Update 1.32 (January Update) Now Available - 8 Cars and SS Route X

[sparkytooth]

How many times can you drive a different incarnation of the same content?.

I dunno ask all the people complaining about how all the cars were gone when the game came out, besides this is based on the assumption that every car added to the game has always been in the franchise from day 1 and has always been exactly the same its always been since that first appearance. Some people legitimately have favorite cars they'd like to see return but lets forget that it was in a previous game so its just a rehash. So who should Kaz listen to? You can't decide who is the majority of the community, or how many sectors it divides itself in over literally anything concerning the game from the the cars to the tracks to the sounds to what have you.

 

[Flashfire926]

Wish PD would focus less on 50's/60's cars.

 

[Sage Ages]

Wish PD would focus less on 50's/60's cars.

There's barely any cars from those decades in the game to begin with.

 

[Skygrasper550]

The only reason I could think of as to why PD added Route X and persisted on "being lazy by bringing back old cars" (despite said old cars being remodeled from scratch and not simply being remastered, which has been stated a thousand 🤬 times or so) is because they didn't want to alienate the old guard. Yes, this is an e-sports title (deal with it), it has been explained and made clear by PD hundreds of times that this will focus on e-sports (deal with it), but PD wanted you to feel that this is still a Gran Turismo game, despite being clearly a spin-off.

I'm actually troubled by the fact that, because this is an e-sports title certified by the FIA, we haven't been getting more official GT3 and GT4 race cars. I have no idea what's going on in both PD and FIA headquarters, but I'm hoping that when they do drop in Spa, it will come with said race cars that are more appropriate to the focus of the game.

 

[Downhill Dino]

What I would give for more cars of those eras. They don't get enough attention in games besides some obvious examples.

 

[sparkytooth]

What I would give for more cars of those eras. They don't get enough attention in games besides some obvious examples.

Especially 50s roadster racers like the DB3S, most we had before was the stingray racer but this DB3S showing up gives me hope to see the Cunningham and the A6GCS.

 

[fatkid]

It is sad that everytime there is a reveal of new dlc, it is the same thing and people have selective memory. But what about the previous content? Weren't any of the real tracks like La Sarthe, Monza, Catalunya, or the 100+ added cars to the game to your liking? And if No, why has it taken people after a year of steady dlc to realise this?

Just for the record, I love most of the cars in this update, but not the track. But the point I was originally trying to make is that it isn't always like this. Play something else this month and hopefully something to your liking will arrive the next.

N.b. And yes, the content is free. If a relative or friend brings you food, do you then complain that it isn't free because the electricity or the gas to warm up will cost you money?!

 

[esoxhntr]

i can't believe people are complainng bout free content

 

[Grandea GTR]

How many times can you drive a different incarnation of the same content? My suggestion is that Kaz takes the time to listen to his patrons. Somewhere between what his vision and what is wanted lay the balance.

How many times are you gonna multipost?

Also, who exactly are his patrons?

 

[Sage Ages]

i can't believe people are complainng bout free content

There's nothing necessarily wrong with complaining about free content. It's just that a few too many complaints seem to be trivial, uninformed, or involve Spa Francorchamps.

 

[dimassa19]

Serves down...

 

[Fosterions]

That's your personal issue with not knowing what the game was at launch. I did, an e-sports focused title, and I didn't buy it until last month because of that. I knew GT Sport wasn't going to be my cup of tea at launch, I'm not much of a gamer these days and when I do it's rarely online.

If you bought it without knowing what you were buying and ended up dissapointed then im sorry to say that's your own poor judgment being exercised. At launch GT Sport had more content than a lot of racing games, but not as much as previous GT games (parting the Concept and Prologues) and I was well aware of that hence my choice. Regardless of that, the content it had was complete and suited the e-sports focus of the game at launch. My personal interest only really piqued when the GT League was added and then I saw it being updated with new events each month and my interest. That's my choice and I believe I judged it well because I am pleased with the purchase.

The game is complete, and there is nothing not free about the free DLC being freely made available each month.

You don’t know what caveat emptor means do you?

