early news from conference is that GT5 exceeded 10 million sales.

Sony have officially announced Gran Turismo 6, slated for release this holiday on the PlayStation 3. The new game will feature new cars and tracks, as well as an overhauled user interface, Sony say.

A demo for Gran Turismo 6 will be available this July, Sony has confirmed.

The full car line-up will be over 1,200 and will include cars from Gran Turismo 5. 33 tracks will be present in the game, with 71 different layouts available. One of the new tracks will be the UK’s Silverstone Circuit. New cars and tracks will also be added to the game via DLC in the future.

“Enhancements and improvements also extend to a much-improved course maker function, which will provide several kilometers of gorgeous scenery, including the magnificent backdrop of Andalucía,” Sony’s announcement reads. “The course maker will also include a new GPS data feature, which will increase the freedom of track creation in the game.”

Full list of enhancements
http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-6-revealed-trailer-screenshots-first-details/

New Game Engine

Refactoring
Compact, nimble operation
Flexible expandability
A new rendering engine that pushes the limits of the PS3
New Physics Engine

New suspension and kinematics model
New tyre model
New aerodynamics model
Technical partnership with Yokohama Rubber and KW Automotive
1,200 Cars, abundant custom parts, and on-going DLC

From historic cars to the latest racing cars, the game contains a total of 1200 cars.
Multiple aerodynamic parts and custom wheels will be available for almost all cars.
Players can create their own personalised custom car in the game.
Cars will be continually added online
33 locations, 71 layouts

33 Locations and 71 layouts will be provided from day1 (7 more locations and 19 more layouts than GT5).
More new tracks will continue to be provided online
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

At the same time as the PS3 version of GT6 the “Real Driving Simulator” launches, a mobile version and web application version of GT6, will be created to enjoy Gran Turismo’s massive community space.

GRAN TURISMO®6 IS COMING! KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI ANNOUNCES NEW GAME AT GRAN TURISMO 15th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

70 million franchise figure was also revealed

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. today announced Gran Turismo®6 (GT6™), the latest version of PlayStation®’s best-selling franchise, will be released in Holiday, 2013. The news was revealed today by legendary Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi at an event held to celebrate 15 years of the 70-million-selling series.

GT6 for PlayStation®3 will bring new levels of authenticity to ‘the Real Driving Simulator’ as well as introducing stunning new tracks and cars and a revised user interface. A new compact game engine will improve operation and increase the flexibility to expand it with downloadable content. Meanwhile, the game is also set for expanded connectivity with other devices such as smart phones and tablets and increased social and community functions.

All of the cars and tracks from Gran Turismo®5, which has sold over 10m copies since launching in 2010, will be retained in GT6. But notable new additions to the already impressive line-up of historic cars, road cars and the latest race cars, brings the total car list to 1200 at launch, with new cars set to be continually added online. Several thousand aerodynamic parts and custom wheels will be available for almost all cars, and players can personalize their own custom cars in game to the greatest ever level possible.

The UK’s famous Silverstone Circuit will be just one of seven new locations in Gran Turismo 6, taking the total to 33, with 71 different layouts available, 19 of them brand new. There will also be regular additions of new tracks set to be made available online. The improved course maker function will provide gorgeous scenery spanning several tens of square kilometres including the magnificent backdrop of Andalucía.

The theme of Gran Turismo’s innovative collaborations with partner companies will increase with the inception of GT6. A number of exciting new projects that blur the line between the virtual and real will be announced in the run up to the game’s launch. Not least of these is GT Academy, collaboration with Nissan to unearth real racing driver talent that first ran in 2008. It was announced during the event that the competition returns for its biggest ever year in 2013, with the entry mechanic set to take place on an exclusive GT6 demo in July.

Other notable partnerships in the development of GT6 have been with tyre manufacturer Yokohama Rubber and suspension company KW Automotive. Both companies are active in the commercial car industry and in racing, and they have acted as technical development partners for the game’s new physics engine, for its tyre and suspension kinematic modeling, creating an even more realistic experience for GT fans.

