Like every Monday the major Japanese retail and rental chain Tsutaya released its weekly sales charts, that are usually considered an interesting glimpse on what the Media Create charts will look like on Wednesday, since Tsutaya has a very large number of stores scattered across the whole country.
A detailed look at Gran Turismo 7's new track Grand Valley, judging its evolution from its former design and layout in Gran Turismo 6, side by side.
Wow, crazy isn't it? The draw distance is vastly improved, the background textures too and there's ZERO shimmer now. And the replays are night and day!
EIDT: @below, Haha I didn't notice that!
Yeah, theres a massive improvment all round, Looks amazing with the time of day transitions too, me and a couple online buddies jumped on earlier to try it out lol, did you notice the beach full of seals?
That coastline looks amazing and I can only imagine it in VR! Looks like an entirely new course as far as scenery goes.
Just got confirmation my PSVR2 is shipping by 24 hour courier, so I should have it tomorrow! I know nobody else cares, but I had to tell someone lol
GT7 will be my first game, as I want to test out my wheel - so excited - it's going to be awesome!
I got my confirmation and date (22nd) showing for the charging station. The headset itself has been in “shipped-processing” status since last Friday. I’m like dang can I see the date? I was in the first round of preorders. Whenever it does get here, I’m ready. Going to go update everything and try to get over this cold.
Wish you better, bud, fingers crossed for your order too.
@S2Killinit - Thank you!
Thanks man 👊
Word of advice: be ready for the impromptu jig that happens when that email drops, it can be embarrassing..
I know you and a lot of people are excited for VR but dont sleep on sophy, sophy is the real game changer here!
After giving sophy a run last night, i can safely say the actual racing in future GT's is going to be Fu***** amazing!!!
even on intermediate on some tracks the AI was coming back at me on my waiting for me to slip, attacking the space if i left the door open for them, honestly felt like i was racing against people and not some very limited AI that once i passed them they may as well have been eliminated from the race like GT ai normally is.
pump it up to expert and its a real challenge to stay ahead, the next level up from expert man the AI kicked my ass, like badly.
i remember when sophy was first annouced all the nay sayers said its a pipe dream and we will never see it implemented and here we are a yr later and sophy is being tested in game for us to try out and is every good as whats been promised.
VR plus racing against sophy and wowww your not gonna feal like your actually racing for real anywhere else outside of gt.
sophy will change the game in gt8
Hm I didnt realize it was like that. I didnt even know why there was so much hype about it. But thanknyou for explaining that. I mean I get it now.
But I’ll be seeing it in action tomorrow! Woot woot.
It's only for a limited time and only has 4 races but I encourage you and everyone else try it and see the difference compared to the normal Ai.
Sophy has slipped completely under the radar in this latest uodate
Played it last night. Fantastic job Polyphony did on Grand Valley! Now please PLEASE give us Rome and Seattle!
When thinking about simulation racing games in this console generation, it’s not unreasonable for your first thought to be “Forza”. Microsoft’s first-party sim-racer series has been wildly successful, and for many of us, it’s been the go-to franchise for quite some time. But simulation racing games weren’t always synonymous with Forza; there was a time when Polyphony Digital’s hardcore series, Gran Turismo, reigned supreme. While the long-time franchise continues to sell exceptionally well, there’s no doubt that it isn’t the young, spry series it used to be.
It doesnt suck but I would love to see a return to form with GT7. Sport is such a departure that it can turn some people off. It has gotten better over time but it's still no match for a proper GT7.
Sport is awesome for what it is...
However, polygon built a whole new engine and the tech is still being worked on...
I understand it is easy to praise a cookie cutter because it release the same game over and over with rotations of maps and cars...
But this engine polygon has designed does more for things other than gaming.
Repetitive old engines with new makeup does not make anyone king.
Gt7 will be most likely in two years with 120fps and ray tracing because their new engines are ready now.
It decided to focus on racing rather than cars and in the gaming world, racing = gameplay.
Good I guess selling millions of copies and have OFFICIAL FIA license races and Esports means it sucks
We just don't get it every year which is why ms also delayed next forza. You can't keep making yearly sequels. Quality and innovation takes time
GT sports at launch to now it's a different game and support has been free
GT games have always sold millions of copies and what's so innovative about GT sport? It's a racing game FFS.
The online championships and tournaments alone offer more innovation than any racer this gen🤷♂️ then you also get the live ones in New York etc with proper race like commentary, something else no other sim has done before. It sells millions because it's the best, simple really.
