GT Sport

So, GT Sport demo is out, basically it's retail game with some limits, and I'd like to hear some words from this community, especially from @Lord Kunos, @Aristotelis and other Devs

Cheers...

 

Demo has been fun.
For car enthusiasts and history buffs it has an awesome section with massive depth. It looks beautiful and has a great photo section. Gameplay and the driving is fun, but as for simulation AC all the way.

 

Do you really think that a dev can talk totally free on an other competitor's product?
In a public forum?

 

If you've played AC for any length of time you can make your educated deductions. Drive the GT3 RS at Nords in AC then do the same in GT Sport with similar tires and air pressure, etc, etc.

 

No campaign is a massive blow for me, cant justify multiplayer only for £45. Track number was a bigger surprise, 17 tracks was a disappointment, like thats rivalling assetto corsas track count which is a big issue considering they have around 10 times the employees and 50+times the budget.

 

Ran a few AI races...

FFB is very primiative, I dont even feel a difference when I lock the brakes up .Tire model feels incredibly simplistic. Although given how simple the FFB is it figures. There isn't a gradual progressing with lateral grip, either you have grip or you don't. I wasnt able to use the throttle the balance the car in the corners at all.

I can't imagine GT Academy using this to train people to drive real race cars.

AI cars once you pass them you never see them again.

Great car history info, menu music is fantastic.

Graphics are ok on my 2k monitor. Im sure they look great at 4k.

Seems likes it could be a fun game when played via a gamepad. Not even in the same universe in comparison to Assetto Corsa. This doesnt mean GT Sport can't be fun, just don't expect the same nuanced and in depth driving experience you have in AC

 

I don't have a PS4 nor plan to get one

 

If there was no gradual progression with lateral grip, drifting wouldn't be possible but it is

 

There is a campaign. It's just shorter. The mission challenge part of the campaign is just like any other GT campaign. Maybe even better. Has endurance races, shorter races, invitational events, less serious/fun events, and all kinds of stuff. I played 2 stages out of the full 8 and had a blast. Took maybe 4 hours because the final race in the second stage I played was 30 laps, and took over an hour. And I didn't even get gold so I'll have to do it again.

The campaign won't keep you busy for months but I'm not sure why you'd want it to. The AI in GT has always been trash. It's better than ever hands down in GT Sport, yet still not the greatest to race with because of dumb quirks.

With Sport Modes skill and safety based matchmaking though, I've had consistently great racing with real people, and that will always beat any AI.

 

Yeah me neither otherwise I'd prolly get the game.

 

Played it for a few hours. As expected, it's a solid casual driving experience. Nothing AC needs to worry about.
But the overall presentation, apart from a cluttered ps2 era main menu, is still very special. On-track graphics are also nice, no doubt. A few quality inconsistencies here and there, probably to keep the frame rate half-solid. Still impressive what they can get out of the hardware.

I'll still skip it, as the iRacing mp structure is just not for me.

 

I stand (sim race) corrected. Just discovered that Active Stability Management, Traction control and countersteering assist are enabled by default, this was after choosing what I thought was expert mode. Sadly I can't feel much via the FFB which for me makes braking extremely difficult. Spoiled by Assetto Corsa I guess, ha !

What I found annoying is FFB settings being somewhat hidden. Logic would dictate these settings would be in the controller section, nope!

Access to FFB settings and driving aids is only available in a sub screen right before each race or challenge.. sigh..

The physics and FFB in LFS feel more convincing that GT Sport, IMHO, hahah.

Cool demo, most definitely not for me.

 

On my G29 when used in GT Sport, centering spring is active, it feels like its at 100%. Not a good thing !

 

Playing the demo for 2 days now, uploaded a viedeo with a physics issue in the game
Very dissapointed with the car handling and the FFB. I can't believe it's even worse and more unrealistic than forza 7...
The most stupid and game breaking feature is the vibration and wheel cracking you get when the cars undesteer, it breaks all the driving and the lines.
The camera view doesn't have too much control either. In some cars it's alright, in others the cockpit vew its still too far, especialy GT3 cars. The best way to drive is from external view, but its a roof vew which is very unrealistic too.
So many disappointments with the game...

 

Downloaded the demo over night ( ), and played it a bit this morning. Actually, I like it for what it is: a console racing game. Surprisingly stick steering via gamepad worked better than feared (and much better than in PC1). Wanting to change options always leads to CTD. The looks I like as well, the car exteriors are amongst top class, imo, and the actin has that typical Gran Turismo feeling I remember from my first GT on PS1 those many years ago, but its improved. Sound is not that good, however, it gives me the lull, and the omnipresent bad music doesnt help either. That photo mode, for what it is, is a pleasant little toy thing, plenty of details and options, and creating very good results, I did not know such things (except photo converters, of course). In no way this is a realistic hardcore simulation, so do not compare it to that. Take it for what it is, and you have a solid console racing game. But they have homework to do, the option screen crashes me, always. I would have liked to try the motion steering, but I cannot switch to it for this reason.

Maybe I will get it in a sale one day, but I am neither in a hurry or even just a waiting mode. With steering wheel i could imagine to have plenty of fun with this. But i shy away from the reconstruction work in my living room that would be needed to switch from PC racing to console racing with wheel.

Hey, its a Gran Turismo!

 

In one race I was driving a BMW M4 and was able to catch and pass a GT3 RS.

 

That's because they bop all cars to matching classes. But yes, it doesn't feel "right".

 

Just saw a german YT vid and what did I see?
Working indicators...
*jealous*

 

HAHAHA, I saw buttons for that in the wheel configuration screen, never tested them out. .I wonder if GT Sport has back up lights as well ?

 

yea, I figured as much. Just seems silly, oh well

That is when you get fools online talking about how their friends M4 could smoke a GT3 RS because the same thing happened in GT Sport, hahaha.