![]() Then there is the Car Cafe, a seemingly strange destination at first but it soon turns out to be a rather interesting location. Perhaps one of the most impressive features of GT7 graphically is the often at times simply mind-blowingly stunning time of day cycle, especially when the sun is starting to set in the distance and the landscape is bathed in the orange glow of the disappearing sun.Īs is the way with Gran Turismo, your road to greatness starts at the bottom, giving you just enough entry credits to buy a used car from the local car dealership.Ĭars range from the Honda Fit Hybrid and Maxda Demio XD to Subaru Impreza WRX Type E to a Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 – but, sadly, you only have 20,000 credits so you’re restricted to the Fit, Demio or a Toyota Aqua S. I stuck with performance mode as quite frankly GT7 looks so freaken good that I didn’t miss the ray traced features. Graphically, Gran Turismo 7 comes with Performance mode, which targets 60 frames per second at a native 4K, and Ray Tracing mode, which isn’t full ray tracing: It’s just implemented in race replays, demo scenes and the ‘scapes photography mode. I’m not a seasoned Gran Turismo professional so I stuck with intermediate difficulty but turned braking assist off. You can have as many or as few driver assists as you like, with difficulty starting at beginner, which has every assist activated, to expert which has every assist off. I hate using the word game-changer – I cringe every time I see it and every time I use it – but honestly, the motion controls with GT7 is just that: A game changer.Īccelerate and braking is controller by the R2 and L2 buttons, respectively, R1 changes your view and other buttons control various other functions. ![]() As I turned my hands into each corner, I actually also found my body position shifting slightly, mirroring the position of my hands. I found myself instinctively holding my controller in front of me, arms outstretched, hands gripping the controller like it was an actual steering wheel. I need to talk about the Dualsense controller’s motion controls some more.įrankly, it is brilliant and adds a level of immersion to a driving game that I’ve not experiences before. I don’t have a steering wheel and pedal set up so using holding the controller like you were gripping a steering wheel just felt natural. Traditional, which uses the left stick to steer Using the D-pad or using the PS5 controller’s motion controls where you tilt the controller. While watching the replay, I realized I gave a fellow competitor driving a Mazda MX5 a good ole shunt in the rear while rounding a corner!Īfter Music Rally comes the controls set up section. Once you run out of time, you can watch the replay. It’s insane.Įvery time you pass through a checkpoint the crowd cheers & claps and time is added to the clock. The timer counts down in the beat to the music with Music Rally kicking off with Hooked on Classics 1 & 2 (performed by Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra, an album I actually own on vinyl), blasting from your speakers while you drive a Porsche 356 Speedster ’56. It’s not perfect but it’s close.īefore you even start racing proper, there’s Music Rally, a surprisingly addictive mini-racing game where you race around a track, against the clock, while a musical soundtrack plays in the background. ![]() ![]() Twenty five years longevity is a massive achievement so it’s fitting that Gran Turismo 7 is perhaps the series’ most impressive & accessible yet. This year, the franchise celebrates 25 years of the racing simulator appearing on Sony’s gaming machine. It’s long been a mainstay series that has pushed the boundaries on whatever PlayStation it has appeared on. The Gran Turismo series has a long pedigree with Playstation.
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