IRetrouk
I'm not even sure why think that having proper like race commentary or championships and tournements is innovative but I'll play along... GT Sport was released in 2017 so how do explain that this video https://www.youtube.com/wat... from 2016 exists?
It became the best online racing community for console players and its an amazing achievment.
@solidgamerX That's really not very impressive. Somebody with an interest in cars plays racing games and becomes a race car driver. That's like saying "look at this guy, he played COD and now he's in the military"
SolidGamerX
You must think that we're all stupid enough to believe that a game will turn anyone into a professional racing driver.
FORZA!!! AAHAHHAHA !! Haven't i schooled you on this already before! You're still spewing nonsense on this threaddd looool
Forza has always been better online than. GT and still is. Great to see PD try something different with GTS but let's face it this gen sonys racing games have been poor this then compaired to what Microsoft has had to offer. Forza 7 is one of the best racing games on xbox and pc but for me Horizon 3 and 4 have set the bar this gen. Of all the things microsoft got wrong this gen 2 of its racing games got a lot right and others are now playing catchup.
It's debatable which is the better game. To me, Forza has the upper hand.
But in terms of online community and events? Ha. Don't lie to yourself just because you don't like Playstation.
SolidGamerX
You didn't need to confirm what I already knew: if you didn't think that we're all stupid you wouldn't make such stupid comments that only those that are dead from the neck up will agree with.
Did he say gt could turn anyone into a racer? No he didnt, he asked what game has done it like gt has, which is true, gt academy done it throughout gt5 for a start. You need to do some research fella, cause your wrong.. again.
And lmao at element and the downplay, not even similar you crazy man, not even similar🤣 you realise gt has turned gamers into drivers from gt5? Go look at gt academy and tell me how that would be anything like someone playing cod and then joining the army, the downplay in gt articles is funny.
So you think he learned the required skills playing video games? I remember when people claimed children were learning how to operate guns because of video games, do you think that's also true?
Two completely different things and you know it, it is a fact that gt has helped real gamers become real race drivers, the proof is easily available online and I'm not going round searching for links that has been posted many, many times before on this subject, Go and look at gt academy like I mentioned and you can see for yourself, they start out on gt and go from there, so yes the game gran turismo teaches you some driving techniques, now if you can find me a link where someone has been playing cod and went on to become a war hero, please let me know because I couldnt find anything, also do you have a link to where cod has a program to train soldiers? Like cod academy or something?, I couldnt find one of those either, maybe when you do then your comparison will actually make sense.
IRetrouk
You mean the GT academy that provides training and licenses for a person to become a professional racing driver? The GT academy is how you go from being an average driving joe to become a professional racing driver not GT the game.
GT owns the console sim racing scene in my area and around the world. Just ask a real race car drivers
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You forget that there are two Forzas, Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon, which aims at different audiences.
The usual response from someone insecure that feels their favorite racing game is nowhere near as good as it once was. I really liked Gran and played them all. Loved the Vector from part 2. But the franchise is not the same.
Yea Forza took over and is now the best sim racer with motorsport and the best arcade racer with horizon. GT was the best but it has been falling short for a long time and I'm not saying gt games are bad but no where near king like it used to be. I'd say forza motorsport 3 was the forza that really upped the franchise and forza 4 was when forza became #1.
I remember the glory days of gt but those days are long gone but it's still a good game just not the best. Of course ps fans will never admit it because they will die before giving MS credit.
I do think they need some new creative heads in to give them some new perspectives, they seem stuck in a rut. It's a very high quality rut but they're still stuck in it.
The USA leg of the Gran Turismo World Tour is going on in New York right now. Go watch it guys, there's some damn good racing and crazy updates to come.
I've seen some of it before and to be fair it's not much different to watching real motorsport so credit to them for that.
Milked it? Forza has more games released than GT and Gran Turismo is 8 years older.
Yet the Forza series (especially Horizon) still have higher quality than the GT series right now.
Forza has been the same since like Forza 4 they release he same game with new paint. Horizon is the only one that has changed and gotten I mean the knelt selling point of F7 was 4K.
Gran turismo 6 is still better than any mainline Forza game.
Higher quality what exactly? Everything in gt sport is of high quality, built from the ground up for the ps4, have you actually played the game?
Lie as much as you feel the need to, but you and the up votes you got are full of shit.
