Gran Turismo 7: Latest news and discussion thread

[BrunusCL82]

Meeting to put the house in order?

 

[Techlet]

Meeting to put the house in order?

"So, the game's a bit light on microtransactions..."

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

Can the PS4/PS5 handle x60 speed without the framerate dipping, though?

Not sure, I haven't played the 24 minute Le Mans mission yet but I'm guessing it has x60 time.
The PS4 seems to have framerate dips at the southern end of Spa no matter what time it is.

 

[Nathan88]

Meeting to put the house in order?

Given the huge commercial success of GT7 I suspect we're about to see unprecedented support for the Gran Turismo franchise from Sony. The title has exceeded Horizon Forbbiden West as Sony's biggest title this year. And looks set to be second behind only Miles Morales amongst Sony's current PS5 line-up.

What form this support will take is anyone's guess. Sony could use GT7 to spearhead their PSVR2 launch, we have PC possibilities, spin-off titles. Or all of the above! Gran Turismo really fits well into Sony's expansion into service titles & eSports. Delivering something very different from most 1st Party offerings.

 

[Nowax]

Not sure, I haven't played the 24 minute Le Mans mission yet but I'm guessing it has x60 time.
The PS4 seems to have framerate dips at the southern end of Spa no matter what time it is.

For me, it lags on the Kemmel straight. It's obvious that the game's down below 50 FPS on PS4 in that part.

 

[Lux Klonoa]

Not sure, I haven't played the 24 minute Le Mans mission yet but I'm guessing it has x60 time.
The PS4 seems to have framerate dips at the southern end of Spa no matter what time it is.

I guess I'll go check it out now to see if it does have x60 time, then. On PS5, btw.

The title has exceeded Horizon Forbbiden West as Sony's biggest title this year.

Uh, source? Did I miss something or...?

 

[Nathan88]

Uh, source? Did I miss something or...?

We have 8 weeks of worldwide sales date.

HFW's strongest launches where in the UK & US. Elden Ring then released which took some steam out of HFW. GT7 was a close second (like for like) in those first couple of weeks. In the proceeding weeks GT7 has consistently outperformed HFW and continues to place higher at all major retailers. On PS5 sku GT7 even outsold Elden Ring across Europe (retail & digital). Although ER is multiplat so had bigger overall sales.

The market is pretty quiet right now with only Lego Star Wars making any impact. The next major release is F1 2022 on July 1st. PS5 software looks like it's had a bump this week (and hopefully forthcoming weeks) as new hardware hits shelves.

 

[Magog]

hmm I wonder what was discussed.

Probably some hot new licenses. 😍

 

[TSTO]

Probably some hot new licenses. 😍

I hope so. We desperately need more manufacturers in the game and a bigger variety. But, aside from that, more focus on bringing back lobby features from GTSport and more events/things to do in SP would also be very welcome.

 

[Magog]

I hope so. We desperately need more manufacturers in the game and a bigger variety. But, aside from that, more focus on bringing back lobby features from GTSport and more events/things to do in SP would also be very welcome.

My #1 wish is that they add an awesome course creator.

 

[Lux Klonoa]

We have 8 weeks of worldwide sales date.

HFW's strongest launches where in the UK & US. Elden Ring then released which took some steam out of HFW. GT7 was a close second (like for like) in those first couple of weeks. In the proceeding weeks GT7 has consistently outperformed HFW and continues to place higher at all major retailers. On PS5 sku GT7 even outsold Elden Ring across Europe (retail & digital). Although ER is multiplat so had bigger overall sales.

The market is pretty quiet right now with only Lego Star Wars making any impact. The next major release is F1 2022 on July 1st. PS5 software looks like it's had a bump this week (and hopefully forthcoming weeks) as new hardware hits shelves.

Ah, that's really good to hear, then.

Okay, uh, I just tried out the 24 minutes mission on Le Mans, and... yeah, the time multiplier is definitely x60 there. Night went by a LOT faster than when I did the x10 custom race on Daytona starting from midnight. Wow.

No framerate drops on PS5 as well, btw, as far as I can tell anyway.

 

[Nowax]

There's a music on GT Café that I haven't been able to see it on the soundtrack, heck, it doesn't even show up the name on the top corner, which is a shame because I love it! It's probably been solely designed for this mode only.

 

[BrunusCL82]

We desperately need new circuits! Fictional circuits, yes, but above all real circuits! Classic circuits, famous circuits, legendary circuits, circuits that cannot be missed in any racing game!

 

[ScottPuss20]

NFT liveries sounds dope. I'm basing this on nothing other than it sounding dope.

For a second there I thought you were in favour of NFT's

 

[RedRockValley]

That 2018 Suzuki Swift Sport is so slept on.

138hp turbo 1.4l, 970kg... Slap on a turbo, reduce the weight and all the other essential handling mods and this thing is a monster.

