There is lot of negative opinions about GT Sport in the internet, like "it's unfinished game" etc. and obviously famous "FORZA IS BETTER". The number of these opinions is overwhelming so sometimes I wonder if GT Sport is a wrong choice. I don't have an Xbox, I wanted to choose PS4 first, not mainly for GT Sport, I bought it by the way to check it beacuse I am Gran Turismo fan since 2013. Forza 7 looks promising but now I don't have money and parents permission to get Xbox One. I wasn't playing every day anyway. I have a PS4 since 20,12,2017 and got only about 90 hours in GT Sport beacuse I preferred to waste my time in online games like Rocket League, Battlefield or Call of Duty. And it wasn't like that I was never bored of GTS. I had boredom moments lot of times, no motivation to play singleplayer content and arcade mode gets boring fast. Now I'm going to come back to GTS again, I enjoy that game when I play other modes more than arcade modes, but everytime I ask about how the game is, there is more mixed, negative or "FORZA IS BETTER" opinions than positive. What's your opinion about GT Sport? Is it in your opinion still a good and enjoyable game despite that "FORZA IS BETTER"?
By the way there is a Metacritic user score of both games. GT Sport 6,0 and FM7 X1 5.9, PC version 4.1
Hi there Blaster,
I'll just describe my situation and tell you my personal opinion.
I have a PS4 and both Gran Turismo and Project Cars 2. I don't play any online content, only single player races and time trials. I recently spent a few months outside home with a XBox 360 and Forza Motorsports 3 and loved it. I even considered getting that console and game as a complement to my current driving games lineup.
GT-S:
Pros:
- Extremely gorgeous graphics and presentation. Surpasses everything else by far.
- Very improved updated tire model (since 1.25, I think). I used to race only race cars before, now I want to race only road cars because you can really drive them now.
- Track list is improving as is the car list (veeeeeery slowly). Even so, the cars they add are generally out-dated and not current models.
- All updates have been free so far
- I don't have a wheel but I hear support within the game is very good.
- Excellent controller configuration out of the box.
- The best photo mode by far.
Cons:
- I cannot help but feel frustrated and underwhelmed when I think about GT-S. It has so much potential and feels restrained and I think it is because the EXTREME attention to detail they require for every car and track.
- No weather effects or real-time progression.
- "Lack" of communication and uncertainty when it comes to updates and when they come.
- It occupies more than 100 Gb of your hard drive!
- Very bad Artificial Intelligence or, as I like to call it, Artificial Stupidity
Project Cars 2:
Pros:
- THE BEST TRACK LIST BY FAR. Period.
- Very good weather effects and time progression in each and every track.
- Very good sound design in most of the cars.
- Better simulation of motorsport in general, if you like that (qualifications, track days, multi-class racing, managing tires and fuel, etc)
- Very deep car setup options.
- Fairly good AI
Cons:
- So-so car list, from my POV but that may be related to the next problem.
- Very difficult to race with a DS4 controller pad. You have to modify the sensitivity settings a lot and still they only work for a few cars and not very good for others. So you tend to race only with those cars you are able to drive and avoid the others.
- So-so graphics (to be fair, everything looks so-so when compared to GT-S).
FM3:
Pros:
- Excellent physics. You feels like you are really in control of the car at every moment except the real limits.
- Excellent car list, even beign an older game (2007, I believe).
- Very good track list.
- Excellent sound design.
Cons:
- This is a personal one: Too focused on American tracks and cars for my taste. I prefer European tracks, brands and racing in general.
- FM3 came with all of the content out-of-the-box. No paid DLC, I believe. Maybe some minor updates. From FM4 onwards, they chopped the game in pieces and started to charge for car packs that included cars you already had "for free" in FM3. To be fair, they also add a lot of free content but the majority is paid for.
That's my personal opinion. Please don't destroy me