It’s present in the grab-bag mission mode, which handily demonstrates that a race between 17 brake horsepower Fiat 500s can be just as gripping as one between cars with 50 times that. It’s reassuring that despite ever-greater technical refinement, Gran Turismo’s unique, eccentric character remains intact. That said, neither of the two British circuits, Brands Hatch and Goodwood, support wet weather at all, which does beg the question: has Yamauchi ever visited the UK? Arriving at an event with no idea of the conditions you will encounter, but being able to accurately read the road in front of you, extends the novelty of the already generous number of cars and circuits available. If it’s damp but not actively raining, a visible drying line may appear as cars displace the standing water, but races just as often begin wet and get even wetter, offering up less grip as the asphalt becomes completely saturated. Rather than the old binary of wet and dry races, certain circuits can evolve as the session progresses. Photograph: Sony Interactive Entertainment It’s difficult not to feel utterly transported … Gran Turismo 7. Spotting your braking at the end of the Le Mans 24 Hour circuit’s infamous Mulsanne straight becomes an entirely different challenge as the sun gradually dips below the horizon, and even from a solely aesthetic perspective, it’s difficult not to feel utterly transported as you sweep towards Yokohama docks through the early morning mist, rays of the rising sun bouncing off the asphalt. The most profound additions to the driving experience are two features that are neither completely new nor particularly glamorous, but they are executed superlatively: the changing time of day and weather conditions, which are nothing less than a full-blown atmospheric simulation. The handling model, the core of any racing sim, remains hugely engaging. The result is enormous longevity for those with the patience, but even then there’s the nagging sense that the entire economy is built to coerce players into spending real money to secure their favourites.įortunately, the time you spend out on the track, whether alone or in the cleverly regulated multiplayer mode, is a pleasure. Less forgivably, earning money can be painfully slow, the occasional gift roulettes are comically miserly, and the most desirable cars are phenomenally expensive and often only fleetingly available as the in-game markets shift.
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