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Gran Turismo Sport - Review Thread
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Audioboxer
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The HDR lighting is bonkers. It even makes a difference on my 2015 TV. Both games still have some rough edges on tracks, but that is the price for 60FPS. Sports biggest fail is no weather. To try and sum up the graphics as not that great though is a bit eyebrow raising. The attention to detail in a PD game is painstaking. Maybe so much so their studio which refuses to outsource cannot handle it within reasonable time frames.
Not so much there. Sport was always going to get raked over the coals for cutbacks on content. The graphics downplaying is more /runs
KainXVIII
Member
Leadergamer 7/10 (FM7 is 10/10 for comparison)
https://leadergamer.com.tr/2017/10/17/gran-turismo-sport-inceleme/
/also runs
https://leadergamer.com.tr/2017/10/17/gran-turismo-sport-inceleme/
/also runs
MrCookiepants
Member
Some people need particles flying in their face and lens flare everywhere. Anything less is "drab", "sterile", "soulless" etc.
A point taken directly from said Gamereactor review, you know the magazine that I read from the country that I live in.
Can you please stop, since you clearly can't back up your initial claim.
Yeah, I read that too, but it still leaves some big blanks.
Seems a lot of places will base their opinion of the game comparing it to it's predecessors, rather than on it's own merits. Forza markedly improved on the last iteration, GTS has changed the direction of the series completely.
I'm pretty happy about that, because it means outside of graphics, there are very few ways to compare the two games.
Kudos to PD for going out on a limb.
...then he would be entitled to his opinion considering he praises Forza for stuff that's not in GTS (weather for example). I disagree with saying "car models and the lighting are great, but if youre looking for bells and whistles, you wont find them here". Cars and lighting are bells and whistles. I can respect the opinion though.
This on the other hand is just silly and comparable with "corridor racer" from Driveclub launch.
Audioboxer
Member
Well, Driveclub getting called soulless was pretty funny. That game was a broken mess (for reviews/launch) but Evolution Studios gave PD a run for their money with attention to detail and their weather implementation. Sure, it was at 30FPS, but it was their first attempt at proper realism coming off of things like Motorstorm.
The number one concern in these sim games when it comes to visuals should be trying to replicate real life as close as possible. That is what makes it authentic. Yes, it's a game, but it's a game attempting to be realistic.
Rellik
Member
Which is perfectly fine. It's a review. A meaningless opinion with a meaningless number attached to it.
Saying that is just as valid as someone jizzing their pants over the HDR.
thelastword
Banned
Have you ever heard of review codes? Besides, the beta was long and representative enough to derive at a conclusion on all the main parts of GTS..
Ha ha...Crystal.....
Anyway, nice reviews so far, but I don't think reviews matter too much for a GT game after 4 years since PS4's launch.
JackAubrey
Member
I'm expecting GTS to be a bit crap as a game. But with really pretty graphics, nice replays and cool photos.
I've bought it anyway.
I've bought it anyway.
It's far from "crap as a game". I haven't seen one person who would say the game's core, driving, would be bad or disappointing. You should have tried the demo.
LordOcidax
Member
77 MC incoming.
FlutterPuffs
Member
what sort of blanks?
Dont worry, I'm not trying to argue with you needlessly. I myself believe that GT Sport will have Destiny-ish reviews, and a sub 80s metacritic score at best. I love the demo I played, but not a fan of the single player mode, as substantial as I know it is.
Just found that review very well written, in my point of view.
Audioboxer
Member
If you're after MP/online racing it seems its overhaul is much better than the satirised "ESPORTS LOL". The etiquette system seems well received and it should try and encourage mindful MP racing. Or at least people who go YOLO and play bumper cars will be faced off against others like that keeping those that make a conscious effort to race properly facing each other.
Weather needs to come asap though, I'm a little-disappointed PD haven't been open and honest before launch to say it's sadly WIP. Their complete silence is a bit misleading and dishonest. Weather racing in MP adds to the tension/fun.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
I think there was always going to be some reviewers that can't get past the changes, but judging from the early reviews scoring high, it seems some reviewers are not stuck in the past and are enjoying the changes.
It'll be interesting to see how it goes when some of the bigger / more well known sites get their reviews out.
GenericUser
Member
Yeah, there is A LOT to criticize GTS for, why would you pick the aspect that certainly shines the most. Probably for the clicks.
As long as online works as expected, the lack of weather, time transition, the "limited" selection of cars, no SP campaign, mediocre motor sounds and a fairly small and questionable track list is neglectable (at least for me)
GoldenCrow
Member
What are the more interesting reviews to read? I'm sold on the game already so just wanting entertainment that I can contrast my opinions to.
I have read the Eurogamer one and reads like a Eurogamer racing review, i.e. it covers it as a whole without getting into the nuts and bolts, highlighting a few bits but you would really like it to be that bit more detailed but has a baseline understanding of racing not just in gaming terms but as a real world sport as well (driveclub review was strange though).
Also does Bloodworth still write reviews? They were usually very good for racers.
I have read the Eurogamer one and reads like a Eurogamer racing review, i.e. it covers it as a whole without getting into the nuts and bolts, highlighting a few bits but you would really like it to be that bit more detailed but has a baseline understanding of racing not just in gaming terms but as a real world sport as well (driveclub review was strange though).
