![]() For PS5, these would be a relative doddle, but getting them into the PS4’s active memory could be just too much. In recent years we’ve heard much about PD having licenses for or scanning some pretty big tracks: the 12.4-mile climb up Pikes Peak, or the 37.7-mile Snaefell Mountain Course. That opens up some major possibilities for the PS5 that, at least in terms of Gran Turismo Sport, seem impossible on PS4. With the high throughput I/O, the PS5 is capable of streaming what you see directly from the SSD, rather than loading it into active memory. Part of the PS5’s suite of advanced capabilities comes in terms of “maps” (in this case, circuits). We can’t see PD being willing to lower resolution or even go back to 30fps to get it to work on PS4, especially when the company is aiming for 240fps and beyond, so that leaves little alternative but to cut it. That means either another compromise or we lose the feature altogether. However, the game almost certainly can’t have this feature on PS5 if it can’t have it on PS4. The significant extra power of the PS5 means that compromise isn’t needed and GT7 would be able to run dynamic time of day and weather at a true 4K60, likely seeing the return of endurance races. ![]() PD opted to pre-bake light conditions with ray-tracing, in order to save GPU power for 1080p60 on the base console and 4K60 (checkerboarded from 1800p) on the PS4 Pro with HDR. Gran Turismo Sport was a visual compromise. For the most part this probably doesn’t matter, as it doesn’t for DIRT 5 or Wreckfest, but it could severely hamstring GT7. This means that if there’s a PS4 Gran Turismo 7, it too should be identical to the PS5 version, aside from different sound, visuals, DualSense effects. Although the PlayStation 5 is outperforming the PlayStation 4 in terms of consoles shipped at the same point in their lifespan, despite the silicon shortage, the simple fact is there’s 110 million PS4s out there right now. While we wait for appropriate confirmation one way or the other - GT7 still appears on the PlayStation site as a PS5 exclusive - the possibility of a cross-gen Gran Turismo 7 raises several questions. ![]() “That being said, it’s also very important to have showpieces for PS5, hence the development of Returnal and Ratchet that are exclusive to PS5.” If they want to go on and play the PS5 version, that game will be there for them. And if PS4 owners want to play that game, then they can. ![]() “Where it makes sense to develop a title for both PS4 and PS5 - for Horizon Forbidden West, the next God of War, GT7 - we’ll continue looking at that. “You can’t build a community of over 110 million PS4 owners and then just walk away from it, right? I think that’d be bad news for fans of PS4, and frankly not very good business. ![]()
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