Gran Turismo 7 Review - "Buy, Wait for Sale, Never Touch?" Micro-Transactions FREAKISHLY High! -IP

[@J_PIK]

I had a co-worker back in the 90’s who was obsessed with GT and had the most expensive steering wheel for it. She was in her 40’s at the time. I can only imagine her right now in her 70’s playing this, gripping her wheel and having a good time.

[@craigmc89]

Wholesome

[@mikeoxlong567]

Man, cant believe 1990 was 30 years ago

[@em1ownerify]

@@mikeoxlong567 I turn 30 in a couple days… 1992 was 30 years ago 😂😭

[@devineaaron]

Me too man. 30 in May. Where did the time go.

[@em1ownerify]

@@devineaaron no idea but I love finding older gamers like me. You and me were around for tomb raider on original PlayStation. Saga, Dreamcast, original Nintendo hand held. And so much more

[@kennyrodney5261]

You forgot to mention that without online connection, you can NOT play this game offline , except for a few one lap races. Even with a physical hard copy disc, if your internet is down or Sony is down, this game does not allow you to play. I don't know why it's made this way, but a huge bummer for an otherwise amazing game.

[@Shipwreck15151]

I will never forget getting Gran Turismo 1 for my original PlayStation and playing it for hours on end. My dad is a mechanic and also worked on some stock car racers (I unfortunately never caught on to it) and I remember asking him about stuff in the game and he was thoroughly impressed with what it offered. I cannot wait to add this to my collection.

[@bengalboypaco7327]

Remember my uncle playing gran turismo tekken silent hill i even remember going to his house he was in the middle of fighting liquid snake on the elevator shaft lol

[@Eagles.Fan.Since.Super.Bowl.52]

It's the only one I beat. GTO was the fastest car. By the time GT2 came out I was burned out on the genre for a while. I think GT2 had 2 discs.

[@EscapeCondition]

Myu big memory was me and two of my friends who were also gear heads, saving our cars on memory cards and getting together a few times a week to race. So much fun.

[@rickylovesyou]

@@Eagles.Fan.Since.Super.Bowl.52 actually the Godzilla r32 was a much much faster car than the gto. Especially when modified. There were quite a few faster than the gto.

[@fatbroccoli8]

@@EscapeCondition I forgot you could do that

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

It's a bit hard to justify this game since most of it is locked behind an Always-Online connection. Like, do the devs have an End-of-life plan once the servers are shutdown or will most of the game will end up bricked once all support ends? That to me is kind of a major deal breaker for most games.

[@bens3767]

This is definitely a deal breaker for me. The fact that no one is talking about this either says a lot.

[@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf]

@@bens3767 Well I would assume the vast majority are almost always online. When you gameshare and want to play your games purchased on your account, you must always be connected online. A vast majority game share too in the gaming community so they always have to be online.

[@TRivera13]

It's a reason I no longer buy NBA 2K games. After two years a healthy portion of the game is unplayable. I'm not someone who plays games all day every day.

[@marcelorrios8689]

@Scott Pilgrim they should let you play after the servers go down, they would not make the game dead i assume, it would be stupid(sales-wise).

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

@Scott Pilgrim I'm not judging you for still getting GT7. That's your choice to make. I'm a bit of a hypocrite since I also bought GT7 but now, I have buyers remorse. Yeah, the only parts of GT7 that could be played without a connection are the Music Rally and Arcade Mode. That's it. You can't play even play the single player component of the game. Once the servers go down or if something goes wrong, the game is mostly bricked. And it's still tied deeply into the physical release since it was released with that online tether.

[@jeffreydean5112]

Love the fact that I’m seeing people coming back here to voice frustrations. No one should be happy with the latest “update.” Wait for it to be $20

[@nightshydow]

So right I got an reply from ACG say I won a playstation 5 but I didn't won per say in order for me to get this playstation 5 I have to pay for the shipping from 115.00 to 225.00 now how can you be raffling off a PlayStation 5 to the world and for someone to win they have to pay for the shipping I want other things from KZbin a 45 inch TV some baseball caps from China and Italy never did I have to pay for shipping I mean what's the point of you winning something if you have to pay for the shipping for it to get to you but ACG this is what's going on with this channel

[@jasonvoorheesthethird]

@@nightshydow that’s ridiculous! You shouldn’t pay for something that you’ve won in the first place!! If they can’t afford the shipping, they shouldn’t give it away! Especially if the winner is not aware that he will have to pay if he wins! I would never pay that kind of money just to get something that I won shipped to me either, it’s ridiculous

[@tonmandude]

After the 1.07 patch this week, im gonna say wait for sale... They nerfed credits earned and removed the ability to sell cars. Legendary cars are like 3.5mil. People calculated it will take 30 hours of racing to unlock. It's the equivalent of $40USD for a GT40 You need to buy 3 for a trophy to get the plat The community is pretty upset right now. PD is really pushing microtransactions...

[@ricardodelorenzo3954]

I'm refusing to touch this game again until they fix this. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@schigeraXD]

Well Xbox Series X it is for me then! I wanted a PS5 just for GT7 but this is just ridiculous. I'm not gonna fish out $70 for this game if they're going to treat this legendary franchise like this.

[@zakblue]

@Andy can't write of an entire game for always online. Who isn't always online these days anyway, it's not 1995 anymore

[@zakblue]

@Andy that's one way of looking at it. I do OWN the game and think it's fkn great. Probably the only driving sim i've really enjoyed in the last few years. They had one server maintenance since i've owned it and it was 2 whole hours. In that time you could play offline modes at least. I think you must be a glass half full kind of guy. Everyone is evil and out to get you, take away your freedoms. Diablo 3 had the same criticisms about always online - ten years ago! I really enjoyed that one too with thousands of hours played and go back to it from time to time. Always online is a non issue.

