Nenkai (X/Twitter): Kaz is cooking

[Dave A]

All the items in your list would require a MAJOR rewrite of the program code, something that cannot be done easily nor quickly

While the list may or may not be fanciful, time will tell, none of it would require a major rewrite of game code. Dynamic Weather on all tracks is already in the game, it's just the graphical assets don't work with it, i.e. it would be raining in tunnels etc. and there wouldn't be any water pooling on track. The time of day is a skybox and lighting matter, which is again graphical.

Adding new events isn't hard, I do it for GT5 and GT6 all the time. Once you know how you can knock out a well thought out event in a couple of hours. Making the event graphics (the event cards you click on for example) is what takes me the most time as that's not my forte.

Depending on how the code is written, adding more options to the custom races may or may not be easy, it should be relatively easy, but then it could break the games AI pool generator when you aren't choosing opponents from your own garage.

 

[MroczMR]

I dont understand why some still doubting nenkai, he has proove time after time that he legit, if he say it going to be big update then expect that to, remember when he basicly confirmed Jaguar xj220 before it was even in silhouttes in formula update in april, if this is going to be the biggest update yet i would not be supriced With 5-10 cars a new track, a lot more single player content including maybe new championchips and sophy ai maybe that is what the biggest update would proably mean to me, i would love to have sophy ai with gt league expansion for gt7

^this. Nenkai basically was 100% spot on.

Also there is one thing. People here are posting about new track 10 cars etc etc. Remember! Big update doesn’t mean we get huge content update. Last time we’ve got 4 cars and new track but real big deals were VR and Sophy timed challenge. I think this can be the case here. There could be new track but cars i expect to be standard amount 3-5 cars, but I do think we will get something other game changing insted of cars and track, like new missions? Sophy? Championships? All of this? This would make a big update for me to be honest.

 

[Techlet]

Looking back at Nenkai's tweet,

1. PD's potentially cooking up something big
2. It's something that could be interpreted as a direct response to Forza
3. PD often makes interesting decisions

Perhaps the next update will come with the announcement of a PC port?

 

[ZEE]

Kaz in the office today.

 

[SestoScudo]

Kaz better not disappoint me!!

I hope his cooking something no matter how much we diss him.

We all love the man lmao

 

[PGodia10]

^this. Nenkai basically was 100% spot on.

Also there is one thing. People here are posting about new track 10 cars etc etc. Remember! Big update doesn’t mean we get huge content update. Last time we’ve got 4 cars and new track but real big deals were VR and Sophy timed challenge. I think this can be the case here. There could be new track but cars i expect to be standard amount 3-5 cars, but I do think we will get something other game changing insted of cars and track, like new missions? Sophy? Championships? All of this? This would make a big update for me to be honest.

Agreed. I think 1 track is a given because of the Manu cup TBD track and ~3 cars is the usual rate. A new batch of missions is not out of the question, hell, even endurance ones? Making Sophy a mainstay and improving VR experience makes the most of sense to me since they want people to buy into PS5. QoL improvements/fixing broken feats should be in the menu too (pun not intended).

Wishlist mode > Brand it as Spec II and bundle it with the PS5 slim

Looking back at Nenkai's tweet,

1. PD's potentially cooking up something big
2. It's something that could be interpreted as a direct response to Forza
3. PD often makes interesting decisions

Perhaps the next update will come with the announcement of a PC port?

... No.

 

[Monkey Man]

Subscribed...

 

[Gomario JSP]

We can only wait, i do hope Sophy makes a return tho, i have loggod on for 561 day according to the site, have platinum, all cars, all paint, rims, whatever, but never had the chance to compete against Sophy because i bought a PS5 later

I can use a new challenge in the game besides the timetrials, the payouts are not that important for me anymore but that would be a gamechanger for the majority of the players.

The cooking...., i'm hopefull.... and let's be honest, they have to come with something to keep us interested now

 

[Islaygaz]

Is the update expected to drop late next week?

It’ll likely be the 26th based on previous updates, however this isn’t set in stone so could realistically drop anytime, even into November!!

 

[TonyLomas]

BSpec Sophy?

 

[MroczMR]

BSpec Sophy?

No. It will be C Spec where Sophy is using you.

 

[Ande3200]

^this. Nenkai basically was 100% spot on.

Also there is one thing. People here are posting about new track 10 cars etc etc. Remember! Big update doesn’t mean we get huge content update. Last time we’ve got 4 cars and new track but real big deals were VR and Sophy timed challenge. I think this can be the case here. There could be new track but cars i expect to be standard amount 3-5 cars, but I do think we will get something other game changing insted of cars and track, like new missions? Sophy? Championships? All of this? This would make a big update for me to be honest.

