“My First Gran Turismo” Demo Discussion

[Hlavco]

I liked the demo. Not much depth, but at the same time it was sorta refreshing to strip down some of the complexity that the series has built up over the years.

The demo's pacing was odd, though... I would've figured you'd unlock one race for each license or something. Locking all the races behind two licenses seems like it would try a lot of players' patience. Also I agree that getting gold on the A-2 license test was the hardest thing here by far... took me an hour, when the other tests have usually been sub-15 minutes. Crazy that they throw you into a Porsche 911 for "Beginner Cornering 1".

As for the Music Rally song choices, I was initially going to say it makes sense because licensing music for a demo would be silly... but then I played the race mode and found that it did indeed have the licensed music from GT7. So I dunno. I thought the William Tell song made for pretty fun driving music, though.

I liked the whole "unlock a car and then go read about it" thing, and of course the glorious spinning menu cars. I think the choice of unlockable cars was pretty nice overall.

Kind of off-topic, but one of the menu songs is a cover of Humoresque №7 by Antonín Dvořák, and it was driving me crazy because I only knew it as "the song that plays in the background of the Slappy Squirrel shorts on Animaniacs" and didn't realize it was an actual classical piece. It doesn't seem to be in Gran Turismo 7's music menu.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Why would you guys want a demo for a game you already have(and halfway even like)??????

Because 18 free zero milage cars in GT7.

 

[Touring Mars]

Oh my word... I forgot how horrendous licenses were... If it was really my first experience with GT I would have definitely stopped playing after 10min.

Impossible to get gold at A2.

And the musics are just annoying!

Plus abolute clowny musics for the rallies (except MOTC of course)

I thought the demo was a good idea but so far it has shown the most insuferable aspects of GT7.

A-2 was quite tricky compared to the others, but it's not that bad.

That said, if you are on AT, you should shift to MT. I also recommend switching to TCS 0... TCS 1 at the most.
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I'm disappointed that MFGT is the same as GT7 when it comes to track limits, though - hardly a good example to set in a 'beginner's guide'. The white lines at the side of the track are, in effect, meaningless - OK, I realise that in GT7 the white lines are not 'the track limits' (evidently), but it does mean that the track limits are often completely invisible and arbitrary... so why not just stick to the white lines? A-4 and A-5 are both examples of where cutting corners can greatly affect your results.

 

[JoaoSilva]

I had fun playing the demo, some challenges were surprisingly tricky.

 

[Cerebral303]

Yearly licensed sports games have ruined the gaming industry

I blame Fifa 95!

 

[Pulsar-NX]

All I can say is that demos have come a long way since 1998 me bought an overpriced magazine from ShopKo with a Jampack disc inside, and then went to my friend's house to drive three cars for two laps around Clubman R5 on HIS PS1 because I didn't have one yet.

Played through the demo last night when I got home from work and I can definitely see this demo persuading someone to try the full game. I sat the GT series out between 4 and 7 but there were definitely some faint early GT vibes to be had.

 

[newmedia_dev]

All I can say is that demos have come a long way since 1998 me bought an overpriced magazine from ShopKo with a Jampack disc inside, and then went to my friend's house to drive three cars for two laps around Clubman R5 on HIS PS1 because I didn't have one yet.

Played through the demo last night when I got home from work and I can definitely see this demo persuading someone to try the full game. I sat the GT series out between 4 and 7 but there were definitely some faint early GT vibes to be had.

Not to be controversial, but I think they could have had a lot more fun with the demo and really tied it in to the main game a bit more. As someone playing from Day 1 have all the cars etc it was a fun mini experience.

There was more of a bit of scope to put in one fleshed out league (FF, FR, Sunday cups) to get that whole sense of things.

That said critical hat on the AI is pretty weak when arguably you'd want a slightly better AI for chase the rabbit.

Overall it's ok and not aimed at me or most of us and the cars being passed over is great for new players as a seasoned player it's not really that much of a draw, I did really enjoy the licences though after the first couple.

 

[Voodoovaj]

Why would you guys want a demo for a game you already have(and halfway even like)??????

It's a bunch of new license tests and lap times challenges. It also harkens back to the OG GT with the Skyline at Trial Mountain license test. I bested my arse trying to get gold on that test back in GT1. It was a little easier (for me) this time around.

This demo has all the best parts of single player GT. I wish we got more license tests.

Also, as mentioned, 18 free zero mileage cars.

 

[mynameis66]

Spent a while doing some of the licence tests,practice runs with some of the cars.Fun way to spend some time in between other games,though the cheer when you finish a licence or get a car gets annoying very quickly.
The zero milage car thing doesnt make any difference to me though,i`ll sell the cars for a few credits.

