Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation 5: The Digital Foundry Tech Review

Polyphony Digital builds upon the solid Gran Turismo Sport engine with a range of upgrades and a vast increase in content for GT7 on PlayStation 5. Learn all about performance, image quality, game features and of course, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, in the Digital Foundry tech review.
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[@Blindsyde5762]

As a Forza guy, coming back after the new Digital Foundry's video of Forza Motorsport , this GT7 is a marvel.

[@teviblekhman1628]

I like forza and gt 7 both

[@EAprima]

@@teviblekhman1628 Got both. GT7 trounce over Forza 8 and that really disappoints me as I got a powerful PC rig.

[@DJordydj]

I don't dislike GT but I hate the fact that the outside cameras are attached to the car and not to the inertia of the moment, like Forza.

[@Serandi1987]

GT7 needs the power of the PS5 Pro! I had this game in 2022 but bought a PS5 at the end of 2023 and played this game only for some days and then sold the PS5 again only to wait for the PS5 Pro and FINALLY enjoy the game to the fullest like it should be!✅

[@nickstarlingch]

​@DJordydj Pretty sure that's a camera setting in GT7. I prefer the first-person and bonnet views, but I also prefer GT's third-person camera being more rigid, personally. You should try these simcade racers in first-person, it's an amazing game-changer! Sooo immersive and thrilling.

[@Sewer_Ghost]

I appreciate the online-only call out. I have a PS5 but I live in a rural area with crappy internet which really hinders my ability to reliably play anything online, and I feel seen. Thanks, John!

[@StanceSantos]

@Esuard Leder especially with a £60 price tag

[@nicklach1071]

@@StanceSantos back in the 90s games cost 25% of what they do to make and costed 60-80 bucks lol

[@KirbyWithHair]

I heard they make it so because of potential hacking

[@StanceSantos]

@@nicklach1071 is that adjusted for inflation? Because I can guarantee games did not cost that much in the 90s in the uk it was around £45 - £50

[@nicklach1071]

@@StanceSantos using the base pound inflation rate of 2.8%. 50 pounds in 1995 after inflation is 102 pounds. Meanwhile take final fantasy 7 remake for instance. They made the original game for 30 million and people spend hundreds of hours on it. The new one takes about 30-40 hours and cost them 200 million to make. Game prices are honestly lower than they should be, people just account for changing economies.

[@ActionButton]

i preordered the Digital Deluxe. now i'm prewatching the Digital Foundry. let me know if you need help on a third video breaking down the the cornucopious sweet jazz fusion pieces in the soundtrack

[@alyx4436]

Hi Tim!

[@BoshBargnani]

the legend himself

[@bigb0ss282]

preorder = only idiots.

[@johnnytopgun6414]

@Esuard Leder what do you mean you can't own? will it not come in a disc format?

[@baste9588]

@Esuard Leder Jesus Christ, even racing games are getting the online only treatment? Of all the genres that's literally the last one I would expect to be online only.

[@trevortrevor4209]

Thank you for talking about the DRM, it's so annoying to have this kind of things in a console game now.

[@adroharv9213]

yup it's encouraging to see some channels point it out. The trouble is a lot of people don't really even know the concept of why it's a bad thing and will be dealt quite the shock if they find out the hard way This is worth speaking up for and unless we do they will keep pushing this practice

[@thefirst48gaming2]

Dont buy an xbox then all gamepass games use the always online drm mines set as home console can't play games unless I turn xbox online first

[@adroharv9213]

@@thefirst48gaming2 no gamepass is a rental service where your subscription is justifiably checked. The DRM exists for exactly that reason. It's completely different. If I purchase on xbox and set it to home then I can play it entirely offline. That's most games. Halo Infinite does buck the trend however with it's campaign not being available to play offline thanks to a validation screen that pops up regardless. But gamepass you expect there for DRM to exist because that's the model

[@thefirst48gaming2]

@@adroharv9213 the drms not just for gamepass I can't even play games I've bought without signing in first

[@ka7al958]

@@thefirst48gaming2 Then there's a problem with your console, I can play Gamepass games offline just fine, even on accounts that i'm sharing it with, And games i own always work offline.

[@smittywerbenjagarmanjensen3059]

Ohh how I miss the days of just buying the disc and being able to just play the game without online only crap

[@SimonBuchanNz]

As only a dabbler in rendering, I'm still impressed by the headlight reflections in wet pavement, which they've been doing for generations.

[@nvc.]

Its such a shame that a masterpiece of a game like GT7 seems to be, is locked over an internet connection... Its so sad man... Why couldnt they let us create 2 types of single player files, one that hould lets us only play offline, and another that hould only let us play online, and everyone could play the way they wanted...

[@Masckerdoom]

It launched and it looks like shit

[@Mateus01234]

you`ll have more fun playing project cars

[@gamingjay141]

@@Masckerdoom No it does NOT. The game looks astonishing. You must play on cockpit and no HUD.

