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Given that most of the current crop of GT4 cars have had their power restricted over the roadgoing versions(it varies from series to series, but GT4s generally end up restricted to 450-500 horsepower during balancing), it actually might not cause a huge jump in cost to increase performance - as long as the performance increase is done via the engine, at least, and not a reworking of the allowable aero.
That power rating, however, does suddenly make the idea of GT5 an appealing concept even without the power boost. As Hondafan37 noted, GT4 is not exactly ideal even as it stands for some lower-power sportscars that rely on light weight. A GT5 class meant for such cars would not be a bad thing.
GT4 as it stands is filling in the exact spot that GT3 was originally designed to. And if GT3 keeps developing to further insanity and GT4 evolves along similar lines, a GT5 class will come along to fill the hole again. It's actually a pretty smart system - you can let things evolve as participants want and always be ready to fill in the gaps that get left behind.
They just need to realign the bloody class numbers as they evolve! Let's be honest, GT3 is not GT3 anymore, and it should be renamed GT1(or GT2 depending on your viewpoint).
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