Gran Turismo 7 Released in 2014 on PS4?

Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi said that the best-case scenario for them would be to release the new racing game for the PlayStation 4 next year.

With Gran Turismo 6 not even released, Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi said that a sequel for the PlayStation 4 could come sometime next year.

"We don't want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7," Kazunori told Top Gear. "Best-case scenario? Next year. In GT6 we really had to tune the software 100 percent to maximize the PS3's architecture, but of course the PS4's hardware is much better, so I think the overall quality of the game across the board will be boosted when you come to play it."

In September, Yamauchi said Gran Turismo 7 for PS4 would be ready in a "year or two" and it will feature a significant community component, which was not specified.

Yamauchi was also asked how he feels about Gran Turismo 6 going head to head with Microsoft's own racing game Forza Motosport 5.

"We always respect our competition," he said. "The racing genre isn't really that big in its entirety, so I'm glad that everyone works hard to boost the genre as a whole."

If Gran Turismo 7 is released in 2014, it will arrive alongside DriveClub, another first-party racing game.