[@Masckerdoom]

@@gamingjay141 some parts look bad and some parts look good I'll give you that

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

@@gamingjay141 It looks good but it’s not a huge leap over PS4 games, and Forza blows it out of the water. The scummy business decisions are a massive load of rotten icing on the mouldy PS3-based cake.

[@Chris_Redpilled]

Kinda shitty that you can't play offline.

[@JDoG867]

As a Forza dude 1-7. I’ve officially jumped ship!

[@ld9387]

I'm thinking of jumping ship. The new Motorsport is disappointing

[@ZayFlxx]

I just jumped ship too lol😂 Only keeping my series X for Horizon 5. Hopefully Microsoft brings that game to PlayStation 😅

[@sejanoz]

That scene with the AMG at 7:17 is out of this world

[@recca7]

I didn't know the GT Black series was in it👏👏

[@j.j.9511]

Hope they mention the game becomes a brick without an internet connection.

[@stopstalkingmebruh6021]

Can't even consider buying this game since it's online only :( what a shame...

[@damienkrawczuk1435]

Yeah online only games are a full red flag for me, I'm extremely cautious about it, other than that, still immensely enjoyable, bit of a shame there's no ray tracing during gameplay, but I'm guessing performance issues would suffer because of it I guess? Truth be told I'm quite impressed with the weather effects, kinda hope seeing it's an online game we may get more classic tracks like Trial hill, and that beautiful Racing/rally track with that snowy mountain in the background track, I'm kinda hoping there's a 'Players choice Anniversary' kinda thing with the tracks in the future were we get more original tracks, but I'm barely Two hours into it and have no idea if there's more original tracks, I'm actually really hoping, there's some original tracks as DLC in gt sport for the VR mode, trial mountain and some of those rally tracks from GT2, in VR would be super duper sweet, awesome performance review of GT7 I'll be watching that other one too where you compare the PS4 one with the ps5, bit of a curious crispy to see the difference between the 2, well done guys cheers again 👍

[@frankymcjohnson4494]

If you're saying it's a red flag but still getting the game you're a hypocrite. NEVER support always online games.

[@damienkrawczuk1435]

@@frankymcjohnson4494 didn't realise till I already had it, no one talked about it and no one said anything about it, if I had known I probably would of never have gotten it, and it's too late to return it now, yeah I got crappy internet but when it decides not to work I'll play other games it just won't be apart of my most played games list, got pretty disappointed when I saw the 'online only' badge on the cover, but these new games that come out they seriously need to say right at the start it's a 'online only' game, otherwise there'll be alot more annoyed, jaded and disappointed gamers out there, next game I'm interested in I'll definitely be asking is does it support online/offline play, what's more annoying about it I pre ordered this awhile ago, got caught up with the excitement of it, I'll be more cautious in the future

[@bigslatt708]

10.2 tflops is only so much

[@StubbyPhillips]

Man! I was SO excited about this until you got to part about the online crap. Next thing you know it'll be "subscription" then what? Pay per lap? Oh well... nope.

[@ninetendopesaitama2107]

For the payers ;)

[@KingTairun]

awesome review showing it is online only an unplayable without connection

[@aaronjessome1032]

The online dependency is a deal breaker for me, I won't be buying this game yet unless that changes. I wasted my money on gt sport because of that. I was really excited for this release and it just feels held back because of being a ps4 game as well. I had the most fun and sunk so many hours into gt3 on ps2. I miss those days.

[@drunksquirrel2051]

K, bye

[@spunkysamuel]

Okay if it feels held back to you, then what exactly would be better if it wasn't "held back"

[@dankswank9088]

@@drunksquirrel2051identifying with the stick that beats you isn't a flex, bro

[@spunkysamuel]

@@dankswank9088 So because if there wasn't a PS4 version of the game, suddenly the game wouldn't be online only?

[@spaceman-pe5je]

@@dankswank9088 haha yeah, a video game requiring an internet connection is "the stick that beats you"

[@Burebista_82-44BCE]

WE SHOULD PROTEST AGAINST "Online Only " by NOT BUYING THOSE GAMES ANYMORE!! I'm playing on Xbox and I'm with you on this shit DRM!

[@mantis1412]

One thing I found jarring was the lack of dust and debris being kicked up.The driver in the video went on a notable excursion at 29.28 and there appeared to be nothing.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

That's playstation quality right there. That will be 70 dollars please. What a joke!! DO NOT BUY!

[@DoctahDave]

Online required connection... (Cue Scar from Lion King) Hmm, where have I seen this before... ahhh yess, this is the same thing Xbox 1 did before it died.

[@popefacto5945]

Bummer about being "online only". Canceling my preorder. Maybe I'll give $20 for it.

[@lesuardeder9604]

I wouldn't even waste $20 on a game I can't own due to being tied to a server. This is something that Free2Play games do.

[@christophluger793]

What's the reason to make it online only? The amount of people that will have a PS5 that can play pirated Games will be very low. That's a shame.

