While everybody is waiting for Gran Turismo 7, which we already know won’t see the daylight too soon, Gran Turismo Sport players are about to receive a new mysterious update later today.
Announced on the official website, the new game update will land after a short maintenance session. The team at Polyphony Digital explains in an update notice that online services won’t be available for approximately two hours.
“At the following time, we will perform maintenance on the 'Gran Turismo Sport' servers. A new game update will also be available after the maintenance. Please note that during this time the online services, including [Sport Mode], will not be available,” the announcement reads, adding that the maintenance will take place on May 11 between 04:00 and 06:00 UTC.
As for what the game update is likely to bring new, this is rather hard to guess, though there’s a chance Gran Turismo Sport would get new optimizations to prepare for the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS) that kicks off on May 13 and ends on June 23.
In the meantime, there’s no good news on the Gran Turismo 7 front, as both Sony and Polyphony Digital have remained tight-lipped on the game's release date.
The latest update that we received was shared earlier this year when Sony confirmed that the launch of GT7 has been pushed back to 2022 due to struggles with the development process caused by the global health issue. Since then, both companies have avoided providing us with any new information.
So while we know that GT7 is coming at some point next year, no other specifics have been provided. It’s pretty hard to tell if Sony aims for an official launch in the first half of 2022 or later the same year, especially because all plans could change overnight if something goes wrong in the development stage.
“At the following time, we will perform maintenance on the 'Gran Turismo Sport' servers. A new game update will also be available after the maintenance. Please note that during this time the online services, including [Sport Mode], will not be available,” the announcement reads, adding that the maintenance will take place on May 11 between 04:00 and 06:00 UTC.
As for what the game update is likely to bring new, this is rather hard to guess, though there’s a chance Gran Turismo Sport would get new optimizations to prepare for the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS) that kicks off on May 13 and ends on June 23.
In the meantime, there’s no good news on the Gran Turismo 7 front, as both Sony and Polyphony Digital have remained tight-lipped on the game's release date.
The latest update that we received was shared earlier this year when Sony confirmed that the launch of GT7 has been pushed back to 2022 due to struggles with the development process caused by the global health issue. Since then, both companies have avoided providing us with any new information.
So while we know that GT7 is coming at some point next year, no other specifics have been provided. It’s pretty hard to tell if Sony aims for an official launch in the first half of 2022 or later the same year, especially because all plans could change overnight if something goes wrong in the development stage.