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Gran Turismo Sport demo coming Oct. 9
- Thread starter Savantcore
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Oh sweet, my review copy has arrived.I can continue playing.
Do you know when the review embargo is lifted?
Certinty
Member
You can't upgrade cars, there's only ~150 cars and there's no proper single player just a bunch of challenges. But you can still buy cars. The game is focused on online play really.
As bad as that sounds the gameplay is excellent though and the single player content that is there is rather fun. Plus they said they'll add to it which is always nice.
Splash Wave
Member
You're not totally far off the mark, but it's better than it sounds. The emphasis this time is on competition, specifically, not acquiring cars (there are only ~160). I mention this in another post: think of it as GT given the Street Fighter 5 treatment. If that sounds acceptable to you, then go for it.
Ammogeddon
Member
I'm pretty optimistic about driver etiquette with GTS.
Over the course of the beta I have witnessed a gradual improvement of driver form and performance (including me). Sure it's not always the case but the dickheads soon find themselves at the back of the field. The collision parameters could do with a bit of tweaking. Being rear ended by someone is their fault most of the time.
Had a great race on Lago Maggiore earlier. Everyone was slowing for the corners and keeping their distance from one another. I'm more inclined to keep coming back for more when it feels like a fair race, even if I don't place high.
Looking forward to jumping into the full game next week.
Over the course of the beta I have witnessed a gradual improvement of driver form and performance (including me). Sure it's not always the case but the dickheads soon find themselves at the back of the field. The collision parameters could do with a bit of tweaking. Being rear ended by someone is their fault most of the time.
Had a great race on Lago Maggiore earlier. Everyone was slowing for the corners and keeping their distance from one another. I'm more inclined to keep coming back for more when it feels like a fair race, even if I don't place high.
Looking forward to jumping into the full game next week.
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
I had a physical preorder but just canceled and got the standard digital version. I'm lazy, but I also know I'll be playing this a ton, so why not?
It certainly sounds like you've already come to your own conclusions.
GHG
Member
aspiegamer
Member
This game is a GT game.
Yes it's a full game.
Yes you can buy and upgrade cars.
Not accurate.
This is not a preview game.
mokalovesoulmate
Member
Hell yeah. Just switched to digital.
eyeball_kid
Member
That's what I feel as well, just hate paying $15 more for a digital product (vs. Amazon Prime). "Years" will depend on when they turn off the servers, though I guess Arcade will continue to work. Scapes may not, as that was tied to online in the demo.
Well, the next races are listed for 3:20pm PST so unless they've decided to extend it again, looks like the demo is about over.
Crayon
Member
How about that homescreen music tho? Bet you love it.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Its crazy to me to see how much people are enjoying it because I cant say a single positive thing about it. Even with the chase cam turned off, the physics just seem floaty and weightless. I cannot reconcile how it says driving simulator when it hardly passes as a good arcade racer. Visually, the skyboxes will never not look like someone made little effort to give me the illusion of being present in an environment.
I dunno. Having put in so many hours in forza and this, both marketed as driving simulators, its abundantly clear one of them is lying to me and I think I know which one.
Definitely. I learnt that lesson with DriveClub. I bought the physical version of DC at launch and played it on an almost daily basis, so then double dipped with the digital version. Bought Everybody's Golf digitally, I'll be doing the same with GT Sport.
eyeball_kid
Member
Two final photos...
The Alfa in Tokyo (accidentally took a screenshot of a screenshot, got a double logo oops)
Through the streets of Florence
The Alfa in Tokyo (accidentally took a screenshot of a screenshot, got a double logo oops)
Through the streets of Florence
MegaSackman
Member
I think that most cups, events and championships you had in previous GT are in this game just that it's not single player anymore.
The lack or content comes from quantity of cars and tracks but the rest is in (I think).
I had so much fun with the beta that went from "not interested in the slightest" to "pre-ordered".
I probably won't ever win a race tho but you still get rewarded for playing, being in the pole is mostly for show (although it's awesome).
The lack or content comes from quantity of cars and tracks but the rest is in (I think).
I had so much fun with the beta that went from "not interested in the slightest" to "pre-ordered".
I probably won't ever win a race tho but you still get rewarded for playing, being in the pole is mostly for show (although it's awesome).
