The lads over at Sony have announced that the world’s most iconic racing game will return to PlayStation 3 for ‘the holiday season’.
Sony held a fancy event at the Silverstone Racing Circuit yesterday in order to mark 15 years of Gran Turismo (as did JOE) and Kazunori Yamauchi the creator of the game announced that another instalment was on the way.
“I’d like to announce today that we are developing GT 6 for the holiday season this year on the PlayStation 3,” he revealed. “The game engine will be renewed for GT6, we’ll be cleaning it up, making it smoother for the future.
“The rendering engine will be completely renewed for GT 6, there will be a revamped Physics Engine, new suspension, tyre and aerodynamics modelling. We’ll have 200 more cars than Gran Turismo 5, with 1200 available at release. More cars will be released after launch, too.”
According to IGN.com, all the cars and tracks from GT5 will feature in Gran Turismo 6, which will have a total of 33 locations and 71 different track layouts (19 of which are brand spanking new). New tracks and cars will also be available via DLC after the game’s launch.
A cool new feature coming to Gran Turismo 6 will be the course maker, which sounds like it’s going to take up a lot of well-spent time. So make sure you’ve got the fastest internet available for when you’re still building tracks at 4am. GT6 will also make it’s way onto mobile devices and even an online application, so you’ll be keep track of your tracks while on the go.
A demo of the game is due out some time in July but we’re sure we will find out a lot more about the game at E3. Here’s a look at what cars will be featured in said demo…
*Denotes new to Gran Turismo:
Acura NSX ’91
*Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale ’11
*Alpine A110 1600S ’68
*Audi Sport quattro S1 Rally Car ’86
Ferrari 458 Italia ’09
*Ferrari Dino 246 GT ’71
Ford GT ’06
*KTM X-BOW R ’12
Lamborghini Countach LP400 ’74
*Light Car Company Rocket ’07
McLaren MP4-12C ’10
*Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 ’11
Nissan 370Z (Z34) (GT Academy Version) ’08
Nissan 370Z Tuned Car (GT Academy Version) ’08
Nissan GT-R Black edition (GT Academy Version) ’12
*Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 N24 Schulze Motorsport
Nissan Leaf G (GT Academy Version)
*Tesla Motors Model S Signature Performance ’12
Toyota GT86 ‘12
You can check out loads more pics over on the official Gran Turismo website.
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