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[IGN] Gran Turismo 7 delayed to 2022 after "Covid-Related production challenges"
- Thread starter Arubedo
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With how GT development has gone over the past decade, I can't say this is surprising. Even without COVID, I don't think I would have felt good about this launching in 2021
Lol this thing was getting delayed without covid. Grand Turismo always takes forever to come out. Anytime I see a Grand Turismo game I just expect it to be delayed initially by default even if I really want to play them.
but not Elden Ring. That's definitely 2021. Yeah. That's the ticket.
Could it be that the audio design and recording real cars and the design of the cars is the reason for the delay. I would guess this part would be a bit harder during covid.
I was thinking the same thing. Not shocked by the delay of GT7 and those 2 above mentioned games should follow suit. I always thought Ragnarok was gonna be a 2022 game at the earliest and Horizon 2 could be 2021 but I doubt it now.
First Party Sony in 2021 will be Destruction All Stars, Ratchet, Returnal and maybe a few more surprises down the line.
Horizon probably won't launch this year either, despite their efforts. Which is fine, as the devs deserve all the time they need.
Less surprised by this after Sumo said that the hardest part of developing Sackboy from home was the online play. GT's online mode is now super important to it, so it's critical that they get it right from day 1.
I'd certainly hope it releases this year, but sure... if they need more time, then they should absolutely be given that time.
I don't believe God of War is going to be a 2021 game but it's kind of weird that he didn't mention God of War in that list either and they only seemed to notice GT7 being missing.
We can better say. GT never releases earlier. So technically its always on time. :P
Unless I'm mistaken, a great deal of production is now outsourced to India, so when you have teams that have to isolate while working on a game that requires real world references, especially on an audio front where Gran Turismo has particularly lacked compared to competitors, it makes perfect sense COVID impacted development. This is why I think 2021 will be a year where annualized racing games will be the only major new releases. F1, MotoGP, WRC, NASCAR, and Dakar are the only surefire releases this year. There's very little that's "standardized" in a Gran Turismo game, as there's no promise of particular cars or tracks compared to the other titles that focus on a specific calendar of racing events.
Unless you're into yearly sports games, this year is a backlog year. Maybe a PS5 specific port of Assetto Corsa Competizione as the only game that isn't a series released every single year. Forza ain't making this year for much of the same reasons GT hasn't.
I never thought it was hitting 2021 regardless of what they said and regardless of the ongoing pandemic. Nor GoW for matter.
GT7 is going to be great though, given it's going back to its roots and moving away from the Sport model.
GT7 is going to be great though, given it's going back to its roots and moving away from the Sport model.
I never saw anything to indicate it was likely to release before 2022.
But, as expected, this is gonna be a very bad year for games meeting any expected release windows.
But, as expected, this is gonna be a very bad year for games meeting any expected release windows.
No surprise, GT is always delayed it's practically a running gag. But it's a game that's much more sensitive to production issues caused by covid. They have to travel around the world to record sound and scan race cars and rare collections. And I think the real world circuits are also scanned?
Pretty much. Take as much time as they need.
Totally unexpected turn of events!
I never expected it to release this year to begin with. Or God of War for that matter.
It's almost always a good idea to not buy consoles day 1. The first year or two can often be pretty dire.
While I agree with this as a general rule, I have to say the Switch spoiled me.
