Gran Turismo's top man and creator Kazunori Yamauchi has recently said that developing the fifth and sixth installments of the Gran Turismo series on the PlayStation 3 console was "a nightmare".
Speaking with IGN recently, Yamauchi stated "the conditions for GT6 were really against us, mainly because the PlayStation 3 hardware was a very difficult piece of hardware to develop for, and it caused our development team a lot of stress. So 5 and 6 was really a nightmare for us."
This will of course come as no surprise to most of us as after all the PlayStation 3 has a reputation for being a bit of a tricky platform to develop games for. However it's maybe a little surprising to hear Yamauchi use such a very strong word to describe their development on the last generation console.
Thankfully the PlayStation 4 is a much easier platform to develop on, but as most players know such a fact, expectations for the next Gran Turismo title are high. Despite the backlash from the first unveiling of GT Sport recently, Yamauchi remains confident in his latest creation.
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"It really has the level of innovation you haven’t seen since Gran Turismo 1 and we’re having a lot of fun developing it, and we’re discovering a lot of things as we develop it,” said Yamauchi.
GT Sport has a current release date of November 16 and will of course be available exclusively on the PlayStation 4 console. The upcoming racer is expected to support PlayStation VR at launch.
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