Gran Turismo Sport delayed to 2017

[Imari]

By the way people probably haven't realised but this delay means that either GTS will be the only PS4 GT game or they'll release a sequel right at the end of the PS4 lifetime, leading into the same cycle again for PS5.

I desperately hope that they've learned their lesson from GT6 and just hold it to one release on PS4 and aim to have a launch title for PS5. But the evidence so far is that they're still repeating the same mistakes, so my hopes aren't high.

 

[Zlork]

I'm in the minority here. I'm actually not worried about the delay at all, and frankly, a bit more excited about the delay than the planned release date.

I was confident that GT Sport would land on November 15, yes, but I was worried that I wouldn't get enough cash to get a PS4, a wheel, and the game on that day, as my birthday is on the 20th.

Through this delay, not only will I possibly get more saving money, but I'll also be able to get more into school things as I enter my freshman year in high school and gain more time to clean my basement to make way for (hopefully) my setup for the game, as school and home/family matters are much more important than video games, of course.

Remember, this is just a game. I would love to be able to play it sooner, as would the vocal majority here most likely, but it's not like the second coming of Christ is coming soon. sorry to bring up religion

I'm going to go out on a limb and think that if another delay comes, the reactions will be a lot more negative than what I'm seeing right now.

Over.

👍

A delay is never a good news.

PoDi seems to need more time. And after testing demo at Gamescom, I trust them because it was really very good.

 

[ScottPuss20]

It's not fantastic I know, but I can hear people in my head saying "I told you so" and "This delay is expected because PD". Thankfully, I am not a pessimist, but rather an optimist so... I'm not discounting the game yet - especially after I had a go at the GT Academy event in Melbourne.

 

[NixxxoN]

For me its not a drama.

GT6 still has some way to go, with that enormous car and track list plus the track creator.

 

[MXH]

This has given me a good chuckle, considering that it's not even a ''full'' GT title but a Prolouge-esque spin-off.

Anyway, whereas previously I felt invested in the series and probably would've been up in arms over the delay, I no longer care and stopped caring a long, long time ago while GT5 was still in development. I have my doubts that this'll make for a better game but as always, I'd happily be proven wrong.

 

[thorfynn]

Muhaha....
It was so clear.
My god. All i can say that i hate the fuc%%ng marketing-sector from the bottom of my heart.
The only real cool company in gaming history was ID-Soft. On the question for a release date Mr. Carmack just said "when it´s done". Balls man..... ;-)

And PD just said "2017".
I bet the next message will be "Summer 2017", followed by "Christmas 2017"..... Then a really big, big sorry, followed by 2018..... ;-) Sorry for sarcasm, but....

 

[NixxxoN]

This has given me a good chuckle, considering that it's not even a ''full'' GT title but a Prolouge-esque spin-off.

Anyway, whereas previously I felt invested in the series and probably would've been up in arms over the delay, I no longer care and stopped caring a long, long time ago while GT5 was still in development. I have my doubts that this'll make for a better game but as always, I'd happily be proven wrong.

PD said GT sport is not a prologue type of game but a full game.

 

[ColouredBadger]

By the way people probably haven't realised but this delay means that either GTS will be the only PS4 GT game or they'll release a sequel right at the end of the PS4 lifetime, leading into the same cycle again for PS5.

And with today's rapid technological advances in gaming/PC's, and with the Next-Generation-Current-Gen PS4 and Xbox's on the horizon, I doubt a truly Next-Gen Console is far behind. I'm reckoning 2018 is when we first start to hear about plans and/or leaked information for the true Next-Gen Consoles for a 2019 or 2020 release. Especially as what were high-spec PC's, only 2 years ago, are now as affordable as Consoles are with much better specs. In most cases, almost double the power for around £300 to £400. Consoles will want to be up-to-date very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if GT Sport is the only GT game on PS4. Especially if PD are planning on slowly releasing another 200+ cars into the game post-release, as well as potentially other tracks. It'll take them until the PS5 to finish adding the content they're talking about.
And then (as you state), the fun starts again in the wait for Gran Turismo 8, or Gran Turismo Sport 2, or Gran Turismo Photoshop 1.1 (whatever it'll be called) on the next console.

