Polyphony "working on Gran Turismo 6 already"

By Robert Purchese Published 11 November, 2011

Plus: Yamauchi talks future DLC plans.

Developer Polyphony Digital is "of course" working on Gran Turismo 6 already, studio boss Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed.

There's only so much a racing experience can be extended via DLC.

"Of course we're working on GT6 already," Yamauchi told IGN, "and I think what really will be the separating factor is something that we can't update through a DLC is something that obviously has to be saved for GT6.

"Things that we can provide through DLC we will, so that's really the market [sic - marked?] difference."

It took Sony and Polyphony nearly a year to release the first paid-for downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5, although big and free updates bridged the gap since launch. The Complete Pack of extras costs £9.49.

In the future, the wait for Gran Turismo 5 DLC should be less torturous.

"We're ready to release more expansions and content to add to the game," said Yamauchi.

"That will include cars and trucks that we'll be releasing maybe once every two months or so from here on out.

"What we do from here on is also really dependent on the reaction of the users to this first DLC that we just released," he added. "Now we have the feedback from our customers, we'll see how that will affect what we will do from here."

Eurogamer sat down with Gran Turismo 5 a year after launch to see what had changed. We declared the experience "undeniably a better one".

But even without DLC, Gran Turismo 5 has a lot of cars - 1031 at launch, to be precise. And Yamauchi has driven "most of them".

"I don't get to drive all of the cars that go into the game," he said, "but most of them I do. And out of those cars, some of them I do actually get to drive full-out on the track.

"That's important in really checking our simulation model every once in a while. I like to periodically check to make sure that we're on the right track when they pull in the physics. "

Eurogamer's Gran Turismo 5 review awarded 9/10.

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Comments (43) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • Ironic_War_Criminal #1 7 months ago

    Now with 25% more uprezzed PS2 content!

  • Zomoniac #2 7 months ago

    I should hope they started it the day they finished GT5, if not earlier, given how long their dev time is.

  • Bealsy #3 7 months ago

    Can't wait for 2016!!

  • iamtheoneneo #4 7 months ago

    will it actually be a good game this time?

  • Ultrasoundwave #5 7 months ago

    Didnt realise Sony had announced the PS5 yet?

    I am hilarious.

  • menage #6 7 months ago

    This is going to end well. Grabs popcorn.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #7 7 months ago

    Already? A year after releasing the last one?

    Whoah, slow down there, Mr Rush!

  • Cobalt_Jackal #8 7 months ago

    They better have more American cars and esp some more European cars this time in GT6. Because there are just far, FAR to many Japanese cars on the car list. Really its beyond a joke, how biased PD are with reguards to Japan.

    If there isn't a sizeable increase in American and esp Euro cars in GT6, then they might as well re-name the game Japanese Turismo since thats a truer reflection of this series has become of late. PD need to realise that their catering to an International market (but mainly European with reguards to popularity of the series), they need to realise that its not just Japan that matters and create a game to reflect that.
    Edited by Cobalt_Jackal at 11/11/11 @ 09:57

  • handsonhips101 #9 7 months ago

    Fords please. Fast ones.

  • Mr_Brown #10 7 months ago

    To be fair it was actually worth the wait, for me anyway. In terms of content it is better than Forza 4 in my opinion. I have both games and enjoy both, but after about a month with Forza I've seen most of the cars and raced on all the tracks to death. I've had GT5 for a year and I haven't cone close to seeing everything.

  • oupe #11 7 months ago

    Given that 2011 is almost over and they take 5 years to release a game, roll on 2017

    Of course, PS4 will already be deprecated hardware at that time so they will wait until PS5 comes out. GOTY in 2018!

  • Brev2034 #12 7 months ago

    @Mr_Brown ive played gt 5 for 2hours and have seen everything

  • Caimbeul #13 7 months ago

    Of Course they are working on it already otherwise we wouldnt see it for another 10 years.

  • Eldritch #14 7 months ago

    I didn't know there still was a US car industry. As far as I know they focus on growing carrots and lettuce in Detroit now.

  • yoomazir #15 7 months ago

    Will he be on time for the PS4 launch?

  • StanleyPointLarge #16 7 months ago

    Is it just me or wasn't this awarded 7/10 originally?!?!?

    Despite the flaws in the game part of GT5, when you're on the track with a force feedback steering wheel, it rules!

  • Dr.Buckles #17 7 months ago

    Biggest disappointment in gaming to get a follow up, shocker.

    After the shambles that was GT5 why bother, really.
    If they think that making GT4 again and sticking on a few more pointless sections that anyone but the biggest gt fanboy will fawn over it they are mistaken.

  • Quixz #18 7 months ago

    This could be out holiday season next year. They have the engine and I'm sure the modeling team just haven't been sat doing nothing for the past year.

  • Whizzo #19 7 months ago

    The race is on, which will arrive first: GT6 or flying cars?

    Hmm...

  • Eldritch #20 7 months ago

    @Quixz You're taking the piss, right?

  • RodHull #21 7 months ago

    @Mr_Brown

    Hahahahahaha! That is priceless.

  • Lucodeath #22 7 months ago

    Maybe it wont take 6 years to make as they have a game engine already now.

  • dsmx #23 7 months ago

    Considering GT5 has a random course generator and even a random a to b rally course generator your never going to see everything it has to offer Mr Brown.

  • Darren #24 7 months ago

    Beasly - 2016? That soon? ;)

    Seriously, we will be playing Forza Motorsport 7 on the Xbox 360's successor before GT6 ever sees the light of day!

  • JBlokeUK #25 7 months ago

    I really find it funny that some people say GT5 was a "shambles". Yes, it's an awful game in every sense of the word, isn't it?

