Gran Turismo 6 needs big day one patch

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that the latest in the racing series will require a large day one patch to play.

The patch will update several features in the game that the developers wouldn't have time to fit in otherwise.

"It's the same every time," Yamauchi told Eurogamer. "Everything's very tight. It's an incredibly tight schedule.

"As to being able to include everything we want to on day one, we probably won't be able to.

"I think for the 12 months following the release we'll continue to update the software. Because in Gran Turismo 6 we're preparing a lot of different things we haven't even touched on yet."

Yamauchi also claimed that multiplayer would be much improved with a new online lounge to help set up races easier.

"The system we had in Gran Turismo 5 was hard to understand. In Gran Turismo 6 it'll be more clear cut."