 

[Lomic]

though the cheer when you finish a licence or get a car gets annoying very quickly

 

[GTboyz]

Damn IB-5 is quite hard.

I think MR cars are my weakness.

 

[Davide 16]

I find the graphics in My first Gran Turismo are better looking then the ones in GT7, even tough I setted it in quality mode. I feel like the cars have a better paint "depth" in particular.

 

[Aero2000]

I find the graphics in My first Gran Turismo are better looking then the ones in GT7, even tough I setted it in quality mode. I feel like the cars have a better paint "depth" in particular.

Yeah, I think so too, actually, but thought it was just me imagining it. 😅. How lucky that there are more people who see the changes.

 

[Digolgrin]

Times for licenses and trials don't matter beyond just getting bronze

Wait, so you don't need to get golds to get all the cars in the demo? Am I reading that right?

 

[Lomic]

Wait, so you don't need to get golds to get all the cars in the demo? Am I reading that right?

yes (but it is not clearly stated, or I zapped it)

 

[Hollow]

Just finished the demo, my only complaint is that Music Rally wasn’t loud enough! I could still hear the engine a teeny tiny bit, unacceptable.

 

[Populuxe]

"When the Saints Go Marching In" would have been so much more appropriate if they had brought back the Model T from GT4.

 

[Lomic]

"When the Saints Go Marching In" would have been so much more appropriate if they had brought back the Model T from GT4.

It is Gran Turismo, not Grandpa Turismo!

 

[05XR8]

It is Gran Turismo, not Grandpa Turismo!

Oh yes it is!

"From 7 to 77."​

 

[Populuxe]

It is Gran Turismo, not Grandpa Turismo!

I'm 62. It is absolutely Grandpa Turismo when I play!

 

[jrbabbitt]

I'm 62. It is absolutely Grandpa Turismo when I play!

I am finding there are a lot of us grandpa grinders here, I was so into my slot cars when I was younger (teens) but GT is much better now....

 

[SilVO]

Maybe is setup related but try cars in MFGT and then switch to gt7 (same car, track, day time).

Or they make demo cars shine whith top notch setup or physics is different.

No aid, no Abs, wheel and shifter. Same setting.

The Car in MFGT seem to have more "weight", smooth tyre slip angle and Differential response.
At Hairpin and last speed turn at deep forest these sensation is strong.

...By the way lambo at deep forest with MFGT is a absolute blast. (Much better also if the physics was the the Same, but the setup is much much better than if you use the same lambo in Gt7.)

Give it a try and let me know.

 

[Obelisk]

Maybe is setup related but try cars in MFGT and then switch to gt7 (same car, track, day time).

Or they make demo cars shine whith top notch setup or physics is different.

No aid, no Abs, wheel and shifter. Same setting.

The Car in MFGT seem to have more "weight", smooth tyre slip angle and Differential response.
At Hairpin and last speed turn at deep forest these sensation is strong.

...By the way lambo at deep forest with MFGT is a absolute blast. (Much better also if the physics was the the Same, but the setup is much much better than if you use the same lambo in Gt7.)

Give it a try and let me know.

The demo itself notes that the vehicles within it have been upgraded/modified with performance parts.

 

[D-Mind]

Gotta say i really enjoyed playing this, and it's a nice touch that you get 18 free cars after completion!

 

[XSquareStickIt]

The Demo was more of the same with regards to GT7. If nothing else, it's honest advertising for the full game; the licence tests are easy to pass but required some skill to Gold, and the AI are dangerously incompetent even on the highest difficulty. I'm lucky enough to be in the skill level where I have to really hone in and try hard to achieve some of the Gold times in the game, so it's the perfect level of engagement and challenge for me for the short 1–ish hour. I suspect if we had the option to shut Sarah up, we could halve the play time of the Demo

I think the slightly nostalgic menu design was a bigger deal in PD's heads than it ended up coming across to me, but I can't say they've deliberately misled potential players.

The 18 cars with fresh odometers was the main reason why I played the demo. Not a bad way to spend an hour–ish.

 

[P-Courty]

Do these 0 mileage cars sell for more than the same used car with mileage on?

 

[Lomic]

Do these 0 mileage cars sell for more than the same used car with mileage on?

Nope

 

[P-Courty]

Nope

🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[mynameis66]

Yeah, I think so too, actually, but thought it was just me imagining it. 😅. How lucky that there are more people who see the changes.

Your not the only one to notice that,the colours seem more vibrant,especially on the cars/The red Alfa and Lambo for example..Without a side by side comparrison I cant say for certain but it seemed that way.

 

[Aero2000]

Your not the only one to notice that,the colours seem more vibrant,especially on the cars/The red Alfa and Lambo for example..Without a side by side comparrison I cant say for certain but it seemed that way.

Yeah, it really seemed that way 😊.