    Unbelieveable really.

  • Mr_Brown #26 7 months ago

    @RodHull

    Maybe GT6 should take Forzas example by actually taking out content for each sequel, it might be able to be released every 2 years then. Just to let you know, Forza 4 has far less tracks than Forza 1. Give me more cars and tracks any day over shiny in car dashboards and kinect any day.

  • CaptainKid #27 7 months ago

    Checked out GT5 on a neighbours PS3 and the horrible horrible menu system alone is enough reason for me to never ever play the game.
    Plus some tracks look really low res, seems they didn't only take most of the cars from GT4 but some tracks as well.
    After my brief experience I think GT5 is a joke.

  • Raconteur #28 7 months ago

    Only about 9 Yaris in GT5. Let's hope GT6 has 50, as there are a lot of glove box variants out there in the real world.

  • Drygore #29 7 months ago

    @Brev2034

    Yeah, sure you have..

  • Dr.Buckles #30 7 months ago

    Just remembered the wonderful cape ring, the graphics on that must have pushed the limits of the hardware, it was like something out of outrun lol

    I was a massive GT fan, 5 will be the last one I get on brand alone, it will need to be proven first if 6 is to come into my house.

  • man.the.king #31 7 months ago

    @Eldritch

    I didn't know there still was a US car industry. As far as I know they focus on growing carrots and lettuce in Detroit now.

    Probably not even that - I think the only industries doing well here are the Oil companies, and corporations like Lockheed-Martin and Northrop-Grumman. And oh, Halliburton, of course!

    EDIT: EG, can you PLEASE fix the Quote tags?
    Edited by man.the.king at 11/11/11 @ 15:51

  • sourc0r #32 7 months ago

    More Skylines please.

  • weebl #33 7 months ago

    My advice to them: look at what other games are offering, do that (properly) and for gods sake employ enough staff to get the job done.

  • azic #34 7 months ago

    Hands down GT 5 murders Forza in physics department.
    Once I saw lift off oversteer on the Radicle I was done!

    Also Dan says, they threw away the car manufacture data and based it all Pirelli tyre data.... Erm granted the tyres are the contact between the car and road, just as my feet are, but if I weigh 18 stone, I'm either a fat badly handling car, or lean fast muscle car but whatever I am I can't still wear the same trainers.... Catch my drift?

  • CamberGreber #35 7 months ago

    Ferrari F-50 pllleeaasse.

  • eviroboy #36 7 months ago

    People go on about GT fanboys all day long and yet this post seems to have been hijacked by Forza fanboys.

    Personally I like both, for completely different reasons. Forza has always been about easy handling though for 4 they've thrown that out the window in favour of tail happy torque steer (which I'm happy to adapt to). Gran Turismo on the other hand has always been more about simulation physics, which they nail hands down. People seem to hate on the game because it's too hard for them, which is a shame.

    I'm from the heady days of 8/16 Bit consoles, hard games were par for the course.

    The visuals may sometimes lack a little clarity and fall into a pixelated mess sometimes but if you look closely, there is a hell of a lot more going on in the background than most, if not all, racing games. Get rid of the tinny thud and thump collision detection and actually add worthwhile damage and GT will be king again. Right now it's just hovering around the throne (which no-one occupies).

    While Forza may have damage, it's comical at best and those Indiana Jones style fight sequence sounds whenever cars touch is a tad OTT.

    But like I say, I enjoy playing both, for very different reasons.

  • LEONOFDEATH #37 6 months ago

    These "Polyphony take a long time to make games" thing is getting boring.

    Its like people who still talk about cakes being a lie.

  • weebl #38 6 months ago

    @eviroboy "tail happy torque steer"

    Most rear wheel drive cars I know have the prop shaft down the exact middle of the car, so there isn't any problem with torque steer.

    Just thought I should correct people when they start talking nonsense.

  • cloudskipa #39 6 months ago

    I love the Gran Turismo franchise (favourite games by far on PS1 & PS2) but I'm not a blinded fan. GT5 was a serious disappointment to me, even a year later with numerous updates and paid for DLC it's still a half finished mess of a product. Turn 10 REALLY stepped up their game with Forza 4, a huuuuge improvement upon FM 3 in virtually every area but especially the car models and the new handling engine. FM 4 easily offers physics to match GT 5 and in some cases outstripping them, all of course imo.

    In a way I'm happy GT 5 has been outclassed in pretty much ever area (sometimes embarrassingly so), on and off the track. Because this way Polyphony will now have something to aim for. They will be forced to take their heads out of their arses and work a lot harder to impress people the next time around, Polyphony can't afford to be complacent especially with how fast Forza has evolved and in full knowledge that Turn 10 will be busy working on Forza 5. It can only be a good thing in the long run for racing game fans and the GT series as a whole.

  • ajaxpliskin #40 6 months ago

    They both look amazing. I like the cleaner looking roads, the sky and general lighting effects of GT5 though. Everything looks like it integrates just that bit better. Great video.

  • eviroboy #41 6 months ago

    @weebl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_steering Pay attention now, you might learn something. It's far more exaggerated in-game. It's all about how the power is put down.

  • weebl #42 6 months ago

    Do you get tail happy torque steer with a front wheel drive car then? Perhaps you are driving in reverse?

    You should probably read Wikipedia before quoting it.

  • effinjamie #43 6 months ago

    @eviroboy "People seem to hate on the game because it's too hard for them"

    No, I think you'll find that people hate on the game because after 6 years, what they actually got was a game that can only be described as incomplete. While admittedly the actual driving is excellent, the package surrounding it is a mess.