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Sony has announced the next big exclusive for the PlayStatoin 4: Gran Turismo Sport. The new game was unveiled today during Sony’s live stage conference at the first inaugural Paris Games Week event taking place in Paris, France.

The news was filtered through the PlayStation blog to give gamers who didn’t tun into the press conference an opportunity to absorb the big news.

Polyphony Digital and Sony Computer Entertainment announced that Gran Turismo Sport would be the latest game in the series, introducing gamers to advanced physics, sound and gameplay, all attached to the series’ trademark graphics.

They didn’t reveal much about the game other than that it’s coming in 2016, but they did make it known that the game would be a “rebirth” for the series and that they would be teaming up with FIA to make it happen.

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Polyphony and FIA will establish a real-life FIA Online Championship series featuring two different leagues for players to advance through. The first league will be a regional tournament series where players from around the world will compete in the new Gran Turismo series to become their nation’s champion.

In addition to this there will also be a manufacturers league where players will race their favorites car to represent the manufacturer in a championship series.

While this doesn’t seem all that fascinating at first, the real hook for this collaboration between the Gran Turismo brand and FIA is that these virtual championships will be treated like real life championships.

It’s explained on the blog that this will be a historic moment for gaming, with Penrose Tackie, the European Brand Manager for Gran Turismo, stating.

The winner of the championship will be awarded in the same manner as real life motorsports champions, at the FIA prize giving ceremony. This will be a historic moment, the first time a video game will officially be recognized as part of the real motoring world.

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