1997- Gran Turismo
1999- Gran Turismo 2
2001- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
2001- Gran Turismo Concept: 2001 Tokyo
2001- Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Seoul
2002- Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva
2003- Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
2004- Gran Turismo 4
2006- Gran Turismo 4 Online (test version)
2006- Gran Turismo HD
2007- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
2009- Gran Turismo for PSP
2010- Gran Turismo 5
2013- Gran Turismo 6
2017- Gran Turismo Sport
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15 GT Games
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7 Forza Motosport Games made by Turn 10
Forza Horizon is a different franchise and done by Playground Games
you realise most of those were either demos, or given away with real cars right? Also some of them not available to the public, Gt deff has more proper releases but to list even test versions and stuff the public couldnt get, funny man. Oh and horizion is part of the forza franchise, like it or not, it Carrys the franchises name, therefore part of the franchise, funny how you make a reason to take away the horizion games from forzas total, but count every single gt related bit of software as a full release. Typical forza fan.
@Imortus_san
You really counting demos now?
Lmaooo
Everyone knows Forza is irrelevant, Gran Turismo is still king among real racers and fans.
That’s more likely Forza that series come out every year the Forza franchises has gotten stale
Milked it too much? GT had issues, and frankly its not my series of choice, but how can Sony Milk it to death when it feels like it never releases a title. 2 last Gen (with one being numbered) and 1 (not numbered) so far this generation?
Let's just say that fans of a certain brand, who claim to be loyal to another brand, have a skewed interpretation of, 'milked'.
Of course, Zelda ports are not fair game.
1997- Gran Turismo
1999- Gran Turismo 2
2001- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
2001- Gran Turismo Concept: 2001 Tokyo
2001- Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Seoul
2002- Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva
2003- Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
2004- Gran Turismo 4
2006- Gran Turismo 4 Online (test version)
2006- Gran Turismo HD
2007- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
2009- Gran Turismo for PSP
2010- Gran Turismo 5
2013- Gran Turismo 6
2017- Gran Turismo Sport
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Your listing of regional demos, test versions and stuff not available to the public is really helping your point......
Great timing to bring this article out. The USA leg of the GT world tour is going on in New York right now, we got confirmation of 5 new cars, a new partnership with Michelin, Wet weather conditions AND Spa.
This game has been rocking fuel mix 3 the entire time its been released, been able to overtake its main competitor with focusing on RACING rather than cars, regularly spaced out free updates for coming onto two years. Now its main competitor has put a halt to updates essentially running out of gas.
Now thanks to this update GT have their best driver behind the wheel and they can use rich fuel mix. They can't be caught.
Ya because they are too busy playing the game rather then trying to be fanboys on this site.
Personally I like both GT and Forza, but I do think Forza has the better games.
Forza 7 sales and player numbers fell off a cliff, what are you on about? You realise how well sport has actually sold right? How much its played? How can forza take the crown if it has way less sales and way less players playing it? Makes no sense at all.
"But simulation racing games weren’t always synonymous with Forza; there was a time when Polyphony Digital’s hardcore series, Gran Turismo, reigned supreme"
I'm currently playing GT Sport. Wheel, H-pattern and full pedal set. Now, whilst I think it's fun, and you get some enjoyable racing out of it, the comment above is laughable if you're even trying to claim Forza or GT are sims. They might used to be the standard a long time ago, but to call them a sim in a world where Assetto Corsa, AMB, RR, and iRacing exist is laughable. It has nice cars. Looks good. Has that certain charm about it, but that's about it. When GT7 comes about, it has to deliver, and I mean deliver big time when it comes to the amount of vehicles it has, and the VR component. If it falls short in either of these, it's done.I say this and I grew up with GT, and loved it. But it's fallen way behind when it comes to proper simulation.
While I respect your opinion I have to disagree, GTS is just as much a Sim as any of the titles you’ve mentioned.
Na. Not when it comes to the cars themselves, and how they handle. The detail in Assetto is unmatched. Force feedback on the wheel, and the way tires grip is just weird in GT Sport. It all feels too vague and too similar. There's no mechanical damage either, meaning you can just grind the gears with zero consequence. You can't red line a car and blow the engine block when heel and toeing if you miss shift or over rev the car. The cars in GT Sport are just lacking the individual personality and nuance they have in the likes of AC and iRacing. They're too easy to drive.
Ah GamingBolt with another piss poor click bate article. GT is doing just fine with around 9 million copies of Sport sold, not bad for a spin off ehh.