[@zakblue]

@Andy I guess by that thinking I've never owned Diablo 3 either lol. I bought a digital copy of GT7 too so I'm even less in your offline-only camp. It comes down to perceptions of what constitutes ownership I guess. Anyway you're fighting a losing war homie. You can tell the grandkids about the good ol gaming days before internet and how everything was better back then.

[@zer0sckillz539]

Man, I spent countless hours playing Gran Turismo 4 back on PS2. Loved that game. These games are surprisingly deep and take a while to see everything they have to offer. It’s always been my favorite racing franchise. It’s good to see that Polyphony Digital is trying to take their crown back. For me they’ve always made the most impressive racing sims on the market. Love your vids Karak. Keep up the great work.

[@xShredsx]

TBF the marketing around this game has shown that Polyphony and Sony are really passionate about the GT series. While it may not be a genre for everyone, they seem to have leaned into the idea that this game is for people who are into the racing world.

[@zer0sckillz539]

@@xShredsx Absolutely. They definitely make a game very focused on a specific type of player. They do an amazing job at that task.

[@Walamonga1313]

The best part of Gran Turismo has always been their progression and length. They feel more like racing RPGs more than just racing games

[@zer0sckillz539]

@@Walamonga1313 That’s actually a perfect description of how the Gran Turismo series pulls you in. It’s like an RPG and you feel yourself leveling up and getting stronger with the more licenses and vehicles you unlock. That then unlocks new areas of the game and experiences to be had. You start to perfect the mechanics of the game and understand it’s systems. Such excellent games. Unfortunately I don’t have a PS5 or I would be playing this for hundreds of hours. Hopefully the rumors of a PC release turn out to be true. It’s been far too long since I’ve gotten lost in a Gran Turismo game.

[@gdoumit]

I think the only real downside to this game right now is that it requires an internet connection for all modes. Digital Foundry covers that part. It severely limits what you can play when in offline mode and constantly spams you with notices to say there's an error connecting.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

AI still cheats with rubberbanding with no option to disable it for all races.

[@jamesballard6564]

Agree. Found that out after purchase. It's a dirty trick they play. I'm not interested in online play. I also have a tight budget.

[@akshayarrison7269]

I'm happy to see them succeed. I don't care much for racing games but seeing the studios passion in those state of plays really made me get interested

[@frozone-yeah]

I feel the same way, never really been into racing games except for maybe need for speed back in the day growing up, but I am happy to see a game like this get successful for sure

[@XiLock_Alotx]

As someone who recently played Forza Horizon I can safely say this is a very beautiful looking game. Even compared to playgrounds racing game. Impressive

[@m4sterm12]

You guys should give it a go sometime. I'm no car guy but I really enjoy the series. It's basically a car RPG.

[@johnxiong6983]

Same, I always thought racing games were kinda boring and you're just driving around. But this does look interesting and seeing all the positive reviews makes me somewhat intrigued. I'll try it out and see if it gets me into racing games.

[@rari2xx]

@@johnxiong6983 agreed bro

[@bamban_garcia5562]

Gran Turismo 7 deserved to have its offline / online modes on different discs

[@vhsmemories504]

Really wish you mentioned the offline mode. Theres almost no content availible to play while offline. I feel for people who bought this expecting a single player experiance and getting nothing.

[@brentschmgbert3578]

Who doesnt have intrnet nowadays?

[@vhsmemories504]

@@brentschmgbert3578 plenty. Where I live I'm only able to get 5mbps. It constantly cuts out. So while playing I'll be in the menus, the game will lock up then boot me to offline mode.

[@yummy5453]

¿ You have to be connected to the internet to play ?

[@vhsmemories504]

@@yummy5453 pretty much yes. It only has like 2 or 3 races with a certain amount of cars you can pick from

[@Drakeziel]

This was sadly the dealbreaker for me, I play from my truck quite a bit, another bill for mobile internet is not an option.

[@Gary_M]

No mention of even the single player mode being mostly online-only? Dealbreaker for Hitman, and a dealbreaker here. It's a shame, I love both franchises but maybe I'm just going to have to be done with this hobby.

[@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf]

Do you not have internet? Or have a hotspot on phone you can use? Getting just a connection to the internet isn't usually a hard thing to do these days.

[@zeroskaterz92]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf Wtf does that have anything to do with this?

[@boococky89]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf the reason always online is bad is because eventually the game will lose its server support which means you won't be able to play it forever. Doesn't matter how long it lasts if I buy something I want to own it. Forever.

[@mint5438]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf "Do you guys not have cellphones?" It dosent matter wether or not you have access. Sometimes people just dont want to be forced to connect to the internet to play a singleplayer game.

[@yobro6053]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf i have a ps2 and xbox 360 with a whole bunch of games i can stil play years later because i don't awlays have to be online. I can jump on gran Turismo 3 and 4 at any time on the ps2.

[@eurosonly]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT I say this as a huge fan of the series from the very first game back in 1995. DO not buy this right now!! Bugs, microtransactions and lack of content is how I can best describe this game. Week two has been rough.

[@originalityisdead.9513]

I agree i bought the game and the single player is incredibly bad there's nothing to it. The return to form it was said to be GT7 most certainly is not.

[@ACGreviews]

Sup! FYI MICROS in the game where you buy credits and get cars is insanely high. Its time, Join the patron and lets watch the world burn together while talking about games. www.patreon.com/AngryCentaurGaming

[@mattstansbeary3068]

You can't play this without going online.

