No, the PS4’s Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7

Paris Games Week kicked off yesterday with a ton of announcements for the PlayStation 4, including a new installment in the Gran Turismo franchise, Gran Turismo Sport. The game was revealed to feature championships recognized by the FIA, that would see in-game champions announced during the official FIA prize giving event.

There's one thing that the developers at Polyphony Digital want to make clear, the recently announced PlayStation 4 racing game, Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7. Sport will be a more substantial game than the Prologue games, but will not be a mainline Gran Turismo game.

"We're not announcing Gran Turismo 7 at this stage," Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's president and CEO Jim Ryan told Eurogamer. "Fair to say [series director Kazunori Yamauchi] has been making these games for some considerable time now. I think it's reasonable to assume that something else might come down the road. Is it a Prologue? No, I think it'll be more than that."

How will it be more that a Prologue game? Well, the distinction will be blurred because Sport is more of an 'online connected experience.'

"The old days, when the games were offline, the experience was defined by what's on the disc. You had a distinction between a Prologue and a full GT, it was very stark. When the game becomes more of an online connected experience, that distinction blurs. This will be much more than a Prologue type experience."