My first thought is always GT in this area and GT sport has turned into something great
Who the F... tink froza is simulation? It's the most arcadey game I've seen. Mario kart level. With Lamborghinis going through meadows at 300 km/h chopping down trees.
You are talking about Forza Horizon not Forza Motorsport as one is open world the other isn't
The days when Gran Turismo was the best selling first party title on a PlayStation console has passed
It's really unfortunate. GT 1, 2, and 3 were really big parts of my childhood.
I think the issue is too many years between releases, with not enough of an improvement considering the time fans have had to wait for a new game.
GT has also fallen behind as a sim, missing many of the more hardcore features/details found in other modern sim racers.
I'm really hoping that GT7 can push the series forward in a meaningful way.
@ Phoenix, Still sold 8 million copies and has had the best support of any racer this gen🤷♂️
@ pork, what sim features or details was it missing? Too much time between releases?, you mean when they rebuilt the engine between 2 and 3 or 4 and 5? or was it when they had to rebuild the engine from 6 to sport? Everything in sport is brand new from the ground up. The physics are first class and attention to detail is unmatched in any racer on console🤷♂️ dont know what game you have been playing but it dont sound like sport to me.
"Still sold 8 million copies" - when your flag title game drops to 19.99 after only six month on the market, sales are a really cool way to brag.
🤣🤣 are you serious? Every single game in existence has flash sales within 6 months of sale, every single one🤷♂️ I quoted the sales to show how well it's done as a certain fanbase like to downplay gt, especially sport, with bull.
Do you actually have anything to add or did my comment just really upset you?
@ pork
Yeah but Gran Turismo is still the best racing sim ever on the market
@ IR
That’s true but it’s still fallen behind Sony’s other big hitters this gen. I’m not saying GTS’s sales are anything to scoff at, just pointing out that this is the first gen where a GT game isn’t at the top of Sony’s first party sales on a console
Nothing. People play this game daily. The subreddit is going strong and people seem pretty happy with the updates. What a stupid article.
After Assetto Corsa I couldn't enjoy console sim racers as much anymore.
Project Cars on PC was another winner for me.
To be fair, GT Sport is a good game now that they have worked out all the issues.
It is funny, Sony fanboys make fun of Sea of Thieves because of its weak start, but it has developed into a fun game. Same with GT Sport. XB fanboys make fun of it but it has developed into a solid racer.
You can't even get the name right.
Have you even played it?
Stick with Mario Kart and rainbow road.
Did I say anything bad about the game? And what does Mario Kart have anything to do with this?
I will always like GT, it has a smoothness you don't get in other racing games... Can't describe it, it's not particularly realistic but quite satisfying/relaxing even.
I love GT Sport, I really be appreciated the content PD have committed to since launch... I do want another numbered entry but I really enjoyed the lean, race-focused nature of GT Sport
I not a fan of racing sims but from what I heard Gran Turismo Sport is quite good and a step forward for the series.
GT has always been a really bizarre franchise to me. 1-4 were pretty untouchable titles that definitely pushed system sales...and then it just fell apart. Yet, it didn't just "fall apart" for a bit and get fixed. They kept releasing new GTs and they became worse and worse with nobody on Sony's end seeming to care all that much.
I honestly feel like Sony looks at GT like a graphics showcase than a game. Each title is absolutely beautiful - to the point where I honestly question how they do it - only to have more gimmicks and less options than previous releases.
Finally, they've seemed to absolutely ignore the arcade racing fans that titles like Forza have embraced. Forza has created a series that offers both a realistic and arcade racer in one, based on preferences and style.
GT is strictly simulation...which is fine but you have to do that one thing VERY well and they haven't in a while, IMO.
If I'm Sony I give Polyphony Digital a break. I tell them to stop whatever they're doing now and rebuildx rethink and retool. Scrap old tools and engines. Rebuild Gran Turismo as if it were a game you've never made but wanted to and now have the opportunity to.
Then, in a year show me what you have. If it's good we'd plan a release for the end-half of the PS5 lifespan. No rush.
Why? Because GT when great sells Playstations. Simple as that. I don't know anyone that even plays it anymore. I know a couple that bought the latest (whith an $800 wheel) and they don't touch it. Both say "ehh, it kinda sucked".
Rebuild it. Add a true damage engine. Remove all online-only gimmicks. Forget the current direction and make it new because it's stale and has been since the PS3 generation.
