Gran Turismo Sport Closed Beta Coming March 17: First the US, Then EU Region

[PsuPepperoni]

Is anyone else noticing input lag when using a wheel?

 

[MMX]

Lot better racing tonight, not a single disconnect for me, and even managed to win a race at Big Willow.

 

[turismoslayer]

100% no

You think so? Seeing that "Online" and "Sport" are two different modes I'm almost willing to bet a PS+ account will only be required for "Online." But we'll have to wait and see.

 

[RACECAR]

Sorry about that, @TNR_5zigen . Got loose, got pinballed and got loose again. Was trying to get off of you and as I got to turn 1, tried to let you by.

Edit: Almost forgot:

 

[Leadfoot530]

You think so? Seeing that "Online" and "Sport" are two different modes I'm almost willing to bet a PS+ account will only be required for "Online." But we'll have to wait and see.

It's still an online function, though. You're still connecting to other players, which means Sony will still need a server to connect those people. I highly doubt they'll let anyone play online without PS+; the only difference being the rare "play for free" weekends.

 

[Marc30599]

Just a had a really great race in the Gr.3 catergory I managed a second place finish. Ian was about 12 seconds ahead... Great race nonetheless
Congrats on the win Ian if your on GTP!!!
P.S. Good racing @GTP_Keyless! You haven't been on GTP since 2013 are you under a new account?

 

[Lukanyon]

9 races completed, not a single disconnect
Loved driving the GT-R Gr.4 at Nordschleife!
I thought Gr.4 cars were tuned versions of the road cars, but they're actually de-tuned Gr.3 cars?

 

[Grippy]

exhaust sound.

Watched it, saw the car coming up, engine noise was laughable. Then the rear came around. Oh my, that flutter. What a lovely first impression.

Wrote this up today after my 10 days of playing:

http://simracingmadness.com/2017/03/10-days-with-the-gt-sport-beta/

It's long, and most of it is just highlighting what the beta does, with my impressions sprinkled throughout. Mostly positive. 👍

Nice write-up.

"Most impressive to me was actually feeling the compression the car goes through coming out of turn 1 at Brands Hatch up to turn 2. "

What's interesting about this statement is you can get almost the exact same feeling through the wheel on GT6. To do this on GT6, take any car, upgrade to Fully Customisable suspension and tune Front and Rear Damper Extension 2-3 clicks stronger. Eg. Dampers Compression should be 3, Extensions 5. With this I also tend to reduce the roll bars to 1 or 2 even to compensate.


"The beta supports two modes, Arcade and Sport. Arcade mode is your straight forward single race or time trail mode. Time trail"
Time trial not trail, you made same mistake twice Great article nonetheless, in-depth, informative and easy to understand. 👍

 

[fortbo]

Races did not go as well as they did yesterday tonight. Finished in the top 5 in both of my GR4 races, but only got into the top ten once on the Brands GR3 races because of a spin. I'm in D right now with a 34 SR.

 

[turismoslayer]

It's still an online function, though. You're still connecting to other players, which means Sony will still need a server to connect those people. I highly doubt they'll let anyone play online without PS+; the only difference being the rare "play for free" weekends.

A great reply and great points, thank you. I was surprised to find out I was able to enter a Sport race without having a PS+ account. You're probably right though.

 

[sgohsixthree]

Nice write-up.

"Most impressive to me was actually feeling the compression the car goes through coming out of turn 1 at Brands Hatch up to turn 2. "

What's interesting about this statement is you can get almost the exact same feeling through the wheel on GT6. To do this on GT6, take any car, upgrade to Fully Customisable suspension and tune Front and Rear Damper Extension 2-3 clicks stronger. Eg. Dampers Compression should be 3, Extensions 5. With this I also tend to reduce the roll bars to 1 or 2 even to compensate.


"The beta supports two modes, Arcade and Sport. Arcade mode is your straight forward single race or time trail mode. Time trail"
Time trial not trail, you made same mistake twice Great article nonetheless, in-depth, informative and easy to understand. 👍

I appreciate that! And thanks for the pointers, I'd been typing all day and just wanted to finish it. But fixed that and added some stuff I forgot, so thanks again. 👍

9 races completed, not a single disconnect
Loved driving the GT-R Gr.4 at Nordschleife!

