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Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 7’s Spec II Update ‘Doubled Active Users’

The latest free update for Sony’s idiosyncratic racing game has helped the Gran Turismo series continue its popularity, according to its lead, Kazunori Yamauchi.

eagle21237d ago (Edited 237d ago )

Love it, love it, love it. (Did I say I love it?) :)

Babadook7236d ago (Edited 236d ago )

Sophy is wonderful. I hope they can just turn it on for all races though.

Plague-Doctor27237d ago

This is somehow the game I have put the most time into on my ps5 so far. It also convinced me to add a psvr2 and wheel, which I am both happy I have and angry I bought at the same time lol

outsider1624236d ago

Same here. Just finished a race a few mins ago and came here lol. I came 6th and even then such a fantastic race. Except for 1 or 2 most racers were really clean and respectful.
Planning to get the wheel (sold it to a friend) again along with psvr2.

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Gran Turismo 7: The seven best features in its latest game update

Gran Turismo 7 has skipped one month of regular updates to deliver ‘Version 1.49’, which adds significant changes. Here are the most notable new features.

andy854h ago(Edited 4h ago)

What bugs me (and don't get me wrong I appreciate free updates) but they say skipped a month to bring a decent update...but I'd done the new races and bought the new cars within 45 mins. Doesn't seem that substantial

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Gran Turismo 7’s New Physics Are Not Entirely Going Well

Although today's Gran Turismo 7 game update, 1.49, has brought in a sweeping set of physics changes that have largely been for the better, it's safe to say that not everything has gone to plan.

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shadowT1d 12h ago

"Polyphony Digital has confirmed that it is aware of the issue and working on determining a cause in order to fix it."

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VenomUK19h ago

I thought the image was a photoshop but it’s not! Time for me to jump back in!

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GamerRN1d 4h ago

Just so I understand...

Game breaking physics in a Sony game is considered fun, but if it were Microsoft, we would mock them for "doing it again" or whatever

VenomUK17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

@GamerRN @TheNamelessOne I don’t think this is the same as a brand new game that’s released in a broken state which can dissuade the public from playing and kill all sales momentum. Gran Turismo 7 is an already established game with an already established player base. The bugs in this update have broken the game causing severe and absurd events like multiple flying cars! It’s funny, worth enjoying as it will likely be fixed v. soon. Not every conversation has to be about the formats wars!

StormSnooper13h ago

@venom
They know that but they want to take a shot since well, they have nothing going for them.

Also, they are the same person.

mandf12h ago

Gamern yes just to play around in just the vr aspect.

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purple1011d 7h ago

Skys the limit
- not in gran turismo!!

Haha
😛. Haven’t experienced any of this myself. Apparently it’s just if you engine swap or something, it hasn’t affected the daily races
Still hilarious though! This is he game I spend most time on, so it’s slightly worrying
They have fixed all previous bugs very quickly, like in a week or so ..

ABizzel11d 7h ago

The second clip took me out lol

babadivad1d 5h ago

Why did they mess with it. The physics were fine. Trying to fix what isn't broken.

badz1491d 4h ago

It was fine but there are rooms for improvements. For one, the tweak on the tyre physics is very much welvomed IMO. Now tyre deg have a more severe impact on performance and make you actually care about tyre management. There were many events where people were pushing their tyres to the very end with very little performance penalty which kinda made pitstops as disadvantages instead of a strategic call.

ChiefofLoliPolice19h ago

Look I LOVE GT games and even 7 but they're was Def room for improvement on the physics side of things.

Abear2112h ago

I agree it feels more floaty now like the cars aren’t connected to the road as much, less feedback and fight through the controller from the road imo. Disappointing.

Drove three of the new cars on the new track and while they perform differently the steering feels more samey now across different cars. Have to applaud them though, all these updates have been free and they are clearly committed to making GT7 better and better.

You’d think the physics of this release would been iron clad solid on release and through the development process this would be locked down, only adjusting wear and weather…not sure why they overhauled the steering?! Either way this will always be my favorite racing game on PS5 as it just keeps getting bigger

TheColbertinator1d 4h ago

Gran Turismo or Rocket League? You decide.

LotusViridis1d ago

This is cinema. Keep it in the game for april fools or something. I think this is amazing.