[@rexthesheep]

Apparently it's something to do with some motorsport certification that this game and GT Sport before it have. Basically it needs to verify your lap times with the online server. - But _surely_ if that's true, there would have to be _way better ways to approach it_ without cutting off the entire game like this. :(

[@U2ber4lif3]

Dont care how good a game is. I will not buy an always online game. Never have and never will

[@rpgfan8650]

I won't pay full price to just rent the game that always have online check and can't be played when the server or internet is down.

[@MrShadow2x]

Man oh man, this game is gorgeous. I'm not big into cars, but Gran Turismo always impresses non-gamer friends, especially those who love cars in a way I'll never understand. I kept getting more excited throughout the video, until the ball dropped on the online DRM requirement. I don't buy games that do that (don't anyone try to argue with me, I'm not changing my mind). That being said, this might be one exception I make. I'm torn.

[@dankswank9088]

We can't blame you for being torn, nor would we hate you for deciding to buy it. That said, getting the game second-hand (either by getting a used physical copy of getting a digital key from a reseller), along with avoiding all microtransactions in the game, would send a very clear message to Sony that you love the game but are unwilling to give them any money for it because of the DRM.

[@MrShadow2x]

@@dankswank9088 I like this suggestion. I do prefer supporting the devs and publishers when I buy games, but in this case, I think you have a good compromise. It might be what I end up doing.

[@Runie549]

On one hand, this was an entertaining, well made video. OTOH, you could've LED with the "always online" thing, instead of building my hopes up and then blowing them to pieces at the end like that :(

[@gondalasatvarsh5892]

Why are people worried about 400 cars lmao, I'll always take each car being highly detailed over 800 cars that are not on the same level of quality

[@macsmith2013]

Well, I guess 40 of those cars will be Skylines and GT-Rs, either of which I don't care for too much.

[@gondalasatvarsh5892]

@@macsmith2013 The game is literally called GT7 what did you expect lol, but looking at the list. I think they covered a wide variety of cars including some amazing concept supercars too

[@justinpakarno4346]

A single player game with mandatory online DRM? No thanks!

[@gaelthefail4399]

Online only? What about the people without a reliable internet connection? This game was ALMOST perfect, atleast for me 😞

[@RuneBa1]

I think they put online it because of cloud save modding something like that which everyone abused to get everything in the game, however I do see them putting offline modes

[@teotest3255]

Always online is a no go. Sony murdered the game before it's release. Therefore long live piracy.

[@thefoss721]

Super sick opening song and punchy finish with these scenes playing in the back… good work digital foundry I can tell you spent a lot of work into this video 🙏🙏🙏

[@anasevi9456]

multiple layer, basecoat/metallic/clearcoat simulation has been something played with graphically since ATI's car demo from 2002, and something Forza has been doing since 2011. What is exciting is seeing it play with raytracing.

[@joaobcrts]

The way DF sucks Sony, it's different

[@Sr.D]

Holly fuck that DRM caught me totally by surprise, wtf has DRM to do with GT OFFLINE campaign, not gonna swallow that shit.

[@mtdubdachamp6917]

This game is gorgeous. Only thing I don’t like graphically is the grass and lack of real car damage

[@rexailos475]

The car damage is something bound to licenses, car companies won’t allow it since it might be bad marketing for the cars themselves.

[@conan_der_barbar]

I think this review misses one important aspect: local splitscreen Multiplayer

[@josedeleon1923]

I didn't expect this game to be more restricted than the Hitman trilogy without internet connection. That's horrible!

[@Truewiddy1]

They need to patch the always online

[@KAMELKFB]

16:20 "It's just Superb looking" i see what you did there.

[@TheGodji80]

Hi there! Nice video work DF. But about this GT7…. am I missing something or nobody says anything about trees that look static even when raining or winding? (rain effect is so so) This is shocking, we are on PS5 and so many games, even open worlds, have yet implemented nice weather conditions and among racings, look at WRC, and even drive club 7 years ago was better looking on several aspects despite low rez and 30 fps… Moreover this clinical look is weird and this game feels "empty" and lifeless to look at… (are there even a few birds in the sky?!). That’s a shame and should be pointed out. Cheers

[@wekkimeif7720]

Online only DRM on singleplayer console game xD That's worst I have ever heard. You can't even pirate the game on PS 5 even if you tried to. So there is 0 reasons to make it online only

[@PinoyZo1]

Imagine if this game was only current gen PS5 & not shorted by the older generation console.

[@Salty.Peasants]

Just can't get into the concept of "owning" a game, buying content for it, only for it to be locked behind online-only DRM. Once the internet goes out your game is as worthless as the wrapper it came with.

[@swaggerjack3368]

The update is the actual release of the game. They intentionally waited until post-launch to monetize what is actually a pay-as-you go game. DO NOT BUY.

[@lon7850]

looks phenomenol. but screw the always-online crap. screw it to the floor!

[@shonen84]

7:57 “Bespoke” - DF Original Confirmed

[@simonrockstream]

Online DRM is unacceptable. It's disgusting.

