Well, bit more detail now.
First, lot's of options of which I haven't even had time to try all, but so far I've:
1 - bought a car and took part in a few events. Nice start but as ever with GT there's the sense of the mountain to climb to earn enough to get all the really good cars. So far so familiar and it was nice to get winning again. Feel is similar to GT5:P of course. Driving is good although there is still a bit of a feeling you can play impacts, etc. to cheat your away around a course (note I only did this to test it out! Honest!)
2 - played around the home page - lots to do there, from jump into your career, buy cars, tune cars, practise courses, etc. plus a mode to take nice pictures of your cars. I like the concept and it feels clear enough from navigation point of view. I've hardly touched the community side yet but that'll come in time.
3 - I haven't tried the career where you're more of a manager of a team yet. I'll try this later this evening, time permiting. Sounds interesting though.
4 - tried aracde mode - easy to navigate and an easy way to grab a high end car and dive into the game. Played some snow/rain and was impressed with the effects and the way it changed the handling.
5 - tried 2 player slpit screen. Played well and no noticeable impact on the handling / graphics although the number of view options seems to be cut down to 2.
6 - observed some damage. Bit early to tell but seems decent. Miles away from massive arcade damage more a progression of scrapes, dents and bumps so far. Felt more natural than most damage models but odd after many games where cars spray bits on major impacts. Not enough data to say more - I'll have to have a race where I really try and trash the car to see how it goes.
7 - played with course editor. It's more of a play with some parameters and the game produces the track, but could be interesting. I hadn't paid much attention to this mode so was curious to have a quick peek. Not sure if there's enough options to really allow you to feel you've made your own course but probably too early to be sure.
8 - played with GT TV - but doesn't seem fully up yet (i.e. nothing to view but that will probably change from 24th). I could only watch the openning movie in theatre mode. All 6.23 seconds of it. It's a nice intro, stylish going from views of the materials to build cars, to building cars, to glorious shots of racing. Basically, it makes it clear this game is all about car porn!
I still haven't gone for the big install as speed okay and TBH I'm curious to play it for a day or so then install and really feel the difference.
One other element I haven't tried yet is Eye head tracking. I have an Eye so will probably try and play with that later to see how it works/feels.
All in all a big thumbs up so far.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
