Should GT Sport be re-reviewed?

[ggazoo75]

When looking around at some of the more popular review sites, GT Sport mainly received "ok" reviews main because of it's lack of content.

But with the release of Patch 1.10 and GT League, should the game be re-reviewed? Or, should this rest solely on Polyphony Digital for initially releasing the game as they did?

I personally think that this was a very interesting - although risky - strategy by PD to release the game when then did, only to have the new content released later.

The GT series has always awarded patience, and I think we can all agree that the new patch is amazing.

So does GT Sport deserved to be re-reviewed?

 

[Factor41]

Maybe not yet. I think as they add new cars and tracks, they'll add events to the GT League in order to showcase them (driving the F40 actually made me long for that weird Rome track which was always in the Festival Italia series). Once there are more cars to drive, and a Spa endurance race in GT League, and once the FIA events have become 'proper' non-test events so we can see how they'll finally be structured, then it'll be worth a re-review.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Most games should be reviewed again after several patches and the release of additional content. Unfortunately what draws the most clicks to a website are reviews that occur around the release date which is probably why you don't see a lot of follow-up reviews

 

[The Bman]

I asked the same question back when GT5 was released. Back then my answer was yes, but now it's a definite no.

When a product is released, it should already be at a high quality. Updates and patches send the message, "we didn't release this game to the standard it should have been". Why should a game have been released in a mediocre state, and only afterwards be fixed? That's like a car manufacturer selling a brand-new vehicle with leaking oil, then expecting you to take it back to the dealership for the problem to be fixed.

Games should be released in the best state possible, having been play tested adequately enough so that the game is enjoyable and free of major glitches or bugs.

 

[D-Max]

The content added isn’t even much. People are way over hyped about it. It’s not nearly enough compared to what it should be considering the major lack of content in the game.

 

[BrunusCL82]

Serious, why?

The game remains limited, weak and an idle product.


When the game has a rich content of original and real tracks, besides several real cars, iconic cars, muscle cars, you can think.

GTS is the franchise's worst game compared to other canonical games. For the current generation, GTS is a very dehydrated product.

GtLeague is ridiculous. A joke.

With the reduced number of circuits, repeating itself in every championship, without the possibility of customizing the engine, there is no way to re-evaluate. GTS deserves the negative critic.

They were five years of production and only presented an undernourished game without content.

 

[CeeJay]

I don't think the GT League was a meaty enough addition to warrant a re-review. I love the look of it and I'm very glad they added it but if I'm completely honest in reality the GT League is just a glorified menu option doing what I could basically already do in the game. I could make all of those races via the race creation option under the arcade menu. If the addition added a lot more to the game with more tracks (please PD.. more tracks.. please..) maybe it would be worth revisiting the game for a re-review.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

It needs a lot more tracks first. It could actually be re-reviewed worse now for the server issues, balancing issues, penalty system issues, still only test seasons, GT League joke, PD is so slow. In the same time frame DriveClub fixed all the server issues, added dynamic weather, new cars, new tracks and a clear schedule for new content coming to the game in the next year.

 

[Voodoovaj]

Who cares? If it were rated a 10/100, would it change your playing habits? Would the rating change your enjoyment level of the game?

 

[Pedinhuh]

Too early for that, this game still NEEDS:

-Offline saving;
-Dynamic weather and time;
-Much more tracks(including the franchise's classics like Red Rock Valley, Special Stage Route 11, Grindelwald and so many others)
-More classic cars from many different eras(20's, 30's and 40's in particular);
-More low-powered cars like Japan's iconics Kei cars and the European ****boxes like Fiat 500, 2CV, Trabant, and Mini Cooper, it's always a good time to drive those around.

Currently, it doesn't have enough to warrant a better review than what it currently has.

 

[CHEN255]

Too early for that, this game still NEEDS:

-Offline saving;
-Dynamic weather and time;
-Much more tracks(including the franchise's classics like Red Rock Valley, Special Stage Route 11, Grindelwald and so many others)
-More classic cars from many different eras(20's, 30's and 40's in particular);
-More low-powered cars like Japan's iconics Kei cars and the European ****boxes like Fiat 500, 2CV, Trabant, and Mini Cooper, it's always a good time to drive those around.

Currently, it doesn't have enough to warrant a better review than what it currently has.

- Offline saving; yes please
- Dynamic weather and time; would be great as long as it doesn't cause a downgrade in other areas
- More classic cars from 20's, 30's and 40's; no thanks
- More low powered cars; no way, not interested. These types of vehicles do not fit with the direction of GT Sport which is a racer by nature

 

[Sloppy Shades]

I'd give it LESS of a score rating it again. I just won gold in a 'Premium Lounge' Event - 10 laps Maggiore and the infamous message came up after
Cannot progress without network connection.
PSN Store loads fine in background. I AM online and there IS INTERNET plus maintenance not scheduled for this morning.

