
When I spoke to him at E3 last year, Polyphony boss Kazunori Yamauchi said, "You can think of GT1-6 as the first age or first era of Gran Turismo.

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What makes this particular iteration interesting is that it's been built from the ground up specifically for the PS4, and contains no legacy code or car models – unlike previous Gran Turismo games. At this point, a firm release date still hasn’t been set for the title, but with two rounds of closed beta testing under its belt, and an open beta coming "soon", hopes are high that we'll see the latest edition of the Gran Turismo series sometime over the summer. Since then, developer Polyphony have been working away on a sequel, which was originally slated for a holiday 2016 launch, but got pushed back until this year. It's been almost three and a half years since we last saw a Gran Turismo game – the prior-generation GT6 was launched back in December of 2013.

But how will they stack up against one another? Let's take a look. This trio of marquee titles represents the very best of the genre, and each promises to deliver some of the greatest racing yet seen.

Each game is interesting in its own right, but what I want to talk about today are the three biggest racers of them all: Gran Turismo Sport, Forza Motorsport 7, and Project CARS 2. Over the coming nine months, DiRT 4, Need for Speed 2017, WipEout: Omega Collection, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, MX3GP, Gravel, Moto GP 17, F1 2017, and TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge are all scheduled for release. If you're a fan of racing games, 2017 is shaping up to be a vintage year.