[@melxb]

meh it didn't stop sport and could even get patched by the time it would become an issue, but by then u would have moved on to the next entry gt9 gt10 or later anyways 🤷‍♂️

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

100% agreed on a Performance RT mode. A lot of people don't need 4k or just prefer lower resolution if that means RT 60.

[@AboHitham]

Once Moon Over The Castle music started, I have been taken to another world and forgot about John and just enjoy listening to this masterpiece. 22:50

[@Cloverfruit-w8t]

Do you know the name of the music being played at the beginning of the video. The electronic guitar music.

[@daysgone2997]

a very very good review digital, watched and listened to every breath, cant wait to play for hours on end

[@reinormand]

Super sophisticated and thorough review as usual. Thank you

[@bobdylan2843]

wtf is wrong with polyphony, DRM!?!?

[@cra0kalo]

Yeah online only boo!

[@hadiganmadder970]

Online only the only black mark....must have fogotten that fps drop to mid 40s that will happen.

[@rafachan]

Drm nightmare...

[@8-bitsteve500]

Love the Gran Turismo series, unfortunately I found out a couple of weeks ago that even in single player mode it's online only. Was so disappointed and that's now I'll not buy it. Will make do with watching someone play it on youtube. lol

[@sakuragi1062]

You aint playing this type of game for single player mode its an online multiplayer game at its core if you dont have internet connection then just play single player story driven games.

[@8-bitsteve500]

@@sakuragi1062 Wrong, lots of people play it purely for single player.

[@sakuragi1062]

@@8-bitsteve500 Thats like since gran turismo 3 after GT Sports GT focus more on multiplayer aspect even Sports and 7 doesn’t have real campaign its all about online play now

[@8-bitsteve500]

@@sakuragi1062 yes and it's a real shame.

[@ttheboss99]

What a hell of a game! Played it the whole weekend

[@kawismeecha518]

The gran turismo rememberd me to my playtation 3

[@crashspacebrent1626]

Hi Guys. Thank you so much for putting in the hard work to review the performance of the game. I have one question, i am running gt7 on 1080p performance mode. However when there are like 5 or 6 cars on a turn i get microstutters. Also wet weather racing is horrible on corners microstuttering heaps with other cars (as you mentioned) however it can happen with as little as 1 car. Is this normal? Im struggling to tell as no one else I know has a ps5

[@r.o.6180]

Online ONLY? WTF? I criticized blizzard/Activision/hitman games for years because of this. I'm kinda mad tbh...

[@dribblepi5554]

It's to stop cheaters get over it

[@r.o.6180]

@@dribblepi5554 cheaters? In my single player mode?? What?!

[@Shaker1000]

@@r.o.6180 Ignore the guy he eats crayons. He literally made no sense

[@dribblepi5554]

@@r.o.6180 it's always been like that since internet came to consoles

[@r.o.6180]

@@dribblepi5554 That's funny cause I clearly remember me and my friends making fun of the xbox back in 2014 or whatever because they wanted an always online console...

[@Prodzick]

So early that the comments are so peacefull.

[@eljusticiero322]

Forza Horizon better

[@henrik5299]

@@eljusticiero322 bruh 🤣

[@jeremiahola7304]

@@eljusticiero322 mid

[@TheVoxmouth]

@@eljusticiero322 savage

[@urbanshadow777]

@@eljusticiero322 I like horizon 5, I probably put 150hrs into it but gt7 is a completely different game and appeals more to the sime crowd. Saying horizon is better than gt is like saying halo is better than call of duty. Yeah they are both first person shooters but they are completely different game appealing to different parts of the gaming community. To say one is better than the other is just dumb ass console war fan boy bs. Edit: Did I just get woodshed? Fk, ah well might as well own it

[@ChroniclesofKToyoda]

Want to make a Correction, all PS5 GT7 car models are actually higher quality than what is showcased in GT-Sport, the caveat being that these higher polygon assets were actually authored during development of GT-Sport but were much too detailed to be used in PS4/Pro generation, according to the creator himself, the choice was made so that they would be better prepared for transitioning to more powerful next generation hardware in a more timely manner They chose to go this route, which is heavily bolstered by manufacturer provided high fidelity CAD data, from the prior learnings of trying to transition into the HD era from the PS2 assets and avoid how excruciatingly long that endeavour took to go from 4 to 5, even though technically GT4 did support 1080i with the right cables. Point being these aren't dressed up GT-Sport cars, these cars were authored and stored for use for future hardware that is capable of it from inception, & GT7 is starting to showcase that forward thinking planning, again this is according to Kaz's interviews himself

[@MegaRayland]

Good point. It is important to remember that by the time the PS4 generation rolled out a common practice in game development was to model a higher detail/resolution model for character, vehicles, and assets that would then get reduced to the required levels to run in the engine at the desired targets. This means that there were higher quality assets available. This is a practice common to this day.

[@SergeantMoetz]

Thanks for the great background information!

