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Gran Turismo Sport - Review Thread
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Yes, but Im saying its lacking as a competitive online mode in general. Does iracing limit you to only 3 tracks per week? Of all the competitive games I've played I havent see one that is as restricted as this.
I hope youre right about the car selection thing though, but once again I think for anyone not in the know it isnt gonna help PD's cause.
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
Must be a different Gran Turismo Sport.
What's your point? You used "amazon user reviews", so GTS is doing as well as Forza 7 in "amazon user reviews".
freefornow
Gold Member
"GT Sport's visuals feel a half-step behind, at least on a standard PlayStation 4 (no HDR or PS4 Pro resolution boost)."
Yeah, nah!! Standard PS4 is fine.
They mention weather and lighting being lacking in the full review in regards to graphics
The cars themselves are lovingly detailed, but the lighting and environmental effects arent quite up to snuff, giving the game a somewhat artificial look. Still, you cant help but appreciate the craft on display here. GT Sport doesnt look real, but it does look classy.
I definitely see plenty of good lighting.
I can understand the lack of weather, static TOD and that some tracks are not as pretty as others, but the lightning is simply sublime imo.
Of course, I know you're just the messenger !! I was talking about the reviewer's point of view in regard to the lightning.
Im not saying its not good lighting! Just providing context for the person who posted hmmmm in regards to that line
GTS does not limit you to 3 tracks per week, if you understand that lobby is also a competitive mode with no consequence to your SR/DR. People still drive better than in other games, a testament to the atmosphere they've promoted in their etiquette video.
Are you going to be serious and pretend that the negative user reception of Forza 7 isn't because of loot boxes?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SVVUOGU/?tag=neogaf0e-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GW3LRD2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
This is effectively the same as saying "just play unranked, it's the same thing" when it's not. Sport mode is the main competitive mode and the main mode the game is based around. Lobbies are essentially the same thing as quick/casual play. Saying to just play lobbies isn't really a counter argument.
travisbickle
Member
Theyre ranked, or can be. As in you can limit entrants to particular class of DR/SR.
You can also set the level of penalties during race so you can control discipline.
freefornow
Gold Member
Fair enough, but to say that the graphics are "half a step behind" tends towards overstating.
It is an effective mode since you still earn credits. As a bonus, it is still fun competitive racing.
StereoVsn
Member
Not only did BOTW have a ton of content it reviewed tremendously with both critics and users. BOTW debuted opposite of how GT did. I think SF V is a much better comparison.
GoldenCrow
Member
I think its more of not wanting to overload the servers, the decal upload isn't being used yet due to them not wanting to shut everything down and having users cars will also bring these along with them. Likely they will slowly be rolling everything out.
iRacing is far more complicated and much more limited at first. I've only done practice sessions but know the gist of it. You are restricted by your license and have to build up by completing the licence requirements. Unless it has changed since I last looked when you start you are restricted to two types of racing and one type of car per race type. Races are set at specific times and you are required to do proper qualifying prior to the race to set your grid position and races are full length. As you get better more options open up to you but there are requirements to be able to go up licenses based on your time spent on the track and driver rating. How good you are or how quickly you improve will determine how long you are limited by the initial licenses. With iRacing if you just want to race you likely wont improve as you need to practice, most of the time will be spent in a practice session.
It's weird. Jeff (giant bomb) and Peter (gamespot) also said the visuals weren't good compared to Forza, and I was like... ummmm....
I think it falls down to personal preference, they may be more wowed by forza's more stylized visual aspects. Like that Dubai track for instance is for sure a looker, and the HDR allows them to amp up that style even further, whereas GT Sports' visuals and HDR is more aimed at delivering a more realistic experience, and real life can sometimes be bland.
Edit: Also, people defending the 3 tracks per week for dailies now... Jesus.
Also offering lobbies up as an alternative to dailies, I don't even have the game and I know that's not a viable alternative for dailies (unless you have a shitload of time) from reading the OT and the reports of the lobbies taking forever to fill up, and hosts randomly dropping out. Not to mention not being able to improve your SR/ranking.
I think destiny is a pretty good comparison, let alone the identical scores currently.
potatohead
Member
It's the type of people who just up the contrast to make the colours look "better"
File in Opinions which are wrong
I have had better experiences with lobbies. Hosts dropping out is infrequent, and if you think you can do a better job, you host a game under your own conditions. You also earn credits.
Brad Grenz
Member
The worst part of that was him talking Drew out of ever trying the game.
Standard PS4 gets HDR, in fact.
are you going to pretend that it's all about loot boxes only?
edit: FM6 and FH3 user reviews, are you fucking serious?
It is a great idea though. Whats wrong with it?
privitsan02
Member
Will be interesting to see how it fares sales wise given how people would always counter middling reviews for GT with that sales argument since 5. At least that's when I started to notice it.
