Police officers have been receiving extra lessons in high-speed car chases - by playing a VIDEO GAME. PlayStation has partnered up with Lincolnshire Police in order to provide extra tuition to specialist drivers using Gran Turismo Sport. The project - which aims to boost skill and safety - has seen officers clock an initial lap time at Silverstone race course in Towcester, Northants. The four drivers then received specialist training using the game, including a new virtual reality mode. Any areas for improvement such as under or oversteer, braking late and carrying too much speed in corners were identified, with GT Sport used to demonstrate correct techniques.
"Oh Gran Turismo, forever a series that comes up with ways to delight just as often as it comes up with new ways to disappoint. So it's been for coming up to 20 years, and so it is with Gran Turismo Sport's big July update - all of which amounts to the most profound change that's been made to Polyphony Digital's PlayStation 4 exclusive since it came out last October, a patch that alters the fundamentals while adding a suite of new features on top, with some decidedly more welcome than others." | Martin Robinson, Eurogamer
The real console driving simulator that produces real race car drivers continues to get better and better.
Still don't believe in micro transactions though as an option. But if the game wasn't modified with increased grinding and are for those lazy gamers that aren't invested enough or disciplined enough to ignore them, then, there they are for the suckers born every minute.
Playing GT is about the journey, not cutting corners to get to your destination. That's for casual people. Not for motor heads.
Exactly. I don't get the upset about the option to pay for cars since they didn't modify the grind element. I've only owned it for a week but I already have over 20 cars from only racing, not spending any real or even digital money.
The biggest complaints come from 1) they previously announced that it wouldn't have MTs but are walking back on that now, which is never a good look, and 2) the payouts and grind should have been adjusted if MTs were going to be added.
Welcome to Gran Turismo Apocalypse Shadow. Hope you're enjoying the start of your journey.
Just to let you know, the "journey" for many real motor heads started back in 1995 when the first Gran Turismo came out. We've spent thousands of hours driving thousands of cars. For us, when a new GT comes out, it isn't about the start of a new journey, it's about a driving experience that comes closer and closer to reality with every edition of GT.
We already know which cars we want to take to which tracks. We don't need to be treated like its our first GT experience.
Played racing games since atari. But GT is where I started on sims. Too many countless hours. But there was games like test drive I played on pc many, MANY years ago.
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What in the new update made the game worse? They remove contente? The gameplay is broken? The graphics was downgraded? They add rewind on a racing game? They locked contente on a paywall, loot boxes or subscription? What exactly turned your gameplay worse?
Basical li u complaining about daily races switching to weekly. For now at least I love it. Being able to focus on a few tracks a week has dramatically increased my finish positions since I'm becoming so familiar with the tracks. And honestly with these races being about 30 min a piece (with qualifying run) most people wont race more than 2 or 3 times a day anyway
Wait, they reduced your racing options by a factor of seven? If I'm reading that correctly, don't you think that's a huge new gameplay restriction? Or did you mean something else by daily vs weekly races?
Umm theres still custom lobbies lol. But like I said giving people a week with these tracks online makes the competition much better. Ever since they started I've had the most fun online because most of the people are clean racers and are very familiar with the track which leads to tighter races. But I've been able to take down a lot of megane users in gr4 with lambos vipers and volkswagens. Something I previously couldnt due unless I practiced offline who h I personally hate
I’m happy it’s weekly. I don’t play my race games daily and it gives me a chance to put up a time and compete with my friends.
Yea but they dont really mention it as negative. They even said when they started playing they ended up with 20 cars without spending real or in game money so it's not really a big deal considering how easy it to get credits and cars also the fact that they didnt mess with credit gain and other matters with microtransactions in play doesn't alter the balance of the game at all did you even read it?
@jukins Not really a negative from the authors perspective, but the headline was written with the word worst. When you read the entire article, the only seemingly negative was the end paragraph about microtransactions and at a time when other games were removing loot boxes from their games. Also adding to the fact that it was stated by the developer the game would never have them and yet here we are.
Still waiting and hoping for Pikes Peak. Vrooooom..
Edit: BTW thanks PD for the new track.
"I myself was livid, up to the point until I put down a couple of quid for the newly introduced Mazda 787, and then spent the best part of a 20 minutes just ogling the model - a high-end piece of art that looks like a premium Spark 1:43 diecast as opposed to the cheaper Bburagos you see in other games. Maybe I'm part of the problem . . ."
Gee, ya think? Yeah, bud. You're the problem personified. The first duty of corporations is to make money, and you just helped push them into monetizing games for extra profit.
Again you ignore the fact that he easily got 20 cars to compete with when he started playing. After the game being out a year having the ability to buy cars changes absolutely nothing. For one besides lobbies online races are balanced and two none of the new cars give you advantage over the typical cars you see online (megane gr4
According to a Tweet from Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi, the second part of GT Sport‘s initial DLC delivery arrives next week.
I agree, GT Sport always had incredible visuals and racing, but now it's getting filled out with more content and cars. The game does continue to get better and better and all the new content is free. Honestly, GT Sport is a fantastic game atm, PD has worked hard post launch.
It was always going to be this way.
A certain crowd were just hoping it wouldn't.
The post launch support has been really impressive. Most fun I've had with a racing game in years.
theres something about this getting constant updates its well worth a purchase
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Gran Turismo Sport has shifted its focus from a single-player experience of the past to an online-focused multiplayer racing. This of course have made the game a bit underwhelming for many fans, but if you are into the idea of racing with others online, it certainly delivers.
After my day one purchase, I'm still doing single player...online races soon! Great sim from Polyphony
I just finished the campaign on sat, including beating the arcade mode on professional, over 35 hours on the track and add another 10 on that for overall time, scapes is addictive lol, not been online yet but will be jumping in at some point today.
So anyone got that license yet?? Not long now and yer be rubbing shoulders with all those racing stars. You will be a star !! They can come round for tea & you can show em your license, they will think your great & want to kiss your bottom all night long.
ive finished the driving school segment and almost done the mission challenges, next up with be track challenges to finish these 3 will take a while. tried a few online races they are pretty good and work well, lets see how the seasons work out.
but plz bring custom soundtracks....i need initial D playing
All PS4 games allow custom tracks or you use Spotify which I personally prefer. I suppose the tracks wouldn't be tied to whether you're racing though which some PS3 games had.
Yet another example of real-life application of Gran Turismo...
I know for sure that playing GT since 1998 has helped me become a better and safer driver in real life. Happy to hear that others are using it for more than just gaming as well.
That's cool, and a safe way for police to enhance their high speed pursuit skills.
Weird considering there are actual real world simulator applications that are completely customizable. They definitely don’t train race team drivers on video games. They have actual simulators so they can specify tire compounds, wear, load, change ambient temps, operating temps, humidity etc. similar to pilot training.
I learned to drive on GT, yeah I'm serious, I learned to shift and how to shift it was very important.