[@ionlywatch]

models are everything for heavily asset-based games

[@arthurb5194]

Some cars new to GT6 were used (touched up a bit) in GT Sport as well, off the top of my head the ones that featured tessellation like the ferrari F40 and KTM Xbow. In any regular gameplay scenario the high poly model wouldn't be loaded, but in replays and photomode they would. There's a big thread on GT Planet from years back where some guy named Emula compares GT6 models to GT Sport, pretty interesting to see. I think it's great that polyphony is at the point where the models themselves will look good for years to come, and they can work on how materials are handled. I admire how they go for a natural aesthetic, even if some say it's boring compared to the more colorful Forza

[@nalong55]

Proof rather than hearsay?

[@dotty1774]

I remember having the original GT with my dad and uncles taking turns on the wheel. At the time it was so realistic haha

[@JenovaDoll]

I remember how good the graphics were back then.

[@kyles8524]

i actually played that recently lol, at least there isnt damage in the game.I passed a lot of those races smashing into cars when they slowed down for a turn and either pushing them into a grass field on the track or pushing them out of position against a wall that let me get by

[@SiStockbridge]

Snap! Taking turns in the endurance races with my brother was a highlight aswell

[@adriantrusca1245]

Nobody cares about your memories.

[@merijnfluitman5761]

I used to use the joystick to look at my cars from all angles during the countdown at the start of a race

[@alasdaresineaeris2772]

I can see the soul in the game. Not a car guy but I'll definitely be getting it

[@javierb.4447]

Can we really say it haves a soul if it doesn't even have something so basic as car damage? Hard to believe, man

[@sleepy_killer]

@@javierb.4447 It doesn't have car damage in 2022 for real dude?

[@LogicInWords]

@@javierb.4447 when you license these cars to use in your game. You do know some of them don’t want their cars shown in that light right. This is why car damage isn’t implemented

[@METALMATCHA]

@@LogicInWords It’s funny how the devs implement so much care and detail and someone thinks they just forgot about car damage lol

[@ThankYouScienc3]

@@METALMATCHA fr, and it's been lacking in all licensed car games for the same reason for what 25 years? Car manufacturers dont want you showing their cars with their shit kicked in, dragging half a muffler behind it. I didn't realize there were still doofs who held this against a dev team. It looks even more insane given how much love and care went into this game. Bravo Poly, for car lovers this will be a treat.

[@joker927]

Amazing analysis. Ouch though, that online-only DRM really leaves a bad taste. Yuk.

[@8-bitsteve500]

Same, our only response is to not buy it because buying it just endorses their shitty decision. I know it sucks not to play it, but so be it.

[@joker927]

@@8-bitsteve500 the real bummer is that even if they patch it out, you'll need a working psn connection to get that patch, defeating the purpose.

[@CDubya.82]

If like GT Sport, you can’t access the single player campaign when offline….it’s a deal breaker for me. 👎

[@billpogi23]

Kids

[@drunksquirrel2051]

K, bye then

[@Serandi1987]

GT7 needs the power of the PS5 Pro! I had this game in 2022 but bought a PS5 at the end of 2023 and played this game only for some days and then sold the PS5 again only to wait for the PS5 Pro and FINALLY enjoy the game to the fullest like it should be!✅

[@aaronh248]

Yep the load times are a game changer. We haven't had fast loading into races since GT4 really. Being able to pop back into a license test within 3 seconds, or go customize a car real quick and then jump back into a race within seconds. Such a massive change

[@apictureoffunction]

That's been ny favorite improvement of this generation of consoles. I still can barely wrap my head around the fact that PS5 native titles load in anywhere from 2-10 seconds tops.

[@Yeedman]

im just thinking, couldn't you just toss a ssd in a ps3 or ps4 to improve loading times of ps3 gran turismos or gran turismo sport?

[@danifit24]

@@Yeedman not exactly, processor still needs his own power to analyse data

[@bladeofmird]

@Aaron H Umm..actually from the PS2 generation GT4 really had the worst loading times. GT3 had much faster loadings.

[@MisterReen]

@@Yeedman it will improve the loading times of the PS4 a little bit you won’t nearly reach the quick loading times of the ps5. That’s because the whole architecture of the PS4 is not optimised for such a fast ssd. When you equip your PS4 with an ssd, only a small part of the performance of the ssd will be utilised.

[@soplokill]

Gran Turismo literally inspired me into a petrolhead, it was always eye popping since PS2, and I mean beyond the visual aspect, I loved as a child, and I was owner to the biggest community of Gran Turismo on Orkut, and everyday people saying how much they loved spending time with the games, I hope that this game make new car lovers and allow we who grew with it to make new pure fun memories.. Nowdays is hard to really get hyped to something without a foot back, but my inner child is screaming its lungs out to this game simply not suck

[@shashankars3632]

Same story here🤩

[@Blamant]

It really is a fresh breath of air that it isn't a rushed release, unlike every other modern game ever

[@paulklp8262]

The MX-5 NA from GT3 is why I ended up buying a real MX-5 21 years later.