[@BridgeToClarity1]

@ACG can we sell cars that we earn? Something we couldn't do in Sport. Even with duplicates. We could only delete them.

[@hindenpeter2.04]

Is it up there with FH5? Will edge mag give granny turismo a 9 too? Looking forward to this review

[@rinkumultani6515]

real sim racer already have pre ordered it and sony working on the sophy AI that beat all the best racers in the world witch will come out in the future updates and i dont plan to play with Ai in this game anyway so i dont care if ai is dumb or what ever

[@metallicafan416]

@@rinkumultani6515 you're either gonna lose online to a credit card or spend alot of money upgrading cars if you don't plan on grinding single player

[@TripMX]

One thing our beloved Karak forgot to mention was that Gran Turismo 7 has an online-only DRM, which means you need to always be connected to the internet to play essentially everything, which is in itself a “Gran” dealbreaker for me.

[@TripMX]

@Andy Ahhh, I see; must’ve been one of the early review copy restrictions imposed by Polyphony Digital.

[@Torraim]

Well most people have internet these days so he probably didn’t notice.

[@dazjackson1972]

Have to question this guys credibility, considering the depth he went into regarding other aspects of the game. If this game is unplayable for even a minority of players it should be shouted loudly.

[@dazjackson1972]

@@Torraim a bit like a building surveyor not noticing wheelchair access as most people have good legs.

[@fulanodetal9102]

I still remember the first time I played Gran Turismo 1. Amazing games!

[@flipper2gv]

There's something about the fixed camera in "third person" that I find pretty odd and stiff. Driveclub did "third person" better IMO.

[@povilaslondon]

In total look at how slow everything looks, no sense of actual speed at all. This was always the worst bit about GT. Add to it lack of car weight feeling and it suddenly becomes mediocre game as a sim. It should never got sim title as it is simcade at best.

[@KhmerSupaSoka]

@@povilaslondon Terrible physics for offroad and jumps.

[@GodFearingGamer]

I always love how your reviews aren’t bias, and you give us the good, bad, and ugly of each game. Excellent review!

[@doctorbashir3497]

You should do an addendum now that the true version is available. The microtransactions and the always online requirement kills this game.

[@kutdownongaming78]

I sub! Why you spoke about wheels! I’m a thrustmaster t150 user and THANK YOU for covering this!!!!! No one ever speaks or cover wheels! Bless you man!

[@mr.woowoo8826]

I just got a T150 for this game...stoked!

[@heavendog3194]

just so anyone new knows, the MXT aren't bad at all anymore. They made it easier to get credits, and even removed difficulty affecting credits. I'm sitting on 5 mil from just playing cafe mode, and circuit experience can net you easy millions in a matter of minutes.

[@pbking442]

I always turn music off in racing games. I need to hear everything going on around me, and being a big gear head I would rather just hear the cars. I also almost never pre-order games anymore but this one i just had to. I'm 100% sure I will not he disappointed and the little credit bonus at the start will be nice.

[@orderdivinewarrior]

You are right do not preorder try to refund your game

[@Theottselmaster]

"Theres an online mode" I think you mean There is NO OFFLINE MODE.

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

You need to revisit this after new patch 1.07...utterly ruined the game through greed

[@scott8553]

Coming back 2 weeks after launch. Firstly, when PDs servers go down, you can do hardly anything. The disappointment in the GT community at the moment, is the highest I have ever seen. I myself now understand why there is disappointment. This game doesn't offer a campaign mode like other gt games where you have the usual Amateur, Beginner, Endurance etc. You can't go into a mode to choose the cup you want race in, ie you can't do the Sunday Cup as you can in other games. You can't sell your cars for credits like the psn description says, again something you could in gt games. After 2 weeks, the credit system has been shown to be geared towards MTX. And very heavily. Just today PD have slashed the rewards for completing cafe races, the roulette tickets are geared very very heavily towards low rewards. It has time limited invitations to buy cars which induces fomo. It prompts to buy credits everytime you get rewarded credits from roulette. It has very little content that has pit usage and tyre wear and fuel usage. Unless you make a custom race, there's hardly any. I'm talking maybe 2 in 37 menu books so far. There is 1 grid start so far. The rest is typical start at the back. I am genuinely genuinely upset at this 2 weeks in. Everything they have put in the game is top work in terms of looks visuals sounds etc. Scapes is still incredible. But I've never had a gran turismo game put me off the franchise. Not even when I was lucky to get one of the faulty discs back in the ps2 game. Give us the campaign mode as its always been, with rewards so we can collect cars in the game. Get rid of the MTX.

[@jeffreydean5112]

100%! I’m at the same place and wish I waited to buy. I’m very disappointed and am tempted to buy GT2 or 3 to relive the good days

[@VirusOfCyrus]

The last Gran Turismo, I think it was Gran Turismo Sport? was the BIGGEST shock Ive ever had when dealing with Playstation, especially when like many, I grew up with the original GT 1 & GT2 having OVER 600 cars, ALL fully upgradeable & customizable & THAT was what made Gran Turismo the most amazing racing game by an inconceivable amount as nothing came anywhere near as close & all on just the PS1!! In comparison with modern gaming tech etc a GT game should have at LEAST 1,000 fully upgradeable cars & GT Sport had NONE!? That was by far the most disappointing racing game sequel in gaming history, the WHOLE point in Gran Turismo was realism, tons of realistic cars & most importantly, the ability to fully upgrade them. As long as GT7 has at least 500 cars & they are also fully upgradeable I would be more than happy, since I have avoided reading or watching anything about GT7 in fear of being disappointed yet again, are you saying it has less that 500 cars & that once again you cant upgrade them??

