---
title: "Gran Turismo Boss Says Next Game May Be Called GT7 and Include Motorcycles"
description: "In an interview with Japanese publication Game Watch at this year's Taipei Game Show, series creator and Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi briefly hints at what the next installment of the racing franchise might look like."
date: "2018-01-29"
modified: "2019-05-24"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/18032/gran-turismo-boss-says-next-game-may-be-called-gt7-and-include-motorcycles"
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  - "News"
  - "Video Games"
tags:
  - "GranTurismo"
  - "racing games"
  - "Video Games"
---

# Gran Turismo Boss Says Next Game May Be Called GT7 and Include Motorcycles

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Despite [*Gran Turismo Sport*](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17991/gran-turismo-sport-adds-monza-10-new-cars-and-fresh-offline-events>) being less than four months old, talk of the next *GT* game is already happening. In a Google Translated interview with Japanese publication *[Game Watch](<https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/1103429.html>)* at this year's Taipei Game Show, series creator and Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi briefly hints at what the racing franchise's next installment might look like.

When asked about *Sport*'s pared back car customization options and whether or not he had plans to add them back into the online-centric title, Yamauchi says that the tuner's paradise that was present in (and to many, defined) numbered *GT* titles will likely stay in numbered *GT* titles. From Google Translate, "The customization factor of [*GT Sport*](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/8884/exclusive-first-impressions-from-gran-turismo-sport-beta>) is different from the numbering, *GT6* or *GT7,* which may come in the future. I think the customization factor will probably be the next work that all of you will want." The new possibility of a return-to-form *Gran Turismo 7* flies in the face of Yamauchi's previous statement to [*Digital Spy*](<https://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/ps4/news/a794751/gran-turismo-sport-is-gran-turismo-7-after-all/>) that *Gran Turismo Sport* is a fully-fledged *GT* title that may as well have been christened *GT7*.

When asked whether he and his team had any concrete plans for their next game, Yamauchi says he "cannot talk about anything yet, but since the moment releasing *GT* \[*Sport*\], I have started making the next *GT*."

As for a sequel to Polyphony's PlayStation 2 motorcycle racer [*Tourist Trophy*](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_Trophy_(video_game)>), the *GT* boss says he has no plans for a *TT2* right now but is open to revisiting bikes in the future either as a *Trophy* followup or as part of *Gran Turismo*. "I do not have any plans at the moment. I always hear about the sequel of *Tourist Trophy*, so I do not know whether it will appear as a sequel to *TT* or whether a motorcycle will appear in *GT*, but always there is a corner in the head." I'm not exactly sure what Google Translate means by "always there is a corner in the head," but we're gonna chalk it up to something to the effect of "anything's possible."

In the same interview, Yamauchi also [confirmed plans](<https://engagedchangesolutions.com/individual-services-strategy-execution/>) to incorporate time trials to the current game's VR mode in a future [update](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16338/gran-turismo-sport-free-updates-add-singleplayer-campaign-15-new-cars>).

*Gran Turismo Sport* is available now on PlayStation 4.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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