[@Blamant]

@@paulklp8262 I have an MX5 as well, it's an NB tho

[@Tool0GT92]

@@paulklp8262 Miata Is Always The Answer

[@fgcgamer]

man why online only, do they want people to not buy it

[@mxthunder2]

as a huge retro gamer, i hate the fact that its online only.

[@melxvee6850]

Preventing piracy

[@lesuardeder9604]

@@melxvee6850 By not letting legitimate buyers own the game? That's ingenious.

[@melxvee6850]

@@lesuardeder9604 just cuz it's online to you it means you don't own the game?

[@lesuardeder9604]

@@melxvee6850 Yes that's what it means. You don't own a game that relies on a server connection to run and will turn into a paperweight a few years down the line when they shut down the servers. Paying for something that can and WILL be taken away from you later is not ownership.

[@TheCreepyArchives]

You live in a 3rd world country bro? I don't need the game to work in 10 years, I'll have the next game.

[@AnANas00-x3p]

Always online is a deal breaker. No buy from me. Yes I have internet, but that's not the point.

[@AnANas00-x3p]

@Esuard Leder gaming has become mainstream. Now I'm ashamed to say I'm a gamer.

[@cesarcruz6947]

Stunning game with so many GT4 vibes...but why does it have to be always online? Every time a Dev does this I feel I'm renting a game with an expiration date. Or maybe I'm just too old and miss the way games used to be...

[@fabolousjada5070]

Your old

[@MegaRayland]

In the case of GT it seems to be tied to the online component. Remember that this is developed on the back of GT Sport, a game designed as mainly an online multiplayer game. That game’s online features were incredibly smooth being able to quickly jump into online events. And with everything you do in the game updating your standing in the global rankings and availability for online events it seems in part to be an (over)reaction to what online performance was back on the PS3 games. Instead of having the online features kick in on request just have the game online all the time updating in the background. On top of that, if the news of the new AI system are anything to go by, it is possible that online connectivity becomes even more relevant down the line.

[@CinePhil101]

Piracy control

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Wait.. so you actually can’t play this game if your Wifi goes out?

[@kriskater]

@@flyingplantwhale545 I believe you can

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

This is unacceptable. We don't need drm in our games.

[@AzaiaMonota]

It's worse than DRM this is server reliant

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

@@AzaiaMonota what if the server crashes on launch day with all the traffic?

[@derpthegr8689]

@@NotoriousRawDogger then nobody plays GT7 that day🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fahada1921]

I’ve been playing GT7 for around 6 hours now. I’m telling you this is a therapeutic experience I’m not even joking. It’s amazing the amount of hard work and attention to detail and love put into this. Thank you Yamauchi and all people that delivered this unbelievable game.

[@ddha0000]

its not as detailed as PC sims dude. its rubbish.

[@cookedit]

@@ddha0000 You played the game? Because the game isn't a full on Sim like a PC game doesn't mean it isn't more detailed. Tell me of a PC game that has more cars, tracks, play modes, livery editor and camera options than GT7?

[@elazotacunaos4752]

@Esuard Leder, all the games you have aren't from digital stores, right?

[@wah666]

@Esuard Leder no shit! not like every other comment on this video is talking about the dumb online-only aspect of the game. but one guy has a positive thing to say about the game, that he’s making the best of it and having fun, and you have to chime in with negativity acting like a smug asshole. touch grass.

[@ShipyardWelder]

@@ddha0000 You never even played the series I bet.... Just a dumb hater finding reason to hate something.

[@wiegraf9009]

I still boot up GT4 and GT6 sometimes to drive old cars that aren't included in modern games. It's a shame that GT7 likely won't have the same longevity because of the always online DRM.

[@Dokm1n]

I mean, ps3 servers are still up, and the ps6 will probably still be retrocompatible with the ps4, so gt7 has at least 25 years of servers

[@KingGameReview]

I prefer Forza Motorsport, but I'm still hyped for this game (preordered it back in September, should be here today). My biggest issue with GT games is probably minor - I don't like how the chase cam works. It's like attached to the car on a long stick. The camera rotates with the car 1:1. Play basically any other racing game and you'll see the difference. Other racing games have the camera follow more loosely, like a drone is following it or something. You can see some slight car rotation when turning. I mostly play with my wheel in first-person cam, though, so it's not usually an issue, but when I don't feel like getting the wheel set up, it's a minor annoyance that I always notice.

[@wblue10]

I agree 100% and I wish they would add an option to at least have the possibility to change that. That’s a minor issue but still it something that I can’t stop thinking about and kind of ruins the game

[@KingGameReview]

@@wblue10 I'm glad somebody else knows what I'm talking about. It's bizarre.

[@andresromerodelgado6241]

Cars dont fly in gt7 sorry

[@KingGameReview]

@@andresromerodelgado6241 wat

[@person.w9780]

@@wblue10 there is tho

[@senseihEnRY16]

The always online nature of this game is kinda a deal breaker for me, i hate it on GT Sport (although multiplayer is the point of that game) and i'm pretty sure i'll hate it on this too. I also hate the size of racing game this day, even Forza Horizon 5 reach 100+ GB and i'm affraid to see how much space i need to provide for this game (plus all the new contents) when i finally get PS5 in 2077

[@tero581]

lol Yup you are a gamer.

