I guess here would be the best place to put this...
So there are tons of things that annoy me about GT7, from missing features and content to incredibly poorly thought out game design, it's pretty much got it all.
That said, if I had to pick one thing that annoys me the most it would have to be how the game deals with 'car collecting', so much so that I spent the past month making a video to detail exactly how I feel about it. If you've got 20 mins to spare please take a look and tell me what you think. Enjoy!
Any criticism is welcome but bear in mind this is my first time making a video like this and I've essentially had to learn basic video production entirely on my own, so please be kind!
That's a really well put togeher analysis. There's a couple of points you brought up that I hadn't thought about, but when I think about the various reasons the game just doesn't engage me as much as older titles they make sense.
I stand by the fact GT7 is a huge missed opportunity, the groundwork is all there for it to have been by far the best single player GT experience to date, but they've messed with the formula that made the earlier titles great too much and in ways that have made the experience more restrictive instead of opening it up even more, and it's a shame.
That's not to say never change a formula, even one that works, but I'm not a fan of many of the changes that they have actually made myself. I'd have opened the game up more and offered more choice and freedom rather than go the menu book route.
Reading Kaz's comments over the years though it makes sense, he's often talking about a younger audience who aren't as interested in cars and hand holding etc. And GT7 is a very hand holding game outside of the occasional tough race/mission and odd design choices that complicate menu's rather than simplify.
But those things aside, the game really feels like a glorified tutorial for the most part. It's clear that's the audience he's targeting now, and those who still yearn for the more classic, open experience of older titles may just find that expeirence is gone (in a GT title at least).
, also the slow down in replays on ps5 is too often, Gt Sport feels more polished. Just feels like they are pushing the limits too much or the game needs optimization.