 

[avilab]

I’m traveling internationally but couldn’t afford to miss the last LCD cars, so I packed my PS5 and controller in my backpack. What I’d give for the PS5 Slim! Other than socks and underwear, not much else fit inside. Damn my OCP!!

 

[GTboyz]

Odd that 330 P4 is limited stock for 2 days. I was sure it would sold out today.

 

[chzsln485]

There's a music on GT Café that I haven't been able to see it on the soundtrack, heck, it doesn't even show up the name on the top corner, which is a shame because I love it! It's probably been solely designed for this mode only.

Thankfully it was in GT6 as well, so I can confirm it's called "Slow Life with Sunshine" by Taku Yabuki. 😎👍

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

Why I don't race in Sport Mode anymore.

 

[Bojador]

I’m traveling internationally but couldn’t afford to miss the last LCD cars, so I packed my PS5 and controller in my backpack. What I’d give for the PS5 Slim! Other than socks and underwear, not much else fit inside. Damn my OCP!!

Pack a ps4 next time 😉

 

[GrmlMaster]

I’m traveling internationally but couldn’t afford to miss the last LCD cars, so I packed my PS5 and controller in my backpack. What I’d give for the PS5 Slim! Other than socks and underwear, not much else fit inside. Damn my OCP!!

You could also use the "PS Remote Play"-App.

I made a Test from a Hotel-WLAN with a PS5-Controller paired with my iPad trying to drive my daily miles and while it definitely did not look nice and had a bit of lag, it is possibly to drive at least easy races agains the AI.

 

[Samus]

So given the extreme unlikeliness of a Saturday patch they have officially failed on one of their first promises for GT7. Not a great start, guess we know why they don't bother with roadmaps.

Beyond this there will be a few additional patches deployed between now and the end of April which will add new cars and course layouts and make some other fixes.

 

[GTP_reddevil]

So given the extreme unlikeliness of a Saturday patch they have officially failed on one of their first promises for GT7. Not a great start, guess we know why they don't bother with roadmaps.

It‘s possible for some things (my opinion on the matter at least):

1. “Few additional patches” which contain new cars and course layouts didn’t necessarily mean every patch from “now until end of April” would contain new cars and layouts.

2. They felt inclined to add some content but perhaps the angry feedback didn’t really change their minds entirely on what they were adding (the 3 cars and a pointless layout of Spa) was planned before the backlash and they were sticking to it regardless.

3. They don’t entirely know what they are doing! (Probably most likely).

4. They have a large content update planned next month with say extra menu books, events, 3 layouts or new courses and minimum 12 cars (sadly I think this is the most unlikely).

5. Kaz will tweet another silhouette later today for content tomorrow (probably even more unlikely than reason 4).

Any other potential reasons?

 

[Nowax]

Thankfully it was in GT6 as well, so I can confirm it's called "Slow Life with Sunshine" by Taku Yabuki. 😎👍

I LOVE YOU

 

[Samus]

1. “Few additional patches” which contain new cars and course layouts didn’t necessarily mean every patch from “now until end of April” would contain new cars and layouts.

No, but they simply promised multiple new layouts at some point in April. They failed. They didn't even add one, really.

2. They felt inclined to add some content but perhaps the angry feedback didn’t really change their minds entirely on what they were adding (the 3 cars and a pointless layout of Spa) was planned before the backlash and they were sticking to it regardless.

They made this promise after the backlash though.

 

[GTP_reddevil]

They made this promise after the backlash though.

Hardly, even if there was no backlash they probably would have gone ahead with the content of 3 new cars and a pointless layout or something similar regardless - the promise seemed to inclined more content patches.

 

[Samus]

Hardly, even if there was no backlash they probably would have gone ahead with the content of 3 new cars and a pointless layout or something similar regardless - the promise seemed to inclined more content patches.

What do you mean hardly? This blog post was the second response to the backlash, the first one was the Kaz message on the Gran Turismo site. They posted this March 25th.

Gran Turismo 7: An update from Polyphony Digital

Details on player experience improvements, upcoming patches.

blog.playstation.com

 

[mynameis66]

Is there any way to group cars in your garage?I know you can tag them as favourites but there doesnt seem to be any option to group them together,the sort option doesnt have a favourites option and in any case once you restart the game it defaults to its stock setting.
A separate garage within the garage to store different groups of cars would be great,would save time searching through your cars.

 

[VXR]

That 2018 Suzuki Swift Sport is so slept on.

138hp turbo 1.4l, 970kg... Slap on a turbo, reduce the weight and all the other essential handling mods and this thing is a monster.

All models of the Swift Sport are slept on in general. It's the MX5 of the hatchback world.

 

[Stakado]

Not sure, I haven't played the 24 minute Le Mans mission yet but I'm guessing it has x60 time.
The PS4 seems to have framerate dips at the southern end of Spa no matter what time it is.

Framerate dips is to be very optimistic. The game go below 20fps in PS4 at spa, ni matter weather conditions or cars around you