Gran Turismo 7: Latest news and discussion thread

[Aero2000]

Thanks! I have never seen it before

@Famine Why did it come in two posts when I pressed +quote?

 

[jrbabbitt]

No it's not tyre smoke... It cant come any smoke from tires when the car has zero movement in over 1 minute after reverseing from the site of the crash... Sorry for may english.

As I said in the quote I may be wrong and looking at further pictures I am wrong in my initial assessment.

 

[benjoi84]

So here’s some GT positivity from a lifelong fan who feels just spoilt with what we have in the modern era!

You said it! We are totally spoilt!

Could you imagine if a time traveler came from 1997 and saw what we have today? That said, racing games becoming much more niche since that era is visibly having an effect on the reception of various aspects.

 

[nickf1gr]

O M G...

 

[Nebuc72]

You said it! We are totally spoilt!

Could you imagine if a time traveler came from 1997 and saw what we have today? That said, racing games becoming much more niche since that era is visibly having an effect on the reception of various aspects.

We have better graphics but I do think we've regressed on game design and retention.

Thing is, back then from say, 97-2004, you had 3 GT games, 4 at a push, all coming out not long after another.
By the time you're truly burnt out on one, there's another, and it does something new and fresh. You've also got countless other games on parity releasing, each with their own twists.
They'd be blown away, sure, we were too, but when they got bored of it they got a new game, and when we're bored of it we get a Qashqai and a Sunday Cup to add to what's already there.

You don't really get that movement now. If you're displeased with the core of a game then you have to suck it up, and hope the next one years down the line doesn't have a similar problem. It's very easy to become disenfranchised from things and bitter, because it doesn't feel like your time as a player is respected like it used to be.

 

[Nakano219]

You said it! We are totally spoilt!

Could you imagine if a time traveler came from 1997 and saw what we have today? That said, racing games becoming much more niche since that era is visibly having an effect on the reception of various aspects.

I don't think racing games as a whole are niche. Maybe not the literal #1 sellers on a platform they once were, but not niche.

Like with a lot of other genres, they've just crystallised into a few key players. If you look at Steam stats, Forza Horizon, Beam, and the original Assetto Corsa (which the majority aren't playing for sim-ness) have ridiculously good continued sales and player retention. And Mario Kart is literally Nintendo's #1 franchise, of course.

I think it can feel that way because sim racing, which is and always was niche, gets an outsized amount of coverage for the percentage of the genre it actually is.

(I should specify I use "sim racing" here to mean the games that are more sim than video game, not just by physics detail. So no GTs, no FMs, no AC1 or AC EVO as they are all trying to be video games first)