Can I buy the soundtrack? I am serious. It is awesome and appropriate. Everything about the presentation is just so classy.
bwahahahah
Man I'm sad I missed the kart race, I was so happy to hear that they're back in. Those were a lot of fun in 5.
I think the beta is officially over
the long wait begins
JetSetRadio
Banned
it was beautiful.
gutterboy44
Member
I think people are grossly over stating the fun of previous GT a spec events. They were so rote by GT5 and GT6. They added some fun challenge missions and gran tour stuff, but the main game boiled down to hot lapping against meaningless AI. A lot of the challenges were start from last, get first place. It was so boring and empty. One good race with clean driving in Sport is a thousand times more rewarding than an entire a spec campaign of driving by yourself in 1st place lap after lap.
I love the car ownership stuff in GT games but that needs to be split out into its own game. GT Sport is about competitive racing and once you get a taste of racing against people of your own skill level, with clean racing, no single player campaign will ever compare. Racing games don't need hundreds of cars. It dilutes the racing aspect. All the license test and mission stuff in Sport is just bonus. Yes I would love to see a few more tracks at launch, but for a competitive online racing game, it is not content light.
I love the car ownership stuff in GT games but that needs to be split out into its own game. GT Sport is about competitive racing and once you get a taste of racing against people of your own skill level, with clean racing, no single player campaign will ever compare. Racing games don't need hundreds of cars. It dilutes the racing aspect. All the license test and mission stuff in Sport is just bonus. Yes I would love to see a few more tracks at launch, but for a competitive online racing game, it is not content light.
Chris Metal
Member
Server was closed while I was sharing a replay photo :'( never completed, the long wait... Til 18th.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I turn the music off straight away in racers, it's distracting.
Exactly.
I played it for half an hour or so, tweaked all the settings, tried some quick cars, it's just, "dull", the best word I can use to describe it. It feels stiff, restrictive, and just devoid of excitement.
Also, the menus are still awful, the collisions are still a joke and the sound effects are, well, better but that's not saying much.
Rap2thaMoon
Member
I'm set with the arcade time trials personally,picking a track, a time of day and a car and just drive a few laps and of course unlocking cars is something I enjoy, than again I'm not going to pay full price for GTS and wait for a comfortable price to pick it up. It's just unfortunate that some people won't get what they want with a more traditional GT career. The car list is a bigger problem and maybe the number of tracks too.
There are opinions, and then there are stupidly baffingly terribly horribly wrong opinions.
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
Doesn't sound like you tried motion controls or sport mode? Sport mode is really fun and the motion controls are amazing.
NinjaBoiX
Member
What's with the cursor?
Why the cursor?
At least it's actually a cursor now but still, why?
(They're really cluttered and overbearing. Forza does it right, this is horrible, like a big info dump with no thought to what you might need in a given situation. "Put boxes everywhere and a cursor on screen!" No...)
Splash Wave
Member
Is it just me, or do a lot of the race cars sound too similar?
NinjaBoiX
Member
This man speaks the truth
amstradcpc
Member
Menu is super sleek.Music is relaxing.Graphics are fantastic and the most inportant thing: is the most fun i have had in a racer in a long time, even in offline races. It's really addictive, the most inportant factor in a good game IMO.
There there. It's okay. The demo is over now. It can't hurt you anymore.
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
Yeah, it's the online racing component, near where you went for arcade/campaign. I thought it was fairly obvious on the "home screen," but I guess not?
Shame you didn't, though. I think they really nailed online matchmaking.
You have formed a strong opinion in those thirty minutes and I'm not going to try and change it. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯
GHG
Member
If you struggle to navigate your way around these menus then I don't know what to say to you. It's all very simply laid out and there's an option for sport right next to the other game type options.
It sounds like you wanted to hate the game, which is fine of course if that's the type of experience you wanted to get out of it.
Who cares about the cursor? You never have to use it if you use the d-pad for menus.
The game is called Gran Turismo Sport and you didn't play Sport mode.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The game is called Gran Turismo Sport and you didn't play Sport mode.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
no one should be surprised at what NinjaBoi is saying lol
The cursor is the new rage. Destiny's menus made it the new rage.