I don't know what that means. I loved GT 1-4 with a passion, but would never go back to play them. So outdated these days. GT5 was overly ambitious and unbalanced, GT6 I missed because it released on PS3. GTS was a step in the right direction in many areas, but I disliked the online racing focus. GT7 is by far my most enjoyable Gran Turismo to date, while still acknowledging there are many areas that can be improved.
GT7 is unquestionably the best Gran turismo to date on a technical level, the graphics, physics, effects etc. They are unquestionably better than every other Gran Turismo that came before it. However, the game, is not the best, I do go back to GT4, it is so much better structured. And I am curently in the process of modding GT6, I have rebalanced the prices of the more expensive cars, none are higher than 10m Cr now, I've added tuning options to cars that should have had them but didn't. Every car has a year it was manufacured now instead of some not being made in any year and I am in the middle of adding a shed load of events. Essnetially, I am giving GT6 the career mode GT7 should have had IMO.
With respect to the events I have a 3 race championshoip where you race stock Beetle RSi 'sv stock TT 1.8 Quattro's, they are very closely matched cars stock. There's a junior touring car series, a junior GT series, both making use of low powere racing cars. A late 90's GT300 championship and a late 90's GT500 championship. Also a Group C series, a late 90's GT1 Championship A noughties GT championship. An LMP series, a couple of touge duals using point to poiint tracks from the tack editor. A shed load of FF, FR and 4wd events with varying power requirements as well as s shed load of events restricting cars by power and year. A 90's JDM Icons event with the Supra, Skyline, GTO, RX7, NSX, Evolution and Impreza battling it out. A faux World Touring Cars style event with cars like the BMW Touring Car, Altezza Touring Car etc. And a hell of a lot more. It's very much WIP at the moment, but coming along nicely.
There is so much you can do with a bit of imagination, and I don't have much compared to plenty of people.
This is actually what makes me more optimistic. Many of the things that need to be improved are game design related rather than the fundamentals of the title. Back in the day of GT5 the entire code and all assets needed ripping up and starting again!
Did they? GT6's source files say hello.
GT7 is actually the highest rated Gran Turismo since GT4 from gaming outlets. And no, I don't take notice of Metacritic User Scores, where 8k negative reviews were submitted in the space of a few days. With less than 800 in the subsequent 7 months. I do take note of actual verified purchase reviews at stores like Amazon and retail performance in general.
I take no notice of media reviews and instead look at reviews of trusted people who have nothing to lose form giving an honest impression. GT7 is not the highest rated. Also, the highest selling is GT3, so what does that tell you? When you look at player polls, GT7 isn't highest rated there either. I do agree with ignoring review bombing, there is a reason for that, a valid reason, but it's not a true representation of how good the game is. But you need to cast your net wider than you are for a true representation of how good GT7 is being recieved. It's being well received in general, bsolutely, but the best GT game ever? Probasbly not.
There are a dozen or more responses in this thread and everyone has their own wants & needs. That tells you PD can never satisfy everyone. If your biggest gripes are more events, content (cars & tracks), and features like selling cars. It seems pretty nailed on all those will be addressed in time. If your biggest complaint is something like AI, then you'll be waiting for GT8 (or beyond!).
Absolutely, PD cannot please everyone, what they seem to be doing is trying to look like they are pleasing everyone whilst promoting MTX's and not pleasing most people as well as they should in the process. They need to decide what GT7 is and do that.Because it;s not the online focused game GT Sport was, but it's not the single player career behomoth of previos titles either. It's a bit in no-mans land at the moment.
While PD can certainly learn lessons regarding game design and how to support GAAS. Please, for goodness' sake stay away from the Dude Bro and Fast & Furious mentality that has killed so many franchises. It's also ironic the biggest concession to modern game design was the Cafe mode, a mode so many claim to dislike.
Agreed, Cafe mode shou;d have been an added collection aspect to the career mode and not the career mode. They need to do more to make GT7 a great game. The foundation is there, and it's a hell of a foundation, the execution however is lacking.
