Gran Turismo 7 Undocumented Changes Thread (Update 1.29/1.30)
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I really feel like the game is loading in between menus slower now. On a positive note it seems the torrential rain weather effects seem to be reverted to like they used to because on Nurb GP it was pretty insane with a custom race with torrential rain.
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I think I got 3 tickets and the minimum prize for all of them, including a 5 Star from the Café.
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That's a setting in the UI since day one.
When I saw cars leaving front tire marks in the grave at GVH I thought they maybe now also do that in the rain.
I can confirm that they don't
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I haven't had time to test it more thoroughly, but I think there may have been some changes to the dynamic clouds - at least on certain tracks.
For instance, on the Sardegna 800 event it seems to have different cloud formations than before the update. Specifically, I've done this race at least a hundred times and the clouds are almost always roughly the same. There are small white clouds in a clear sky, and in some races they will cover the sun for 5-10 seconds and everything goes a bit darker until it passes.
After the update, however, I noticed that at some point during the race there was a massive dark grey cloud looming over the mountain to the north. There were also several two instances during the race where for an entire lap a cloud would cover the sun, causing it to be dark for an extended period. I've never encountered this for so long before before, so it could be a result of a change.
Has anyone else noticed any new weather-related oddities?
For instance, on the Sardegna 800 event it seems to have different cloud formations than before the update. Specifically, I've done this race at least a hundred times and the clouds are almost always roughly the same. There are small white clouds in a clear sky, and in some races they will cover the sun for 5-10 seconds and everything goes a bit darker until it passes.
After the update, however, I noticed that at some point during the race there was a massive dark grey cloud looming over the mountain to the north. There were also several two instances during the race where for an entire lap a cloud would cover the sun, causing it to be dark for an extended period. I've never encountered this for so long before before, so it could be a result of a change.
Has anyone else noticed any new weather-related oddities?
Yeah, it's new, but they kinda screwed it up. It doesn't just take off the opponents list and laptimes list, it also doesn't flash your lap time each lap nor does it show time remaining in timed races like le mans. Those are kinda important.
Documented change.
Main Features Implemented:
13. Race Screen- Added a 'Display Car Info Only' option in the 'Race Info Display' section of 'Display Settings';
- Added the same option in the 'Race Info Display' section of the replay options available during a replay.
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Fuel consumption and tyre wear can now be selected doing time trails. Also there are now penalty settings available for time trails as well.
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Agreed, but it's great for immersion on longer races (esp. Spa 1h in my case). Maybe a "minimal race info" setting (with just lap time and remaining time in timed races) would be useful, or the adility to display/hide race info with a button press.
Undocumented changes I noticed so far:
Scape mode:
when you move a car around, the suspension moves a little, almost like you're picking up and putting down a toy car.
Hard to describe and a subtle effect, but also kinda cute. I didn't notice this before the update and am pretty sure it was added with 1.29.
Spa 1h event:
wet road reflections appear to have been overhauled/toned down significantly, especially noticeable with the floodlights and AI cars head/taillights.
Also, they fixed the glitch where the whole road (even in front of you) would light up red when braking while in chase cam.
Maybe somebody else who is familiar with the Spa 1h event could check out if I'm imagining things?
General graphics:
draw distance appears to be changed a bit, tree pop out in the rear view mirror appears to have been improved, but is still very noticeable esp. on the Mulsane straight on LeMans.
Also, I'm under the impression that the contrast of objects in the middle distance has been improved, making them appear more vivid and 3D like. This may be subjective though as I've played around with a few setting on my TV around the time the update dropped.
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Toned down as in darker and less prominent. Reflections are still a bit jerky, but do not lag nearly as much as before. I'd say refresh/redraw rate (not sure about the technical term) went up significantly, at least 3-4 times.
I have a video from before the update and will try an capture another one from 1.29 and post both to highlight the changes later today if I got the time.
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Now i wonder if they fixed something in Le Mans with the wet reflections too - mainly it sometimes the road is flashingToned down as in darker and less prominent. Reflections are still a bit jerky, but do not lag nearly as much as before. I'd say refresh/redraw rate (not sure about the technical term) went up significantly, at least 3-4 times.
I have a video from before the update and will try an capture another one from 1.29 and post both to highlight the changes later today if I got the time.
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