Japanese Developers are getting really good at delaying stuff really. The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy XV, GT Sport, PS Neo announcement... It'll be written in manuscript found hundreds of years from now by archaeologists that the Japanese Game Developers we're an advanced race of people who managed to disappoint the entire planet, leading to the first ever World War of Keyboard Warriors which later destroyed humanity.

 

[Samus]

PD said GT sport is not a prologue type of game but a full game.

A full game that was going to have less content than any other full GT game by quite a margin.

 

[Zlork]

GT3 isn't a full game, then. OK.

 

[dacc10]

Let's hope that with this delay, they add a bit more content. Specially cars and tracks... and a event creator, it isn't that hard, I'd guess.

A full game that was going to have less content than any other full GT game by quite a margin.

Yeah, might be a full game as a racing game, but not as a GT. We will have to see if the change is worth it and manages to keep players interested for as long as previous GTs did.

 

[queleuleu]

A full game that was going to have less content than any other full GT game by quite a margin.

We can say it's bigger than a prologue but not a full game.

I was hoping to see GTSport in Neo mode at the Playstation Meeting but it's better for Poly to stay silent for the time. If they want us to take GT seriously, they must implement a collision engine and faaaaaaar better sounds. (and a little of life around the track...)

 

[NixxxoN]

A full game that was going to have less content than any other full GT game by quite a margin.

That's what you get when with much higher quality visuals and graphics and that's what you get when you drop standard cars - a lot less content.

That's what so many people wanted. Now I suppose those people wont complain anymore...

 

[2clicks]

If GT Sport releases next year with a proper offline career mode, the wait would be worth it.

 

[queleuleu]

That's what you get when you get much higher quality visuals and graphics and that's what you get when you drop standard cars (a lot less content)

That's what so many people wanted. Now I suppose those people wont complain anymore...

I prefer the GT graphics, the cars look more real but Forza assets are very close. We must be honest with ourselves :
Forza 6 is available with a huge car/track roaster. There is a big career mode, you can tune every car, good sounds...
It's far from perfection. And then there is GTSport after 3 years of development which looks like a big prologue.

 

[Zlork]

If GT Sport releases next year with a proper offline career mode, the wait would be worth it.

GT Sport will be very oriented online with FIA championships. I doubt they change their minds.

After more than 6 episodes, it's great that PoDi take a new direction. But it's just my opinion.

 

[FoRiZon]

This is no longer human drama.


This is a Circus now.

 

[MockngBrd]

Thank goodness i didn't buy a PS4

 

[NixxxoN]

A full game that was going to have less content than any other full GT game by quite a margin.

Btw:

Gran turismo 1: 140 cars
Gran turismo 3: 181 cars

Gran Turismo Sport: 140 cars so far, probably more added when released

For every first GT of each console, the content was not that much, with the exception of GT5 that was delayed an eternity and included standard cars from older games.

 

[Rautz]

Edit. Actually it wouldn't be funny

 

[thorfynn]

That what customers want and PD delivers are in my opinion two really different pair of shoes.................
When i think about the "color-change-mode-for-brake-calipers" in GT6....COME ON.........;-) absolutely ridiculous

 

[Samus]

GT3 isn't a full game, then. OK.

How have you inferred that from what I said? I said if we are going to consider GTS a full game then it's the smallest full GT Game. Fact. Ergo whilst it may not be a prologue it's still very light on content for a game that is now going to come out over three years into the console cycle. Maybe closer to 4.

Meanwhile the competition has released two full games (If GTS is a full game then FM5 also is) and will release a third most likely next year. They've also got a second studio who have also soon to have released two full games.

We can say it's bigger than a prologue but not a full game.