I agree, the vr update was the biggest update before this, but i think their will be at least 5 cars and 1 new track considering this is supose to be bigger than the vr update, remember last year when kaz confirmed they make 60 cars a year, and we have not getting any close to that, i dont expect this update to make up for that, but i am betting between 5-10 cars some say 3 Tracks but i doubt that to be honest, i dont think 2 Tracks is out of the Window but its proably one new track, but if we get 5 cars 1 track and massive update in single player, including menu books, championchips and endurance races it will be a very good update,
But it feels so strange to say this but gt7 currently dosen’t have any Audi rs models or any BMW m5 models, but we will have to wait and see nenkai post at least got me very excited for the new update, i r

 

[Chris30]

Kaz in the office today.

Wonder what Kaz is cooking today!

 

[Prodrive555]

I hope he's cooking ****loads of new tracks. I'm fine with 3 cars per month, but lack of new tracks is a bigger issue, imo.

 

[Chris30]

I hope he's cooking ****loads of new tracks. I'm fine with 3 cars per month, but lack of new tracks is a bigger issue, imo.

Yeah I wanna see some new tracks! That's all I want.

 

[Dave A]

I hope he's cooking ****loads of new tracks. I'm fine with 3 cars per month, but lack of new tracks is a bigger issue, imo.

It won't be loads of new tracks, we may get one, we may get none, we may get new layouts. Tracks take a very long time to create, don't expect too much in this regard.

 

[Famine]

Kaz better not disappoint me!!

I know right? How dare he not live up to the expectations for this update set by someone that's not him!

 

[TumeK5]

Tracks take a very long time to create, don't expect too much in this regard.

Unless it's kart tracks

 

[Chris30]

Well it's up to PD what they do with this game each month, it's a roll of the dice!

 

[Sir Crashalot]

Looking back at Nenkai's tweet,

1. PD's potentially cooking up something big
2. It's something that could be interpreted as a direct response to Forza
3. PD often makes interesting decisions

Perhaps the next update will come with the announcement of a PC port?

Or maybe a Xbox port?🤣

 

[Chris30]

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Dave A]

Unless it's kart tracks

They could do something like the GT Arena and just create a load of layouts using cones and barriers. It would take a lot of work to create the environment intiially, but the individual layouts shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[Steer]

I'm fully expecting every car ever made to be reproduced in the game, together with all the tracks in the world and the ability to add furry dice to the rear-view mirror.

Anything less than that will be a crushing disappointment.

 

[TumeK5]

They could do something like the GT Arena and just create a load of layouts using cones and barriers. It would take a lot of work to create the environment intiially, but the individual layouts shouldn't be too difficult.

Plenty of race tracks also have a karting center in the area, for example Spa.

 

[Dave A]

Plenty of race tracks also have a karting center in the area, for example Spa.

Indeed, if they're already modelled as part of the environmet it might not take alot of work to create those as alternative layouts. If they haven't been modelled/not modelled well, then it would be more work.

 

[Fruitcake]

Let's hope it's like the Spec 2.0 update for GT5

 

[TumeK5]

Let's hope it's like the Spec 2.0 update for GT5

We can only hope.

 

[GlockPants]

I'm fully expecting every car ever made to be reproduced in the game, together with all the tracks in the world and the ability to add furry dice to the rear-view mirror.

Anything less than that will be a crushing disappointment.

Welcome to Gran Turismo Earth

Complete with big, black fuzzy balls ...

 

[LeGeNd-1]

In my mind, for it to be classified as a "major" update, it would need to have at LEAST one of these things:

• Totally revamped career mode similar to older games
• Sophy replacing offline AI (including on PS4)
• Day/night and rain for all tracks
• Course maker (or another similarly major feature)
• Major track update (e.g. one of Pikes Peak/Isle of Man/Targa Florio) or return of several classic tracks at once (e.g. Autumn Ring + Grindelwald + El Capitan)
• Adding a complete category of cars from a racing series (e.g. WEC Hypercars)
• Last but not least, a kickass Spec 2.0 intro

My guess, probably we are getting a big track. The last round of Nations Cup is still TBA. Could be the return of Sierra, or finally we get Pikes Peak.

Or Nenkai could just be trolling and Kaz is "cooking" 50 new cafe menu books

It's gonna be a long wait for the silhouettes this weekend and patch notes next week...

 

[Alex p.]

BSpec Sophy?

I would LOVE that.