“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. I am very pleased with everything about the new game and the new additions, but the launch will be only the beginning for GT6. 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!”

The celebration of 15 years of Gran Turismo event at Silverstone included a demo of GT6 featuring the famous circuit. Guests were able to play the game in the familiar circular Gran Turismo race pods before having a chance to take to the real track in cars provided by Audi, Ford, Jaguar, KTM, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Toyota.

Further news about Gran Turismo 6 will be revealed at the forthcoming E3 and Gamescom events and on www.gran-turismo.com. #GT6iscoming

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/06/25/gran-turismo-6-demo-launches-next-week/

GT6 demo next week - Gt Academy entry (or for fun)

I hope there will be a PS4 DL of this game...looks awesome!

demo link:
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-za/games/gran-turismo-6-demo-(gt-academy-2013)/cid=EP9001-NPEA90124_00-0000000000000NON

Downloaded and played the demo last night. Only played it with my controller cos I was lazy to set up my G25 just for a demo, but so far heres my thoughts.

First off they take you through what feels like both the arcade and the sim modes. The "arcade mode" seems to be the first couple of events before you get let loose on the GT Academy practise rounds as a taste of the "sim mode".

So whats changed? Well the first major thing I noticed was the improved UI. They've really made things better to navigate and most importantly incredibly quick. GT5 suffered badly from this and while I personally wasnt bothered by it I know a lot of people will be pleased with the change.

Secondly (and most importantly) is the tyre and physics change. The cars actually buck and roll now when going through corners, the extent of which depending on what you're driving, which of course was amplified by the fact I was using an imprecise controller. It definitely felt like strapping a decent wheel to the game would drastically improve your times.

On the down side, so far it doesnt seem like much else has changed, more a GT5.5 if you will. I dont see anything massively revolutionary coming from it from a gaming perspective, nor does it look much different from GT5. If you're not already a GT fan, or hated GT5, I doubt this will be the one to convince you otherwise. For those looking for the closest thing to an actual simulator on console you wont find better.

"Gran Turismo 6 to receive a "fairly large" day one patch"
Gamespot
& it begins...again.
How many patches did GT5 have by the end??

GT6 does not look as good as what i was expecting...at all!
Or is that just me?

KnightFall500 said ...

GT6 does not look as good as what i was expecting...at all!
Or is that just me?

Fixed that for you

@SavageSloth Thanks

KnightFall500 said ...

"Gran Turismo 6 to receive a "fairly large" day one patch"
Gamespot
& it begins...again.
How many patches did GT5 have by the end??

the patch is for online which is pretty much a standard with lots of games.

Amazing how this is the girst Gran Turismo game I just don't care about. This should of been a launch title for PS4 like GT3 was for PS2.

I'll be suprised if this does well at all, doesn't seem like anyone seems to care about it. There is no news on it at all, I only picked up on this release from the AWX newsletter.

Would of jumped on this but after the snoozfest that was GT5 I'll be passing on it. No doubt it will be a great racer it's just coming out at the wrong time on the wrong generation and with micrtransactions it's just going to piss people off.

DarkPrince said ...

This should of been a launch title for PS4 like GT3 was for PS2.

i am never ever going to understand such ill-conceived comments as these.

Firstly, GT3 was not a PS2 launch title. GT has never been a launch title... ever. And the reason is because GT is a game that is designed to help give a console push... something you do not need at launch.

And with the PS4 selling 2.1 million units in 2 weeks, and practically without much stock left, what sense does GT6 have being a PS4 launch title? it doesn't.


But yeah, the game is coming out at the wrong time, but does not really matter much. It should do well enough in EU.
As for the microtransactions... well no problem there either since it has already been confirmed by a few outlets that the credit allocation is pretty much identical to GT5, there is going to be free car DLC. and that races still give payouts of cars.

Will always play the GT series, not a big car fanatic or even racing game fanatic but the polish of a GT title always stands out.

As for microtransactions, as long as I can legitimately win or earn everything thing that is standard on the disc I'm fine with it.
If however on launch there's vehicles or tracks you can only get via microtransactions then GT6 will only join my collection at a much later stage.