[@adad87821]

right?no 70 dollar game should have microtransactions

[@jevonmaddox1615]

Spot on.

[@mattsmokes2505]

My grandpa bought GT1 and a PS1 with a steering wheel for my brother when he was a kid because he had, leukemia and spent a lot of time in the hospital. We had so much fun with that game and both my brother and I became life long gamers. Luckily my brothers doing ok but my grandad passed in October 2021. When he was in the hospital we bought him a PS4 and he was blown away by the graphics and gameplay. He was playing RDR 2 and GT: Sport when he passed. He was really looking forward for this one I’m gonna play it for him

[@mattsmokes2505]

why cant i see the whats app number

[@jovajay7976]

It’s insane how ACG pumps out these quality reviews, especially lately. Good work man 🤘🏼

[@flataffect]

I know eh, I was just thinking how shitty it must be for reviewers to have to keep reviewing when a monster amazing game like elden ring still begs to be played more

[@InakaGames]

Please release a follow up to this.

[@statesminds]

Any racing fans do not buy Gran Turismo 7 in its current state. As a racing fan and GT fan this game should be called GT7 Prologue! There is hardly any single player content because a cafe mode with no voice acting and a few cups. There’s basically no good way to earn credits and have a goal steadily pushing you forward and they try to lean you toward microtransactions to get credits faster. You cant even sell your car and there’s only 400ish vehicles vs. 700 in some other racing titles. Also the roulette wheel is rigged and not true random and you barely get any spins! The game also has Ray tracing mode and performance mode but they don’t affect gameplay only replays on the PS5! While the racing, water effects and handling, and some stuff are good, Forza 7 stands up to this game and it came out in 2017. They should not have released it yet, but they’ve had since damn PS3 to make mainline game but this one not much better than Sport in it’s current state. They better release updates at least to fix it since it’s a live service. But at this rate it’s sad this what the GT franchise has become, they need to get it together because I strongly believe Forza Motorsport 8 is gonna come blow this out of the water if they don’t fix it. But Sony needs to get on this dev team to get the game in shape or they’re gonna lose a lot of players. Now they’ve updated and nerfed the money earned on certain races to help people get good cars is BS and not being able to play the single player when servers are down is dumb af. Don’t spend your money on this game until some of these issues are resolved, especially the ones regarding earning credits. Cause as of now they’re just trying to make it to where either you have to play the little content for 100s of hours or buy microtransactions to get credits to buy the great cars or upgrade yours. Complete trash and highly unfortunate because there’s a good game underneath all these terrible practices.

[@MrDestro0000]

So glad to see Gran Turismo back to proper form after Sport. The ability to take a car that has no business being in the race its in, and winning, is something I greatly missed. Cannot wait to play this one, but good God, I can't even imagine how much space this is going to take up. Sport was 112 gb and it barely had any customization.

[@torquetheprisoner]

gt7 is the same amount of gig as sport but gt7 is way way better

[@MrDestro0000]

@@torquetheprisoner good to know, had no doubt it was going to be better, but thanks for confirming the size. The store has it posted as 85 gb but there was no way that was going to be the full size.

[@torquetheprisoner]

@@MrDestro0000 i got a physical copy so i don't have to worry about most things

[@bigredracingteam9642]

@@torquetheprisoner It'll still copy the whole thing to internal storage, so no difference at all.

[@tastycookiechip]

Gran turismo is not back to proper form. There's less content than GT sport

[@WickedRibbon]

Dude, your review output has been insanely impressive over the past month. Massive respect! But also, please make sure you take time to relax 😌

[@jeevesss7752]

Soundtrack is 🔥🔥🔥 Who knew Idris Elba could rap?!?

[@jadelc3667]

I remember pretending to be sick to stay home and do a 100 lap race lol way back in the day. This is my first racer in quite some time and so far I’m enjoying it. I personally love the license tests. I’m getting a steering wheel set this time around, hopefully get my kids into this kind of game and not just Fortnite.

[@LazyTallGuy]

This is the place to go for the in-depth reviews.

[@GaggleofDoozies]

The offline issue is a huge disappointment.

[@gx6rald]

if you happen to own a ps5 somehow paying over retail over 90% of the time due to scalpers during covid and have money to spend money on a racing game, im sure 99% of those people will also have internet so i could understand if it was a vast majority issue but its just not.

[@dankswank9088]

@@gx6rald doesn't matter; artificially imposed online requirements are wrong

[@Torraim]

@@dankswank9088 a lot of things are wrong in the world, get used to it lol.

[@dankswank9088]

@@Torraim getting used to it is what gives corporations carte blanche to keep pushing the envelope until eventually we own nothing and have to pay multiple subscriptions for extortionate prices just to temporarily enjoy a fraction of a single game (when we are allowed the privilege of doing so, that is). Stop bragging about being a corporate doormat.

[@JzLyfe]

Dont forget if your buying this only to have to pay online just to use it, your just Renting the game then...what happens when servers go down or GT8 gets released what will happen to the servers. We have seen this happen before and it dodnt end well smh.

[@karellan1978]

This is a game where I knew I was going to need ACG to talk about the sound. I just couldn't stand to hear IGN's "cars go VROOM VROOM real good" once again. Thanks for your COMPLETE coverage!

[@DeadSpaceMartyr90]

Dude you are the best reviewer! Legitimately neutral compared to a lot of others. I was always getting GT7 either way but awesome to hear it’s great.

[@SlayerfridayMr]

They did some pretty stupid stuff, like not letting you sell your unwanted cars. You get stuck with 3 of the same cars, or 3 cars for a given race when you only need 1. Can’t make money quick to buy a used car. Plus they include all the needed cars in the used lot, it’s pointless to buy them when you just win them in a race anyway.

