With racing fans all revved up about the latest
iteration in the Gran
Turismo series, it seems a tiny speed bump has been
spotted regarding the PlayStation Portable release
of Gran
Turismo 4 Mobile. Due to the amount of time
invested on the PS3 projects, it seems highly unlikely that fans
will be seeing the handheld racer released any time this
year.
With all the neat features, like
car deformation, being planned into the PlayStation 3 version
of the latest Gran
Turismo title, it's no wonder why this setback
occurred. However, series creator Kazunori Yamauchireassured gamers
that they will still be working on it, along with a couple of
improvements seen on the PS3's Gran Turismo 5
Prologue.
He mentioned that the PSP version will include online
features similar to the next-gen version. In fact, this was
what Yamauchi had to say to explain the planned changes:
Once we experienced PS3 online and went through all of that, we
came to the conclusion that PSP should not be a standalone product
- it should be linked in to the world of Gran Turismo, linked with the
PlayStation 3.
Until they release more news regarding the game, we guess this
means we'll all just have to wait and see what else Yamauchi and
his development team at Polyphony
Digital have in store for the handheld racer. In any case,
don't forget to keep coming back to this spot for more updates
regarding the popular racing title.