Also does Bloodworth still write reviews? They were usually very good for racers.
JackAubrey
Member
You assume I didn't?
from one of the linked articles
now we have the final review and it still feels just as mysterious to me as it felt to him
SpideySenses
Member
Wait, "constant internet connection requirement" isn't just a beta thing (which I thought made sense as it needed you to stop playing obviously) but applies to the full game?
I don't know why would you "expect it to be crap" then. You tried the game, so you know how's that gonna play.
You are wrong.
Tomeru
Member
What is this absence of purpose thing?
JackAubrey
Member
Ah kids on the internet who don't understand what opinions are.
Not tried the demo? It sold me the game.
I've played at least three times that number of hours online probably, and I can say with no shadow of a doubt that mass crashing is still a thing.
Heck, I can count the races without mass crashing on my fingers.
I'm about the same and can't think of a single race, basically if you can get around the first corner you usually have a chance of a decent race but other than that its a complete shit show.
I expect the Metacritic score to hover around the 80 mark.
I don't know, maybe he's talking about the rewards or something?
Something deeper, something outside the borders of traditional race games, something bigger than you and me.
I don't know, maybe he's talking about the rewards or something?
Audioboxer
Member
Probably the new "corridor racer" or "soulless racing". In all seriousness, possibly a take on it not having in your face level up bars/loot boxes to open or some sort of "gamer" progression system.
A bit more of it is what you make it experience. As in, have fun out of driving, rather than watching experience bars.
i think he understands what opinions are. he's saying yours is wrong.
The Elite
BOSS
They compliment each other well. I enjoy single player racing so I am loving FM7 but the online racing in GT Sport is intriguing and I am definitely willing to give it a shot.
I agree with Gamesradar. GT:S is a great game, but as their final verdict says..
I'll be playing both, but there's quite a difference between them in multiple areas.
Same here.
wumster3000
Member
I have both for this reason. I dont expect GTS to have a better meta than Forza, but I expect it to have a better community. Game is going to sell tons.
found a Danish review..
https://www.pslife.dk/review/gran-turismo-sport-577.html
8.5/10
it is actually a well written review..
https://www.pslife.dk/review/gran-turismo-sport-577.html
8.5/10
it is actually a well written review..
Ryu Hayabusa
Member
Audioboxer
Member
I know it has some "gaming progression", it was more a facetious take on how if a racing game doesn't have a complex RPG level up system with perks, it will "lack purpose".
Cmon, reviewers shouldn't be putting out reviews if they can't actually test the game properly? :/ PD, servers should be up for reviews.
Bitch Pudding
Member
Stopped reading that review right after that.
Roberto Larcos
Member
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
Fk I'm in the dilemma should I pick this up or not..especially when reviews mention GT Sport lacking in every area comparing to F7.
I was so ready to try a new franchise other than Forza series.
I was so ready to try a new franchise other than Forza series.
Tomeru
Member
EG said it is the most focused gt since 3. What do I do with this conflicting information? How can 2 people see an entirely different racing games?
A whole screen of nothing but bars.
I thought the gold disc of a game was supposed to be complete and playable? 12GB (1/4 of a 50GB BR disc) is not just a patch.
A demo is a portion of the whole game, and they're often from an older build (of up to a few weeks). Then why don't we have demo reviews if that's the same as the final game?
Then how come we already have reviews? This is what an italian reviewer (closer to Sony) said on Twitter:
Why didn't they just turn on the server for anyone with authorization? Surely if Sony (or any other publisher) is giving review discs/keys to reviewers, they can know their online ID and allow them to test the online gameplay.
D1 embargo can be too easily manipulated to hide flawed (or even straight up broken) games. Servers going online on D-1/D1 are an excuse to not have reviews until launch day, so they're either rushed to come out first (which means not in-depth or incomplete) or they come too late (we all know games usually sell more in the first week than later).
I thought the gold disc of a game was supposed to be complete and playable? 12GB (1/4 of a 50GB BR disc) is not just a patch.
A demo is a portion of the whole game, and they're often from an older build (of up to a few weeks). Then why don't we have demo reviews if that's the same as the final game?
Then how come we already have reviews? This is what an italian reviewer (closer to Sony) said on Twitter:
Why didn't they just turn on the server for anyone with authorization? Surely if Sony (or any other publisher) is giving review discs/keys to reviewers, they can know their online ID and allow them to test the online gameplay.
D1 embargo can be too easily manipulated to hide flawed (or even straight up broken) games. Servers going online on D-1/D1 are an excuse to not have reviews until launch day, so they're either rushed to come out first (which means not in-depth or incomplete) or they come too late (we all know games usually sell more in the first week than later).
Antonio Fucito is a reliable journalist, i can totally guarantee. So basically the reviews are pointless right now.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
It soundly beats it in online racing and several graphical categories.
Not entirely positive what theyre getting on about with every area.
That's hilarious.
I can't wait for GiantBomb's review. It'll be the funniest, and most uninformative, of them all.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yeah, I don't get scoring and pushing out your review. It doesn't make much sense.
They are doing so few reviews this year, I doubt we'll see anything. Maybe we will though. Jeff ended up disliking FM7.
They are doing so few reviews this year, I doubt we'll see anything. Maybe we will though. Jeff ended up disliking FM7.