Gran Turismo Sport is only 50 per cent complete. Well, that's according to a questionable comment made during today's unveil livestream. While the PlayStation 4 exclusive certainly doesn't look as poor as some online pundits are making out, Polyphony Digital has raised the bar for racing games with each successive console generation, so some are understandably miffed by today's disappointing trailer.
But apparently that's because the game's still early – despite it being in development for at least two or so years now. If the game is indeed only half complete, then the Japanese developer has just six months to finish it, because the simulation racer's due out on 15th November. The legendary firm is allegedly iterating fast, so let's just hope that it can get the game up to speed before launch.
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This versus your twitter self haha
@SKC_Diamond Well, I have to report it. I don't believe it, though.
THE game still looks great, some people are fans of other racing titles "on other systems" and come here to put it down. PD does great work.
Tbh if they focus more on the actual racing then graphics then it could be a positive. I think having less cars will help them to do that too.
In what universe are the graphics of the trailer remotely disappointing?? Maybe if your screen is broken...
@TVRFLY
Keep telling yourself that. I've been a huge GT fan since day 1 and I play GT6 on a weekly basis, despite the fact I have Forza 6 lying around. But although I'm sure GT Sport's handling will be just what I want from a racing game, we can't just keep on giving them free passes for this sh*t.
At this point the game looks like GT6, sounds like GT6 and handles like GT6, yet it lacks the cars and modes their previous generation game had. I've stuck by PD's side all through the debacle that was called GT5, a game that took years to come out and then another year and a half and 6gbs worth of patches (which was huge at the time) to reach GT4 level of gameplay. I've bought a $1100 PS2 (they were expensive here) just to play their game and I'm having a PS3 and racing wheel hooked up just for GT6, but this announcement of GT Sport was just utter cr*p.
This has got nothing to do with Xbox owners trying to dis GT, don't be so insecure, it are just GT fans that expect more. And even if it were Forza players hating on GT; if Polyphony blew everyone away with their trailer they wouldn't have any fuel to start a flamewar.
Some of the buildings in the trailer look really bland and lack any textures so I can understand that this may well not be finished. The cars look good but nothing 'special' considering we have seen game like Project Cars, Driveclub and Forza with equally good looking cars.
@Boerewors
Wait, did you just say 1100 dollars for a PS2 in S. Africa? How the hell does that happen? I'm just curious tbh.
Should've just went with GT 7 and delivered the game people wanted out of the disappointing GT 6.
@sub12
I believe it was imported at the time. I'll never forget it, it was a GT bundle and I bought a Godfather DVD boxset with it, the only DVDs I could find in Kaapstad; those were $200. For years I was the only one with a DVD player and because the video store had no DVDs (cause André, the owner, thought it was a fad) we watched the Godfafher movies like 30 times each... At least
I still have that boxset, I gave away my PS2 though when the PS3 came around. When I gave it to my nephew he was the only one in his class with a PS2, the rest was still playing on their megadrives or PS1s!
Inteteresting comments. I had my best times with gt5 and from the day one! Gt5 had something no other game had. I have Project Cars and forza, but feeling is So different. You cant blame PD for not being technically best. And it doesnt matter! When you are driving 300kph you dont look outside if building has good texture )). It was always about gt atmosphere which I didnt found in any other game on the market.
I believe PD can deliver game this year. They need to finish physics, netcode, sound and gfx. But they dont need to have all cars, tracks and SP content from the launch. But Im curious if VR will complicate it. They want to deliver it on launch.
Cheers guys
Watching the bit of racing that actually appeared on the livestream it's clear most of the car models have simply been brought forward from the PS3 game as well as plenty of the background textures. This has been a problem for the series for years, causing the ridiculous situation with the premium and PS2 models racing side by side in GT5.
It doesn't look as bad as made out, I think it's more that we have been wowed by some recent releases and upcoming games and then a series which used to be the benchmark comes along and it just doesn't stand out
PD certainly has a questionable track record with their expected release dates. But I also very much doubt it would currently be 50% finished. If that would be the case a release date of 2018 would be more realistic
I loved every GT game and look forward to this new chapter. I have tried out many other racing games but even the best can't match GT. Perhaps it is just because I grew up with GT and that its handling physics suits me best In the meantime I'll be playing both GT6 and Forza to satisfy my racing needs...
Cheers!
@Boerewors Still no game is perfect and we have no idea how hard it is and how much work it takes to make a game. Plus a true GT fan will not touch forza.
@TVRFLY
"Plus a true GT fan will not touch forza"?!? What are you, 12? They've brainwashed you my friend, being loyal to one game or console is just stupid; a modern consumer will keep all options open. It's not about them, it's about you.
@Boerewors no your the one who had a problem with what i said. if you dont like it keep moving. not that big of a deal . if that th case attack everyone else who says something you dont like. so are you done
@TVRFLY but i mean no harm to you directly but i dont like it when a good developer gets bash for no reason. but no to you. ok we shouldn't fight .
@Boerewors @TVRFLY lol i message myself by mistake but read the message above
@TVRFLY
Owkaaayyy....
@TVRFLY
I agree with @Boerewors here. Not telling you what to do of course but I think it's crazy to say a 'true' GT fan shouldn't bother with Forza. I consider myself a GT fan, I loved the first three games, but Forza 1 came out and topped GT 4 and since then I made the switch to Forza and haven't been given a reason yet to go back. I was, and still am hoping GT Sport can change my mind, because again, I've loved the GT series in the past and I respect Polyphony as a studio. Just like consoles though, while I have my preferences, I go where something is being done better and right now Forza, whether it's the main Motorsport series or the Horizon sub-series, is the place to be for racing game fans. I had Horizon 2 as my runner-up for overall Game of the Year in 2014 and Motorsport 6 the runner-up for overall GOTY in 2015. Those games are phenomenal.
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