As much as we love Gran Turismo, the series is often criticised for its robotic AI opponents that rigidly stick to the racing line. As a result, opponents are oblivious to your track position and often blindly barge into you, breaking the immersion.
That could all change in Gran Turismo 7.
Gran Turismo 7 will have improved AI
Happily, Gran Turismo 7 will have improved AI. In a recent interview with Spanish website MeriStation, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi promised that GT7ās AI will be "faster" and ādrive in a more human way.ā
With less than one month until GT7ās release, Sony is teasing a ābreakthrough project in AIā created in collaboration with Polyphony Digital. What could this mean for GT7 and racing games?
Sony teases ābreakthrough project in AIā with Polyphony Digital Ā
For now, details about the AI project are slim, with a full reveal planned for tomorrow on 9 February. A post on the official Gran Turismo Twitter page teases that the mystery AI project will āchange the game.ā
The official Sony AI account also refers to the new "Gaming Flagshipā technology as a ābreakthrough project in AI created through a collab with Polyphony Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment.ā
Accompanying the announcement is a short 25-second teaser video. Itās not clear if Sony's AI project is connected to GT7. But as noted by GTPlanet, the video shows the same light traces used in the Gran Turismo āFind Your Lineā marketing videos.
Double-World Tour champions Igor Fraga and Takuma Miyazono and World Tour finalist Emily Jones also make brief appearances. The video then ends with a peek inside Polyphony Digitalās studio in Tokyo. Ā
We know Polyphony is involved with the project. And with GT7ās release getting closer, itās likely that Sonyās AI project has something to do with Gran Turismo. Not only could the technology improve GT7ās offline racing, but it could revolutionise AI in other racing games.
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Sony AI has already researched how visual learning techniques can make AI drivers behave like humans. In the previous study, the visual learning AI achieved lap times within the top ten per cent of players.
If findings from the study are implemented in GT7, it would support Kazunoriās comments that GT7ās AI ādrives in a more human way.ā
This new project could bring everything Sony has learned from previous studies into fruition. Weāll find out if Sony will revolutionise AI in gaming when the project is revealed tomorrow.
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