So after finally installing the game which took all day, I was able to play a decent amount of time last night. I’m really really impressed with the game on PS5 and I feel like it’ll be my favourite game for quite some time, at least until GT8 comes out.
It’s an improvement on Sport in every way and back to the GT games of old. Graphically on PS5 I think it’s really really impressive and anyone who thinks it’s just GT Sport needs to play this on a TV themselves and stop watching videos. I was worried a bit coming in it’d be held back by being cross-gen but it does feel really really good and next gen. The time/lighting and weather systems are the best I’ve seen implemented in any racing game. Dual sense is also terrific.
The changes to physics and handling are much more of a challenge and make it more realistic. For me the comparison is Time Trial on Tsukuba Circuit in a Toyota GT86. In Sport in a stock 86 on Sports Soft tires I can lap in the mid to high 1 minute 8 second laps. In GT7, same car but with a few minor performance mods, 1 minute 10 seconds with a couple high 1 minute 9 seconds. This is much closer to real life lap times in similar cars (for anyone who watched Hot Version you’ll know what I mean).
I really love the mods and vast array of them. The small things like visible brake and exhaust mods, and the body kits are really great. I was able to make a pretty accurate version of my own car, and was loving it in custom races.
AI seems improved over Sport and if you take a car of similar or slightly lesser power they can be a challenge, but I would have liked them to be harder. Also as others have complained about, I don’t think the chase style campaign races are ideal but I was able to find a number of grid start races that are a genuine challenge, particularly in the cars I built for the races.
I just can’t wait to play more!