Pretty much, yes, and I think that's what the FB guy described it as.

That's what you get when with much higher quality visuals and graphics and that's what you get when you drop standard cars - a lot less content.

That's what so many people wanted. Now I suppose those people wont complain anymore...

No, that's what you get with poor, stubborn management. We could have more content but PD continue to CHOOSE not to outsource their work.

Btw:

Gran turismo 1: 140 cars
Gran turismo 3: 181 cars

Gran Turismo Sport: 140 cars so far, probably more added when released

Is this supposed to be a counter to the fact that GTS will have less content than any other 'full' game? 181 is more than 140 by my count and GT1 had race modifications that by todays counting standards nearly doubles the count.

You can spin it any way you like, that fact doesn't change. Call it a full game if you want, it is still a smaller full game than any other.

For every first GT of each console, the content was not that much, with the exception of GT5 that was delayed an eternity and included standard cars from older games.

Not sure if you realise but if GTS gets delayed as far as November 2017 then it will have been taken the same length of time, and that's without a Prologue and a PSP game in between.

 

[Zlork]

Btw:

Gran turismo 1: 140 cars
Gran turismo 3: 181 cars

Gran Turismo Sport: 140 cars so far, probably more added when released

For every first GT of each console, the content was not that much, with the exception of GT5 that was delayed an eternity and included standard cars from older games.

And :

GT1 : 11 tracks
GT3 : 19 tracks

EDIT : fix.

 

[Samus]

GT3 had 19 tracks including the dirt tracks, as GTS does. GT1 and GT3 also both had a full single player career mode.

 

[Aphelion]

GT3 had 19 tracks including the dirt tracks, as GTS does. GT1 and GT3 also both had a full single player career mode.

And GTS has an extensive multiplayer mode.

 

[Zlork]

Yes, 19 sorry. Like GTS....

And GTS has an extensive multiplayer mode.

This.

 

[Samus]

And GTS has an extensive multiplayer mode.

Does it? As far as we know it has ~5 daily races, two long running championships and basic lobby systems. Obviously you can't directly compare pre-determined content (SP) and something that allows you to generate your own content (MP) but at best they're similar in scope, although I'd wager many people would think an entire offline career is more substantial at it's core than that online system.

Either way the simple point I'm making here is that GTS clearly isn't on the same scale as the biggest GT games of the past and yet it is releasing over 3 years after the console came out, in which time other devs have put out games comparable in size, or bigger, and may well have another one out before GTS.

As I've already said, delays are rife this generation, many big games have seen them but they are now released. Later than planned, but they're released. GTS was already planned to come after everything else, now it has been delayed into a window where many other devs are releasing their second, or third 'full game'. That's what makes this delay so bad, the game was already late into this generation.

 

[JC_Dude]

And :

GT1 : 11 tracks
GT3 : 19 tracks

EDIT : fix.

So GTS has slightly more content than a 19 year old game, but less than a 15 year old one? Whoop-dee-*******-doo.

 

[Robin]

PD really need more staff, their team has for the most part stayed the same size since the 90's. They are very slow at doing things and it's mind boggling how a game which will take so much of the core assets from GT5&6 takes so long to come out with, especially as it's a Prologue esque title with the least content in a GT game we have seen for a while.

If it is delayed then I would hope it has a Neo mode and full VR support. 2017 could mean anything, probably December 2017! If this was any other game series people wouldn't tolerate it but GT has some sort of special dispensation from fans and Sony themselves to constantly pull stunts like this again and again and again.

 

[Samus]

So GTS has slightly more content than a 19 year old game, but less than a 15 year old one? Whoop-dee-*******-doo.

GT1 was also their first effort with all the challenges that brings. GTS is supposed to be the result of 20 years experience.

PD really need more staff, their team has for the most part stayed the same size since the 90's.

On the contrary, Kaz stated recently they're now over 200 at their main office alone, they also have other ancillery offices.