GT7 PS4 to PS5 upgrade - convince me!

[Mr. Premium]

Some of the comments regarding the DS5 are pretty wild, imo it's just about perfect for GT7, especially now with the recent update. Some folks get stick drift, but I haven't after roughly 500 hours on GT alone.

 

[jonoholland29]

I'd wager A LOT

So, great first point. Any discussion about making a custom race interesting involves crippling yourself compared to the bots. Sophy does this for you. It's not matching you. It's faster because it has a better car. That's not even remotely what was promised.

This is 100% inaccurate and if you believe it, your bias is strong. This can be proven, again, in a custom race. Put fast cars at the back of a custom race and watch them move through the field.

I don't think you understand what a script is. Again, refer to my previous point. Over and over again, we can observe the regular AI moving through the field. This is not possible with scripting. That a consistent mistake occurs is expected if the same conditions are met.

People crash all the time in daily races. Are they following a script?


This thread is about whether it's worthwhile moving from the PS4 (without Sophy) to the PS5 (with Sophy). The answer is simply NO. There is no way that these very brief quick races are SUCH a game changer that it's worth upgrading for it.

Now, I don't know what game you guys are playing, but Sophy is simply no big deal (for now). I don't care what propaganda was pushed out onto the public, in practice, it isn't anything special. Remove the emojis and it loses a great deal of its differentiation.

If it were all that, why can't we choose Sophy in the custom races? You want to know why? Because if we could choose it, it would lose the preset imbalance of faster cars. The difference would be almost imperceptible. Want test it and see? The 700pp 5 Pepper race at Fuji. This is the best example of what the base AI can do. Race that, then race against Sophy. If it weren't for the emoji's, it would be the same event.

Great you guys love Sophy. All the power to you. But, as someone who has moved from PS4 version to PS5 version, and as recommendation to someone else asking about it, Sophy isn't worth the price of admission.

I must be playing a different game…

The regular AI can’t seem to cope with lapped cars. I have a custom race at Le Mans with a mix of my fave Gr.1 and 3 cars. When a Gr.1 has to face a Gr. 3 car a lap down, it get ls stuck behind it - confused on what to do, even though it could easily just go around it with its huge power difference.

Cut to Sophy at Le Mans, I can fake a move left and switch back right and it will try to defend both moves. The regular AI does NOT do that - it’s like I’m not even there.

Some of the comments regarding the DS5 are pretty wild, imo it's just about perfect for GT7, especially now with the recent update. Some folks get stick drift, but I haven't after roughly 500 hours on GT alone.

I don’t know if you had an original PS5 but both my controllers had stick drift - Sony replaced them for free as there was a fault with the first gen controllers (you can check the model number on the back to see if yours is a first or second gen controller)

 

[Kriptical]

Wonder if they’re going to cut the price of ps5 pro, as its about 35% behind ps4 pro sales, at the same point since release.

 

[Voodoovaj]

I must be playing a different game…

No, same game, but very different conditions.

The regular AI can’t seem to cope with lapped cars. I have a custom race at Le Mans with a mix of my fave Gr.1 and 3 cars. When a Gr.1 has to face a Gr. 3 car a lap down, it get ls stuck behind it - confused on what to do, even though it could easily just go around it with its huge power difference.

The custom race thread is FILLED with talk about the issues. The fact of the matter is that the custom race, no matter what difficulty setting you have it set to, is not set up to showcase the best that the AI has to offer.

Cut to Sophy at Le Mans, I can fake a move left and switch back right and it will try to defend both moves. The regular AI does NOT do that - it’s like I’m not even there.

But again, Sophy isn't allowed in Custom race, so you are comparing apples and oranges. Now, I never said Sophy was the same, I said it would be hard to distinguish if you removed the emojis. Sophy will likely be the default AI for the next iteration, and yes, it is better in some ways. I never said it was not but, again, is it such an amazing feature that people should upgrade for it? I still say no.

 

[CTznOfTime]

There are so many ways to enjoy GT7, not everyone is going to enjoy the game the same way.

Sophy is just another sandbox where PD is experiment and trying to hone it for the future...
We get to delta test if after they have beta test it.

If some of you enjoy driving with Sophy, great
If some of you don't enjoy it, then just ignore it...

I personally haven't got the chance yet to try it out seriously despite having the PS5, but that's because I am currently focusing on enjoying the game a different way...

Some may think it is worth... But to each its own.

Just be glad you have another way to play with it.

 

[Meythia]

I said it would be hard to distinguish if you removed the emojis.

There is a huge difference between an AI that only has 2 rails and an AI that can freely choose.

Yes, the pepper AI is faster than Sophy, but Sophy has been crippled for "us commoners" to have easier races against an AI that is not driving just on 2 lanes (which the pepper AI and all weaker default variants are doing, you could observe if you wanted).

Anyway, Sophy alone is not a good reason to go PS5 over PS4.
The better reasons are
1. loading times
2. DualSense
3. graphics
4. noise level