Hi all. And happy new year of the Dragon 🐉 ! There will be a lot of words, my experience and a short comparison of PC sims and GT7 and why I switched to GT7 after a long time.
I started my SIM journey with the Gran Turismo series. It was this GT that gave incredible life experience, impressions and good people. Then, somehow the love in the GT series died down. The former spark of this series has disappeared. The golden era of Gran Turismo 2 and 4 has passed, and series 5-6 were like a shadow of this legend. So I switched to PC sim racing for many years. Of course it's Assetto Corsa that took up most of the time. Alternating with the Raceroom, trying other famous series. Everything was good overall. But these sims seemed to me to be unfinished in many aspects (tire simulation (I consider the ACorsa an excellent example of the incomprehensible work of tires), collisions
So sims has good concert, but the implementation suffers. Of course, there are very serious championships there, in which I also participated. But the further it went, the more boring it became. So a couple of months ago I discovered Automobilista 2 (AMS2). Half a year ago, a physics patch was released for AMS2, which changed absolutely the entire sim. The main thing is that it was a "wow" effect from the first kilometers. How aerodynamics work, suspension, damage, change of day, aquaplaning in the rain, change of season. After AMS2, it’s simply impossible to look at other PC sims. Now they have made the tires perform simply lovely. In AMS2 you really feel the grip and the car, unlike the ACorsa. Perhaps this is the quintessence of a Sim on PC. But... after a couple of months it became boring again. There are different racing series, a lot of classics and unusual things. But there are essentially no road cars. Yes, and Tsukuba is not there. In general, this is almost all about perfect, but it doesn’t warm up the soul. And there are serious problems with online. And so I began to look again at the Gran Turismo series, which since its release has undergone serious changes in terms of physics, and seemingly for the better. Plus, the reason for switching was being active online, and I just wanted to have more fun and enjoyment. And so, it’s decided. PS5 + T-GT2 were installed instead of PC and Moza.
On the positive side, after some time I came to the conclusion that it was worth every cent. Even now, when my the safety rating is still low due to the few races only, online in Sports mode is very decent. A huge variety of racing vehicles and how the cars are balanced in GT7. For example, Gr.4, where there are Swift and Alpha 155 and real GT.4 cars. The atmosphere certainly became much more pleasant than in parts 5-6. Simply magical photo mode. Well, the graphics... are beyond praise. I especially want to note the work of light, glare and lighting in general.
Regarding minuses, negating the lack of damage as in AMS2, which in practice is not deadly important, although great, this is “not the same” force feedback. It is different from both the PC sims and the driving in life on the track (also do this). Another example is aquaplaning. in Real and in PC sims, where rain is beautifully implemented (AMS2), aquaplaning and the load on the steering wheel are noticeable. in GT7 the car just seems to hit the ice. Well, this is purely my opinion. But, in general, the feedback is tolerable and gives a good feeling of the car. You can easily sacrifice all of this in exchange for what GT7 gives you.
Pros:
a variety of road and racing cars, each car really has its own feel, cars that unique to the sim, overall balance, online, aesthetics, a set of tracks, a cool career and tournaments, the difficulty of earning money and buying some cars - YES, I think this is exactly a plus.
Minuses:
some aspects of physics, lack of damage to the car (overheating of the engine, brakes), there is no change in the season of the year (for example, in AMS2, absolutely everything changes depending on the season of the year, colors, trees, run away zones, the whole atmosphere), there is no Macau Grand Prix track.
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