I just got off the beta and I didn't have the Nordschleife in Sport mode. I still have Tokyo, Brands Indy and Speedway, but with different classes. Did something change or are different users seeing different events?

 

[Lukanyon]

I just got off the beta and I didn't have the Nordschleife in Sport mode. I still have Tokyo, Brands Indy and Speedway, but with different classes. Did something change or are different users seeing different events?

I think everybody is seeing the same races, you just got late. Nordschleife race was 3 hours ago. These races you said showed up for me too, after tonight's events ended.

 

[deviln3]

Signed up for the Beta so early, but its killing me to wait on the side lines. I've had this game preordered since early last year.

I'm just happy to hear so many positives about the beta, hopefully a new release date is announced soon.

 

[Leadfoot530]

A great reply and great points, thank you. I was surprised to find out I was able to enter a Sport race without having a PS+ account. You're probably right though.

Huh, interesting. It might not require PS+ in the end,but at this point all we can do is speculate. Would be cool if we didn't need it, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Bobert power]

Broke out the racing gloves for GTS...View attachment 638368

If only my Driving Force GT was compatible, I could get on your level.

 

[TetsuKobura]

I wish I could get something other than Gr 4 cars...

 

[dimassa19]

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If only my Driving Force GT was compatible, I could get on your level.

Some guys here are using G27 with adapter...

 

[ToyGTone]

Finished downloading almost 3 hours ago, i don't think i wanna sleep right now even thought i haven't slept that much. So far, been a great experience for me 👍
My main problem however goes to the Sport mode race times. I hope they make it longer than just 3 hours, 3 to 6 AM simply doesn't work for me. Hopefully once they start the beta for EU then maybe they would expand and make a more fitting time.

EDIT:
I noticed that the next race will start at 23:00 which's much better IMO.

 

[Gunma36]

Where exactly are we supposed to receive the code? Email address or straight onto our PS4?

 

[ToyGTone]

Where exactly are we supposed to receive the code? Email address or straight onto our PS4?

I received it both from PS4 and Email.

 

[nascar49]

How do you get access to races at Nordschleife and Willow?.

 

[Bobert power]

How do you get access to races at Nordschleife and Willow?.

They already replaced them with Brands Indy and Tokyo Expressway.

 

[Rautz]

There's a disabled settings box for wireless controller 2p. - do you all think this will be for button boxes??

Has PoDi mentioned button boxes?

 

[ToyGTone]

There's a disabled settings box for wireless controller 2p. - do you all think this will be for button boxes??

Has PoDi mentioned button boxes?

It's just the 2nd player controller settings for 2 local player mode (which's not on the beta right now).

 

[Rautz]

It's just the 2nd player controller settings for 2 local player mode (which's not on the beta right now).

Oh I didnt realize this game was going to have split screen. Was this mentioned by PoDi or your educated guess?

 

[silverman_GT]

Here are 2/3 races I did last night. Sorry about the quality. forgot to change some setting in vegas before i exported them(yes both have custom music):

Yet to this day, Battle of the Empire never fails to give me goosebumps.

 

[RACECAR]

Oh I didnt realize this game was going to have split screen. Was this mentioned by PoDi or your educated guess?

PD never mentioned but at the same time (to my knowledge anyway), there has never been a GT that didn't feature 2 player split screen and generally, seeing a settings menu for "Controller 2p" Usually means there's a 2 player Splitscreen happening.

 

[Rautz]

PD never mentioned but at the same time (to my knowledge anyway), there has never been a GT that didn't feature 2 player split screen and generally, seeing a settings menu for "Controller 2p" Usually means there's a 2 player Splitscreen happening.

Lol, for some reason I thought split screen was removed during the PS3 era of GT.... It all makes sense now hahaha.

 

[Soundtrack]

2P Split screen appeared in a GTS slide:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/screenshot_2016-06-08-01-20-06-png.556193/

The option is also clearly mentioned on Sony's official product page

• Race Offline – Build your personalized garage and compete in an endless array of challenges in Campaign Mode or further improve your skills through Arcade (Single Race, Time Trial, Drift Trial, and 2- Player Split Screen)

 

[hankolerd]

I hope they make it longer than just 3 hours, 3 to 6 AM simply doesn't work for me.

The notice they published today says you are in luck.

Saturday – Sunday 1 pm – 7 pm PDT