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You can forget about a GT4+ for now or in the near future. Manufacturers do not want that at all (especially the German ones). MB, Audi and Porsche are all in GT3 and GT4. Last thing Audi wants are to have GT4 and GT3 R8's out on the track together. Plus that would cannibalize their business. It becomes too close and thus confusing for the renter or team owner as to pick what to run. Last thing we need are more classes. No matter how many times we try that, it never works.
The main problem is that GT3 was not as fast as it is today and the same for GT4 (which has been around for at least 10 years) but for some reason we made it faster. I still can't figure out the reasoning for going faster for the sake of doing it to the point where it becomes so expensive that you need to create a new class that is at the same speed as the faster class was 8-10 years ago. We all know that GT5 will be around the corner. It'll be a GT4 car with no aero and thus the perception becomes that it's cheaper and we will celebrate that a new form of cheaper racing has emerged. In 5 years it'll have wings, splitters and a whole bunch of suspension and driveline parts that are nothing like the production counterpart then the operational costs will be 50% higher then. Off we go to create GT6.
This doesn't even address why the sanctioning bodies continue to gouge the racers with massive entries fees, a bunch of extra equipment you need to lease and charging you more for consumables when a new supplier comes aboard. Trust me, when Michelin comes on board, the price of tires will be going up and the prize money will see a 0% increase. What we will do is reduce track time and events as a band aid for cost reduction.
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