The latest work of "Gran Turismo", which is expected to race fans, will be released in March!For a bible that inherits car culture to future generations?

The latest work of the Gran Turismo series, "Gran Turismo 7", will be released on March 4, 2022.The latest promotion video was released on YouTube, which shows the whole picture of the work on YouTube at one month before the release.

It was released in Japan early in the morning on Thursday, February 3, because it was open to the biggest market, North America.Nevertheless, on Twitter, the keyword "Gran Turismo 7" went up to the trend and showed the popularity.The live distribution video of YouTube has been played in Japan in 190,000 and more than 700,000 in the English version.

The "Gran Turismo" series, which celebrates its 25th anniversary from the first work and attracts attention from fans who have exceeded generations.From the perspective of being a player and working in the national tournament, I will describe its appeal and expectations for the latest work.

Full course work for the first time in 8 years

"Gran Turismo 7" has been the latest in about four and a half years since the current work "Gran Turismo SPORT".However, "Gran Turismo SPORT", which was made for PlayStation 4, is not a title that was numbered in the series, but a main way of enjoying e -sports that competed online.The numbering title that packs the original way of enjoying the "Gran Turismo" series in full course is the first work in eight years and four months since the PlayStation 3rd era "Gran Turismo 6".

The "Gran Turismo" series is a game software that enjoys running in the virtual world by customizing or tuning sports cars, such as Skyline GT-R and Supra, in PlayStation.That's why it is not a racing game, but a "real driving simulator" or "car life simulator".

In the latest video released on March 2, Kazunori Yamauchi introduced various highlights of "Gran Turismo 7", but in this work, "Gran Turismo Sport" limited car tuning and customization elements.Will be back.

How to enjoy a car to tune up, fasten the car and beat a rival car.This is because the times have changed in the real world, the proportion of computer control has increased, it is difficult to remodel it independently, and the performance in the normal state has improved dramatically, but it is becoming a classical culture, but the important game is important.It is adopted as an element.

As the top of the driving game

Looking at the video of "Gran Turismo 7", the eye -catching is a high -quality graphic that makes full use of the performance of PlayStation 5.Every time the work comes out, the voice that said, "It's almost reality," the reproduction quality was even closer to the reality.

In particular, this work has a new change in weather conditions, so that cars can be run under conditions that are closer to reality.In courses such as Nürburgring (Germany), which are on a vast site of over 20 km, in reality, it may be raining and not falling, but this work can happen in such a reality.It seems to be fun including "uncertain element".

And one of the great attractions of the "Gran Turismo" series is the replay video after running the race in the game.In the current work "Gran Turismo Sport", you can enjoy images taken with a parallel drone that you can not do in the real race broadcast, but this work adds a function called "Music Raye" that switches the viewpoint of replay video according to the music.。It is interesting that the same replay will be different videos depending on the song.

The series has been around the music that has been playing during driving for a long time, which can be said to be a function that can be newly enjoyed.

These beautiful replay images are likely to further develop the flow of e -sports, which became popular at once in the "Gran Turismo Sport".In the official race of the same FIA (International Automobile Federation) such as F1 and WRC, the top -class players are developing races that are more worth more than real races, so just running and enjoying them yourself.So, watching the races of good players may be one of the charms.

Although there are other high -performance driving simulators using gaming PCs, the "Gran Turismo" series, which can be easily participated in home game consoles, has a large number of players, and the race such as the "FIA Gran Turismo Championship" will be even more exciting.It is expected.

As a bible for car culture inheritance

Producer Yamauchi said in the production of this work, "I have been careful to know the world of cars deeply and richly, even if you have never been in contact with the world of automotive culture."

While the quality of the game is getting closer to reality, the real car world is in the “once every 100 years” and is used as a convenient living tool like smartphones such as electric vehicles and autonomous driving.It is starting to change.The way to buy cars, customize and tune up, enjoy the sound of the engine, know how the cars have been created, and deepen love are being lost.

Nowadays, many automakers do not own cars, they don't have any favorite cars, and they don't even know the episodes of their famous cars.When I was a child in my 40s, there were many bible books that knew the episodes of cars through picture books, manga, and magazines, and I was influenced by reading it, but I searched only for what I was interested in.Since the times, it can be said that only limited people are looking forward to it.

The "Gran Turismo" series has been able to purchase various cars in the game, and have cherished the performance and characteristics of the car through play.In this work, this kind of element has been strengthened, and in the mode of "Gran Turis Mocafe", where Mr. Yamauchi says "the center of Gran Turismo 7", it is natural that players clear the quest while learning about cars.He will be able to touch the history and culture of cars.The desire to inherit the car culture through the game is transmitted.

"It was to create a driving simulator and car life simulator that all players can enjoy," said producer Yamauchi.

This means that not only heavy players who enjoy online races as e -sports, but also new players who enjoy "Gran Turismo 7" as a game.I hope that such players will be a kick to know the fun of the car.

("Gran Turismo 7 State of Play" from PlayStation YouTube)