Anyway, see y’all in February speculation.

 

[ShiftingGears]

I agree, but I think that’s because there’s a shift in the “focus” of the game as we go along.

I don't think its been a good shift. It lacked cars and tracks, but the focus was in the right area, excluding the rally tracks (seeing as GT offline racing is still cripplingly dull).

We always criticize PD for ‘not listening’ but in this case I think they’re taking the complaints and slowly adding in content to appease fans who want a more nostalgic GT experience.

Now with Route X, we can see the return of drag racing, cruising, benchmarking, etc. All things which fit in with the old style GT ethos but not Sport mode.

I'm not sure I would class PS3 quality features that existed in the previous game qualify as nostalgia, or old style.

Also, drag racing at SSRX instead of La Sarthe is replacing one makeshift solution with another. The solution for drag racing is a proper drag racing mode.

As to why it’s relevant despite La Sarthe chicaneless, I would say that:
a) the sheer length of the straights at Route X
b) the perfectly smooth, flat, even surface
and c) the meter markers along the straights
are what elevates this track to a space which can scientifically (at least in the game) be used to show research into the physics, car performance, etc. with no ‘noise’ or uncontrolled variables which plague places like La Sarthe, and even the front stretch of Fuji.

It is the Complex String of straight line performance, and while you can argue that other tracks may be able to nearly substitute, I claim that it’s absolute perfection in narrowing down variables proves it’s worth.

Keep in mind that the conditions of Route X are SO perfect, that in GT6 we were able to prove changes to camber as speed increased, changes to ride height as speed increased, and even proved that the TEMPERATURE (and therefore) DENSITY OF AIR had a CLEAR and NOTICEABLE effect on top speed by using the sanitized Route X as a test bed.[/COLOR][/B]

That's a curiousity feature at best because if you want to improve your tunes for circuits you race at, then you test at circuits you race at. The only reason motorsports teams don't do this in real life is because of limitations that don't exist in videogames.

 

[VincentVendetta]

Got it downloadin'.

 

[dimassa19]

Got it downloadin'.

Size?

 

[VincentVendetta]

Downloading now,

Size?

1.7 GB

 

[TonyJZX]

1.7Gb is nothing much. Then again SSRX isnt exactly the Nordschleife is it.

As yet nothing here and its 15.15....

 

[dimassa19]

1.7Gb is nothing much. Then again SSRX isnt exactly the Nordschleife is it.

Probably, no infield layouts in this update...

 

[TonyJZX]

So not pit stops?

 

[VincentVendetta]

So not pit stops?

If there are pit stops, I guess they're gonna be like Tokyo Expressway; very small and isolated from the rest of the track.

Copying 59%.

 

[05XR8]

200+ cars "to go". I'm pretty sure PD will make room for more 60s and 60s era road, race and cafe race cars.

We all can predict what will and can come. Thing is, PD surprise us when least expect it. They always have.

 

[dimassa19]

So not pit stops?

As far as I remember, we had pits in GT6.

 

[RedlineRacer]

Only the oval layout is included, no infield. There is a night time setting though.

 

[FPV MIC]

So not pit stops?

There was a pit lane in GT6, it's off to the right and you can also see it on the track map.

 

[K3Tuning]

Did they say they were completing an infield for SSRX? In GT6 it had pits in the tunnel and an UNFINISHED infield.

Looks like maybe were gonna do something but as much of GT6 they just dropped everything when they signed the FiA deal.

 

[Panoz]

So SS Route X is now set in America, okay.

 

[CitroenCX]

Some of you already downloading?
Man I guess time differences really favored the folks in the west...I have to wait 'till 1 PM local time to download.
UPDATE whatever I'm also downloading the update guess I'm not preloading the updates all this time,my bad.

 

[VincentVendetta]

I'm in.

 

[dimassa19]

Some of you already downloading?
Man I guess time differences really favored the folks in the west...I have to wait 'till 1 PM local time to download.

Try to restart your PS4.

 

[05XR8]

So SS Route X is now set in America, okay.

Maybe it's Domestic airports are connected to BMB.