[@agus.lorenzo]

I don't remember seeing npc's with PS5s in Cyberpunk 2077, I would say maybe around 2177 you'll get your PS5.

[@kriever]

The games are gigantic because they are incredibly detailed. The problem is the hard disk price and the time to download.

[@ottom.3094]

Buy the disc….. simple

[@extreme123dz]

@@kriever The problem is that this is 2022 and still we cant get as a standar for everyone a 8tb HDD or 2.5TB SSD....i repeat, Standar 50/100$ universal 8TBHDD/2.5SSD

[@virajpawar750]

VR mode with psvr2 will be so awesome in this game 🤩

[@FrankLotion9461]

Psvr2 with steering wheel support

[@jimmypage1969]

@@FrankLotion9461 that should go without saying 😁 Playing with a controller should only be for nfs games

[@Romanplaystation]

My initial thoughts too. GT Sport was my very first VR experience, and it was jaw dropping for me. Completely blew my mind. Still love my PSVR, but also 2023 and PSVR2 cannot come soon enough. 😍

[@TheBrennanSchafer]

Simracers and flight sims are definitely the best genres to play on VR but the PS5's hardware is going to struggle playing a game this demanding in VR and frame-rates needed for it - even with graphics dumbed down. It may be able to be played in VR once they release the game for PC. That may even be why there have been rumors floating around that the PSVR2 may end up being PC- compatible. Certainly would be a much better VR experience with higher-end hardware.

[@techknow9237]

...but not at £500,!

[@soruyo210]

Really really bummed about the online only. Yes I get it most already have internet but you can still run into random internet shut downs. It’s worse for a racing game where all your current race progress would be gone. Also defeats the purpose of being about to pause a race mid game onto rest mode, you’ll be forced to login back in and restart the race.

[@jermainen7846]

True, I never thought about that. How will rest mode work? specially if you randomly loose internet connection while in rest mode? This could be a problem

[@XBnPC]

Yeah dude, online connection required Suuucks

[@coolslc]

I’m with you on the online only crap… don’t get why it’s like that, what if the grid goes down, bastards!

[@dontomaso11]

I didn't have an issue with always online until the release of hitman 2. My internet went haywire and for about 3 weeks I disconnected every other minute for a couple of minutes. I got apoligies from my provider of course, but it was just so ironic that it happened basically the same week as I got a single player game that requires online. After that I will never ever be "ok" with always online single player games. There is simply no reason why the should be always online, and internet CAN go down, even if you live in a highly connected country like me.

[@coolslc]

@@dontomaso11 💯💯💯

[@morph-x7153]

I never was too demanding when it comes to graphics and fidelity, so for me by far the load times have the most impact. It feels so natural but also strange at the same time to just go from on thing to the next so effortlessly. I’m enjoying GT7 so much more than I initially thought I would.

[@Masckerdoom]

Lying about the game's features and releasing a game that looks like this on the PS5 is unacceptable, Forza is open world and it looks better than this. I was about to buy this too.

[@BlackParade01]

@@Masckerdoom GT7 looks great wdym

[@Masckerdoom]

@@BlackParade01 it looks alright tbh. I have been playing it.

[@MadX8]

@@BlackParade01 It looks good, sometimes incredibly good. But still, FH5 looks better while having the Open world constraint. It's hard to excuse this level of detail honestly, the PS5 can do MUCH better. Still, I have to say that if you're using the cockpit view in GT7, it looks phenomenal at times

[@solid_justice5855]

​@@MadX8GT7 cars are far more detailed then FH5 cars. Also the new Forza even looks worse then GT7, what is its excuse?

[@id104335409]

How is it back to its roots when it's all online? Career mode is something that shouldn't require an online connection. I understand that online racing is where they want to be, but not everything should depend on it.

[@CreativGaming]

I don't get it. Do you guys have a problem with your internet? Something tells me you guys wasn't going to buy it anyway but just want something to complain about. Because if this was Apex legends or warzone there wouldn't be a problem as those games are online only. I'm sorry you don't have more to whine about as this game is polished AF.

[@CreativGaming]

@Esuard Leder Well technically this is primarily a multiplayer game.

[@id104335409]

@@CreativGaming there will always be some of you and there will always be some of us.

[@saputrasaputra3347]

no ray tracing during gameplay as expected from weakstation 5 $1000 pc is 3x faster than weakstation 5

[@core4365]

Just really sucks knowing you can't enjoy the game 10-15 years down the road like literally every other game.

[@dkropelnicki9819]

Always online?! What a let down.

[@r4dius]

Everything was looking good until the end where you say it's online only .. I'm not getting a driving game that requires internet connection to play anytime soon

[@mrs323]

Man, watching this video makes me want to travel and see the world! But having to always be online is insane. I get it for doing online stuff but good grief, you should be able to do single player/ local multiplayer (is that even possible) without an internet connection!