Playing ANY game for the first time which has an offline mode (which is called CAMPAIGN - GT League here) which CANNOT save progress offline gets
zero marks from me for that portion of game.

Anyone remember buying a PSX back in the day, getting home and realizing you needed to pay the extra for a memory cars to save the games on?
Realizing how useless playing games without saving was?
GT FAIL Sorry. it just is.
Almost finished the whole 'League' in a couple days casual racing. WOULD have finished it already if saving was possible.
There is no league, no progression. no prize cars no trophies nada. Just a real empty sickening feeling the emperor is wearing no clothes.

 

[D-Max]

Who cares? If it were rated a 10/100, would it change your playing habits? Would the rating change your enjoyment level of the game?

Exactly. I don’t think I’ve honestly ever read a game review. ‘One mans rubbish is another mans treasure’ as the saying goes.

 

[Nielsen]

No, I believe games should always be ready to live with their day one review scores. Otherwise we're just going to facilitate acceptance for deliberately half-arsed efforts. Sometimes reviewers also take the unfinished state into account by anticipating how things usually do improve over time. I'd say that's slighty better than reviewing the same product twice.

All this being said, reviews are not really overly important nowadays. Relic from the days when printed magazines were the predominant safety net for consumers trying to spend wisely. The internet has almost turned that reality upside now. Who honestly cares what the established media says when you can just gauge interest levels across various online communities and sample gameplay videos? So much more convenient.

 

[kjeldsen]

Spring Cleaning

 

[Johnnypenso]

No, I believe games should always be ready to live with their day one review scores. Otherwise we're just going to facilitate acceptance for deliberately half-arsed efforts. Sometimes reviewers also take the unfinished state into account by anticipating how things usually do improve over time. I'd say that's slighty better than reviewing the same product twice.

All this being said, reviews are not really overly important nowadays. Relic from the days when printed magazines were the predominant safety net for consumers trying to spend wisely. The internet has almost turned that reality upside now. Who honestly cares what the established media says when you can just gauge interest levels across various online communities and sample gameplay videos? So much more convenient.

The game you buy at 6 months is not the same game you buy at release in many cases. Some, like DriveClub and Project Cars 1, are dramatically improved. Others are not. GTS will have added GTLeague, dozens of cars, probably a few tracks, refined the BoP for Sport Mode and probably a host of other improvements and maybe even features we haven't yet become aware of. Reading a 6 month old review that doesn't reflect that will do the game an injustice in addition to being wildly inaccurate. Depending on the various online communities is hit and miss at best as people tend to gravitate towards either love or hate for a game depending on their particular interests, preferences, experience etc.

 

[Nielsen]

The game you buy at 6 months is not the same game you buy at release in many cases. Some, like DriveClub and Project Cars 1, are dramatically improved. Others are not. GTS will have added GTLeague, dozens of cars, probably a few tracks, refined the BoP for Sport Mode and probably a host of other improvements and maybe even features we haven't yet become aware of. Reading a 6 month old review that doesn't reflect that will do the game an injustice in addition to being wildly inaccurate. Depending on the various online communities is hit and miss at best as people tend to gravitate towards either love or hate for a game depending on their particular interests, preferences, experience etc.

True, but if people care to dig up a six months old review, then they probably also care to see what communities like Reddit or GTP have to say those six months later. Also true that many people share their viewpoints with a lot of bias, but so do questionable reviewers at times. Sometimes so much that it becomes frustrating how a grumpy or overly forgiving reviewer has the power to shape a skewed impression among ignorant readers.

 

[ShiftingGears]

Still lacks content. They didn't include an offline racing league at launch because the standard of racing they offer is frankly embarrassing.

 

[ZnA1209]

- Offline saving; yes please
- Dynamic weather and time; would be great as long as it doesn't cause a downgrade in other areas
- More classic cars from 20's, 30's and 40's; no thanks
- More low powered cars; no way, not interested. These types of vehicles do not fit with the direction of GT Sport which is a racer by nature

I disagree, it's not a "racer by nature", I mean, the tagline for the game isn't "real RACING simulator"..

I enjoy driving lower, sub-400hp cars much more than the higher powered ones.

 

[CHEN255]

I disagree, it's not a "racer by nature", I mean, the tagline for the game isn't "real RACING simulator"..

I enjoy driving lower, sub-400hp cars much more than the higher powered ones.

Its GTSport not GTDrive. Different strokes.

 

[Toblakai99]

I don't think it needs to be reviewed again maybe reviewer's can look back at the game next year.

 

[Voodoovaj]

The only review that I ever care about is tge aggregate like metacritic.

Here, on the GTS forum, there's people that hate this game and people who love it. Who's correct?

 

[Sander 001]

The game review business is an absolute joke. They prioritize getting hits and if that takes rushing day zero reviews to do that, they will and almost always do.
Reviewing an online focused game before the servers are up... hilarious.

My favourite is Halo the Master Chief collections. All but completely broken for years but still has a 90 metacritic.