[@Jonesy0218]

I’ve never been super good at racing games but Gran Turismo 3 was what got me interested… GT7 looks amazing. I’m excited!!

[@SSmitar]

Dude, I have no idea how you do this, but the pace with you are pumping out content is unreal. Keep up the good work.

[@kylerobinson6102]

He's been working overtime the past month no doubt!

[@SaviorInTheSun]

Awesome review! You’re such a pro! Somehow you’ve been able to post reviews of games like Gran Turismo and Shadow Warrior 3 before a major outlet like Game Informer has! Your channel is really great. Keep up the great work!

[@Psyopcyclops]

@@Kronos0999 Is he left or right leaning?

[@ihavenoname3925]

@@Kronos0999 easy allies are pretty reliable too

[@solid5502]

I have a lot of respect for the director and creator, Kaz. He loves his series so much and I had no idea he was a well respected racer as well.

[@originalboxelder]

I’m amazed at your ability to single-handedly play and review all these massive games. I often can play 6 hours a day and I’m not even half way through dl2, Elden ring and horizon. Great review as well. I like the audio breakdown, it’s a feature too often ignored in reviews. I’m a soundtrack off guy, one of my favorite thing about racers is that I can listen to my own music without detracting from the experience. Wish you could import music for the beats mode.

[@frozone-yeah]

Very happy to see that this game is gonna do wonders for racing fans. Even though racing games are not my particular goto I cannot deny the absolutely amazing detail and features that this game has to offer.

[@stonehengemaca]

Micro transactions to avoid grind on a £70 base game that locks away cars and tracks behind said pay wall.. I've been waiting for years to play a proper GT game.. I'll give this a miss..

[@kalik1834]

GT2 was my one of my first games as a kid, playing on my older bros PS1... It fills me with joy getting us both PS5's and getting GT7 day one! Haven't touched the game since then and I can't wait!!! 🤩

[@redseagaming7832]

When my grandfather passed away years ago he gave me his copy of Gran Turismo 1 in its original box along with the manual and instruction booklet I still have it on my shelf today as a sign of respect now I have a tradition I buy one racing game for Generation to honor my grandfather's memory I'm going to buy Gran Turismo 7 I'm going to try and earn the cars I want without spending a dime on microtransactions

[@torquetheprisoner]

the micro transactions are for the hardcore online players that like to pay to win stuff like cod

[@FreshTillDeath56]

I've waited about 10 years for this... since GT5. I'm so ready :)

[@FazeParticles]

same. GT6 was a letdown. i skipped GT sport.

[@PutsOnSneakers]

the microtransactions turned me off... it was always really fun competing against my friends back in elementary school to brag or hearing friends brag about what car they bought in GT cause you'd know they actually worked hard to earn it. Now everybody can just buy with real money, thats really lame. kicks down the honour of having awesome cars, and that was the biggest deal to me in GT... so sad GT7 wont be for me after all... after more than a decade of not being into the direction GT has gone i guess its offcial GT is dead to me

[@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf]

You don't need the Microtransactions at all period. You get so many credits as is just by playing the game. You don't even have to think about touching them. It's just a "Pay money if you would rather work 2 hours at a job instead of playing for around 6-10 hours worth of gameplay." At least that is how my wife thinks. Why does it matter if others know if you earned it or not? You can still brag to your friends if they play that you earned it and you feel proud of it if it's that important to you.

[@sebencopeak9839]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf Microtransactions shouldn't even be an option. It needs to be removed from every game.

[@tilburg8683]

I'd 100% wait for a large sale or buy used. It's online only so has like a 5 year life spawn and after that its done.

[@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf]

I mean for people who always have online this is fine to get full price. GT Sport they added way more offline content when the game was nearing it's end because of GT7. I feel they could do this to the game too when it's nearing the end of it's life.

[@tilburg8683]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf I mean it depends but like considering this game will have a lifespan of 3-5 years going by sonys current track record(as in after that time the game will literally be unplayable) it 10 bucks is far to much really since always online takes about 98-100% value of Granturismo games. But maybe considering the game is lacking so much content its not like many people will still play that game in that amount of years compared to any previous full Granturismo game. So maybe in that regard it don't matter to much.

[@Cinderkin]

Micro transactions, $10 PS5 upgrade, Basically Always Online (Game is pretty much worthless offline). These are incredibly disappointing. I don't know why Sony is taking this route with this game. So much good, to be tarnished but bad decisions. Thanks for the video ACG!

[@itachi1165]

10$?

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@itachi1165 GT7 PS4 is $60, PS5 is $70. A $10 premium charge is just greed at this point.

[@itachi1165]

@@MichaelPohoreski oh wow idk if i should buy a ps5 for this

[@thepicplug397]

Broke boy

[@Torraim]

@@MichaelPohoreski they’re making it so you can’t pay $60 and get a $70 product. Nothing wrong with that as long as the game is worth it.

[@dankswank9088]

12:18 except you need a constant internet connection to gain access any of the content in the game (EVEN THE SINGLE PLAYER CAREER MODE). If you don't have an internet connection, you can only do music rally or a quick race with barley a dozen cars to choose from - THAT'S IT! Pretty despicable tbh

[@aaronferguson9328]

One thing that bugs me about racing games…… Lack of Damage, that true feeling of a real race with radio chat, you bent your wheel on that last lap, bring it in to fix type thing .

[@hellisio]

Finally a review that acknowledges the gyro steering option in GT. I discovered it in GT Sport and it was an halleluiah moment for me, as it gave me a level of control i never achieved before with a pad. In the absence of a steering wheel, this is the best option i can think of for a racing game and i don't understand why other developers don't embrace it.

