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This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:
Gran Turismo World Series Will Return in 2025 “Bigger Than Ever”
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I'll believe it when I see it
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Just IMO, it would be great to have the set up for the World Finals be like the formats pre-2023: i.e a endurance-like format in the 2022 Showdown at Trial Mountain, real endurance length races for both manufacturers and nations, a three-race round just like nations (not sure how feasible it might be these days with mandated spots for 3 Manufacturers already),and maybe a return to Top-16/Top-24 series we got in GT Sport. That would be major in making next season 'bigger than ever'.
Maybe just wishful thinking but still
Maybe just wishful thinking but still
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GT7 became GT Sport...
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Or.... GTSport became one single part of GT7?
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There was me thinking I was the bees knees that I got 3 winners correct,aye me hole says I.. I picked porsche for the manufactures title,nowhere near 1st,my glee vapourised in an instant (along with my last braincell) but almost simultaneously I realised I got two free cars,the lambo prototype with one sear and the manufacturers winning car so now I'm totally fine with the situation
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I think it’s all part of their advertising budget and I can’t imagine it really is coming back next year.
I think they have maybe 100k viewers over all the different YouTube channels for the different languages. The return on their investment isn’t there but what the heck do I know. Just an opinion.
They need to change up the formats. Have an under 18 division, an over 40 division, make them race in PSVR2 only. Definitely more races with the YouTubers like SuperGT and mic them up while they are racing like they all do on their channels. Maybe try and get Jann Martenberg back for a celebrity showing. Some of the other GT stars of the past too.
It was super stale this year. Broadbent saved the event with his personality and that girl who does the post interviews needs to go.
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It adds a £400 hike (at present, discounted prices, though I'd assume at-cost is less) to each of the rigs, including not just the 12 on the main stage but - because you can't expect the players to practice in entirely different circumstances - all of the private practice rigs too. That's getting on for £20k additional cost to promote a device that PlayStation apparently has little interest in promoting. And they like to broadcast the players' faces, which PSVR2 would prevent.
It's also not possible in Manufacturers Cup, where there's driver swaps in the rigs.
It’s a drop in the bucket compared to the overall cost. Additionally they need to promote it despite the apprearance that they don’t care about it. I can fully expect the players to practice in different circumstances. They are supposed to be the best in the world. If they cannot drive an actual simulator vs sitting on the roof of the car then it’s not a driving simulator. In fact they should have to use PSVR2 or cockpit view.
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I would not be shocked if it gets announced this afternoon or tomorrow. End of next week at the latest.
My suspicion is it'll be Nations, and they have the last round set as the F3500 @ Monza combination from the Finals since they love re-running live events, and that would need to be after an update. So they've been waiting long enough for a schedule that puts the last round post-update.
(Why didn't they run a Manufacturers first? No idea.)
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Much as I'd love for the finals to use PSVR2 in some capacity, it would just be a massive headache.
I got the PSVR2 on launch day and have played GT7 pretty much exclusively in VR since then. It took me the better part of a week just to acclimatise to using it without becoming motion sick. Getting comfortable actually racing online in the thing took quite a bit longer. I don't know how long the average person needs to adjust, but I really don't think it's something that most will be able to just step into. Especially not at the top level.
Even ignoring the extra cost and that some people just can't use VR without suffering motion sickness, putting the PSVR2 into the equation adds another point of potential hardware failure that PD and Sony would be very keen to avoid.
I strongly suspect the headsets would be at high risk of tracking failures on stage. I struggled with tracking problems using my headset for a while. I ended up managing to mostly alleviate them by putting posters up on my walls to try give the headset more fixed points to track from.
I can't see the headsets coping well when the only things they can track against are TV screens with a black background behind them.
It's embarrassing enough when they suffer wheel failures, and those are provided by their partners. It would look absolutely horrendous for Sony if someone got knocked out of a live event because their PSVR2 lost tracking.
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