I've already started seeing people expecting under 80k as the norm from a couple of weeks ago for UK's debut. I personally think that would be shockingly low for the franchises debut on PS4.
Good luck PD and Kaz.
Best wishes.
I've already started seeing people expecting under 80k as the norm from a couple of weeks ago for UK's debut. I personally think that would be shockingly low for the franchises debut on PS4.
Good luck PD and Kaz.
Best wishes.
family_guy
Member
People want to get into a game as quickly as possible. If it takes 5+ minutes to get into a match, then most people will go play something else. This game is designed for a niche of a niche audience.
This was a problem in the beginning, but now it's a lot better since there are only 5 minute intervals between events. You wont be waiting.
GHG
Member
Honestly, with the way the game mode is designed, if somebody lacks patience to enter a race and then do some qualifying laps for 5 minutes before the race starts then they probably should go and play something else.
The whole purpose of the mode is to set up races for those who want a more serious type of competitive racing where crashing around is frowned upon. Part of not crashing is preparing and learning the track before you start racing against others.
family_guy
Member
GHG
Member
You can always improve your time. Always. The average qualifying times have kept decreasing the longer the events have been available.
But then I'm the type of person who will happily hotlap for ages just to find an extra .2 of a second. So I'm the person who this mode targets. I don't expect everyone else to get it.
Apex
Member
I don't think the review copies include a savegame with a full access, so I doubt that any of them have seen all the tracks and TODs available. At the start it doesn't look as nice with the less spectacular combinations. Just a signal of a lazy review.
I think everyone could benefit from a quick lap before the race with SR/DR at stake. No one drives perfectly the first lap, and it would only annoy others to make mistakes because you skip practice.
True, but that will certainly start to annoy some folks that have played the course 50 times.
That is also true.
GHG
Member
They can remedy this by making the dailies actually daily (yes, I'm still salty about this) or by there being more than just 3 sport events.
Radical Edward
Member
It doesn't matter if the host drops out, someone else gets promoted and lobbies are actually a ton of fun and a decent substitute for dailies, imo. They can take a while to fill but I usually launch with 5 or more and the usually fill up while qualifying is going on.
I'm not defending only three weekly events. The need to be daily like the beta
If you have to take another game with problems to deflect criticism for "your" game, then it's not really helping "your" game.
Crayon
Member
If you can't get into the mindset to warm up and practice then it could be very annoying for you.
I don't think so, code. Ridesh spouted a metric. I simply provided context with "your" game. Turns out to be the same. Oops.
Hawk269
Member
For me the lack of tracks is really dragging things down. You can count me as one of those that have had bad experiences with the standard non-ranked on-line. Tried to get into 5 races and only was able to get into one of them. It was just a mess for me. Granted it could of just been a bad night, but it was not fun waiting for a race to finish and then when it does and you are about to start you get booted or something else happens preventing the game starting.
Back to the tracks, one of the thing is that I can care less about the Rally tracks, so when you discount those the track selection is even worse. Cars are not to big of an issue for me as I normally don't use that many cars, but tracks are very important. I think visually it looks really nice, but it is very sterile and seems to be a lack of life in the environments so some reviews touching on that I understand.
To me it is a really mixed bag of a game. Some things it does is outstanding, but lack of stuff also hurt it as well. Not sure I will keep it or not. I need to know what the tracks/environments plans are and what the cost factor is for them. If they are free and or price low then that would be great, but I have a feeling that we are going get hit with pricey DLC of tracks and that wont be good...especially since the game itself is $59.99.
Back to the tracks, one of the thing is that I can care less about the Rally tracks, so when you discount those the track selection is even worse. Cars are not to big of an issue for me as I normally don't use that many cars, but tracks are very important. I think visually it looks really nice, but it is very sterile and seems to be a lack of life in the environments so some reviews touching on that I understand.
To me it is a really mixed bag of a game. Some things it does is outstanding, but lack of stuff also hurt it as well. Not sure I will keep it or not. I need to know what the tracks/environments plans are and what the cost factor is for them. If they are free and or price low then that would be great, but I have a feeling that we are going get hit with pricey DLC of tracks and that wont be good...especially since the game itself is $59.99.
I don't even have a game but this is whataboutism. You can like a game while others mostly don't.
With some comments here I feel like it's "the order" again.
Crayon
Member
All this. Having too few sucks. Not knowing shit about the future ones and especially not knowing if they will be free is shhiiiittty. This is my personal biggest problem with this game.
No, code. I was simply providing context to the metric specified. I'm sure it would always feel like "the order" for you.
GHG
Member
Yes because there's no way you'd be able to perfect a car/track combo in just one day.
Unless you are literally playing 24/7 that is.
When people defend the game while there are obvious shortcomings it can't feel different but you are already getting personal for whatever reason so keep on doing your thing here.
Crayon
Member
I can defend the game while it has obvious shortcomings. What's the problem with that?