[@toddgrant6133]

But they can't force you to buy the new game when the old one is out of service then

[@8-bitsteve500]

@@toddgrant6133 Then I'll pass on this and they lost a sale and I'm betting I'm not the only one. Ridiculous decision devs.

[@8-bitsteve500]

@@theoroinvictus wow, really. That's absurd

[@phinch1]

It's 2022, if you have a PS5... you obviously have the internet

[@8-bitsteve500]

@@phinch1 I do have internet, never said I didn't. When it comes to gaming I've had 3 rules and it works well for me: 1: don't play F2P games, 2: don't buy 'games as a service' games and 3: don't buy online only games. I hope you enjoy the game and get a ton of fun out of it but for the only reason only, I'll not be buying it.

[@Destroyah5000]

I appreciate the awareness of making the game online-only being a drawback. Imagine your router goes out when getting serious in even the non-multiplayer races. Make it simple and give us a FULL offline mode.

[@CC42_]

It's total bs

[@fczuardi]

Offline mode needs to improve a lot before I consider buying this game. We could be talking about a great entry in the series, but DRM is simply wrong.

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

@Esuard Leder if it needs a day one patch to play day one then chances are it will disappear from servers and shelves at some point... and become obsolete

[@theninjamaster67]

@Esuard Leder Not necessarily true that's one of the awesome things about community servers for games like Team Fortress 2 basically it makes it where the lifetime of a game is up to the community even if official servers shut down. That's why there's been a big effort to set up unofficial community servers for a bunch of PS3 games recently it's when the developer takes that freedom away from you that it becomes a problem but then that's where emulation comes in to save the day when developers don't care about game preservation.

[@theninjamaster67]

@Esuard Leder How the hell is that naive there's community servers for the original Demon Souls through the emulator RPCS3 and that game is old as shit at this point so why wouldn't people eventually set up community servers. I'd also suggest looking up this fan group called PSONE as they've been setting up some community servers and so far they have a few servers up for Motorstorm, Warhawk, Killzone 2, Socom Confrontation, WipeoutHD, Calling all Cars, and Twisted Metal Black as a few examples they have up so far (and they're working on more). Trust me it's not naive to believe there might be community servers made in the future especially with all the efforts being made to preserve all these older online titles now, believing something like that is naive just undermines all the hard work that has been done by these dedicated groups so far.

[@sylwester7]

"Soothing sounds of hooked on classics, Richard's favourite..." - that made my day! :D

[@emeraldarts]

that offline mode gonna be a problem- I wanna progress offline then appear online

[@6TheBACH]

GT7 is an Online Only Game now. You can't no longer simply enjoy Gran Turismo now. Rip Gaming 4Ever.

[@fajaradi1223]

Don't forget to thanks DF for reporting this

[@silverfox__12]

What is the system that is requiring an online connection? I don't understand why it is requiring to be connected to the internet. This is very upsetting.

[@Salty.Peasants]

Nice, but hard pass! I don't buy things I don't own and can't use at my discretion.

[@TorqueEffect]

Yeah don't buy this game if you want it to be a paperweight. We've seen how fast Polyphony Digital shuts down the GT servers. And even if they patch it out, it will still be on the game disc, so once the PSN servers for PS4/PS5 are pulled down, you won't be able to get the patch that un-drms the game.

[@you2be839]

That a whole topic on its own, because having gamesaves tied to gamepatch versions is a huge issue given that Sony still does not offer a way to save gamepatches offline or install gamepatches from offline. And if you uninstall the gamedata to clear way for other games and then, years later, for some reason you can't download the gamepatch from Sony's servers, then all of your gamesaves are useless.

[@lordspalse0062]

@@you2be839 It's part of their game plan. They know what they're doing.

[@aceofhearts573]

Always online. Wtf

[@nbdante]

Not gonna buy it just because it has a mandatory internet connection!

[@Phade101]

So ur basically renting it until the server closes down :(

[@carlosurquia2128]

Do you remember games for windows live? Is what encourage piracy

[@MegaBlackley]

Online only = sale lost.

[@kapteinsnute]

Online only?! Thats a nobuy from me then. How stupid can they be🙄

[@parasolo89]

Sucks that you always have to be online to play.

[@djbrokoly3909]

Online only game??? this sucks!!!

[@emeraldarts]

so basically online only play means your renting the game, cause you don't own it really... that makes no sense. - WHATS THE USE OF RAY TRACING IF ITS NOT "PLAYABLE" DURING THE RACES?- only for replays-

[@steel5897]

GT5 and GT6 are completely crippled now because they shut off the servers, especially GT5 which has almost no content without the online events. Meanwhile GT4 can be enjoyed in all its glory exactly like in 2005, today. I really despise requiring online, it gives the game an expiration date.

[@Djmatrix2310]

GT5 completely crippled? I've been playing recently on my PS3 and it's very much payable with no online mode.

[@ass.blaster2000]

GT6 works if you disconnect from the internet in PS3 settings

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

Online-only Campaign... say less gtfo