[@SadalDay]

Did you mention the micros in the review and how disgusting the entire system is? F2P style with timed cars that you can only buy with an invitation without them you wont be able to buy many of the high end supercars they are greyed out as well as removing the option to sell our cars to compliment their insatiable greed !!! I scanned through the video and cant find the breakdown of microtransactions being some of the worst in a AAA game

[@grug440]

microtransactions were added after reviews went out,very dodgy on Sony and polyphony's part.

[@drewfirst3486]

@@grug440 My question is, why hasn't ACG given an update about this video? It now (not his fault) contains factually incorrect information. Always online, MTX++++++++, a buy more than you need credit system. Predatory practices that he should update. It's been over a month now and people are still only seeing this review from ACG.

[@D25Bev]

'Realistic Driving Simulator' - No rain system at the UK tracks...

[@ionseven]

Aw man... microtransactions are an instant deal breaker for me. That means the game mechanics will be affected. Thanks for the review.

[@scottd7222]

Not really. Gt sport had same deal . I dont buy this gripe.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@scottd7222 You don’t buy that gripe because you already spent money on RTM. /s Just because _you_ don’t care about integrity and devs respecting your wallet does not mean it is not important to others. No one wants to be nickle and dimed.

[@scottd7222]

@@MichaelPohoreski I've never spent a dime

[@scottd7222]

@@MichaelPohoreski no one is telling you to buy extra stuff. You can get everything by grinding you don't need to buy things its not pay to win. Gt sport had same deal.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@scottd7222 /whoosh The fact that you think RTM is acceptable in a fixed price game IS the problem. You are just blind to being exploited and manipulated.

[@brooklynbornn9488]

I’m ready !! Just bought my second wheel for this game !!! I cannot wait to play tomorrow

[@brooklynbornn9488]

@@Kronos0999 I have all of that . I have a set for my pc thurstmaster tmx and just got a full set For the ps5 G29 with the pedals and I use the padals for my shifting

[@Two49]

I'm going to be playing this with a wheel primarily, but I'm actually excited to try it with the haptic triggers and gyro steering. It's just something that sets the console experience apart from the myriad of PC racing games.

[@charliehustle420247]

Hmmmmmm haptic should be interesting. Totally forgot about that. I have the G29 personally. Love it

[@TheStealthDawg]

What is considered the best wheel or racing set up for PlayStation 5?

[@gankdalfthedank9855]

@@TheStealthDawg the Playstation version of the fanatec DD w/ boost kit and the load cell brake upgrade for the pedals in the bundle

[@TheStealthDawg]

@@gankdalfthedank9855 thank you!

[@thelarry383]

I like how they used chilies as a scale for racing difficulty

[@ducphanmanh1203]

I’m glad you mentioned the gyro steering. It’s something that makes a huge difference playing racing games on controller

[@EazyDuz18]

nah get a wheel if you want true realism and to be the fastest driver.

[@bulbinking]

@@EazyDuz18 Realism? Yes. Fastest? Uhh no. People really don’t need to justify their expensive wheels by claiming it makes them better at the game. You get it because you want to immerse yourself in the experience of driving a car. I do agree tilt controls don’t translate well to a sim racer like this.

[@ACGreviews]

@@EazyDuz18 he didn't say anything about realism. He said it makes a huge difference in racing games on a controller. Which is accurate.

[@scottd7222]

@@EazyDuz18 yea but not everyone wants a full wheel setup. Gyro is next best thing by far and best option for a controller imo.

[@scottd7222]

@@bulbinking have you tried it in Gt sport. It's actually awesome.

[@paulbenton8548]

PoloPHONY - sticj the microtransactions where the sun doesn't shine

[@morsecode5078]

So happy to hear this is a solid release. Haven’t played a GT game in years and have this one preordered. Can’t wait for Friday.

[@SBG1218]

The way the cockpit cam moves around a little through corners and bumps looks freakin amazing

[@info0]

Stll no damage model? Kind of a shame here. Even just having cars break visually would add to realism a bit. Forza Motorsport, Assetto Corsa, Project CARS, even GRID does that.

[@MrDerekRobinson]

I suppose that's not asking for much in my opinion but, the game is visually too appealing in car modeling perfection to detail. Not only would it be a lot for polyphony to get it realistic looking from all sorts of replay angles but they would have to make several varying damage models based on what the collision that's involved would cause the cars literally per car. Usually the issue with games like that is, you only can go so far with graphics when you implement visual damage, less frame rate stability online mainly (im not saying it cant be done) but as it would be an additional detail to be able to see damage on the other cars your also racing against too. Plus to add they'd have to Incoperate a 360 degree of your own car to view while you're actively racing, which they don't have so far, for it to make any bit of sense for implementation of visual damage. Clueless as to why no 360 view but its appearant after so many games that theyve got a reason. It might be asking for alot considering there's more content that they have yet to throw into the game still coming in the future. It's only alot in the sense, they'd have to nail those visuals perfectly for over 400 cars and with it to grow. The request alone isn't out of reach. Just time consuming.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

PD didn’t want to pay license fees for what amounts to gameplay that isn’t fun.

[@GrundleGrump]

"Your mileage may vary..." *Peter Griffin laugh*

[@ottot3221]

It's raining games and I love getting soaked. Still taking my time with Horizon Forbidden West and put a ton of time in photo mode as it is stunning. But GT7 is coming in soon as it is part of a subscription of Top Gear magazine in the Netherlands so that is cool as I love the GT games. Good to hear single player is great as that is my thing. As always, thank you for making another great review Karak.

