It's like touring cars pretty much, like based on every day road carsWhat specifically is the TCR Class?
TCR would be a perfect Gr.5 category - there's a substantial list of cars that could provide close intense racing. There might need to be a few more tighter, twistier tracks for them though - like the Autumn Ring mini and Grand Valley East of old!It's like touring cars pretty much, like based on every day road cars
(PD could probably could create a few Gr.5 cars of their own - BMW 1 Series, Ford Focus ST, Mazda 3, Mercedes AMG A class etc)Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
CUPRA Leon Competición TCR
Fiat Tipo TCR
Honda Civic Type R FK7/FK8 TCR
Hyundai Elantra N TCR
Hyundai i30 N TCR
Hyundai Veloster N TCR
KIA cee'd TCR
LADA Vesta NG TCR
Lynk & Co 03 TCR
MG 5 XPower TCR
MG 6 XPower TCR
Opel Astra TCR
Peugeot 308 TCR
Renault Mégane RS TCR
Subaru WRX STI TCR
Toyota Corolla GR-Sport TCR
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
As you can see, GVS has just been confirmed, as have Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta.About new circuits, based on some traces, it is possible to infer some things. I'm not saying these are real indications, but possibilities.
Firstly, we have the datamined information of the Red Rock Valley, Grand Valley and Tokyo R246 circuits, information that also brought Trial Mountain, Watkins Glen, Deep Forest, Daytona and Atlanta, tracks that were confirmed in GT7.
Second, there's the vestige of Apricot Hill in GT7's launch advertisements. So far we have no other information about this track.
Thirdly, we have Yas Marina being presented by Kaz Yamauchi, in August 2022, in a lecture at CEDEC, on how to idealize a racing circuit. It is very suggestive that they use this circuit as an example alongside Suzuka, when they could use another real circuit that is already in the game, such as Monza or Interlagos.
Fourthly, we have Hungaroring. The real circuit had already appeared, partially, in a clip of the Gran Turismo Sport championships in 2020. Today, the same circuit is used for the filming of the Gran Turismo movie. So, it is possible to infer that PD-Sony must already have some commercial agreement with the Circuit Administration to launch the circuit in its video game.
Fifth, we have Zolder. YouTuber @Tidgney has heard rumors from key people that Zolder may appear in the future of GT7.
Sixth, we have Sebring. The user @wbhumphries claimed before Road Atlanta's release that said track would appear in GT7, just like Sebring. He said this based on a source. Road Atlanta has been confirmed.
That's what we have for traces. I said traces, not evidence. Some people bring up the abstract information that Zolder can appear. Others point to Sugo for the circuit being mentioned in the game's historical panels. Others say that Sebring is possible to appear due to the commercial agreement that PD closed with Michelin and IMSA, on which I have no way of knowing the influence of this.
So, we have as possible circuits for the future of the franchise.
- Red Rock Valley
- Grand Valley Speedway
- Tokyo R246
- Apricot Hill
- Yas Marina
- Hungaroring
- Zolder
- Sebring
Something that would really re-energise GT7 for me would be a "stage 5" tune section where you can turn cars into Gr.5, especially interested in larger fuel tanks and ideally interior strip outs replacing standard seats and removing carpet / rear seats etc.TCR would be a perfect Gr.5 category - there's a substantial list of cars that could provide close intense racing. There might need to be a few more tighter, twistier tracks for them though - like the Autumn Ring mini and Grand Valley East of old!
(PD could probably could create a few Gr.5 cars of their own - BMW 1 Series, Ford Focus ST, Mazda 3, Mercedes AMG A class etc)
GT7 is not nearly as good as GT5 or GT6 either.Make Gran turismo special again like in the past parts 1-4 with all the goods we had.
Yes but gt5 and gt6 are far away from gt1-4GT7 is not nearly as good as GT5 or GT6 either.
Miyabi would like to have a word with you.I would like to see an endurance race (1 hour) at every track, maybe even at every configuration of every track.
My wish about Daily Races.
I thought it would be ideal to CAN change the methodology of the Daily Races.
It could be FIVE RACES.
Race A: 4-6 laps with street cars. Tuning prohibited.
Race B: 4-6 laps with tuned and customized street cars. Tuning allowed.
Race C: 8-10 laps. No pitstop and prohibited tuning.
Race D: 12-15 laps. With Pitstop and permitted tuning.
Turnover could be quicker, with races A and B changing every three days. C and D kept changing every Monday.
Race E: Rally Match Race. Two cars on the track in a three-lap sprint. Every week changes the track.
I remember having a lot of fun with the 450 PP Laguna Seca event and 500 PP Watkins Glen events. Lots of variety - Evos, Celicas, Atenzas, F40s, Vipers, 'Vettes, swapped Minis from the then-recent bonanza...I liked the mixed grids of tuner cars in the early Daily Races we used to see.
Tuning the car for the circuit to gain a tenth here and there was half the fun.
Had a weapon of an R32 GT-R for the Deep Forest race ages back. Really fun when tuning was allowed and the only measure was PP limit.
24 hours of BB Raceway intensifiesMiyabi would like to have a word with you.
Is a 1 hour race really an endurance race? It's significantly shorter than an F1 race.I would like to see an endurance race (1 hour) at every track, maybe even at every configuration of every track.
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I'm a little (a lot, but I won't admit it) slow.