Snookies1222h ago

Would love for stuff like this to just be a fun "cheat" option or something to turn on whenever you feel like a having a laugh. I'm always kind of bummed when hilarious glitches get patched out completely. I mean, I know GT is a serious simulation game. And it does need to be fixed. But things like this are comedy gold when unexpectedly triggered.

It's why I loved UFC so much too. That game had no end to wild game breaking moments that would happen out of nowhere.

Azfargh14h ago

They should keep as an permanent game mode. I miss when games knew the right way to not take itself seriously (big head mode, funny cheat codes, stuff like that)

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lucian2291d 8h ago

this looks actually fun lmao

GamerRN1d 4h ago

This is game breaking. How do they release something like this?

gold_drake23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

to answer your other comment
this is a patch to a game thats been around for 2 years.

this is "actually fun" because the game shipped without any major bugs and wasnt gamebreaking when it came out. this is the first time this happened for this game specifically and will be fixed within a day.

meanwhile, some of the games on the other side, are still fundamentally broken.

THATS the difference.

GamerRN17h ago

Ohhhh.... So if a patch breaks a game 2 years later and makes it unplayable, then it's ok?

As long as it came out and stayed without bugs for a long time, then when a patch severely destroys playability, it's just fun that it happened.

Ok that makes perfect sense, thank you for clarifying.

Flakegriffin13h ago

@Gamer

Comprehension is difficult, eh?

IRetrouk11h ago

It's unplayable? So what the fuck have i been doing since the update came out? It's a glitch that happens when you use certain suspension settings, it's getting fixed and is certainly not game breaking, gotta make it seem worse than it is though eh? Cant leave free ammo lying around in the console war now can we.

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Reaper22_1d 6h ago

I'll stick with Forza Motorsport and Horizon.

Hypertension1401d 5h ago

Not like you had a choice. Anyone that has played both will tell you that GT7 is the better game, it's not even a contest anymore.

babadivad1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Meh, I like them both. I wouldn't say one is clearly superior to the other.

GamerRN1d 4h ago

Played and own both, prefer Horizon lately...

I miss the old GT

Reaper22_1d 1h ago

Lol..no, ive played them all and Forza is the better series.

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Babadook723h ago(Edited 23h ago)

DF tried to take a neutral stance. Then they agreed it’s not worth it in this case. Forza isn’t in the same league, this updates anecdotes not withstanding.

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DivineHand1251d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

I haven't played GT7 but I did play both motorsport and Horizon. The issue I have with Motorsport is that it is a racing sim. Not my cup of tea it seems.

Horizon is actually fun to play and I like the set pieces where you are racing against fighter jets. The version I played was horizon 5 and the only flaws I found with it are it is sometimes no clear how to proceed further in the game and the music is not good. I wish I could load my own sound track in the game.

purple10110h ago

it says its a racing sim ,and horizon is the more arcade one,

to me horizon feels like need for speed,
motorsport feels dead, in fact its like a codemasters 'grid' from last gen, in fact code masters grid has better physics, I need to stop flamebaiting, (all truth tho') but yeh GT7 is a masterpiece and they fix these bugs Pretty quick.

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OtterX2d ago

For me, these Mario + Rabbids games were the best thing Ubisoft has developed in recent years. I'd hate to see Ubisoft drive the series into the ground like their other properties, so I think 2 games are enough. Maybe 1 more.

Inverno2d ago

They can't ruin it because Ninty will send their ninjas to destroy all traces of it. If not for that you can bet that spinoff series would've been milked dry by now.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Good luck in your future endeavors

Hotpot2d ago

Thank you for Mario + Rabbids series, I quite enjoyed it

Einhander19722d ago

Great games, I have wanted Sony to copy these games with their own mascots for years.

Michiel19891d 17h ago

not cinematic or 3rd person enough for Sony

DefaultComment2d ago

I think Nintendo has to hire this guy, I mean the fact that miuamoto himself said to him that he is impressed with this work, speaks volumes. Th possibility on having Mario on Soliani's hand could be incredible and quite possibly a new era for Mario games.

OtterX2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yea, these games didn't even feel Ubisoft at all. This felt very authentic Nintendo. This guy's direction is obviously stellar, and Ubisoft somehow managed to not kill it with microtransactions and repetitive, boring tasks.