[@stroads.]

Uhh pause

[@nicholassullivan1239]

Make sure you take time to appreciate forza horizon 5.

[@tehPete]

'...even if you never went online, the amount of content here is stupendous' - seeing as the only content that's available if you're not online is the arcade mode and its pre-set car selection, that statement is false. [Edit] Returning to the topic of MT's, they're just legalised cheating; you can get ahead of other players, but you have to pay the developer for the privilege. This proves the idea that the online requirement is there to stop cheaters to be false and moot, because you can cheat - just only in a way that gets PD more money.

[@eltopo71]

Never Touch. I have already beaten this incredibly short game and made less than 2M credits. They expect you to shell out real money if you want even 10% of the small number of cars.

[@ricardodelorenzo3954]

It's such a joke

[@scottd7222]

Gyro steering is awesome so happy they brought it back. It's so much better than the sticks by far.

[@aaronb4936]

My hope is that the adaptive triggers will allow a better feeling for braking pressure/ ABS. That’s always been my problem playing semi realistic racing games with a controller

[@3uphoric]

A game based around the 'It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness Than It Is To Get Permission' patching method.

[@LR-ps3jv]

I´ve never been a driving simulator person, but I gotta say, the trailer for this really had me pumped.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

GT is a simcade not a sim racer.

[@blaynestaleypro]

@@MichaelPohoreski wrong. GT is a sim. Always has been (or tried to be).

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@blaynestaleypro Incorrect. It is has *always* been a simcade. It has shitty car-car collision response and bad car-world collision response.

[@blaynestaleypro]

@@MichaelPohoreski incorrect, troll. It's always, like I already mentioned TRIED to be a sim. Not all aspects of the game, like collisions, are sim. But that's fine. There are obvious reason for that. The physics of GT7 are improved over sport and are close to, if not, on par with Assetto corsa or iRacing.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@blaynestaleypro 1. Are you a game developer? 2. Have you even worked on a racing game?

[@NemesisEP1]

I appreciate your honesty here @ACG. This is once again another game I'm going to have to pass up on buying. Once you said there were "One or two dropped frames on a few maps", then that once again prevents me from buying this game. I haven't bought a game in a very long time, and I use your reviews to make sure I'm getting my money's worth. If the devs can't provide a game without issues, then I can't bring myself to buy it. Thank you for your honesty!

[@stickdeath1980]

How was the Wheel support look for it? also best Racing game sound track was Test drive 2 👀

[@tako8198]

Naw Forza Horizon 1 or Burnout 3

[@NikolaBevanda]

Flatout and burnout

[@atabaysal3287]

Easily driveclub. Like I still listen to it in my car to this date good

[@Pedro_The_Neco]

You misspelled Forza Horizon 2

[@diogobfonseca]

Newsflash for you guys: music taste is subjective.

[@ATLsF1N3ST91]

Idk why he said the game is MASSIVE... I beat the Cafe "story" and rolled credits on Sunday 2 days after launch. And got all the licenses BEFORE I started the Cafe... AND, you can literally BUY the entire campaign if you wanted to

[@theweddingsinger1970]

Love gyro aiming, really interested to see how well gyro steering works

[@scottd7222]

Its so good. Its amazing on GT sport. Super responsive and immersive. I'll never go back to sticks. Put it in cockpit mode and it's amazing.

[@scottd7222]

I suggest holding it flat and tilting. Arm rest help. It may be fatiguing at first but that quickly goes away.

[@bepkororoti8019]

Just a suggestion to improve readability of the overlay text: it wouldn't hurt to have these on screen longer, maybe by factor two. As a non-native speaker it's sometimes hard to realize that there's text and get to the end by the time it stops being on screen. Could just be me but I've noticed this with other channels as well. Thx for the insightful review, as always!

[@frozenninja4030]

I am so happy this game reviewed well. I love racers, but I usually play on Xbox platforms. This will be my first Gran Turismo game. I think it will make a good palette cleanser between long sessions of Horizon Forbidden West or Elden Ring.

[@charliehustle420247]

It prolly won't be much like forza. Its more like asseto corsa I think. For me dirt rally 2 is greatest racer of all time lol. But I'm getting this.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

_Forza Horizon_ is an *arcade* racer. _GT, GTS_ and _Forza Motorsports_ are *simcade* racers. _AC_ and _ACC_ are sim racers. Not everyone enjoys the challenge of realism. Some find arcade to be not challenging enough.

[@orderdivinewarrior]

Elder ring top 10 this racing car game is the worst Michael transaction

[@anthonydry5265]

@Mr Calcium car physics? GT? You sure? 😂

[@beeraaaaad]

So glad you reviewed this one. Hasnt been a big talking point in the gaming community lately. Been silently excited for it. Looks great!

[@rakim5894]

Can't wait to play this, this year is absolutely stacked with great games 🔥

[@DoritoPope003]

In the last 5 years I've maybe bought 2 games at launch at full price, and this year in the last 2/3 weeks alone I've bought 3 full price releases. Pretty awesome.

[@amazoner0cks]

@@DoritoPope003 Which 3? which one you enjoyed the most? I got elden ring but really think the open world has ruined it a bit.

[@eltopo71]

Don't bother.

[@amazoner0cks]

@@eltopo71 Why?

[@eltopo71]

@@amazoner0cks It's Buggy as hell and has endless Microtransactions.

[@crustyroach6921]

Honestly one of my favorites features of Gran Turismo 7 is access to all the great music available! Chill & look, race, history,

[@ryangerlach5956]

Just to clarify. The game is always online.