DSOGaming writes: "It appears that the best Playstation 3 emulator that is currently under development, RPCS3, received a new update recently. kd-11 has implemented new Surface Cache fixes to RPCS3 that reportedly improve the appearance of car reflections in Gran Turismo 6, and fix various graphics glitches in other games."
If someone out there in internet land could make a decent PS3 emulator imagine what Sony could actually do if they put the time and effort in to make this happen for their next console?
It's definitely not impossible as we can see here. It should definitely be done since BC seems to be very important to Sony this next gen. Imagine PS+ free game offerings from Sony that could include the whole catalog from the PS console family..fantastic.
Why waste time and money on it? Some people want to move forward, not go back.
It's not a deal breaker but having the feature would be amazing. I would rather have it than not have it.
Not everyone feels that way and if Sony is making an issue of supporting PS4 games for PS5 why not support their other past games for people who still have them or a means to buy them and play them.
You literally just said some people. So I'd imagine you can comprehend that there's a larger subset of people not in that same "some" group. PlayStation used to be known for backward compatibility. Xbox made a big deal about support for their entire catalog. What's the issue with PlayStation, who has an even more substantial history in gaming, tapping into that market? We don't have this problem on PC. It's only a good thing for consumers to be able to bring their games with them through generations on console.
@kwietstorm
Yes, I said some people. What I said was MY opinion. I'm one of those people that couldn't care less about bc, but im not saying ALL people don't care about it. I think they should spend that time and energy for future features and games, but like I said, that's only my opinion.
Not every body trows their games way every time the new gen cames along, and everybody that likes games like to be able to play their favorite games in the best possible way.
PS: Retrocompatability is the most requested feature in Sony Foruns, even Sony said so.
The question is would the return on investment be worthwhile? Are the number of additional consoles PS3 BC would push be enough to justify the cost of developing the emulation (and it would have to be bullet proof)? I like the idea of having it, but for my part not having it won't effect my purchase decision.
You are asking the right question but the wrong way. For me, the addition of PS3 BC would add value as a customer and make it even more likely for me to buy a PS5. If it is valuable to the customer it is valuable to them.
Also, the way they are doing it would be way cheaper than a program like Microsoft had. The are emulating the hardware. Not the software.
"The question is would the return on investment be worthwhile?"
Sony could definitely make some extra profit selling PS3 games through their marketplace (the same way they have their other classics available). It's not about whether or not it will effect anyone's purchase decision, it definitely didn't do so for the PS4. But as others have expressed, it would be a nice addition to have for PS5 if Sony could open up their whole library digitally and physically to users.
Racing games should be some of the easiest to emulate and they're still not hitting 60fps with it, to say nothing of image flickering and occasional sound issues.
Still gonna be a bit yet before they have it fully up and running, it seems, and even then it may only work for part of the library. :/
Is it possible to have PS3 emulation on PS5?yes depending on what kind of power it really has.
An i7 9700k is no slouch and the PS4 already has a God of War 3 running much better with less
power required because they converted CBE to X86 which is not something you want to be doing in the long run.
What power would be required to play these games emulated at said PS4 version?.
It's not an easy situation Sony themselves created and ultimately I believe they are happy this way because they
want you to use PSNow,that service is why you will not even get it. (let's not forget that it was a huge investment)
If there isn't any backward compatibility with ps3 games the Sony are greedy and want to sell those games again to you.
Some random developers can do it so no excuses.
No more excuses “TeH CeLL CaNT be EmuLaTed”
Gran Turismo 6 sub 60 fps? No thanks rather just go back and play it on ps3.
Sony can easily implement a CELL into PS5 to have native BC just like PS2 BC on phat PS3's
Im going to blow everyone in the comments minds right now. How do you think Sony delivers PS3 games over PS Now? Do you think they have a million PS3's streaming gameplay to you?
NOPE. They have a perfectly working emulator that runs a virtual session on a server and streams to your console. Anyone arguing Sony isnt doing this because they cant, is an idiot. They already do it, and this way... they make alot more money.
It's insane how great GT5 still looks to this day...
...and how terrible the engines still sound :(
I want a bigger Attack on Titan game.
Attack on titan made by ni no kuni level 5 team... my dream come true
Not one comment about GT6 so far. Titanfall this Titanfall that.
So much for GT6 being "doomed". Those garbage sensationalist articles need to be banned from here.
lol I knew it just cause ps4 is out dosent mean it will hurt GT6 sales. Im sure most are keeping their ps3.