of the series.