[@bryanmalla47]

i stan your reviews to the max, acg. just the way you describe and illustrate a game's design flawed or not, reminds me why i love video games every time down

[@walalon8719]

I don’t like racing games, but I’m here for ACG. One of the best guys out there that review games now a days. But for everyone who like this type of games, I’m glad it’s looking good and feels nice.

[@seanspear6224]

The game I got PlayStations for! Stunning series. Congrats to the developers for 25 years of the series

[@burnzybhoy9110]

Im really looking forward to trying GT7 unfortunately i dont have the spare cash right now so i may need to wait for sale sadly, thanks for the review and the consistently great content you provide.

[@jargo101]

Some go to IGN, some go to Gamespot, but when I need a review, I come here. Keep up the great work and I'll be buying gt7 based on this. :)

[@Alias_Reign]

Thanks for the review. I'm not interested in a full box priced game with microtransations. If they're going that route they should of made it f2p.

[@charliehustle420247]

I'm soooooooo tired of this. Just charge 100 ffs and gimme the full un tainted game....

[@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf]

You don't need the Microtransactions at all period. You get so many credits as is just by playing the game. You don't even have to think about touching them. It's just a "Pay money if you would rather work 2 hours at a job instead of playing for around 6-10 hours worth of gameplay." At least that is how my wife thinks.

[@Spectralyze]

@@TheOtakuKnownAsWolf That's not what I've heard from people who play the game a lot.

[@TexasPoonTapa]

Gotta say the game is awesome!!! Finally a game that is great at launch. People complaining about graphics don't truly appreciate these games for what they are and that's okay. They can go play battlefield 2042 or Call of Duty lol. You can't fix stupid, but you can make them play another game!

[@RASPUTIN_GB]

£70 and you don't even get the full game, micro transactions.... disgusting! SEVENTY POUNDS!!!

[@LeperMessiah2]

I have watched a graphics review since I will be playing it on a PS4. It seems like the same as GT Sports and that is plenty good enough for me. Anyway I wouldnt buy a PS even if I could get one for this or any game since I'm a casual single player. Im just happy with the return of in depth career

[@mash2481]

IGN also said that you have to pay for different car skins.

[@SC0RPI0NFURY]

You have the option to do so if you buy the base version of the game and do not want to buy the DLC expansion. If you buy the full game which is the 25 year anniversery edition there are no microtransactions in this game

[@wakaneut]

If publishers can change the game quite a bit using patches, reviewers should also change their reviews. Otherwise publishers will keep giving "good" copies to reviewers for high rating, then "updates" the game for mtx and worse.

[@gondalasatvarsh5892]

This game has Gyro Steering with a controller?! Why is no review mentioning this. This is amazing for people new to gaming who subconsciously move their hands to mimic a steering wheel. The game became a must buy for me now

[@MrDerekRobinson]

Oh, so that's why gyro steering is...... that's a big wow factor

[@scottd7222]

This feature was on GT sport as well and it's awesome. I wasn't gonna buy this one unless they kept that feature because once you get use to gyro you can't go back to sticks. Super precise and immersive. Can't wait to do it with improved haptics.

[@scottd7222]

Do it in cockpit view and the hands on the wheel match your movements exactly its awesome and I don't understand why PD and Sony don't advertise it more. Its a game changing feature.

[@nefitru]

So excited for this! I haven't owned a console this my PlayStation 1, I used to play Gran Turismo and loved it so much. Just recently got a PS5, can't wait to get this game!

[@Mozokuni]

As a long time Gran Turismo fan I’m disappointed that they made many of the car modification items overpriced and are offering a real money option for buying credits.

[@MrDerekRobinson]

The credits you earn are way above average to meet the price of cars. Already seen it myself

[@SC0RPI0NFURY]

You are not forced to use real money in this game, everything can be unlocked just by playing normally with a great progression system

[@MrDerekRobinson]

Yeah the micro Transactions are mainly for players who described mostly casual players, (not a consistent hard-core gamer). These types of people don't actually prefer to grind a game. Doesn't mean they can't but for some reason they may not grind a particular game. Could be because progression is too slow, time consuming, or they're impatient perhaps, and maybe they don't have the time themselves to grind because of things like work schedules but because of all the working, they then actually have the money to spend on microtransactions. I'm one of those types of people. I work 6 days a week, but I actually want to grind this game because that's what made the pass GT games so good to me. I was a kid back then so tines are different and grind progression will be hindered for sure. I'd have to seriously desire a car badly but the high credit cars to mainly to me are that level of desirable as most are like legendary classics

[@scottd7222]

Did you not play Gt sport? Same deal

[@Mozokuni]

@@scottd7222 Yes and I thought it was the worst in franchise history, a shell of a Gran Turismo game.

[@LloydChristmas08]

Gran Turismo, Elden Ring, Horizon 2, Dying Light 2…way to many good games out right now

[@musashi.miyamoyo]

That is good to know… micro transactions can be cancer for a game. Hope they change that!

[@eiadtarabulsi]

It's been a while since I've played a Gran Turismo game. I spent a pretty good amount of time playing Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec and Gran Turismo 4 back in the day. Though, I barely played Gran Turismo 5. That's pretty much it. Having said that, Gran Turismo 7 is gorgeous. The cars are stunning and they are impressively detailed. The game is a lot of fun to play and there is a lot of content that's being offered. However, an Internet connection is required at all times in order for the game to function. It makes absolutely no sense to require an online connection for a game that has a single player campaign. That's a deterrent in itself to be honest. At least the review was top notch as always. You've been pumping out video after video for the past month and each one has been informative and enjoyable. You've been working very hard and I greatly appreciate it. Keep doing what you are doing. God bless and stay safe!