Gran Turismo 7

The Vision Gran Turismo programme has seen many concept cars created with Polyphony Digital’s racing game series in mind, and that tradition continues with the imaginatively titled Porsche Vision Gran Turismo – unveiled during the 2021 FIA Gran Turismo Championship World Finals. This is a new, from the ground up, concept car designed by Porsche…Continue reading “Porsche Vision Gran Turismo is an electric sportscar for Gran Turismo 7”»

A staple of the Gran Turismo game series, Deep Forest Raceway has been absent since 2013 – but now it’s back and new gameplay for Gran Turismo 7 has highlighted several layout changes. As was speculated, after several teasers in the ‘Behind The Scenes’ series of videos, not only is Deep Forest Raceway now officially…Continue reading “How Deep Forest Raceway has changed in Gran Turismo 7”»

Fanatec is finally in the Gran Turismo wheel game, and they’ve arrived in a big way. Back in July, we learned of the new partnership between Fanatec and Polyphony Digital but we didn’t know exactly what we’d see. Today, we got word of the Gran Turismo DD PRO, a Direct Drive wheel bundle for PlayStation…Continue reading “Fanatec announces Gran Turismo DD PRO PS5 sim racing wheel”»

With the latest Gran Turismo 7 ‘Behind The Scenes’ video series setting alight forums and social media thanks to the slow teasing of upcoming features, we dig deeper and explore our hopes and dreams for the upcoming Sony-exclusive racing game. We’ve seen, through a number of Kazunori Yamauchi interviews, that Deep Forest Raceway and Apricot…Continue reading “Is Gran Turismo 7 going to be worth the hype? | Traxion.GG Podcast S3 E6”»

After The Starting Line, Livery, Collector, Racer, Scapes, and Tuners, we finally arrive at the Gran Turismo 7 ‘Behind The Scenes’ video that features tracks. Throughout, we’ve had neon flashes teasing Deep Forest Raceway and Apricot Hill Raceway and so now it all culminates to this point where we see them in the game, right?…Continue reading “Kazunori Yamauchi’s favourite track is the Nürburgring Nordschleife”»

The ‘Behind The Scenes’ video teaser series continues apace for Gran Turismo 7, and while the next two trailers had been leaked online via a Spanish YouTube account, we now have the official version of the episode entitled ‘Tuners’ to enjoy. As the title suggests, this entry features series producer Kazunori Yamauchi explaining some of…Continue reading “Gran Turismo 7 features the most customisation options in series history”»

The latest ‘Behind The Scenes’ video for Gran Turismo 7 has dropped, and in a typically brief and pompous fashion, we see some glimpses of the upcoming game overlayed with a Kazunori Yamauchi interview. He talks about his passion for photography, and how the Polyphony Digital team integrated that into the Gran Turismo games in…Continue reading “The photo mode in Gran Turismo 7 looks as powerful as ever”»

While the photo mode in GT Sport, the most recent Gran Turismo game, was nothing new – Gran Turismo 4 pioneered that back in 2004 – one significant step forward was the visual fidelity of its ‘scapes’. A scape is a static location captured in minute detail for you to place your car within, setting…Continue reading “PSA: Gran Turismo 7’s scapes look as beautiful as ever”»

Aaah, the Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II. A confusing title for a fictional race car version of the second-generation Ford GT. Special in the hearts of those of a certain age as it was the pin-up car for Gran Turismo 4 – seen by many as Polyphony Digital’s peak. In the latest Gran…Continue reading “Ford GT LM in latest Gran Turismo 7 teaser throws us back to GT4”»